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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:

Anne E. Robinson, Esquire
  P.O. Box 876
  Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

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

 

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

 

 

Date of reporting period: October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 

 



Annual Report | September 30, 2017

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 Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 3
Advisor’s Report. 7
Fund Profile. 9
Performance Summary. 10
Financial Statements. 12
Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns. 25
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 26
Glossary. 28

 

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises
or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this
report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.
See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.
About the cover: Nautical images have been part of Vanguard’s rich heritage since its start in 1975. For an
incoming ship, a lighthouse offers a beacon and safe path to shore. You can similarly depend on Vanguard to put
you first––and light the way––as you strive to meet your financial goals. Our client focus and low costs,
stemming from our unique ownership structure, assure that your interests are paramount.


 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• For the 12 months ended September 30, 2017, Vanguard U.S. Value Fund
returned nearly 18%, outpacing both its benchmark index and the average return
of its peer group.

• Your fund’s stock selection model generated broad-based performance. The model
focuses on five signals that rank a universe of stocks. Four of those signals—valuation,
growth, sentiment, and management decisions—contributed to performance. In
particular, the valuation and growth signals were significant drivers of the fund’s return.

• Seven of the fund’s 11 industry sectors generated positive results, led by information
technology, materials, and health care.

• Stocks in the energy and consumer discretionary sectors were among those that
detracted most from performance. In addition, growth stocks outperformed their value
counterparts during the period.

Total Returns: Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017  
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard U.S. Value Fund 17.87%
Russell 3000 Value Index 15.53
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average 16.69

Multi-Cap Value Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

 

Total Returns: Ten Years Ended September 30, 2017  
  Average
  Annual Return
U.S. Value Fund 6.53%
Russell 3000 Value Index 6.01
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average 5.39

 

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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Expense Ratios    
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group    
    Peer Group
  Fund Average
U.S. Value Fund 0.23% 1.10%

 

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

Peer group: Multi-Cap Value Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

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

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

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

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

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Our four Investment Stewardship pillars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

Gender diversity on boards and climate risk

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

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

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

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

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

Our stewardship reflects our mission

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

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

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

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

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.


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

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Advisor’s Report

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2017, Vanguard U.S. Value Fund returned nearly 18%. The fund bested its benchmark index, the Russell 3000 Value Index, which returned well over 15%. It also outperformed the average return of its peer group.

Investment environment

As the period began, investors cheered stronger-than-expected third-quarter economic growth that stood in contrast to disappointing results earlier in 2016. That exuberance gained steam after the U.S. presidential election as investors anticipated the benefits of the new administration’s policy initiatives focused on tax reform, infrastructure spending, and greater deregulation. That optimism fueled a move toward riskier assets, propelling many bellwether stock indexes to record highs in 2017.

The Federal Reserve also acknowledged the strength of the U.S. economy. In December, as inflation inched closer to the Fed’s 2% target level, it raised the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point—only the second increase in a decade. Optimism waned a bit in early 2017 as investors realized policy initiatives would take longer to materialize than had been anticipated. But consumers continued to open their wallets and unemployment continued to decline.

Those developments played a large part in the Fed’s decision to raise rates in March and June, pushing its target range to 1%–1.25%. Those moves, along with the

establishment of a framework for trimming its $4.5 trillion balance sheet, took the Fed closer to normalizing monetary policy after its emergency intervention in response to the Great Recession.

Despite those positive developments, disappointing inflation measures confounded some market outlooks. Annualized core inflation softened a little during the spring. In response, the Fed scaled back its 2017 inflation forecast but still expected inflation to move closer to its 2% target over the medium term. Further tightening in the labor market should help, although wage gains have been modest.

Over the period, the broad U.S. equity market (as measured by the Russell 3000 Index) returned nearly 19%. U.S. stock market performance was broad-based; nine of 11 market sectors advanced, led by financials, materials, and industrials. Growth stocks outperformed their value counterparts, small-capitalization stocks topped large-caps, and international and emerging-market equities outperformed their U.S. peers.

Many other countries posted decent growth, but major central banks such as the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank remained in accommodative policy mode as they struggled to balance growth and inflation concerns. Even with a weaker U.S. dollar, comparatively low yields across many developed markets kept U.S. bonds attractive to international investors.

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Investment objective and strategy

Although it’s important to understand how overall performance is affected by the macroeconomic factors we’ve described, our strategy focuses on company-specific fundamentals—not technical analysis. Our stock selection model evaluates companies within our investment universe to identify those with attractive characteristics that we believe will outperform over the long run.

To do this, we use a strict quantitative process that focuses on a combination of five key themes: high quality—healthy balance sheets and consistent cash-flow generation; effective use of capital—sound investment policies that favor internal over external funding; consistent earnings growth—a demonstrated ability to grow earnings year after year; strong market sentiment—market confirmation of our view; and reasonable valuation—avoidance of overpriced stocks.

The interaction of these themes generates an opinion on all the stocks in our universe each day. We monitor our portfolio based on those rankings and adjust when appropriate. Our approach also includes a dynamic weighting process that shifts the relative importance of the themes over time. Using the results of our model, we then construct our 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.

Our successes and failures

The fund’s outperformance was driven by our valuation signal, especially in the beginning of the period, and our growth signal. The sentiment and management decisions signals contributed to a lesser degree.

Stock selection results were positive in seven sectors, with information technology, materials, and health care leading the way. Energy and consumer discretionary were among the sectors that detracted the most.

Our overweighting of semiconductor manufacturer NVIDIA contributed significantly to our strength in information technology. AK Steel, Chemours, Advanced Micro Devices, and Bank of America were also top contributors.

Energy sector companies such as Denbury Resources, Newfield Exploration, Sanchez Energy, and Chesapeake Energy hurt most.

Portfolio Managers:

James P. Stetler

Binbin Guo, Principal,
Head of Alpha Equity Investments

Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group

October 12, 2017

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U.S. Value Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2017

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
      U.S.
    Russell Total
    3000 Market
    Value FA
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 230 2,110 3,808
Median Market Cap $36.6B $55.2B $61.4B
Price/Earnings Ratio 18.0x 18.8x 21.9x
Price/Book Ratio 2.1x 1.9x 2.9x
Return on Equity 11.5% 10.9% 15.1%
Earnings Growth      
Rate 7.4% 6.3% 9.6%
Dividend Yield 2.2% 2.3% 1.8%
Foreign Holdings 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 95%
Ticker Symbol VUVLX
Expense Ratio1 0.23%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.07%
Short-Term Reserves 0.2%

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
    Russell DJ
    3000 U.S. Total 
    Value Market
  Fund Index FA Index 
Consumer Discretionary 7.0% 7.0% 12.3%
Consumer Staples 8.3 8.2 7.3
Energy 10.4 10.5 5.8
Financials 26.2 26.4 15.0
Health Care 13.3 13.3 14.0
Industrials 8.9 8.8 10.8
Information Technology 8.4 8.3 22.3
Materials 2.9 3.0 3.4
Real Estate 5.4 5.3 4.0
Telecommunication      
Services 3.0 3.0 2.0
Utilities 6.2 6.2 3.1

 

Volatility Measures    
  Russell DJ
  3000 U.S. Total
  Value Market
  Index FA Index
R-Squared 0.94 0.86
Beta 1.01 0.98

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 3.1%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Diversified Banks 3.1
Chevron Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 2.2
Procter & Gamble Co. Household Products 2.2
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Multi-Sector  
  Holdings 2.1
Pfizer Inc. Pharmaceuticals 2.1
Bank of America Corp. Diversified Banks 2.1
Citigroup Inc. Diversified Banks 2.1
AT&T Inc. Integrated  
  Telecommunication  
  Services 2.0
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals 1.9
Top Ten   22.9%

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

 

 



Investment Focus


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

1 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the expense ratio was 0.23%.

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


    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2017  
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $10,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  U.S. Value Fund* 17.87% 14.01% 6.53% $18,830
• • • • • • • • Russell 3000 Value Index 15.53 13.20 6.01 17,926
– – – – Multi-Cap Value Funds Average 16.69 12.32 5.39 16,908
  Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Float Adjusted Index 18.67 14.15 7.64 20,887
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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U.S. Value Fund

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


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U.S. Value Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2017

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

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (99.5%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (7.0%)  
  Best Buy Co. Inc. 184,448 10,506
  Comcast Corp. Class A 263,023 10,121
  Coach Inc. 232,498 9,365
  Lear Corp. 54,053 9,356
  Carnival Corp. 141,480 9,135
* Liberty Media Corp-    
  Liberty SiriusXM Class    
  A Shares 210,839 8,834
* Burlington Stores Inc. 87,400 8,343
* Discovery    
  Communications Inc.    
  Class A 299,521 6,377
  New York Times Co.    
  Class A 316,333 6,200
  General Motors Co. 143,549 5,797
  Royal Caribbean    
  Cruises Ltd. 47,745 5,660
  Hasbro Inc. 41,730 4,076
* Cooper-Standard    
  Holdings Inc. 26,268 3,046
  Twenty-First Century    
  Fox Inc. Class A 108,834 2,871
  MDC Holdings Inc. 84,154 2,795
  Office Depot Inc. 601,483 2,731
  Ralph Lauren Corp.    
  Class A 25,591 2,259
  Twenty-First Century    
  Fox Inc. 52,971 1,366
  Target Corp. 19,185 1,132
^ Big 5 Sporting Goods    
  Corp. 145,850 1,116
  Time Warner Inc. 10,030 1,028
* Iconix Brand Group Inc. 175,125 996
  Aaron’s Inc. 20,592 898
  Tailored Brands Inc. 59,475 859
* Gray Television Inc. 36,005 565

 

  KB Home 23,075 557
  Toll Brothers Inc. 11,389 472
      116,461
Consumer Staples (8.2%)    
  Procter & Gamble Co. 397,545 36,169
  Philip Morris    
  International Inc. 213,172 23,664
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 274,463 21,447
  Walgreens Boots    
  Alliance Inc. 148,670 11,480
  Conagra Brands Inc. 289,686 9,774
  Sanderson Farms Inc. 57,160 9,232
  Hershey Co. 64,543 7,046
  PepsiCo Inc. 44,280 4,934
  Bunge Ltd. 55,176 3,832
* Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. 112,317 3,191
  CVS Health Corp. 39,202 3,188
  Universal Corp. 19,523 1,119
* HRG Group Inc. 57,067 891
  Campbell Soup Co. 17,676 828
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 7,010 825
      137,620
Energy (10.4%)    
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 640,325 52,494
  Chevron Corp. 316,482 37,187
  Valero Energy Corp. 174,527 13,426
  Halliburton Co. 220,379 10,144
  Williams Cos. Inc. 333,707 10,015
*,^ Chesapeake Energy    
  Corp. 1,809,458 7,781
  Devon Energy Corp. 168,409 6,182
  Baker Hughes a GE Co. 134,641 4,931
^ RPC Inc. 197,635 4,899
* Newfield Exploration Co. 157,753 4,680
* Peabody Energy Corp. 155,297 4,505
  Phillips 66 43,157 3,954
  Schlumberger Ltd. 49,084 3,424
* Exterran Corp. 99,487 3,145

 

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U.S. Value Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Laredo Petroleum Inc. 149,318 1,931
* Abraxas Petroleum Corp. 516,877 972
  Delek US Holdings Inc. 31,474 841
* Denbury Resources Inc. 602,127 807
* W&T Offshore Inc. 257,786 786
* SandRidge Energy Inc. 32,793 659
* McDermott International    
  Inc. 76,382 555
* REX American Resources    
  Corp. 5,003 469
  CVR Energy Inc. 17,177 445
      174,232
Financials (26.1%)    
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 540,838 51,655
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    
  Class B 193,497 35,472
  Bank of America Corp. 1,388,345 35,181
  Citigroup Inc. 475,238 34,569
  Wells Fargo & Co. 464,484 25,616
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 85,230 20,216
  PNC Financial Services    
  Group Inc. 128,872 17,368
  Morgan Stanley 356,198 17,158
  Bank of New York    
  Mellon Corp. 293,952 15,585
  State Street Corp. 137,477 13,135
  Aflac Inc. 148,012 12,047
  Regions Financial Corp. 764,727 11,647
  Citizens Financial    
  Group Inc. 307,046 11,628
  Allstate Corp. 123,602 11,360
  Lincoln National Corp. 151,072 11,101
  T. Rowe Price Group Inc. 120,522 10,925
  Unum Group 206,536 10,560
  Comerica Inc. 127,670 9,736
  Everest Re Group Ltd. 42,594 9,728
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 61,656 9,157
  Assured Guaranty Ltd. 224,235 8,465
* Walker & Dunlop Inc. 130,529 6,831
  Discover Financial    
  Services 105,159 6,781
  Zions Bancorporation 143,376 6,764
  Leucadia National Corp. 211,444 5,339
  Universal Insurance    
  Holdings Inc. 217,019 4,991
  American Express Co. 51,238 4,635
  SunTrust Banks Inc. 57,003 3,407
  CNO Financial Group Inc. 138,788 3,239
  Torchmark Corp. 28,164 2,256
  US Bancorp 40,502 2,170
  East West Bancorp Inc. 32,318 1,932
  Primerica Inc. 19,997 1,631
  Raymond James    
  Financial Inc. 10,558 890
  Ally Financial Inc. 35,344 857

 

* Credit Acceptance Corp. 3,036 851
  Principal Financial Group    
  Inc. 12,925 832
  American Financial Group    
  Inc. 7,995 827
  Federal Agricultural    
  Mortgage Corp. 10,908 793
  Capital One Financial Corp. 6,843 579
      437,914
Health Care (13.3%)    
  Pfizer Inc. 991,878 35,410
  Johnson & Johnson 250,973 32,629
  Merck & Co. Inc. 457,173 29,273
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 251,719 16,044
  Anthem Inc. 75,730 14,380
* Centene Corp. 108,191 10,470
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 158,181 10,155
  Cigna Corp. 50,260 9,396
  Humana Inc. 35,454 8,638
* WellCare Health Plans Inc. 49,772 8,548
* Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc. 89,051 8,466
  Baxter International Inc. 134,006 8,409
  Aetna Inc. 49,648 7,894
* Express Scripts Holding Co. 124,595 7,889
  Medtronic plc 56,027 4,357
  Amgen Inc. 22,337 4,165
  Abbott Laboratories 39,877 2,128
* Exelixis Inc. 60,640 1,469
* INC Research Holdings    
  Inc. Class A 17,240 902
  Allergan plc 3,939 807
* OraSure Technologies Inc. 26,786 603
      222,032
Industrials (8.8%)    
  Honeywell International    
  Inc. 99,030 14,037
  General Electric Co. 570,370 13,792
  Oshkosh Corp. 121,671 10,043
  Spirit AeroSystems    
  Holdings Inc. Class A 128,241 9,967
  Caterpillar Inc. 79,655 9,934
  Owens Corning 122,641 9,486
* United Rentals Inc. 67,229 9,327
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 29,826 9,255
  SkyWest Inc. 179,152 7,865
  Quad/Graphics Inc. 301,013 6,806
* United Continental    
  Holdings Inc. 101,363 6,171
  Global Brass & Copper    
  Holdings Inc. 177,763 6,008
  Copa Holdings SA Class A 42,473 5,289
  Waste Management Inc. 56,484 4,421
  Wabash National Corp. 183,039 4,177
* Meritor Inc. 147,959 3,848
  Timken Co. 67,507 3,277

 

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U.S. Value Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Rush Enterprises Inc.    
  Class A 60,929 2,820
  United Technologies Corp. 20,219 2,347
  GATX Corp. 32,163 1,980
* Hawaiian Holdings Inc. 44,826 1,683
  American Airlines    
  Group Inc. 34,805 1,653
  Allison Transmission    
  Holdings Inc. 32,313 1,213
* Harsco Corp. 54,845 1,146
  Rockwell Automation Inc. 4,662 831
  CECO Environmental Corp. 46,275 392
      147,768
Information Technology (8.3%)  
  Intel Corp. 362,945 13,821
  HP Inc. 670,001 13,373
  Cisco Systems Inc. 376,386 12,658
  Applied Materials Inc. 188,617 9,825
  Booz Allen Hamilton    
  Holding Corp. Class A 247,213 9,243
*,^ VMware Inc. Class A 84,151 9,188
*,^ Advanced Micro Devices    
  Inc. 626,522 7,988
  Oracle Corp. 160,329 7,752
  CDW Corp. 115,793 7,642
* TTM Technologies Inc. 463,242 7,120
* Extreme Networks Inc. 443,102 5,268
  DXC Technology Co. 59,226 5,086
  Travelport Worldwide Ltd. 273,100 4,288
* CACI International Inc.    
  Class A 27,637 3,851
  SYNNEX Corp. 27,238 3,446
* ON Semiconductor Corp. 140,265 2,591
* Anixter International Inc. 29,302 2,491
* Amkor Technology Inc. 234,081 2,470
* Dell Technologies Inc.    
  Class V 31,693 2,447
  Western Digital Corp. 21,144 1,827
* Micron Technology Inc. 34,667 1,363
  QUALCOMM Inc. 26,000 1,348
* Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. 40,914 1,253
* Sigma Designs Inc. 165,961 1,046
  Convergys Corp. 23,908 619
* Unisys Corp. 58,504 497
* Alpha & Omega    
  Semiconductor Ltd. 19,824 327
* Sykes Enterprises Inc. 9,568 279
      139,107
Materials (2.9%)    
* Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 697,621 9,794
  Huntsman Corp. 342,172 9,382
  Chemours Co. 182,453 9,234
* Owens-Illinois Inc. 345,192 8,685
* Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 312,512 8,463

 

* AdvanSix Inc. 43,990 1,749
  DowDuPont Inc. 19,627 1,359
* Alcoa Corp. 9,095 424
      49,090
Real Estate (5.4%)    
^ Omega Healthcare    
  Investors Inc. 284,946 9,093
  Hospitality Properties    
  Trust 308,949 8,802
  Lexington Realty Trust 705,509 7,210
  Senior Housing    
  Properties Trust 348,210 6,808
  CoreCivic Inc. 229,070 6,132
  Sabra Health Care    
  REIT Inc. 270,866 5,943
  GEO Group Inc. 219,073 5,893
*,2 Forestar Group Inc. 274,347 4,719
  Xenia Hotels & Resorts    
  Inc. 216,625 4,560
  Sunstone Hotel Investors    
  Inc. 283,139 4,550
  CorEnergy Infrastructure    
  Trust Inc. 117,483 4,153
  Government Properties    
  Income Trust 211,584 3,971
  LaSalle Hotel Properties 134,889 3,914
  Select Income REIT 119,680 2,803
  Prologis Inc. 35,223 2,235
  NorthStar Realty Europe    
  Corp. 153,722 1,969
^ Uniti Group Inc. 116,709 1,711
  National Health    
  Investors Inc. 20,588 1,591
  Getty Realty Corp. 35,690 1,021
  Essex Property Trust Inc. 3,629 922
  Ashford Hospitality    
  Trust Inc. 128,054 854
  Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 15,667 432
  Chesapeake Lodging Trust 12,749 344
  Tier REIT Inc. 17,398 336
      89,966
Telecommunication Services (3.0%)  
  AT&T Inc. 841,647 32,967
* T-Mobile US Inc. 144,633 8,918
* Sprint Corp. 496,059 3,859
  Verizon Communications    
  Inc. 72,669 3,597
      49,341
Utilities (6.1%)    
  NextEra Energy Inc. 114,889 16,837
  PG&E Corp. 187,919 12,795
  CenterPoint Energy Inc. 349,101 10,197
  FirstEnergy Corp. 320,282 9,874
  Entergy Corp. 129,275 9,872

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Ameren Corp. 170,225 9,846
  National Fuel Gas Co. 154,473 8,745
  NRG Energy Inc. 239,855 6,138
  DTE Energy Co. 51,184 5,495
  MDU Resources Group Inc. 179,041 4,646
  Xcel Energy Inc. 76,688 3,629
  PNM Resources Inc. 56,434 2,274
  AES Corp. 146,749 1,617
  Avangrid Inc. 19,456 923
      102,888
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $1,407,471)   1,666,419
Temporary Cash Investments (1.4%)1  
Money Market Fund (1.3%)    
3,4 Vanguard Market Liquidity    
  Fund, 1.223% 222,053 22,210
 
    Face  
    Amount  
    ($000)  
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)
5 United States Cash    
  Management Bill,    
  1.048%, 1/2/18 1,000 997
5 United States Treasury Bill,    
  1.107%, 12/28/17 400 399
      1,396
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $23,604)   23,606
Total Investments (100.9%)    
(Cost $1,431,075)   1,690,025

 

  Amount
  ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.9%)  
Other Assets  
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 265
Investment in Vanguard 102
Receivables for Accrued Income 1,947
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 597
Variation Margin Receivable-Futures  
Contracts 32
Other Assets 3,202
Total Other Assets 6,145
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities  
Purchased (6,724)
Collateral for Securities on Loan (11,837)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (914)
Payables to Vanguard (1,380)
Other Liabilities (4)
Total Liabilities (20,859)
Net Assets (100%)  
Applicable to 85,358,971 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 1,675,311
Net Asset Value Per Share $19.63

 

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At September 30, 2017, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 1,301,912
Undistributed Net Investment Income 23,033
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 91,362
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 258,950
Futures Contracts 54
Net Assets 1,675,311

 

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 $11,344,000.
1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity
markets through the use of index futures contracts. After
giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective
common stock and temporary cash investment positions
represent 100.0% and 0.9%, respectively, of net assets.
2 Security value determined using significant unobservable
inputs.
3 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds
and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate
shown is the 7-day yield.
4 Includes $11,837,000 of collateral received for securities
on loan.
5 Securities with a value of $509,000 have been segregated as
initial margin for open futures contracts.
REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End    
 
Futures Contracts        
        ($000)
        Value and
    Number of   Unrealized
    Long (Short) Notional Appreciation
  Expiration Contracts Amount (Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2017 69 8,681 54

 

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

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

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Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 39,716
Interest1 79
Securities Lending—Net 725
Total Income 40,520
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 1,034
Management and Administrative 2,146
Marketing and Distribution 270
Custodian Fees 24
Auditing Fees 35
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy 87
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 2
Total Expenses 3,598
Net Investment Income 36,922
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 99,442
Futures Contracts 1,349
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 100,791
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 109,838
Futures Contracts 38
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 109,876
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 247,589

 

1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $74,000, $3,000, and $0, respectively.

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,
  2017 2016
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 36,922 34,546
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 100,791 23,090
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 109,876 81,526
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 247,589 139,162
Distributions    
Net Investment Income (30,933) (26,754)
Realized Capital Gain1 (22,230) (48,800)
Total Distributions (53,163) (75,554)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 422,683 306,212
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 50,256 71,550
Redeemed (365,711) (282,648)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 107,228 95,114
Total Increase (Decrease) 301,654 158,722
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 1,373,657 1,214,935
End of Period2 1,675,311 1,373,657

 

1 Includes fiscal 2017 and 2016 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $0, 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 $23,033,000 and $20,151,000.

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

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U.S. Value Fund          
 
 
Financial Highlights          
 
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $17.25 $16.48 $16.95 $14.41 $11.89
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income . 4371 .440 .355 .299 .304
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 2.606 1.341 (.543) 2.531 2.506
Total from Investment Operations 3.043 1.781 (.188) 2.830 2.810
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 386) (. 358) (. 282) (. 290) (. 290)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.277) (.653)
Total Distributions (. 663) (1.011) (. 282) (. 290) (. 290)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $19.63 $17.25 $16.48 $16.95 $14.41
 
Total Return2 17.87% 11.09% -1.18% 19.89% 24.16%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $1,675 $1,374 $1,215 $1,117 $829
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.23% 0.23% 0.26% 0.29% 0.29%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.36% 2.63% 2.10% 1.92% 2.26%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 95% 76% 66% 57% 75%

 

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 are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services.

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented less than 1% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (September 30, 2014–2017), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

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

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

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

7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

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

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for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At September 30, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $102,000, 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 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Statement of Net Assets.

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

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 1,661,700 4,719
Temporary Cash Investments 22,210 1,396
Futures Contracts—Assets1 32
Total 1,683,942 1,396 4,719
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.      

 

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.

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 $3,107,000 from undistributed net investment income, and $8,471,000 from accumulated net realized gains, to paid-in capital.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2017, the fund had $46,927,000 of ordinary income and $68,731,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

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At September 30, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,431,075,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $258,950,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $285,019,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $26,069,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

E. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund purchased $1,564,356,000 of investment securities and sold $1,473,193,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

F. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:

  Year Ended September 30,
  2017 2016
  Shares Shares
  (000) (000)
Issued 22,746 18,669
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 2,714 4,339
Redeemed (19,713) (17,113)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 5,747 5,895

 

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

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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard 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”) as of September 30, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of September 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

 

 


 

Special 2017 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard U.S. Value Fund

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

The fund distributed $28,657,000 as capital gain dividends (20% rate gain distributions)
to shareholders during the fiscal year.

The fund distributed $27,329,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the
fiscal year.

For corporate shareholders, 54.7% of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains,
if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.

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Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns

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

Calculations are based on the highest individual federal income tax and capital gains tax rates in effect at the times of the distributions and the hypothetical sales. State and local taxes were not considered. After-tax returns reflect any qualified dividend income, using actual prior-year figures and estimates for 2017. (In the example, returns after the sale of fund shares may be higher than those assuming no sale. This occurs when the sale would have produced a capital loss. The calculation assumes that the investor received a tax deduction for the loss.)

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, 2017      
  One Five Ten
  Year Years Years
Returns Before Taxes 17.87% 14.01% 6.53%
Returns After Taxes on Distributions 16.85 13.23 5.71
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 10.79 11.15 5.07

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

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

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

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

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

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

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

Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”

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

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

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Six Months Ended September 30, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
U.S. Value Fund 3/31/2017 9/30/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,046.93 $1.13
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,023.97 1.12

 

The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period is 0.22%. 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 198 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

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

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

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

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

Rajiv L. Gupta

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

Amy Gutmann

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

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.

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


 

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

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

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

F. Joseph Loughrey

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

Mark Loughridge

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

Scott C. Malpass

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

André F. Perold

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

Peter F. Volanakis

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


 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

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

Thomas J. Higgins

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

Peter Mahoney

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

Anne E. Robinson

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

Michael Rollings

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

Vanguard Senior Management Team
 
Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Gregory Davis James M. Norris
John James Thomas M. Rampulla
Martha G. King Karin A. Risi
John T. Marcante  

 

Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor

John J. Brennan
Chairman, 1996–2009
Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008

Founder

John C. Bogle
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996


 

 

 
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Annual Report | September 30, 2017

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 Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 3
Advisor’s Report. 7
Fund Profile. 11
Performance Summary. 12
Financial Statements. 14
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: Nautical images have been part of Vanguard’s rich heritage since its start in 1975. For an incoming ship, a lighthouse offers a beacon and safe path to shore. You can similarly depend on Vanguard to put you first––and light the way––as you strive to meet your financial goals. Our client focus and low costs, stemming from our unique ownership structure, assure that your interests are paramount.


 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• Vanguard Capital Value Fund returned 14.56% for the 12 months ended
September 30, 2017, trailing its benchmark and the average return of its peers.

• Eight of 11 industry sectors represented in the fund recorded positive results.
The highest total returns came from financials (+37%), the fund’s largest sector,
and materials (+32%); both sectors outperformed their benchmark counterparts.
Industrials (+26%) and utilities (+17%) also provided a relative boost.

• The fund’s health care stocks (–3%) were notable underperformers compared
with their benchmark counterparts. This result was driven mainly by holdings
among health care providers and services, as well as pharmaceutical companies,
which declined on concerns over potential regulatory changes. Energy (–6%) and
consumer staples (–3%) also lost ground and underperformed.

• Among other sectors, information technology (+16%) slightly underperformed,
while real estate (+6%) outperformed.

Total Returns: Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017  
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard Capital Value Fund 14.56%
Russell 3000 Value Index 15.53
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average 16.69
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.  
 
 
Total Returns: Ten Years Ended September 30, 2017  
  Average
  Annual Return
Capital Value Fund 5.29%
Russell 3000 Value Index 6.01
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average 5.39
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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Expense Ratios    
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group    
    Peer Group
  Fund Average
Capital Value Fund 0.25% 1.10%

 

The fund expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s expense ratio was 0.27%. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and captures information through year-end 2016.

Peer group: Multi-Cap Value Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

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

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

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

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

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Our four Investment Stewardship pillars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

Gender diversity on boards and climate risk

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

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

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

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

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

Our stewardship reflects our mission

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

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

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

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

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.


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

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Advisor’s Report

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2017, Vanguard Capital Value Fund returned 14.56%. The fund’s performance reflects the management of the fund by Wellington Management Company llp. The fund’s manager, David W. Palmer, has prepared the following discussion of the investment environment that existed during the 12-month period and of how the portfolio positioning reflects his assessment. These comments were prepared on October 23, 2017.

Portfolio Manager:

David W. Palmer, CFA
Senior Managing Director

The fund focuses on stocks that trade at a discounted multiple to the broad market, based either on current earnings or on those we expect within a reasonable investment horizon. We search 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 with unique drivers, diversified across capitalization sizes and industries.

Equities performed very well over the fiscal year, with the Russell 3000 Value Index returning more than 15%. Valuation measures expanded somewhat during the year as the index’s return outpaced the

consensus growth forecast in the reported earnings of quoted companies in calendar 2017 compared with 2016.

Despite a slowdown in some economic indicators during the spring and early summer, investors generally favored economically sensitive sectors. The sectors included those expected to benefit from a boost in infrastructure spending, corporate tax rate cuts, and trade policies favoring domestically produced goods. The three highest-returning sectors, each of which far exceeded the total return of the Russell 3000 Value Index, included the cyclical industry groups financials, materials, and industrials.

The environment for corporate earnings growth has remained favorable as consumers have seen growth in disposable incomes, yet without wage and benefit costs spiking sufficiently to become a severe headwind to company profit margins. Our expectations are for both GDP growth and inflation to be in the range of 2.3% annually for 2017 and 2018. These are very comfortable levels for the U.S. economy and for company managements to model when making investment decisions, but there is always the risk that events deviate from these encouraging forecasts.

Where we have seen investors extrapolating good news well into the future we have reduced the portfolio’s weighting in these outperforming stocks

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or sectors, recycling the assets into areas of the market where controversy and skepticism have produced what we believe to be a more attractive combination of value and appreciation potential. Those movements were made first in the financial sector in the months after the 2016 U.S. election, when we reduced the exposure as markets started to price in both higher interest rates and more lenient regulation. More recently, we have also reduced some of the holdings in information technology, as many of those stocks have seen improved sentiment and positive price momentum.

We feel very optimistic today looking at the coiled-spring nature of many of Capital Value’s holdings; we believe there is potential for the expansion of valuation measures among many of the beaten-down but well-managed companies we have added to the portfolio this year.

Our security selection decisions were strongest in industrials, real estate, materials, and financials, and were most challenging in health care, energy, and consumer staples. Sector allocation decisions added to total return, most notably by emphasizing the outperforming materials group while underweighting the lagging energy, consumer staples, and telecommunication services sectors.

Holdings in regional bank PNC Financial Services, money center bank Citigroup, insurer MetLife, and financial advisor Raymond James were all large contributors

to performance, although, admittedly, most financials did well during the year. Celanese, an intermediate-products and specialty-chemicals maker, provided a total return of nearly 60% amid strong earnings, shareholder-friendly capital returns, and earnings-accretive acquisitions of complementary assets. In information technology, Western Digital, a disk and flash-storage provider, performed well. Its newly acquired SanDisk business proved highly additive to earnings during a period of tight supply and demand for NAND storage chips.

The greatest detractor from relative performance during the fiscal year came from the health care sector. Holdings in Teva Pharmaceutical, a generics and branded-drugs producer, suffered on the loss of patent protection for Copaxone, a widely used drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. However, Teva and the portfolio’s position in rival generics maker Mylan also were challenged by rising competition in the market for more commodity-oriented generic drugs. The Food and Drug Administration’s focus on approving a fourth or fifth generic competitor crushed the profitability of those products in many instances, taking their margins to breakeven or below. While we believe that the coming approval cycle for more complex-to-manufacture generics and biosimilars will reinvigorate profit growth for the sector, we also acknowledge that the near term will continue to bring pricing pressure on commoditized products.

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Shares of natural gas producer Southwestern Energy were hit hard by a warm winter, with gas inventories ending the season at high levels. That left investors pessimistic about future realization prices for the company’s output.

In consumer staples, Coty, a fragrance, cosmetics, and hair care manufacturer, struggled through the early stages of its acquisition of several brands from Procter & Gamble that will require reinvestment in innovation and marketing.

At the end of September, the Capital Value portfolio was most overweight relative to the Russell 3000 Value Index in the materials, information technology, and real estate sectors. Again, compared with the benchmark, over the past year we added the most relative exposure to consumer staples and telecommunication services, while the largest reductions to relative exposure were in health care and financials.

Within consumer staples, we initiated new positions in food retailer Kroger and drugstore operator Walgreens Boots Alliance, as well as in Campbell Soup. Both Kroger and Walgreens had meaningfully trailed the market’s advance because of competitive concerns. Most notably, the imminent arrival or expansion of Amazon into that retail category compounded what was already a difficult business. Kroger and Walgreens are seasoned operators, trading at considerable valuation discounts to the broad market on current earnings,

as the investment community believes those earnings levels will be challenged to show future growth. We believe the Capital Value shareholder is being well compensated to take on these risks at today’s prices.

In information technology, we purchased a holding in communications chip-maker Qualcomm amid controversy about the future level of royalties the company would receive for its intellectual property from the dominant mobile device developers. In our view, Qualcomm is well-positioned to earn royalty income from its patents on both 4G and the coming 5G wireless technology, and we expect the company will settle its disputes with these customers at rates that will allow for growth in the earnings power of the business.

In the year ahead, we see economic growth continuing to boost earnings, helped by an improvement in capital investment spending and the potential for a tailwind from restocking somewhat lean inventories. While value stocks have so far meaningfully lagged their growth counterparts in 2017, we see a wide range of intriguing risk–reward opportunities for the portfolio, some of which have been discussed above.

We are constantly analyzing the subset of the market where concerns are roiling and other investors are jumping ship in order to find underpriced values that will be evident once the seas settle. Our team greatly appreciates the trust of Vanguard

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and the Capital Value shareholders, and we believe that confidence will be rewarded through the future performance of the portfolio over the market cycle.

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Capital Value Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2017

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
      U.S.
    Russell Total
    3000 Market
    Value FA
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 90 2,110 3,808
Median Market Cap $25.4B $55.2B $61.4B
Price/Earnings Ratio 18.6x 18.8x 21.9x
Price/Book Ratio 1.8x 1.9x 2.9x
Return on Equity 11.2% 10.9% 15.1%
Earnings Growth      
Rate 6.3% 6.3% 9.6%
Dividend Yield 2.3% 2.3% 1.8%
Foreign Holdings 9.4% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 41%
Ticker Symbol VCVLX
Expense Ratio1 0.25%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.06%
Short-Term Reserves 0.8%

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
    Russell DJ
    3000 U.S. Total
    Value Market
  Fund Index FA Index
Consumer Discretionary 8.1% 7.0% 12.3%
Consumer Staples 7.5 8.2 7.3
Energy 10.5 10.5 5.8
Financials 22.5 26.4 15.0
Health Care 11.0 13.3 14.0
Industrials 7.0 8.8 10.8
Information Technology 10.9 8.3 22.3
Materials 6.4 3.0 3.4
Real Estate 6.6 5.3 4.0
Telecommunication      
Services 2.9 3.0 2.0
Utilities 6.6 6.2 3.1

 

Volatility Measures    
  Russell DJ
  3000 U.S. Total
  Value Market
  Index FA Index
R-Squared 0.84 0.80
Beta 1.28 1.28

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)
Citigroup Inc. Diversified Banks 3.9%
MetLife Inc. Life & Health  
  Insurance 3.6
Wells Fargo & Co. Diversified Banks 3.4
PNC Financial Services    
Group Inc. Regional Banks 2.9
QUALCOMM Inc. Semiconductors 2.7
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. Insurance Brokers 2.1
Verizon Communications Integrated  
Inc. Telecommunication  
  Services 1.9
Reliance Steel &    
Aluminum Co. Steel 1.9
Celanese Corp. Specialty Chemicals 1.9
STORE Capital Corp. Diversified REITs 1.8
Top Ten   26.1%

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

 

 



Investment Focus


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

1 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the expense ratio was 0.27%.

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


    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2017  
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $10,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  Capital Value Fund* 14.56% 11.94% 5.29% $16,750
• • • • • • • • Russell 3000 Value Index 15.53 13.20 6.01 17,926
– – – – Multi-Cap Value Funds Average 16.69 12.32 5.39 16,908
  Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Float Adjusted Index 18.67 14.15 7.64 20,887

 

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, 2007, Through September 30, 2017


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Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2017

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

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (99.3%)    
Consumer Discretionary (8.0%)  
  Las Vegas Sands Corp. 198,334 12,725
  General Motors Co. 314,577 12,703
  SES SA Class A 550,083 12,043
  Coach Inc. 194,200 7,822
  VF Corp. 117,742 7,485
  L Brands Inc. 168,400 7,007
  John Wiley & Sons Inc.    
  Class A 85,941 4,598
  Expedia Inc. 29,435 4,237
* Global Brands Group    
  Holding Ltd. 38,380,000 3,704
      72,324
Consumer Staples (7.4%)    
  British American    
  Tobacco plc 254,308 15,921
  Kroger Co. 658,059 13,201
  Walgreens Boots    
  Alliance Inc. 170,800 13,189
  Coty Inc. Class A 547,989 9,058
  Campbell Soup Co. 133,600 6,255
* Simply Good Foods Co. 480,100 5,622
* Hostess Brands Inc.    
  Class A 292,300 3,993
      67,239
Energy (10.4%)    
  Halliburton Co. 276,817 12,742
  Anadarko Petroleum    
  Corp. 236,212 11,539
  HollyFrontier Corp. 304,797 10,964
  Cimarex Energy Co. 88,300 10,037
  Canadian Natural    
  Resources Ltd.    
  (New York Shares) 257,347 8,619
* Diamondback Energy Inc. 72,871 7,138

 

  Pioneer Natural    
  Resources Co. 41,041 6,055
  Hess Corp. 119,498 5,603
* Laredo Petroleum Inc. 427,900 5,533
  Marathon Oil Corp. 401,543 5,445
  Helmerich & Payne Inc. 94,565 4,928
* Southwestern Energy Co. 458,475 2,801
* Trican Well Service Ltd. 764,396 2,793
      94,197
Financials (22.4%)    
  Citigroup Inc. 483,809 35,192
  MetLife Inc. 629,922 32,724
  Wells Fargo & Co. 553,502 30,526
  PNC Financial Services    
  Group Inc. 196,222 26,445
  Arthur J Gallagher & Co. 303,768 18,697
  American International    
  Group Inc. 268,645 16,492
  XL Group Ltd. 305,873 12,067
  M&T Bank Corp. 52,632 8,476
  Principal Financial Group    
  Inc. 109,160 7,023
  Unum Group 126,785 6,483
  Raymond James    
  Financial Inc. 55,400 4,672
* Brighthouse Financial Inc. 57,492 3,495
      202,292
Health Care (10.9%)    
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 246,211 15,694
  McKesson Corp. 99,133 15,228
* Mylan NV 407,149 12,772
  Allergan plc 54,985 11,269
* Biogen Inc. 27,851 8,721
* Envision Healthcare Corp. 175,251 7,878
  STERIS plc 84,734 7,490
* AMN Healthcare    
  Services Inc. 139,000 6,352

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Eli Lilly & Co. 66,600 5,697
* Regeneron    
  Pharmaceuticals Inc. 11,701 5,232
* Alder Biopharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 175,058 2,144
      98,477
Industrials (7.0%)    
* Genesee & Wyoming Inc.    
  Class A 173,509 12,841
  Steelcase Inc. Class A 649,154 9,997
  Herman Miller Inc. 258,896 9,294
  Sanwa Holdings Corp. 754,000 8,659
  JB Hunt Transport    
  Services Inc. 72,598 8,064
  Eaton Corp. plc 100,468 7,715
* Clean Harbors Inc. 85,900 4,871
  Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 14,200 1,653
      63,094
Information Technology (10.9%)  
  QUALCOMM Inc. 463,503 24,028
  Western Digital Corp. 131,477 11,360
  Genpact Ltd. 355,971 10,234
* Keysight Technologies    
  Inc. 233,800 9,740
  Cisco Systems Inc. 261,215 8,785
  Silicon Motion    
  Technology Corp. ADR 172,512 8,286
*,^ Acacia Communications    
  Inc. 172,000 8,101
* GoDaddy Inc. Class A 178,352 7,760
  Amdocs Ltd. 104,200 6,702
  Skyworks Solutions Inc. 31,384 3,198
      98,194
Materials (6.4%)    
  Reliance Steel &    
  Aluminum Co. 228,162 17,379
  Celanese Corp. Class A 163,223 17,019
  PPG Industries Inc. 84,158 9,145
  CRH plc 230,555 8,756
^ Southern Copper Corp. 128,900 5,125
      57,424
Other (0.0%)    
*,1,2 Allstar Co-Invest LLC    
  Private Placement NA
 
Real Estate (6.6%)    
  STORE Capital Corp. 666,607 16,579
  Host Hotels & Resorts    
  Inc. 705,128 13,038

 

Columbia Property Trust    
Inc. 433,583 9,439
American Tower Corp. 65,707 8,981
Simon Property Group Inc. 45,938 7,396
Taubman Centers Inc. 76,000 3,777
    59,210
Telecommunication Services (2.8%)  
Verizon Communications    
Inc. 352,191 17,430
Nippon Telegraph &    
Telephone Corp. 177,700 8,142
    25,572
Utilities (6.5%)    
PG&E Corp. 240,409 16,369
Exelon Corp. 411,338 15,495
OGE Energy Corp. 294,896 10,625
Sempra Energy 77,107 8,800
Iberdrola SA 988,017 7,683
    58,972
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $782,466)   896,995
Temporary Cash Investments (1.7%)  
Money Market Fund (0.9%)    
3,4 Vanguard Market Liquidity    
Fund, 1.223% 83,813 8,383
 
  Face  
  Amount  
  ($000)  
Repurchase Agreement (0.8%)  
RBS Securities, Inc.    
1.040%, 10/2/17    
(Dated 9/29/17,    
Repurchase Value    
$7,001,000, collateralized    
by U.S. Treasury    
Note/Bond 1.000%,    
2/15/18, with a value of    
$7,143,000) 7,000 7,000
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $15,383)   15,383
Total Investments (101.0%)    
(Cost $797,849)   912,378

 

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  Amount
  ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-1.0%)  
Other Assets  
Investment in Vanguard 55
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 2,805
Receivables for Accrued Income 1,468
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 194
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency
Contracts 252
Other Assets 230
Total Other Assets 5,004
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities  
Purchased (3,194)
Collateral for Securities on Loan (8,382)
Payables to Investment Advisor (97)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (307)
Payables to Vanguard (2,053)
Total Liabilities (14,033)
Net Assets (100%)  
Applicable to 69,708,924 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 903,349
Net Asset Value Per Share $12.96

 

At September 30, 2017, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 874,803
Undistributed Net Investment Income 11,533
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (97,758)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 114,529
Forward Currency Contracts 252
Foreign Currencies (10)
Net Assets 903,349

 

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 $8,080,000.
1 Security value determined using significant unobservable
inputs.
2 Restricted security represents 0.0% of net assets. Shares not
applicable for this private placement.
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 $8,382,000 of collateral received for securities
on loan.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Forward Currency Contracts
Unrealized
Contract Appreciation
Settlement Contract Amount (000) (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date Receive Deliver ($000)
Citibank, N.A. 12/20/17 USD 10,088 EUR 8,413 98
Barclays Bank 12/20/17 USD 7,305 JPY 801,276 154
252
EUR—Euro.
JPY—Japanese yen.
USD—U.S. dollar.

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

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Capital Value Fund  
 
 
Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 20,171
Interest 2 38
Securities Lending—Net 507
Total Income 20,716
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 2,091
Performance Adjustment (1,764)
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative 1,852
Marketing and Distribution 130
Custodian Fees 37
Auditing Fees 37
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy 69
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 3
Total Expenses 2,455
Net Investment Income 18,261
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold 2 69,838
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (380)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 69,458
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 2 38,771
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts 110
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 38,881
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 126,600

 

1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $271,000.

2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $0, $1,000, and $0, respectively.

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

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Capital Value Fund    
 
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
  Year Ended September 30,
  2017 2016
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 18,261 14,932
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 69,458 (164,848)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 38,881 254,302
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 126,600 104,386
Distributions    
Net Investment Income (15,817) (12,846)
Realized Capital Gain1 (93,310)
Total Distributions (15,817) (106,156)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 80,436 100,481
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 14,657 99,619
Redeemed (235,684) (323,723)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (140,591) (123,623)
Total Increase (Decrease) (29,808) (125,393)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 933,157 1,058,550
End of Period2 903,349 933,157

 

1 Includes fiscal 2017 and 2016 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $27,386,000, 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 $11,533,000 and $9,068,000.

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

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Capital Value Fund          
 
 
Financial Highlights          
 
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $11.50 $11.45 $15.32 $14.57 $10.58
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income . 2411 .180 .1291 .1782 .138
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 1.420 1.060 (2.330) 2.055 4.051
Total from Investment Operations 1.661 1.240 (2.201) 2.233 4.189
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.201) (.144) (.175) (.111) (.199)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (1.046) (1.494) (1.372)
Total Distributions (.201) (1.190) (1.669) (1.483) (.199)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $12.96 $11.50 $11.45 $15.32 $14.57
 
Total Return 3 14.56% 11.36% -15.67% 16.50% 40.21%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $903 $933 $1,059 $1,784 $1,249
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets4 0.27% 0.25% 0.50% 0.47% 0.41%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 1.97% 1.51% 0.93% 1.19%2 1.03%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 41% 134% 90% 90% 132%

 

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 $0.18 and 0.12%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend 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 (0.19%), (0.20%), 0.06%, 0.02%, and (0.05%).

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 are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services.

2. 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. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated.

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

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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 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, 2017, 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, and in the absence of a default, such collateral cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. 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, 2014–2017), 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 subject to termination by the fund at any time, and are required to be secured at all times by collateral in an amount at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. Daily market fluctuations could cause the value of loaned securities to be more or less than the value of the collateral received. When this occurs, the collateral is adjusted and settled on the next business day. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into securities lending transactions only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master securities lending agreements with its counterparties. The master securities lending agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any loans with that borrower, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund; however, such actions may be subject to legal proceedings. While

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collateral mitigates counterparty risk, in the event of a default, the fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability in the Statement of Net Assets for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Securities lending income represents fees charged to borrowers plus income earned on invested cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan. During the term of the loan, the fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities.

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

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

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. 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, 2017, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.23% of the fund’s average net assets before a decrease of $1,764,000 (0.19%) based on performance.

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

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At September 30, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $55,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.02% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Statement of Net Assets.

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

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 832,087 64,908
Preferred Stocks
Temporary Cash Investments 8,383 7,000
Forward Currency Contracts—Assets 252
Total 840,470 72,160

 

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

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2017, the fund had $13,698,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund used capital loss carryforwards of $69,547,000 to offset taxable capital gains realized during the year ended September 30, 2017. At September 30, 2017, the fund had available capital losses totaling $97,717,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains.

At September 30, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $797,849,000.

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $114,529,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $149,101,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $34,572,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund purchased $382,086,000 of investment securities and sold $516,955,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

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G. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:    
  Year Ended September 30,
  2017 2016
  Shares Shares
  (000) (000)
Issued 6,622 9,076
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,209 9,106
Redeemed (19,274) (29,458)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding (11,443) (11,276)

 

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

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard 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”) as of September 30, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of September 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodians and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

 

 


 

Special 2017 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Capital Value Fund

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

The fund distributed $15,817,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the
fiscal year.

For corporate shareholders, 77.7% of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains,
if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.

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Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns

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

Calculations are based on the highest individual federal income tax and capital gains tax rates in effect at the times of the distributions and the hypothetical sales. State and local taxes were not considered. After-tax returns reflect any qualified dividend income, using actual prior-year figures and estimates for 2017. (In the example, returns after the sale of fund shares may be higher than those assuming no sale. This occurs when the sale would have produced a capital loss. The calculation assumes that the investor received a tax deduction for the loss.)

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, 2017      
  One Five Ten
  Year Years Years
Returns Before Taxes 14.56% 11.94% 5.29%
Returns After Taxes on Distributions 14.12 9.46 3.76
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 8.57 8.64 3.72

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

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

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

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

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

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

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

Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”

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

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

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Six Months Ended September 30, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
Capital Value Fund 3/31/2017 9/30/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,043.48 $1.38
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,023.71 1.37

 

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 0.27%. 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 Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard and Poor’s, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), and is licensed for use by Vanguard. Neither MSCI, S&P nor any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect to such standard or classification (or the results to be obtained by the use thereof), and all such parties hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to any such standard or classification. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall MSCI, S&P, any of its affiliates or any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

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

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 198 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

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

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

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

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

Rajiv L. Gupta

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

Amy Gutmann

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

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.

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


 

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

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

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

F. Joseph Loughrey

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

Mark Loughridge

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

Scott C. Malpass

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

André F. Perold

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

Peter F. Volanakis

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


 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

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

Thomas J. Higgins

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

Peter Mahoney

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

Anne E. Robinson

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

Michael Rollings

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

Vanguard Senior Management Team
 
Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Gregory Davis James M. Norris
John James Thomas M. Rampulla
Martha G. King Karin A. Risi
John T. Marcante  

 

Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor

John J. Brennan
Chairman, 1996–2009
Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008

Founder

John C. Bogle
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996


 

 

 
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Annual Report | September 30, 2017

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected

Securities Index Fund


 

Vanguard’s Principles for Investing Success

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

Goals. Create clear, appropriate investment goals.

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

Discipline. Maintain perspective and long-term discipline.

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

We believe there is no wiser course for any investor.

Contents  
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 3
Fund Profile. 7
Performance Summary. 9
Financial Statements. 12
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 26
Glossary. 28

 

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

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

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


 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• For the 12 months ended September 30, 2017, Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund returned 0.31% for Investor Shares, tracking its benchmark index (+0.51%) and exceeding the average return of its peer funds (–0.14%). The 30-day SEC yield for Investor Shares began the period at –0.40% and ended at –0.20%.

• Prices of regular U.S. Treasury securities fell during the period as economic prospects brightened and interest rates rose. However, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) outperformed regular Treasuries as inflation expectations increased, a development that typically favors TIPS over nominal Treasuries.

• A measure of expected inflation over the next five years (the gap between nominal and TIPS yields) widened from 1.42% to 1.82%.

• To minimize the risk of overdistributing income, the fund withheld income distribution in March, June, and September in light of the low-interest-rate environment. Distributions will be made when sufficient income is available.

Total Returns: Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017      
  30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
  Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund      
Investor Shares -0.20% 0.55% -0.24% 0.31%
ETF Shares -0.12      
Market Price       0.38
Net Asset Value       0.40
Admiral™ Shares -0.12 0.76 -0.36 0.40
Institutional Shares -0.12 0.80 -0.36 0.44
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected        
Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year Index       0.51
Inflation-Protected Bond Funds Average       -0.14

 

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.

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Total Returns: Inception Through September 30, 2017  
  Average
  Annual Return
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund Investor Shares (Returns since inception:  
10/16/2012) 0.09%
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year Index 0.18
Inflation-Protected Bond Funds Average -0.54
Inflation-Protected Bond 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.

 

 

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 0.16% 0.07% 0.07% 0.04% 0.74%

 

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the expense ratios were 0.15% for Investor Shares, 0.06% for ETF Shares, 0.06% for Admiral Shares, and 0.04% 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 2016.

Peer group: Inflation-Protected Bond Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

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

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

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

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

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Our four Investment Stewardship pillars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

Gender diversity on boards and climate risk

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

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

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

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

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

Our stewardship reflects our mission

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

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

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

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

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.


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

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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics        
  Investor   Admiral Institutional
  Shares ETF Shares Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VTIPX VTIP VTAPX VTSPX
Expense Ratio1 0.16% 0.07% 0.07% 0.04%
30-Day SEC Yield2 -0.20% -0.12% -0.12% -0.12%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg  
    Barclays Bloomberg
    TIPS Barclays
    0-5 Year Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index
 
Number of Bonds 15 15 9,460
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 2.0% 2.0% 2.6%
 
Average Coupon 0.6% 0.6% 3.1%
 
Average Duration 2.7 years 2.7 years 6.0 years
 
Average Effective      
Maturity 2.7 years 2.7 years 8.2 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 0.1%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Treasury/Agency 100.0%

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg  
  Barclays Bloomberg
  TIPS Barclays
  0-5 Year Aggregate Bond
  Index Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.24
Beta 1.02 0.28

 

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

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. For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for Credit Quality.

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 Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 16.8%
1 - 3 Years 37.4
3 - 5 Years 45.8

 

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the expense ratios were 0.15% for Investor Shares, 0.06% for ETF Shares, 0.06% for Admiral Shares, and 0.04% for Institutional Shares.

2 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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Investment Focus


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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index 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: October 16, 2012, Through September 30, 2017
Initial Investment of $10,000


    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2017  
 
      Since Final Value
    One Inception of a $10,000
    Year (10/16/2012) Investment
  Short-Term Inflation-Protected      
  Securities Index Fund Investor Shares 0.31% 0.09% $10,045
  Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury      
• • • • • • • •        
  Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0–5      
  Year Index 0.51 0.18 10,090
 
– – – – Inflation-Protected Bond Funds Average -0.14 -0.54 9,735
 
  Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate      
  Bond Index 0.07 2.08 11,074

 

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 0.40% 0.18% $10,089
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury      
Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year      
Index 0.51 0.18 10,088
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond      
Index 0.07 2.05 11,058

 

"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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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund      
 
 
 
 
  Average Annual Total Returns  
  Periods Ended September 30, 2017  
    Since Final Value
  One Inception of a $10,000
  Year (10/16/2012) Investment
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities      
Index Fund Admiral Shares 0.40% 0.18% $10,089
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury      
Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year      
Index 0.51 0.18 10,090
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond      
Index 0.07 2.08 11,074

"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 0.44% 0.22% $5,054,760
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury      
Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year      
Index 0.51 0.19 5,048,466
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond      
Index 0.07 2.13 5,549,614

"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, 2017  
 
    Since
  One Inception
  Year (10/12/2012)
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund    
ETF Shares Market Price 0.38% 0.98%
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund    
ETF Shares Net Asset Value 0.40 0.89
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury    
Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year Index 0.51 0.88

 

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

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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): October 16, 2012, Through September 30, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        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 0.70 -2.06 -1.36 -1.19
2016 0.43 2.05 2.48 2.62
2017 0.55 -0.24 0.31 0.51

 

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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2017

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

      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (99.8%)      
U.S. Government Securities (99.8%)        
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.625% 1/15/18 584,994 688,020
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/18 2,111,735 2,236,915
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.375% 7/15/18 594,452 685,764
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 2.125% 1/15/19 545,639 641,440
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/19 2,121,308 2,223,690
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.875% 7/15/19 617,233 736,810
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.375% 1/15/20 757,914 888,238
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/20 2,120,880 2,227,332
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.250% 7/15/20 1,174,715 1,373,136
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.125% 1/15/21 1,357,484 1,578,615
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/21 1,867,856 1,934,290
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.625% 7/15/21 1,484,643 1,656,041
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 1/15/22 1,655,371 1,795,079
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/22 1,274,686 1,282,419
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 7/15/22 1,733,995 1,853,557
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $21,846,498)   21,801,346
 
      Shares  
Temporary Cash Investment (0.1%)        
Money Market Fund (0.1%)        
1 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $20,744) 1.223%   207,393 20,744
Total Investments (99.9%) (Cost $21,867,242)       21,822,090

 

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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund  
 
 
 
  Amount
  ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (0.1%)  
Other Assets  
Investment in VGI 1,367
Receivables for Accrued Income 28,383
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 117,541
Total Other Assets 147,291
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased (95,992)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (14,510)
Payables to Vanguard (4,384)
Other Liabilities (5,096)
Total Liabilities (119,982)
Net Assets (100%) 21,849,399
 
 
At September 30, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 21,804,613
Undistributed Net Investment Income 194,124
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (104,186)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (45,152)
Net Assets 21,849,399
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 238,404,410 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 5,904,271
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $24.77
 
ETF Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 78,542,013 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 3,880,796
Net Asset Value Per Share—ETF Shares $49.41
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 204,848,370 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 5,078,425
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $24.79

 

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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund  
 
 
 
  Amount
  ($000)
Institutional Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 281,627,267 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 6,985,907
Net Asset Value Per Share—Institutional Shares $24.81

 

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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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund  
 
 
Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 269,907
Total Income 269,907
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 633
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 6,982
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares 1,425
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 1,861
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares 1,875
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 847
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares 199
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 424
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares 314
Custodian Fees 112
Auditing Fees 68
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy—Investor Shares 119
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy—ETF Shares 214
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy—Admiral Shares 119
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy—Institutional Shares 15
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 15
Total Expenses 15,222
Net Investment Income 254,685
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (5,193)
Futures Contracts (1,848)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (7,041)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities1 (168,286)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 79,358

 

1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealzied appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $1,569,000, ($88,000), and $0, respectively.

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

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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund    
 
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
  Year Ended September 30,
  2017 2016
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 254,685 70,180
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (7,041) (12,164)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (168,286) 307,524
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 79,358 365,540
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (27,992)
ETF Shares (21,465)
Admiral Shares (26,937)
Institutional Shares (44,908)
Realized Capital Gain    
Investor Shares
ETF Shares
Admiral Shares
Institutional Shares
Total Distributions (121,302)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares 826,514 443,641
ETF Shares 1,409,404 583,428
Admiral Shares 1,712,740 1,173,766
Institutional Shares 1,503,409 1,539,781
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 5,452,067 3,740,616
Total Increase (Decrease) 5,410,123 4,106,156
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 16,439,276 12,333,120
End of Period1 21,849,399 16,439,276

 

1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $194,124,000 and $60,698,000.

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

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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund        
 
 
Financial Highlights          
 
 
Investor Shares          
          Oct. 16,
          20121 to
    Year Ended September 30,  
For a Share Outstanding         Sept. 30,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $24.83 $24.23 $24.74 $24.75 $25.00
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income . 312 2 .0802 (.131) .183 . 015
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments (. 237) . 520 (. 206) (.189) (. 241)
Total from Investment Operations . 075 . 600 (. 337) (. 006) (. 226)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.135) (.173) (. 004) (. 024)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.135) (.173) (. 004) (. 024)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $24.77 $24.83 $24.23 $24.74 $24.75
 
Total Return3 0.31% 2.48% -1.36% -0.02% -0.91%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $5,904 $5,088 $4,532 $4,517 $3,702
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.15% 0.16% 0.17% 0.20% 0.20%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 1.26% 0.42% (0.53%) 0.88% 0.01%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 5 27% 28% 26% 18% 13%

 

1 Inception.

2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

3 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.

4 Annualized.

5 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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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund          
 
 
Financial Highlights          
 
 
ETF Shares          
          Oct. 12,
          20121 to
    Year Ended September 30,  
For a Share Outstanding         Sept. 30,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $49.59 $48.36 $49.38 $49.36 $49.83
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income . 6712 .2512 (. 210) . 414 . 065
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments (. 477) . 979 (. 415) (. 371) (. 483)
Total from Investment Operations .194 1.230 (.625) .043 (.418)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 374) (. 395) (. 023) (. 052)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (. 374) (. 395) (. 023) (. 052)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $49.41 $49.59 $48.36 $49.38 $49.36
 
Total Return 0.40% 2.54% -1.26% 0.09% -0.84%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $3,881 $2,478 $1,838 $1,336 $967
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.06% 0.07% 0.08% 0.10% 0.10%3
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 1.35% 0.51% (0.44%) 0.98% 0.11%3
Portfolio Turnover Rate 4 27% 28% 26% 18% 13%

 

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

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

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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund          
 
 
Financial Highlights          
 
 
Admiral Shares          
          Oct. 16,
          20121 to
    Year Ended September 30,  
For a Share Outstanding         Sept. 30,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $24.88 $24.27 $24.77 $24.77 $25.00
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income . 338 2 .1492 (.105) . 209 . 025
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments (. 241) . 461 (.197) (.195) (. 229)
Total from Investment Operations .097 .610 (. 302) .014 (. 204)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.187) (.198) (. 014) (. 026)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.187) (.198) (. 014) (. 026)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $24.79 $24.88 $24.27 $24.77 $24.77
 
Total Return3 0.40% 2.51% -1.22% 0.06% -0.82%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $5,078 $3,373 $2,126 $1,518 $776
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.06% 0.07% 0.08% 0.10% 0.10%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 1.35% 0.51% (0.44%) 0.98% 0.11%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 5 27% 28% 26% 18% 13%

 

1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 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.
4 Annualized.
5 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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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund        
 
 
Financial Highlights          
 
 
Institutional Shares          
          Oct. 17,
          20121 to
    Year Ended September 30,  
For a Share Outstanding         Sept. 30,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $24.90 $24.28 $24.78 $24.77 $24.99
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income . 333 2 .1392 (. 099) . 215 . 026
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments (. 225) . 481 (.196) (.189) (. 220)
Total from Investment Operations .108 .620 (. 295) .026 (.194)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.198) (. 205) (. 016) (. 026)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.198) (. 205) (. 016) (. 026)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $24.81 $24.90 $24.28 $24.78 $24.77
 
Total Return3 0.44% 2.55% -1.19% 0.11% -0.78%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $6,986 $5,500 $3,837 $2,706 $1,262
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.04% 0.04% 0.05% 0.07% 0.07%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 1.37% 0.54% (0.41%) 1.01% 0.14%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 5 27% 28% 26% 18% 13%

 

1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not include transaction fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about
any applicable transaction fees.
4 Annualized.
5 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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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund

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 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. 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 notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts 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, 2017.

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (September 30, 2014–2017), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

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

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

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), shareholder reporting, and the proxy. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

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, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $1,367,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.55% 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.

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

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

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 21,801,346
Temporary Cash Investments 20,744
Total 20,744 21,801,346

 

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, 2017, the fund realized gains of $43,000 related to previously tax-deferred deflation adjustments, which have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income. Deferred inflation and amortization adjustments to securities held at September 30, 2017, totaling $402,000 are reflected as a reduction of the amount of tax-basis unrealized appreciation of investment securities.

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund realized $9,202,000 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.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2017, the fund had $198,269,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund had available capital losses totaling $104,154,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains.

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At September 30, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $21,867,644,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $45,554,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $15,483,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $61,037,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

E. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund purchased $10,213,900,000 of investment securities and sold $5,080,787,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $1,244,402,000 and $105,731,000, 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,
    2017   2016
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 1,069,872 43,271 873,920 35,645
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 27,936 1,136
Redeemed (271,294) (10,974) (430,279) (17,713)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 826,514 33,433 443,641 17,932
ETF Shares        
Issued 1,524,321 30,900 955,615 19,579
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (114,917) (2,325) (372,187) (7,625)
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares 1,409,404 28,575 583,428 11,954
Admiral Shares        
Issued 2,400,906 97,067 1,743,525 71,273
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 25,001 1,016
Redeemed (713,167) (28,817) (569,759) (23,298)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 1,712,740 69,266 1,173,766 47,975
Institutional Shares        
Issued 2,636,078 106,487 2,316,657 94,659
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 44,322 1,801
Redeemed (1,176,991) (47,524) (776,876) (31,833)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares 1,503,409 60,764 1,539,781 62,826

 

At September 30, 2017, one shareholder was the record or beneficial owner of 38% of the fund’s net assets. If the shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.

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

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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard 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”) as of September 30, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the 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 as of September 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 16, 2017

 

 


 

Special 2017 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund

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

For nonresident alien shareholders, 99.5% 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, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Account Value Account Value Paid During
Fund 3/31/2017 9/30/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $999.19 $0.70
ETF Shares 1,000.00 999.19 0.25
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 999.19 0.25
Institutional Shares 1,000.00 999.60 0.20
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,024.37 $0.71
ETF Shares 1,000.00 1,024.82 0.25
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.82 0.25
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 0.14% for Investor Shares, 0.05% for ETF Shares, 0.05% 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.

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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BLOOMBERG is a trademark and service mark of Bloomberg Finance L.P. BARCLAYS is a trademark and service mark of Barclays Bank Plc, used under license. Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates, including Bloomberg Index Services Limited (BISL) (collectively, Bloomberg), or Bloomberg’s licensors, own all proprietary rights in the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (Tips) 0–5 Year Index (Index or Bloomberg Barclays Index).

Neither Barclays Bank Plc, Barclays Capital Inc., or any affiliate (collectively Barclays) or Bloomberg is the issuer or producer of the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund and neither Bloomberg nor Barclays has any responsibilities, obligations or duties to investors in the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund. The Index is licensed for use by The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard) as the sponsor of the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund. Bloomberg and Barclays’ only relationship with Vanguard in respect of the Index is the licensing of the Index, which is determined, composed and calculated by BISL, or any successor thereto, without regard to the Issuer or the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund or the owners of the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund.

Additionally, Vanguard may for itself execute transaction(s) with Barclays in or relating to the Index in connection with the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund. Investors acquire the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund from Vanguard and investors neither acquire any interest in the Index nor enter into any relationship of any kind whatsoever with Bloomberg or Barclays upon making an investment in the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund. The Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Bloomberg or Barclays. Neither Bloomberg nor Barclays makes any representation or warranty, express or implied regarding the advisability of investing in the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund or the advisability of investing in securities generally or the ability of the Index to track corresponding or relative market performance. Neither Bloomberg nor Barclays has passed on the legality or suitability of the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund with respect to any person or entity. Neither Bloomberg nor Barclays is responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund to be issued. Neither Bloomberg nor Barclays has any obligation to take the needs of the Issuer or the owners of the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund or any other third party into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. Neither Bloomberg nor Barclays has any obligation or liability in connection with administration, marketing or trading of the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund.

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OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOST PROFITS AND EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH, RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE BLOOMBERG BARCLAYS INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN OR WITH RESPECT TO THE SHORT-TERM INFLATION-PROTECTED SECURITIES INDEX FUND.

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

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

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 198 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

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

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

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

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

Rajiv L. Gupta

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

Amy Gutmann

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

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.

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


 

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

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

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

F. Joseph Loughrey

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

Mark Loughridge

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

Scott C. Malpass

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

André F. Perold

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

Peter F. Volanakis

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


 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

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

Thomas J. Higgins

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

Peter Mahoney

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

Anne E. Robinson

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

Michael Rollings

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Annual Report | September 30, 2017

Vanguard Core 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 Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 2
Advisor’s Report. 6
Fund Profile. 9
Performance Summary. 10
Financial Statements. 12
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 57
Glossary. 59

 

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

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

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


 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• For the 12 months ended September 30, 2017, Vanguard Core Bond Fund returned 0.03% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares. Those performances were in line with the 0.06% return of the benchmark (Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index) but trailed the 0.44% average return for peer funds.

• The fund’s tilt toward BBB-rated bonds was positive. Overweighted allocations to U.S. financial institutions and select property and casualty bonds worked particularly well, as did an underweighting of European financials.

• In anticipation of higher inflation, the fund slightly increased its exposure to Treasury
Inflation-Protected Securities at the beginning of the period. However, as the fiscal year
closed, it trimmed those holdings as valuations rebounded and approached their target.

• The fund was also underweighted in industrials and made tactical trades in energy
as volatility in that sector generated buying opportunities. These moves resulted in
small gains.

Total Returns: Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017      
  30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
  Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard Core Bond Fund        
Investor Shares 2.18% 1.96% -1.93% 0.03%
Admiral™ Shares 2.28 2.07 -1.97 0.10
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted        
Index       0.06
Core Bond Funds Average       0.44

Core 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.

 

Expense Ratios      
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group      
  Investor Admiral Peer Group
  Shares Shares Average
Core Bond Fund 0.25% 0.15% 0.78%

 

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s expense ratios were 0.25% for Investor Shares and 0.15% for Admiral Shares. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and captures information through year-end 2016.

Peer group: Core Bond Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

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

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

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

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

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Our four Investment Stewardship pillars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

Gender diversity on boards and climate risk

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

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

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

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

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

Our stewardship reflects our mission

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

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

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

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

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.


F. William McNabb III

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

October 13, 2017

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Advisor’s Report

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2017, Vanguard Core Bond Fund returned 0.03% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares. Those performances were in line with the 0.06% return of the benchmark (Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index) but trailed the 0.44% average return for peer funds.

Investment environment

The period began on an unexpected note, with investors cheering stronger-than-expected third-quarter 2016 economic growth that stood in contrast to disappointing results from earlier in the year. The exuberance gained steam in the wake of U.S. elections in anticipation of the new administration’s policy initiatives focused on tax reform, infrastructure spending, and greater deregulation. This fueled a move toward riskier assets, propelling many bellwether stock indexes to record highs in early 2017.

The Federal Reserve also acknowledged the economy’s strength. In December, as inflation inched closer to the 2% target level, the Fed raised the funds rate by a quarter percentage point—only the second increase in a decade. Optimism waned a bit in early 2017 as policy initiatives remained unrealized. But consumers continued to open their wallets and unemployment dropped.

Those developments most likely played a large part in the Fed’s decision to again raise rates in March and June, pushing its target range up to 1%–1.25%. Along with

the establishment of a framework for trimming its $4.5 trillion balance sheet, those moves took the Fed closer to normalizing monetary policy after its emergency intervention in the wake of the Great Recession.

Despite those positive developments, disappointing inflation measures confounded some market outlooks. Annualized core inflation softened a little during the spring. In response, the Fed scaled back its 2017 forecast but still expected inflation to move closer to its 2% target over the medium term. Further tightening in the labor market should help, although wage gains have been small.

Abroad, many countries posted decent growth, but major central banks such as the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank remained in accommodative policy mode as they struggled to balance growth and inflation concerns. Even with a weaker U.S. dollar, comparatively low yields in many developed markets kept U.S. bonds attractive to international investors.

The period concluded on an uncertain note, as investor optimism waned but the economy was stable. Complicating things was an escalated discussion of a possible U.S. government shutdown over the debt ceiling. Because the Fed’s rate moves were telegraphed in advance, the market responded with a measured increase in short-term rates. But the unexpected debt ceiling debate led to a sell-off in short-term

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bonds, which caused their yields to spike at the end of the fund’s fiscal year. As the period closed, legislative action on this front was pushed off till later in the year.

The 2-year yield jumped 72 basis points to 1.29%. On the longer end of the curve, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note increased 74 basis points to 2.33%, and the 30-year yield rose 54 basis points to 2.86%.

Management of the fund

Entering the period, we believed consumer prices would rise at a faster rate than the market expected and we increased the fund’s exposure to Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). These securities, which are not part of the benchmark index, are designed to appreciate in value as inflation rises. Factors that supported our inflation outlook included a tightening labor market causing an uptick in wages, an increase in the price of oil and other commodities, and the prospect of fiscal stimulus.

That position worked in the fund’s favor until spring, when unexpectedly weak inflation caused TIPS to give back some of their gains. Recent readings were more in line with our expectations as the period closed, providing an upward lift in TIPs and allowing us to trim positions as we became more neutral on valuations in the short term.

The spreads in yields between corporate bonds and Treasuries continued to narrow, providing a favorable environment for

generating excess yield without greater risk. Our tilt toward BBB-rated bonds, which are still considered investment-grade, was positive. In particular, overweighted allocations to U.S. financial institutions and select property and casualty bonds worked well, as did an underweighting of European financials. Our competitors were more aggressive with this trade, which explains some of our relative underperformance.

We were also underweighted in industrials, and we made tactical trades in energy as volatility in that sector allowed us to be opportunistic. These moves provided small gains.

Our asset-backed securities positions posted decent results. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) contributed, as did bonds focused on automobile dealer financing.

Outlook

Absent any external shocks, the U.S. economy is set to continue on its trajectory of modest but steady growth, with real GDP expanding by about 2% for 2017. The pace could pick up a little next year depending on the timing and size of any fiscal stimulus the government may enact.

We agree with the Fed’s assessment that the recent disinflation is transitory and that consumer prices will gradually rise through 2019. The Fed is likely to remain patient and cautious, however, in carrying out monetary tightening. Some officials have indicated they would favor waiting for inflation to reach or modestly exceed 2%

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for some time before moving to raise rates more quickly. That could mean we won’t see another rate hike until the second half of 2018, especially if the Fed begins reducing its balance sheet later this year.

We continue to monitor developments concerning the debt ceiling debate and fiscal stimulus. In particular, we will watch how the Fed tapers its balance sheet, including its MBS holdings, which have benefited from stability in interest rates.

Portfolio Managers:

Brian W. Quigley

Gemma Wright-Casparius, Principal

Gregory S. Nassour, CFA, Principal

Vanguard Fixed Income Group

October 19, 2017

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Core Bond Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics    
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VCORX VCOBX
Expense Ratio1 0.25% 0.15%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.18% 2.28%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg
    Barclays U.S.
    Aggregate
    Float Adjusted
  Fund Index
 
Number of Bonds 885 9,460
 
Yield to Maturity    
(before expenses) 2.7% 2.5%
 
Average Coupon 2.7% 3.0%
 
Average Duration 6.1 years 6.1 years
 
Average Effective    
Maturity 7.1 years 8.3 years
 
Short-Term    
Reserves 5.3%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Asset-Backed 3.7%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed 3.7
Finance 11.7
Foreign 3.5
Government Mortgage-Backed 22.7
Industrial 13.7
Treasury/Agency 38.7
Utilities 2.2
Other 0.1

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 Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 2.5%
1 - 3 Years 22.9
3 - 5 Years 19.9
5 - 7 Years 20.1
7 - 10 Years 23.2
10 - 20 Years 3.9
20 - 30 Years 7.3
Over 30 Years 0.2

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 55.8%
Aaa 5.7
Aa 3.1
A 10.2
Baa 18.4
Ba 0.8
B 0.1
Not Rated 5.9

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.

Investment Focus


1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the expense ratios were 0.25% for Investor Shares and 0.15% for Admiral Shares.

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Core 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: March 28, 2016, Through September 30, 2017
Initial Investment of $10,000


    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2017  
      Since Final Value
    One Inception of a $10,000
    Year (3/28/2016) Investment
  Core Bond Fund Investor Shares 0.03% 2.38% $10,360
  Bloomberg Barclays U.S.      
• • • • • • • •        
 
  Aggregate Float Adjusted Index 0.06 2.22 10,336
  Core Bond Funds Average 0.44 2.63 10,400

Core 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 $50,000
  Year (3/28/2016) Investment
 
Core Bond Fund Admiral Shares 0.10% 2.49% $51,890
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float      
Adjusted Index 0.06 2.22 51,682

 

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

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Core Bond Fund

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): March 28, 2016, Through September 30, 2017  
 
        Bloomberg
        Barclays U.S.
        Aggregate
        Float Adjusted
      Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2016 0.97% 2.60% 3.57% 3.31%
2017 1.96 -1.93 0.03 0.06

 

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Core Bond Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2017

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

      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (61.1%)      
U. S. Government Securities (30.1%)        
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/18 9,120 9,661
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 9,796 9,800
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.000% 2/15/46 460 481
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.875% 2/15/47 800 798
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 5/31/18 50 50
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 7/31/18 44 44
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/18 33,000 33,000
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 11/30/18 3,800 3,783
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 2/28/19 3,800 3,785
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 2/28/19 1,200 1,201
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 3/31/19 11,100 11,071
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 3/31/19 1,700 1,705
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 4/15/19 150 149
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 4/30/19 600 598
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 6/30/19 2,250 2,256
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 10/15/19 5,000 4,950
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 11/30/19 1,700 1,682
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 11/30/19 2,500 2,499
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 12/15/19 600 598
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 1/15/20 2,500 2,491
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 3/15/20 5,200 5,207
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 3/31/20 2,500 2,473
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 3/31/20 2,200 2,189
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 4/15/20 13,250 13,225
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 6/15/20 9,000 8,978
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 6/30/20 2,000 2,001
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 7/15/20 5,650 5,634
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 7/31/20 5,000 5,002
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 8/31/20 1,025 1,018
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 10/31/20 650 645
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 10/31/20 3,900 3,911
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/30/20 650 649
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 11/30/20 1,000 1,010
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 12/31/20 1,586 1,589
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 1/31/21 2,400 2,374
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 1/31/21 700 710

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 2/28/21 1,985 1,946
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 3/31/21 1,000 984
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 4/30/21 9,756 9,631
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 4/30/21 2,300 2,340
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 5/31/21 5,000 4,930
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 6/30/21 420 425
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 7/31/21 800 780
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 8/15/21 6,600 6,683
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 8/31/21 900 907
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 10/31/21 4,000 3,909
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 12/31/21 5,000 5,030
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 8/31/22 200 197
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/22 1,000 991
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 11/30/22 706 707
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 1/31/23 500 494
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 2/15/23 2,400 2,400
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 2/28/23 1,000 974
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 3/31/23 980 954
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 5/31/23 1,000 978
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 11/15/23 244 254
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 12/31/23 2,300 2,321
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 2/15/24 1,900 1,972
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 2/15/26 3,268 3,106
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 5/15/26 5,035 4,773
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 5/15/27 20,000 20,075
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 8/15/27 750 745
United States Treasury Note/Bond 6.125% 8/15/29 1,500 2,079
United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.375% 2/15/31 3,000 4,014
United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.000% 5/15/37 1,642 2,243
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.500% 2/15/39 350 395
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250% 5/15/39 600 750
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 11/15/39 630 801
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.625% 2/15/40 425 559
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.750% 8/15/41 650 759
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 11/15/41 600 634
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 2/15/42 650 687
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 8/15/42 130 128
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 8/15/43 2,200 2,523
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875% 8/15/45 1,550 1,556
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 11/15/45 11,742 12,076
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 2/15/46 4,746 4,412
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 5/15/46 2,800 2,601
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 2/15/47 3,300 3,392
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 5/15/47 900 925
        266,257
Agency Bonds and Notes (8.4%)        
3 AID-Iraq 2.149% 1/18/22 4,300 4,311
3 AID-Ukraine 1.844% 5/16/19 1,700 1,709
3 AID-Ukraine 1.471% 9/29/21 2,100 2,061
4 Fannie Mae Principal Strip 0.000% 2/1/19 800 783
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.625% 8/7/18 100 99
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 10/1/18 2,500 2,487
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.250% 1/16/19 100 100
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 3/18/19 3,350 3,345

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 5/28/19 1,500 1,497
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 8/5/19 2,100 2,074
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 9/28/20 1,500 1,486
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.875% 10/12/18 720 716
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.375% 8/15/19 4,000 3,987
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.500% 1/17/20 2,000 1,995
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.625% 9/29/20 3,000 2,993
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 2/26/19 1,550 1,540
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.875% 8/2/19 450 445
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 8/28/19 800 792
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.000% 10/9/19 9,600 9,263
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.500% 7/30/20 1,250 1,244
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.875% 4/5/22 800 797
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.875% 9/24/26 5,600 5,323
5 Financing Corp. 0.000% 5/11/18 1,500 1,488
  Private Export Funding Corp. 1.875% 7/15/18 250 251
  Private Export Funding Corp. 4.375% 3/15/19 128 133
  Private Export Funding Corp. 1.450% 8/15/19 2,715 2,703
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.250% 3/15/20 567 573
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.300% 9/15/20 150 152
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.800% 5/15/22 1,900 1,960
  Private Export Funding Corp. 3.550% 1/15/24 1,300 1,391
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 1/15/27 600 463
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 4/15/27 1,800 1,378
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 7/15/27 794 603
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 10/15/27 794 597
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 4/15/28 3,000 2,205
  Resolution Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 10/15/19 2,000 1,934
  Resolution Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 7/15/20 5,500 5,232
  Resolution Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 10/15/20 2,000 1,894
5 Tennessee Valley Authority Principal Strip 0.000% 11/1/25 3,000 2,417
          74,421
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (21.1%)      
4,6 Fannie Mae Pool 2.000% 1/1/32 2,349 2,313
4,6 Fannie Mae Pool 2.500% 2/1/28–10/1/31 11,597 11,684
4,6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 3.000% 2/1/27–11/1/47 29,896 30,176
4,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.500% 3/1/27–10/1/47 3,553 3,735
4,6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 4.000% 8/1/39–10/1/47 23,716 25,039
4,6 Fannie Mae Pool 4.500% 1/1/41–7/1/47 6,819 7,399
4,6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 5.000% 3/1/38–10/1/47 7,176 7,940
4,6 Fannie Mae Pool 6.000% 5/1/37 860 978
4,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.500% 8/1/31–11/1/31 1,845 1,862
4,6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.000% 10/1/32–11/1/47 8,031 8,104
4,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.500% 3/1/45–10/1/47 19,498 20,141
4,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.000% 1/1/46–10/1/47 4,700 4,956
4,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.500% 6/1/47–8/1/47 5,140 5,548
6 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.000% 7/15/45–8/15/45 270 286
6 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.500% 2/15/39–9/15/46 1,477 1,613
6 Ginnie Mae I Pool 5.000% 3/15/38–2/15/40 3,185 3,512
6,7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.000% 12/20/44–10/1/47 14,505 14,739
6,7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.500% 10/20/43–10/1/47 20,509 21,378
6 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.000% 11/20/42–10/1/47 9,759 10,301
6 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.500% 11/20/44–10/1/47 4,058 4,364
          186,068

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.5%)      
4,6,8 Fannie Mae Pool 3.083% 12/1/40 192 203
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2005-45 1.607% 6/25/35 116 117
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2005-95 1.647% 11/25/35 156 157
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2006-46 1.557% 6/25/36 432 432
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2007-4 1.682% 2/25/37 59 60
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2012-122 1.637% 11/25/42 159 160
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2013-19 1.537% 9/25/41 220 219
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2013-39 1.587% 5/25/43 207 206
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2015-22 1.537% 4/25/45 173 172
*,^,4,6 Fannie Mae REMICS 2015-8 4.863% 3/25/45 21,669 4,812
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-55 1.737% 8/25/46 342 345
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-60 1.487% 9/25/46 705 703
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-62 1.637% 9/25/46 708 710
4,6,9 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-93 1.587% 12/25/46 1,423 1,424
4,6,8 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.111% 9/1/37 640 676
4,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.222% 7/1/33 101 106
4,6,8 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.329% 7/1/35 749 789
4,6,9 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.577% 11/15/36 144 144
4,6,9 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.584% 8/15/43 179 180
4,6,9 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.594% 11/15/36 110 110
4,6,9 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.684% 6/15/42 62 62
*,6 Government National Mortgage Association        
  GNR_15-106D 4.000% 1/20/45 1,909 368
*,^,6 Government National Mortgage Association        
  GNR_17-85A 4.914% 6/20/47 5,447 1,109
          13,264
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $544,592)     540,010
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (7.6%)      
6 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2017-3 2.040% 6/15/22 350 350
6,10 American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR3 3.678% 12/17/36 95 99
6 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables        
  Trust 2014-1 2.150% 3/9/20 90 90
6 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables        
  Trust 2014-2 2.180% 6/8/20 60 60
6 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables        
  Trust 2015-3 3.340% 8/8/21 285 288
6 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables        
  Trust 2016-2 2.210% 5/10/21 30 30
6 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables        
  Trust 2016-2 2.870% 11/8/21 20 20
6 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables        
  Trust 2016-2 3.650% 5/9/22 125 128
6 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables        
  Trust 2016-3 2.710% 9/8/22 200 200
6 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables        
  Trust 2016-4 2.410% 7/8/22 225 224
6,10 Applebee’s Funding LLC/IHOP Funding LLC 4.277% 9/5/44 35 34
6,10 ARL Second LLC 2014-1A 2.920% 6/15/44 66 65
6,10 Aventura Mall Trust 2013-AVM 3.867% 12/5/32 800 834
6,10 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC        
  2013-2A 2.970% 2/20/20 575 580

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6,10 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC        
  2015-2A 2.630% 12/20/21 380 380
6 BANK 2017 - BNK4 3.625% 5/15/50 140 146
6 BANK 2017 - BNK5 3.390% 6/15/60 180 184
6 BANK 2017 - BNK6 3.518% 7/15/60 100 103
  Bank of Nova Scotia 1.875% 4/26/21 830 817
10 Bank of Nova Scotia 1.875% 9/20/21 110 108
6 California Republic Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-2 2.520% 5/16/22 210 210
6 California Republic Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-2 3.510% 3/15/23 210 210
6 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-4 2.670% 2/20/19 102 102
6 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-2 3.160% 11/20/23 220 222
6 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 2.350% 9/20/21 50 50
6 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 2.650% 1/20/24 40 40
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2013-3 2.850% 2/18/20 750 750
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-2 2.160% 12/15/21 100 100
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-2 3.250% 11/15/22 100 101
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-3 1.900% 4/15/22 200 198
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-3 2.200% 6/15/22 190 188
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-3 2.940% 1/17/23 190 189
6 CD 2017-CD3 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.631% 2/10/50 160 167
6 CD 2017-CD4 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.514% 5/10/50 80 83
6 CD 2017-CD5 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.431% 8/15/50 90 92
6 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C4 3.283% 5/10/58 61 61
6,10 Chesapeake Funding II LLC 2016-2A 1.880% 6/15/28 516 517
6,10 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2014-BA 3.440% 8/16/21 200 203
6,10 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-AA 2.880% 2/15/22 90 91
6,10 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-AA 4.220% 2/15/23 90 92
6,10 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-BA 1.870% 2/15/22 20 20
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2013-GC15 4.371% 9/10/46 30 33
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2014-GC19 4.023% 3/10/47 370 393
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2014-GC21 3.575% 5/10/47 350 365
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2014-GC23 3.622% 7/10/47 350 365
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2014-GC23 4.175% 7/10/47 230 239
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2014-GC25 3.372% 10/10/47 10 10
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2014-GC25 3.635% 10/10/47 360 375
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2014-GC25 4.345% 10/10/47 140 143
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2014-GC25 4.682% 10/10/47 175 174
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2015-GC27 3.137% 2/10/48 228 229

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2015-GC31 3.762% 6/10/48 30 31
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2016-C1 3.209% 5/10/49 61 61
6,11 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2017-P8 3.465% 9/15/50 220 227
6,11 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2017-P8 4.192% 9/15/50 60 62
6,11 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2017-P8 4.272% 9/15/50 60 60
6,10 CKE Restaurant Holdings Inc. 2013-1A 4.474% 3/20/43 77 78
6,9,10 Colony American Homes 2015-1 2.734% 7/17/32 70 70
6,9,10 Colony American Homes 2015-1A 2.434% 7/17/32 177 178
6,9,10 Colony Starwood Homes 2016-1A Trust 2.737% 7/17/33 493 495
6,9,10 Colony Starwood Homes 2016-1A Trust 3.387% 7/17/33 185 186
6,10 COMM 2012-CCRE3 Mortgage Trust 3.416% 10/15/45 40 41
6 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 3.251% 10/15/45 500 507
6 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.765% 10/10/46 60 63
6 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 4.046% 10/10/46 500 535
6,10 COMM 2013-CCRE6 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 3/10/46 150 151
6,10 COMM 2013-CCRE6 Mortgage Trust 3.397% 3/10/46 210 209
6,10 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.396% 7/10/45 230 238
6,10 COMM 2014-277P Mortgage Trust 3.732% 8/10/49 100 104
6 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 4.236% 2/10/47 20 22
6 COMM 2014-CCRE15 Mortgage Trust 4.074% 2/10/47 350 374
6 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 3.700% 5/10/47 20 21
6 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 3.977% 5/10/47 350 372
6 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 4.895% 5/10/47 190 195
6 COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage Trust 3.326% 11/10/47 20 20
6 COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage Trust 3.590% 11/10/47 350 363
6 COMM 2014-CCRE21 Mortgage Trust 3.528% 12/10/47 50 52
6 COMM 2015-CCRE22 Mortgage Trust 3.309% 3/10/48 228 232
6 COMM 2015-LC19 Mortgage Trust 3.183% 2/10/48 228 230
6 CSAIL 2015-C1 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.505% 4/15/50 228 234
6 CSAIL 2015-C4 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.808% 11/15/48 228 238
6 CSAIL 2016-C7 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.502% 11/15/49 60 61
6 CSAIL 2017-C8 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.392% 6/15/50 230 234
6,10 DB Master Finance LLC 2015-1A 3.980% 2/20/45 59 60
6,10 DB Master Finance LLC 2017-1A 3.629% 11/20/47 220 221
6,10 DB Master Finance LLC 2017-1A 4.030% 11/20/47 170 171
6 DBJPM 16-C1 Mortgage Trust 3.505% 5/10/49 140 133
6 DBJPM 17-C6 Mortgage Trust 3.328% 6/10/50 160 163
6,9 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2017-A5 1.834% 12/15/26 650 656
6,10 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-AA 3.060% 5/17/21 334 335
6,10 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-DA 4.590% 1/17/23 132 136
6,10 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 2.560% 6/15/20 358 359
6,10 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 3.190% 7/15/22 270 273
6,10 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 4.530% 8/15/23 200 204
6,10 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 1.670% 11/15/19 111 111
6,10 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 2.370% 11/16/20 80 80
6,10 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 4.180% 3/15/24 90 93
6 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 1.860% 3/16/20 210 210
6 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 3.840% 3/15/23 50 51
6,10 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2016-2 2.040% 2/22/22 450 449

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6,9,10 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-1 1.954% 4/15/20 1,175 1,178
6,9,10 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-3 1.734% 11/16/20 110 110
4,6,9 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities        
  2016-C04 2.687% 1/25/29 167 168
4,6,9 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities        
  2016-C05 2.587% 1/25/29 397 399
4,6 Fannie Mae Grantor Trust 2017-T1 2.898% 6/25/27 20 20
4,6 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K054 2.745% 1/25/26 1,000 999
4,6 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K056 2.525% 5/25/26 1,000 981
4,6 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K057 2.570% 7/25/26 1,000 983
4,6 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K061 3.347% 11/25/26 1,000 1,039
4,6 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K062 3.413% 12/25/26 1,000 1,045
4,6 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K066 3.117% 6/25/27 540 551
6,10 Flagship Credit Auto Trust 2016-4 1.960% 2/16/21 120 120
6,10 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV1 2.410% 11/15/25 250 251
6,10 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV2 2.510% 4/15/26 200 202
6 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-B 1.850% 9/15/21 200 198
6,10 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-1 2.620% 8/15/28 450 455
6,10 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-2 2.360% 3/15/29 650 648
6,10 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-2 2.600% 3/15/29 120 120
6,10 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-2 2.750% 3/15/29 250 249
6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2014-2 2.310% 2/15/21 200 201
6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2017-1 2.070% 5/15/22 1,050 1,053
4,6,9 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk        
  Debt Notes 2016-DNA2 2.487% 10/25/28 58 59
4,6,9 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk        
  Debt Notes 2016-DNA3 2.337% 12/25/28 118 118
4,6,9 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk        
  Debt Notes 2016-DNA3 3.237% 12/25/28 250 255
6,10 FRS I LLC 2013-1A 3.080% 4/15/43 182 181
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing        
  Trust 2015-2 2.420% 7/22/19 420 421
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing        
  Trust 2015-2 2.990% 7/22/19 50 50
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing        
  Trust 2016-2 2.580% 3/20/20 190 189
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing        
  Trust 2017-2 2.180% 6/21/21 90 90
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing        
  Trust 2017-3 2.010% 11/20/20 200 200
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing        
  Trust 2017-3 2.120% 9/20/21 80 80
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing        
  Trust 2017-3 2.400% 9/20/21 80 80
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing        
  Trust 2017-3 2.730% 9/20/21 40 40

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6,10 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving        
  Trust 2015-1 1.970% 5/15/20 450 450
6,10 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving        
  Trust 2016-1 2.410% 5/17/21 330 330
6,10 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving        
  Trust 2016-1 2.850% 5/17/21 330 328
6,10 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving        
  Trust 2017-2 2.440% 7/15/22 260 259
6,10 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving        
  Trust 2017-2 2.630% 7/15/22 140 140
6,10 Golden Credit Card Trust 2016-5A 1.600% 9/15/21 150 149
6 GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II        
  2015-GC30 3.382% 5/10/50 228 233
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.135% 6/10/46 350 357
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC20 3.998% 4/10/47 350 370
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 3.931% 9/10/47 390 413
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 4.641% 9/10/47 170 178
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 4.662% 9/10/47 150 151
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC28 3.136% 2/10/48 30 30
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC28 3.396% 2/10/48 228 233
6,10 Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP 2015-1A 2.730% 3/25/21 850 850
6,10 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2013-1A 1.830% 8/25/19 680 678
6,10 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-3A 2.270% 7/25/20 25 25
6,10 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2017-2A 3.290% 10/25/23 180 181
6,10 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2017-2A 4.200% 10/25/23 350 351
6,10 Hilton USA Trust 2016-HHV 3.719% 11/5/38 20 21
6,10 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization        
  Trust 2017-B 2.130% 3/15/21 200 200
6,9,10 Invitation Homes 2015-SFR2 Trust 2.884% 6/17/32 70 70
6,9,10 Invitation Homes 2015-SFR3 Trust 2.984% 8/17/32 70 70
6,10 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C3 4.717% 2/15/46 1,700 1,808
6,10 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C5 5.588% 8/15/46 550 601
6,10 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-RR1 4.717% 3/16/46 20 21
6,10 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C8 3.424% 10/15/45 90 92
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C13 4.188% 1/15/46 230 232
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2016-JP4 3.648% 12/15/49 90 94
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2017-JP6 3.490% 7/15/50 70 72
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C12 3.363% 7/15/45 1,600 1,656
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C14 4.133% 8/15/46 30 32
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C15 5.250% 11/15/45 30 31
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C18 4.079% 2/15/47 380 405
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C26 3.231% 1/15/48 350 354

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C26 3.494% 1/15/48 350 361
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2015-C27 3.179% 2/15/48 258 260
6 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2017-JP5 3.723% 3/15/50 160 168
6 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2017-JP7 3.454% 9/15/50 150 153
6,9,10 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2017-B 1.654% 5/16/22 460 461
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2012-C5 3.792% 8/15/45 100 104
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C10 4.219% 7/15/46 200 199
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C12 4.259% 10/15/46 400 432
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C15 3.773% 4/15/47 350 368
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C15 5.056% 4/15/47 150 156
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C16 3.892% 6/15/47 20 21
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C16 4.481% 6/15/47 80 83
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C17 3.741% 8/15/47 350 366
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C18 3.923% 10/15/47 350 370
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C19 3.526% 12/15/47 450 465
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2015-C20 3.249% 2/15/48 228 230
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2016-C29 4.911% 5/15/49 160 166
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2016-C32 3.720% 12/15/49 60 63
6 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2015-UBS8 3.809% 12/15/48 189 197
6,9,10,11Motor plc 2017 1A 1.773% 9/25/24 850 850
6,10 MSBAM Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-CKSV 3.277% 10/15/30 1,700 1,696
10 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.250% 3/16/21 40 40
6,9,10 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-2 2.287% 6/25/65 200 203
6,9,10 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-3 2.087% 6/25/65 60 61
6,9,10 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-6A 1.987% 3/25/66 100 100
6,9,10 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-4A 1.737% 9/27/66 180 181
6,9,10 Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master        
  Trust II 2016-1A 2.587% 9/27/21 220 222
6,10 NextGear Floorplan Master Owner        
  Trust 2016-1A 2.740% 4/15/21 580 584
6 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2017-A 1.910% 4/15/20 510 511
6 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2017-A 2.040% 9/15/22 190 190
6,10 Palisades Center Trust 2016-PLSD 2.713% 4/13/33 700 702
6,9,10 Pepper Residential Securities        
  Trust 2017A-A1UA 2.335% 3/10/58 200 200
6,10 PFS Financing Corp 2017-B 2.220% 7/15/22 340 339

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6,9,10 PHEAA Student Loan Trust 2016-2A 2.187% 11/25/65 219 220
6,10 Progress Residential 2015-SFR3 Trust 3.067% 11/12/32 412 414
6,9,10 Resimac Premier Series 2016-1A 2.625% 10/10/47 601 603
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.300% 3/22/21 150 150
6 Santander Drive Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-2 2.080% 2/16/21 215 216
6 Santander Drive Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-2 2.660% 11/15/21 170 171
6 Santander Drive Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-2 3.390% 4/15/22 140 142
6 Santander Drive Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-3 1.890% 6/15/21 200 200
6 Santander Drive Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-3 2.460% 3/15/22 260 261
6 Santander Drive Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-3 1.870% 6/15/21 220 220
6 Santander Drive Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-3 2.760% 12/15/22 110 110
6,10 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-1A 1.524% 3/25/20 50 50
6,10 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-1A 1.794% 2/25/21 40 40
6,10,11 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-2A 2.289% 3/25/22 180 180
6 SMART ABS Series 2016-2US Trust 2.050% 12/14/22 40 40
6,10 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-A 2.700% 5/15/31 440 442
6,9,10 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-B 2.684% 2/17/32 280 287
6,9,10 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-C 2.334% 9/15/34 100 102
6,9,10 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2017-A 2.134% 9/15/34 120 121
6,10 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-B LLC 2.740% 10/25/32 470 473
6,10 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-C LLC 2.360% 12/27/32 500 498
6,10 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-D LLC 2.340% 4/25/33 100 99
6,9,10 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-D LLC 2.187% 1/25/39 72 73
6,10 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-B LLC 2.740% 5/25/40 10 10
6,10 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-D LLC 2.650% 9/25/40 120 119
6,10 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.750% 11/15/20 250 248
6 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2016-1 2.390% 3/15/22 345 346
6 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2016-3 1.910% 9/15/22 100 99
6,10 Taco Bell Funding LLC 2016-1A 4.377% 5/25/46 36 37
6,10 Taco Bell Funding LLC 2016-1A 4.970% 5/25/46 31 33
6,10 TMSQ 2014-1500 Mortgage Trust 3.680% 10/10/36 100 104
10 Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.250% 3/15/21 30 30
6,10 Trafigura Securitisation Finance plc 2017-1A 2.470% 12/15/20 890 888
6,9,10 Trillium Credit Card Trust II 2016-1A 1.958% 5/26/21 760 762
6,10 Trip Rail Master Funding LLC 2017-1A 2.709% 8/15/47 98 98
6 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2013-C6 3.469% 4/10/46 10 10
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2012-LC5 3.539% 10/15/45 40 41
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2013-LC12 4.218% 7/15/46 350 377
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2013-LC12 4.430% 7/15/46 450 479

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2015-C26 3.166% 2/15/48 110 111
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2015-C27 3.190% 2/15/48 388 391
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2015-C27 3.451% 2/15/48 30 31
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2015-C29 3.637% 6/15/48 30 31
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2015-C30 4.645% 9/15/58 200 204
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2015-LC22 4.693% 9/15/58 160 160
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2016-C37 3.794% 12/15/49 70 74
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2017-C38 3.453% 7/15/50 240 246
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2017-C39 3.418% 9/15/50 240 245
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2017-RC1 3.631% 1/15/60 80 83
6,10 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 3.371% 6/15/45 20 20
6,10 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 4.080% 6/15/45 56 57
6,10 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 4.497% 6/15/45 49 50
10 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 11/9/20 365 365
10 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.100% 2/25/21 40 40
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15 4.153% 8/15/46 100 107
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 4.162% 12/15/46 20 22
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C20 3.995% 5/15/47 20 21
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 3.410% 8/15/47 10 10
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 3.678% 8/15/47 360 376
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C24 3.607% 11/15/47 380 393
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14 4.045% 3/15/47 410 437
6 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2015-B 2.150% 8/15/22 175 175
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $67,733)   67,543
Corporate Bonds (27.2%)        
Finance (11.4%)        
  Banking (6.1%)        
  Bank of America Corp. 3.300% 1/11/23 306 313
6 Bank of America Corp. 3.124% 1/20/23 565 574
  Bank of America Corp. 4.000% 4/1/24 500 528
  Bank of America Corp. 3.875% 8/1/25 400 420
6 Bank of America Corp. 3.093% 10/1/25 2,105 2,093
6 Bank of America Corp. 3.824% 1/20/28 540 553
10 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.300% 3/5/20 650 652
10 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.700% 7/20/22 1,460 1,464
12,13BPCE SA 2.990% 4/24/20 1,500 1,189
12 BPCE SA 3.500% 4/24/20 1,400 1,111
  Citigroup Inc. 1.800% 2/5/18 300 300
  Citigroup Inc. 2.900% 12/8/21 1,795 1,817
  Citigroup Inc. 3.200% 10/21/26 800 783
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.400% 11/2/20 500 502
10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.500% 9/18/22 980 974
12,13Commonwealth Bank of Australia 3.640% 11/5/24 1,500 1,196

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 4.500% 12/9/25 700 730
10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 3.150% 9/19/27 1,065 1,053
12,13Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 4.210% 7/2/25 1,500 1,205
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 4.375% 8/4/25 450 473
10 Credit Suisse Group AG 4.282% 1/9/28 320 334
  First Republic Bank 2.375% 6/17/19 510 509
  First Republic Bank 2.500% 6/6/22 1,095 1,086
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.000% 4/26/22 350 354
6 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.908% 6/5/23 965 963
14 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 1.250% 5/1/25 108 127
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.750% 5/22/25 1,050 1,078
6 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.272% 9/29/25 2,065 2,062
6 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.691% 6/5/28 865 871
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.150% 5/22/45 550 629
  HSBC Holdings plc 2.950% 5/25/21 185 188
6 HSBC Holdings plc 3.262% 3/13/23 2,135 2,178
  HSBC Holdings plc 3.900% 5/25/26 700 732
6 HSBC Holdings plc 4.041% 3/13/28 735 767
6 HSBC Holdings plc 6.000% 11/22/65 360 376
  ICICI Bank Ltd. 4.000% 3/18/26 250 254
10 Intesa Sanpaolo SPA 3.875% 7/14/27 825 828
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.295% 8/15/21 1,495 1,490
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.972% 1/15/23 945 957
6 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.776% 4/25/23 690 693
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.700% 5/18/23 182 181
6 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.220% 3/1/25 550 557
6 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.782% 2/1/28 480 491
6 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.882% 7/24/38 535 537
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.500% 10/15/40 216 262
  Lloyds Banking Group plc 3.000% 1/11/22 275 277
  Lloyds Banking Group plc 3.750% 1/11/27 250 252
10 Macquarie Bank Ltd. 2.600% 6/24/19 78 79
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.500% 5/18/22 335 335
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 3.400% 8/17/27 265 265
10 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. 2.450% 10/16/19 285 287
  Morgan Stanley 2.625% 11/17/21 2,365 2,365
  Morgan Stanley 2.750% 5/19/22 570 572
15 Morgan Stanley 2.532% 5/8/24 385 390
6 Morgan Stanley 3.971% 7/22/38 500 503
  PNC Bank NA 2.550% 12/9/21 340 341
  Regions Financial Corp. 2.750% 8/14/22 570 569
10 Santander Holdings USA Inc. 3.700% 3/28/22 1,555 1,582
10 Santander Holdings USA Inc. 4.400% 7/13/27 280 285
6 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 5.750% 12/31/49 200 206
  Synchrony Bank 3.000% 6/15/22 770 766
  Synchrony Financial 4.500% 7/23/25 1,650 1,715
10 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 3.000% 4/15/21 1,095 1,107
10 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 2.650% 2/1/22 300 299
6,10 UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG 2.859% 8/15/23 1,840 1,831
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.625% 7/22/22 1,010 1,010
6 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.584% 5/22/28 435 440
12,13Westpac Banking Corp. 3.770% 3/14/24 1,500 1,192
  Westpac Banking Corp. 3.350% 3/8/27 565 572

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Brokerage (0.2%)        
10 Apollo Management Holdings LP 4.000% 5/30/24 500 510
  Invesco Finance plc 4.000% 1/30/24 180 191
  Jefferies Group LLC 4.850% 1/15/27 285 300
  Stifel Financial Corp. 4.250% 7/18/24 215 219
 
  Finance Companies (0.4%)        
  AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global        
  Aviation Trust 3.750% 5/15/19 150 153
  Air Lease Corp. 2.125% 1/15/18 2,110 2,114
  Air Lease Corp. 4.250% 9/15/24 495 522
  International Lease Finance Corp. 4.625% 4/15/21 1,000 1,062
 
  Insurance (2.6%)        
10 AIA Group Ltd. 3.200% 3/11/25 1,650 1,651
6,14 Allianz SE 2.241% 7/7/45 100 121
6,14 Allianz SE 3.375% 9/29/49 300 384
  American Financial Group Inc. 3.500% 8/15/26 275 275
  American International Group Inc. 3.750% 7/10/25 350 362
  Aon plc 3.500% 6/14/24 1,900 1,957
  Aon plc 4.750% 5/15/45 300 328
  Arch Capital Finance LLC 4.011% 12/15/26 265 272
10 Brighthouse Financial Inc. 3.700% 6/22/27 765 748
10 Brighthouse Financial Inc. 4.700% 6/22/47 50 49
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 2.700% 3/13/23 225 225
  CNA Financial Corp. 3.450% 8/15/27 65 64
6,14 Delta Lloyd NV 4.375% 6/29/49 125 159
6,14 Demeter Investments BV for Zurich Insurance        
  Co. Ltd. 3.500% 10/1/46 697 911
  Enstar Group Ltd. 4.500% 3/10/22 500 517
  First American Financial Corp. 4.600% 11/15/24 290 298
10 Five Corners Funding Trust 4.419% 11/15/23 828 891
  Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. 5.000% 9/19/22 520 554
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.350% 9/10/19 180 181
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.750% 1/30/22 125 126
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.500% 6/3/24 1,000 1,030
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.500% 3/10/25 1,650 1,703
10 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.750% 6/22/24 2,000 1,985
  Prudential Financial Inc. 4.500% 11/15/20 20 21
  Reinsurance Group of America Inc. 3.950% 9/15/26 2,095 2,126
10 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 2.375% 5/4/20 240 240
10 Sammons Financial Group Inc. 4.450% 5/12/27 1,675 1,713
10 Swiss Re Treasury US Corp. 2.875% 12/6/22 130 130
10 TIAA Asset Management Finance Co. LLC 4.125% 11/1/24 1,346 1,411
  Trinity Acquisition plc 4.625% 8/15/23 350 371
  Trinity Acquisition plc 6.125% 8/15/43 102 121
  Willis North America Inc. 3.600% 5/15/24 550 563
  XLIT Ltd. 6.375% 11/15/24 998 1,164
6,14 XLIT Ltd. 3.250% 6/29/47 566 656
 
  Other Finance (0.1%)        
  ORIX Corp. 3.700% 7/18/27 730 732

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Real Estate Investment Trusts (2.0%)        
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 3.950% 2/15/23 182 184
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 4.100% 10/1/24 374 375
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 4.550% 10/1/29 1,488 1,507
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 3.650% 6/15/24 340 339
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 3.850% 2/1/25 60 60
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 4.125% 6/15/26 810 817
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 3.900% 3/15/27 220 218
  Camden Property Trust 4.875% 6/15/23 25 27
  Camden Property Trust 4.250% 1/15/24 65 69
  Camden Property Trust 3.500% 9/15/24 20 20
  Columbia Property Trust Operating        
  Partnership LP 3.650% 8/15/26 213 207
  DDR Corp. 3.900% 8/15/24 420 422
  DDR Corp. 4.250% 2/1/26 40 40
  DDR Corp. 4.700% 6/1/27 145 149
  Digital Realty Trust LP 3.700% 8/15/27 1,300 1,312
10 Goodman Australia Industrial Fund 3.400% 9/30/26 500 491
10 Goodman US Finance Three LLC 3.700% 3/15/28 420 418
10 Goodman US Finance Three LLC 4.500% 10/15/37 455 456
  HCP Inc. 3.400% 2/1/25 145 144
  HCP Inc. 4.000% 6/1/25 200 206
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 3.700% 4/15/23 759 778
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 3.500% 8/1/26 200 196
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 3.750% 7/1/27 545 543
  Highwoods Realty LP 3.875% 3/1/27 500 502
  Kilroy Realty LP 4.375% 10/1/25 1,925 2,014
  Kilroy Realty LP 4.250% 8/15/29 105 107
  Kimco Realty Corp. 3.300% 2/1/25 60 60
  Kimco Realty Corp. 4.450% 9/1/47 70 70
  Liberty Property LP 4.400% 2/15/24 1,250 1,330
  Mid-America Apartments LP 4.000% 11/15/25 380 393
  Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. 4.750% 1/15/28 935 942
  Public Storage 3.094% 9/15/27 680 678
10 Scentre Group Trust 1 / Scentre Group Trust 2 3.750% 3/23/27 315 319
  Tanger Properties LP 3.125% 9/1/26 915 859
  Ventas Realty LP 3.850% 4/1/27 175 178
  VEREIT Operating Partnership LP 3.950% 8/15/27 1,400 1,394
          100,608
Industrial (13.6%)        
  Basic Industry (0.6%)        
  Agrium Inc. 3.375% 3/15/25 1,215 1,222
  Agrium Inc. 5.250% 1/15/45 400 454
10 Air Liquide Finance SA 1.750% 9/27/21 200 195
10 CF Industries Inc. 3.400% 12/1/21 110 112
10 CF Industries Inc. 4.500% 12/1/26 230 240
12 Glencore Australia Holdings Pty Ltd. 4.500% 9/19/19 1,550 1,244
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 3.250% 12/1/17 100 100
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 6.500% 5/15/19 100 107
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 3.625% 3/15/24 230 234
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 3.000% 4/1/25 10 10
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 4.000% 12/15/26 300 312
  Vale Overseas Ltd. 5.875% 6/10/21 95 105
  Vale Overseas Ltd. 6.875% 11/21/36 400 460

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  WestRock RKT Co. 4.900% 3/1/22 35 38
  WestRock RKT Co. 4.000% 3/1/23 405 426
 
  Capital Goods (0.6%)        
14 General Electric Co. 2.125% 5/17/37 500 586
  Hubbell Inc. 3.150% 8/15/27 355 355
10 LafargeHolcim Finance US LLC 3.500% 9/22/26 2,500 2,463
16 Leonardo SPA 8.000% 12/16/19 150 229
14 Leonardo SPA 4.500% 1/19/21 159 212
14 Leonardo SPA 5.250% 1/21/22 50 70
14 Parker-Hannifin Corp. 1.125% 3/1/25 100 119
  Spirit AeroSystems Inc. 3.850% 6/15/26 235 235
  Textron Inc. 3.650% 3/15/27 233 234
  United Rentals North America Inc. 4.625% 7/15/23 285 297
  United Rentals North America Inc. 5.500% 5/15/27 105 112
 
  Communication (3.3%)        
  AMC Networks Inc. 5.000% 4/1/24 300 310
  AMC Networks Inc. 4.750% 8/1/25 335 337
  AT&T Inc. 4.450% 4/1/24 500 531
  AT&T Inc. 4.125% 2/17/26 2,625 2,694
  AT&T Inc. 4.250% 3/1/27 450 463
  AT&T Inc. 3.900% 8/14/27 1,535 1,537
14 AT&T Inc. 3.150% 9/4/36 200 238
  AT&T Inc. 5.250% 3/1/37 300 315
16 AT&T Inc. 3.550% 9/14/37 205 262
  AT&T Inc. 5.350% 9/1/40 200 209
  AT&T Inc. 4.800% 6/15/44 600 583
  AT&T Inc. 5.150% 2/14/50 285 287
  CBS Corp. 3.700% 8/15/24 1,600 1,641
  CBS Corp. 3.500% 1/15/25 400 406
  Charter Communications Operating LLC /        
  Charter Communications Operating Capital 4.464% 7/23/22 2,240 2,362
  Charter Communications Operating LLC /        
  Charter Communications Operating Capital 4.908% 7/23/25 950 1,014
  Charter Communications Operating LLC /        
  Charter Communications Operating Capital 6.384% 10/23/35 200 233
10 Charter Communications Operating LLC /        
  Charter Communications Operating Capital 5.375% 5/1/47 500 517
  Comcast Corp. 3.000% 2/1/24 925 936
  Comcast Corp. 3.375% 8/15/25 200 205
  Comcast Corp. 2.350% 1/15/27 600 559
  Comcast Corp. 3.150% 2/15/28 400 397
  Comcast Corp. 5.650% 6/15/35 700 853
  Comcast Corp. 4.750% 3/1/44 500 559
  Crown Castle International Corp. 2.250% 9/1/21 1,000 988
  Crown Castle International Corp. 5.250% 1/15/23 600 663
  Crown Castle International Corp. 4.000% 3/1/27 270 277
  Crown Castle International Corp. 3.650% 9/1/27 220 220
  Discovery Communications LLC 3.800% 3/13/24 600 618
  Discovery Communications LLC 4.900% 3/11/26 700 747
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 2.875% 1/15/23 1,760 1,784
  Qwest Corp. 7.250% 9/15/25 200 220
  Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. 3.900% 11/15/24 250 255

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
10 Telstra Corp. Ltd. 3.125% 4/7/25 75 75
  Time Warner Cable LLC 5.500% 9/1/41 120 125
  Verizon Communications Inc. 5.150% 9/15/23 420 471
  Verizon Communications Inc. 4.150% 3/15/24 90 95
  Verizon Communications Inc. 4.125% 3/16/27 2,574 2,685
  Verizon Communications Inc. 4.400% 11/1/34 450 452
  Verizon Communications Inc. 3.850% 11/1/42 950 836
  Verizon Communications Inc. 4.522% 9/15/48 425 411
  Verizon Communications Inc. 5.012% 8/21/54 525 525
  Viacom Inc. 4.375% 3/15/43 500 431
 
  Consumer Cyclical (1.2%)        
10 Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. 3.550% 7/26/27 550 555
10 Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. 4.500% 7/26/47 500 517
  Ford Motor Co. 4.750% 1/15/43 420 409
  Ford Motor Co. 5.291% 12/8/46 850 884
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.336% 3/18/21 1,520 1,549
  General Motors Co. 4.000% 4/1/25 240 243
  General Motors Co. 4.200% 10/1/27 280 284
  General Motors Co. 6.600% 4/1/36 300 356
  General Motors Co. 5.150% 4/1/38 700 713
  General Motors Co. 5.200% 4/1/45 850 853
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 4.200% 3/1/21 300 314
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 4.375% 9/25/21 510 541
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 5.250% 3/1/26 650 705
10 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.150% 2/26/20 300 299
10 Hyundai Capital America 3.100% 4/5/22 220 218
16 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc 5.000% 2/15/22 200 294
16 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc 3.875% 3/1/23 100 141
14 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc 2.200% 1/15/24 100 119
  Kohl’s Corp. 5.550% 7/17/45 100 96
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 3.100% 5/3/27 245 244
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 4.375% 9/15/45 150 159
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 3.700% 4/15/46 300 291
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 4.050% 5/3/47 200 205
  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 3.800% 11/18/24 440 455
  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 4.650% 6/1/46 500 520
 
  Consumer Noncyclical (2.3%)        
  Abbott Laboratories 4.750% 11/30/36 500 549
  Abbott Laboratories 4.900% 11/30/46 600 669
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 3.650% 2/1/26 300 310
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 4.700% 2/1/36 1,650 1,817
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 4.900% 2/1/46 650 740
  Becton Dickinson & Co. 3.734% 12/15/24 200 205
  Becton Dickinson & Co. 3.700% 6/6/27 750 758
  Biogen Inc. 4.050% 9/15/25 990 1,056
  Constellation Brands Inc. 3.750% 5/1/21 800 834
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 3.900% 2/15/22 200 210
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 4.500% 2/25/26 910 973
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 4.800% 7/15/46 300 317
14 Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 4.000% 2/1/24 300 414
14 Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 3.000% 1/30/32 500 625
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 5.650% 12/1/41 610 757

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
16 McKesson Corp. 3.125% 2/17/29 350 472
  Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. 3.000% 11/15/20 450 462
  Medtronic Inc. 4.375% 3/15/35 150 165
  Medtronic Inc. 5.550% 3/15/40 240 297
  Newell Brands Inc. 5.500% 4/1/46 180 213
  Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co. 4.900% 12/15/44 881 891
  Quest Diagnostics Inc. 3.450% 6/1/26 100 101
10 Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc 2.750% 6/26/24 650 644
  Reynolds American Inc. 5.700% 8/15/35 400 467
  Reynolds American Inc. 7.250% 6/15/37 625 845
  Reynolds American Inc. 5.850% 8/15/45 150 181
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC 6.150% 2/1/36 442 477
14 Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II BV 1.250% 3/31/23 100 115
14 Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II BV 1.625% 10/15/28 100 105
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV 2.800% 7/21/23 3,360 3,203
  The Kroger Co. 2.800% 8/1/22 700 700
  The Kroger Co. 3.700% 8/1/27 175 172
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 3.650% 12/15/25 500 518
  Tyson Foods Inc. 4.875% 8/15/34 150 166
 
  Energy (3.1%)        
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 3.450% 7/15/24 550 544
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 5.550% 3/15/26 750 836
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 6.600% 3/15/46 300 368
10 Andeavor 4.750% 12/15/23 1,000 1,077
  Apache Corp. 5.100% 9/1/40 100 105
10 APT Pipelines Ltd. 4.250% 7/15/27 160 165
  Boardwalk Pipelines LP 4.450% 7/15/27 225 229
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.315% 2/13/20 110 111
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.112% 9/16/21 100 99
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.245% 5/6/22 600 621
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.750% 5/10/23 450 449
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.535% 11/4/24 1,125 1,164
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.506% 3/17/25 175 180
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.279% 9/19/27 615 613
10 Cenovus Energy Inc. 4.250% 4/15/27 1,000 992
  Cenovus Energy Inc. 4.450% 9/15/42 500 432
  Cimarex Energy Co. 3.900% 5/15/27 900 915
  Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. 4.500% 6/1/25 240 257
  ConocoPhillips Co. 4.200% 3/15/21 300 319
  ConocoPhillips Co. 4.950% 3/15/26 975 1,098
  ConocoPhillips Co. 5.950% 3/15/46 180 233
  Devon Energy Corp. 4.000% 7/15/21 200 207
  Devon Energy Corp. 3.250% 5/15/22 300 304
  Devon Energy Corp. 5.600% 7/15/41 500 547
  Energy Transfer LP 6.700% 7/1/18 230 238
  Energy Transfer LP 9.700% 3/15/19 260 287
  Energy Transfer LP 5.200% 2/1/22 642 694
  Energy Transfer LP 4.750% 1/15/26 500 525
  EnLink Midstream Partners LP 4.850% 7/15/26 200 210
  Enterprise Products Operating LLC 6.650% 10/15/34 180 224
  Hess Corp. 4.300% 4/1/27 200 198
  Hess Corp. 5.800% 4/1/47 150 154
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 7.800% 8/1/31 70 89

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 7.750% 1/15/32 95 122
  Marathon Oil Corp. 2.800% 11/1/22 150 146
  Marathon Oil Corp. 3.850% 6/1/25 900 897
  Marathon Oil Corp. 4.400% 7/15/27 280 284
  Marathon Oil Corp. 5.200% 6/1/45 200 201
  MPLX LP 4.500% 7/15/23 360 382
  MPLX LP 4.875% 12/1/24 600 647
  National Oilwell Varco Inc. 3.950% 12/1/42 1,200 1,004
  Plains All American Pipeline LP /        
  PAA Finance Corp. 6.500% 5/1/18 150 154
  Regency Energy Partners LP /        
  Regency Energy Finance Corp. 5.000% 10/1/22 1,600 1,730
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.625% 4/15/23 535 594
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.750% 5/15/24 315 351
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.625% 3/1/25 400 441
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.875% 6/30/26 330 369
  Shell International Finance BV 2.250% 1/6/23 210 208
  Shell International Finance BV 3.250% 5/11/25 350 358
  Shell International Finance BV 2.875% 5/10/26 500 497
  Shell International Finance BV 4.125% 5/11/35 500 528
  Shell International Finance BV 3.625% 8/21/42 150 144
  Shell International Finance BV 4.000% 5/10/46 300 304
  Spectra Energy Partners LP 4.750% 3/15/24 150 163
  Spectra Energy Partners LP 3.500% 3/15/25 180 181
  Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP 3.450% 1/15/23 350 349
  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC 7.000% 10/15/28 700 840
  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC 7.625% 4/1/37 90 115
  Valero Energy Partners LP 4.375% 12/15/26 165 170
  Williams Partners LP 4.125% 11/15/20 180 189
  Williams Partners LP 3.900% 1/15/25 817 832
  Williams Partners LP 4.000% 9/15/25 270 276
 
  Technology (1.5%)        
  Apple Inc. 3.850% 5/4/43 860 867
  Apple Inc. 3.450% 2/9/45 170 161
10 Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman        
  Finance Ltd. 3.000% 1/15/22 1,000 1,017
10 Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman        
  Finance Ltd. 3.625% 1/15/24 250 257
10 Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman        
  Finance Ltd. 3.875% 1/15/27 250 257
  CA Inc. 3.600% 8/1/20 20 21
  CA Inc. 3.600% 8/15/22 60 61
  CA Inc. 4.700% 3/15/27 45 46
10 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2        
  Finance Corp. 4.420% 6/15/21 590 619
10 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2        
  Finance Corp. 5.450% 6/15/23 570 622
10 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2        
  Finance Corp. 6.020% 6/15/26 910 1,008
10 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2        
  Finance Corp. 8.100% 7/15/36 1,000 1,253
  DXC Technology Co. 4.250% 4/15/24 240 253
  DXC Technology Co. 4.750% 4/15/27 225 241

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Equifax Inc. 2.300% 6/1/21 10 10
  Equifax Inc. 3.300% 12/15/22 45 45
16 Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 1.700% 6/30/22 100 133
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 4.900% 10/15/25 500 529
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 6.350% 10/15/45 1,300 1,378
  QUALCOMM Inc. 2.600% 1/30/23 330 331
  QUALCOMM Inc. 2.900% 5/20/24 540 542
  QUALCOMM Inc. 3.250% 5/20/27 540 544
10 Seagate HDD Cayman 4.875% 3/1/24 335 330
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 4.875% 1/15/21 65 70
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 3.500% 2/3/22 90 93
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 3.450% 8/1/24 15 15
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 3.125% 8/15/27 335 331
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 7.125% 10/1/37 120 168
  Verisk Analytics Inc. 5.800% 5/1/21 84 93
  Verisk Analytics Inc. 4.000% 6/15/25 300 312
  Verisk Analytics Inc. 5.500% 6/15/45 750 845
  VMware Inc. 2.950% 8/21/22 280 281
  VMware Inc. 3.900% 8/21/27 840 849
 
  Transportation (1.0%)        
10 Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. 4.000% 7/30/27 200 199
10 Air Canada 7.750% 4/15/21 653 745
6 American Airlines 2016-3 Class B Pass        
  Through Trust 3.750% 10/15/25 840 844
6 American Airlines 2017-2B Class B Pass        
  Through Trust 3.700% 10/15/25 885 883
12 Asciano Finance Ltd. 5.250% 5/19/25 110 89
6 Continental Airlines 2005-ERJ1 Pass        
  Through Trust 9.798% 10/1/22 225 247
  Continental Airlines 2012-3 Class C Pass        
  Thru Certificates 6.125% 4/29/18 110 112
6,17 Delta Air Lines 2002-1 Class G-1 Pass        
  Through Trust 6.718% 7/2/24 55 62
6 Delta Air Lines 2007-1 Class A Pass        
  Through Trust 6.821% 2/10/24 889 1,024
6 Delta Air Lines 2007-1 Class B Pass        
  Through Trust 8.021% 8/10/22 57 65
  Delta Air Lines Inc. 3.625% 3/15/22 990 1,014
  Kansas City Southern 3.125% 6/1/26 230 223
  Kansas City Southern 4.300% 5/15/43 650 651
12 Qantas Airways Ltd. 7.500% 6/11/21 1,000 886
  Southwest Airlines Co. 7.375% 3/1/27 135 175
6 UAL 2007-1 Pass Through Trust 6.636% 7/2/22 1,536 1,666
6 US Airways 2001-1C Pass Through Trust 7.346% 9/20/23 46 50
          120,366
Utilities (2.2%)        
  Electric (1.8%)        
  AEP Transmission Co. LLC 3.100% 12/1/26 165 165
10 Cerro del Aguila SA 4.125% 8/16/27 300 299
  Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC 4.973% 5/1/46 250 269
  Commonwealth Edison Co. 6.450% 1/15/38 223 301
  Duke Energy Corp. 2.650% 9/1/26 35 33
  Duke Energy Corp. 3.150% 8/15/27 1,075 1,064

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
10 EDP Finance BV 4.125% 1/15/20 1,400 1,452
10 EDP Finance BV 5.250% 1/14/21 1,600 1,727
16 EDP Finance BV 8.625% 1/4/24 50 90
10 EDP Finance BV 3.625% 7/15/24 600 607
  Emera US Finance LP 4.750% 6/15/46 700 753
10 Enel Finance International NV 2.875% 5/25/22 600 602
10 Enel Finance International NV 3.625% 5/25/27 60 60
10 Enel Finance International NV 4.750% 5/25/47 555 590
  Entergy Arkansas Inc. 3.500% 4/1/26 1,000 1,027
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 3.120% 9/1/27 175 176
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 4.950% 1/15/45 300 310
  Exelon Corp. 3.950% 6/15/25 550 573
  FirstEnergy Corp. 3.900% 7/15/27 660 670
10 FirstEnergy Transmission LLC 4.350% 1/15/25 550 582
  Fortis Inc. 3.055% 10/4/26 725 704
  Georgia Power Co. 3.250% 3/30/27 505 504
  Georgia Power Co. 5.950% 2/1/39 400 497
  MidAmerican Energy Co. 5.800% 10/15/36 230 291
  PacifiCorp 5.250% 6/15/35 275 326
  PacifiCorp 6.100% 8/1/36 200 261
  PacifiCorp 6.000% 1/15/39 325 425
  PPL Capital Funding Inc. 3.100% 5/15/26 850 835
  Puget Energy Inc. 3.650% 5/15/25 350 354
  Puget Sound Energy Inc. 6.274% 3/15/37 100 131
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 6.050% 1/15/38 100 127
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 4.350% 2/1/42 150 155
6 Southern Co. 5.500% 3/15/57 140 148
  Southwestern Public Service Co. 4.500% 8/15/41 210 231
 
  Natural Gas (0.3%)        
  CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. 5.850% 1/15/41 435 535
10 Centrica plc 4.000% 10/16/23 490 507
  Sempra Energy 3.250% 6/15/27 500 493
  Southwest Gas Corp. 3.800% 9/29/46 885 842
 
  Other Utility (0.1%)        
  American Water Capital Corp. 6.593% 10/15/37 118 162
  American Water Capital Corp. 3.750% 9/1/47 710 711
          19,589
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $237,589)       240,563
Sovereign Bonds (3.5%)        
  Arab Republic of Egypt 8.500% 1/31/47 200 223
14 Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA 5.625% 2/17/24 220 268
10 Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement 5.000% 7/27/27 200 206
  Bermuda 4.854% 2/6/24 320 350
  BOC Aviation Ltd. 3.875% 5/9/19 200 204
10 CDP Financial Inc. 4.400% 11/25/19 600 631
  Corp. Andina de Fomento 2.125% 9/27/21 750 744
10 CPPIB Capital Inc. 1.250% 9/20/19 200 198
  Electricite de France SA 3.625% 10/13/25 600 617
10 Empresa Nacional del Petroleo 4.500% 9/14/47 200 192
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 2.250% 1/21/20 1,200 1,194
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 5.125% 6/29/20 500 533

 

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
10 ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 2.375% 5/19/19 300 298
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4.625% 10/4/47 600 602
  KSA Sukuk Ltd. 2.894% 4/20/22 1,000 1,005
  Nexen Energy ULC 6.400% 5/15/37 300 385
10 NongHyup Bank 1.875% 9/12/21 500 481
10 Ontario Teachers’ Cadillac Fairview        
  Properties Trust 3.125% 3/20/22 200 204
10 Ontario Teachers’ Cadillac Fairview        
  Properties Trust 3.875% 3/20/27 200 206
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 7.375% 1/17/27 245 270
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 5.999% 1/27/28 642 642
  Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 2/4/19 470 489
  Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 1/21/21 4,250 4,538
  Petroleos Mexicanos 4.875% 1/24/22 370 386
10 Petroleos Mexicanos 6.750% 9/21/47 260 275
10 Province of Alberta 2.050% 8/17/26 500 470
  Province of Ontario 1.625% 1/18/19 1,000 995
  Province of Ontario 2.000% 1/30/19 500 500
  Province of Ontario 2.500% 4/27/26 50 49
  Province of Quebec 7.125% 2/9/24 200 247
  Province of Quebec 7.500% 9/15/29 75 107
  Republic of Colombia 4.000% 2/26/24 235 245
6 Republic of Colombia 3.875% 4/25/27 275 279
  Republic of Colombia 10.375% 1/28/33 250 388
6 Republic of Colombia 5.000% 6/15/45 420 433
  Republic of Hungary 6.250% 1/29/20 1,200 1,308
14 Republic of Indonesia 3.750% 6/14/28 200 264
  Republic of Lithuania 7.375% 2/11/20 600 672
  Republic of Lithuania 6.125% 3/9/21 365 409
6 Republic of Panama 4.000% 9/22/24 600 639
  Republic of Panama 8.125% 4/28/34 150 204
  Republic of Poland 5.125% 4/21/21 615 674
  Republic of Poland 5.000% 3/23/22 70 78
  Republic of Turkey 5.750% 3/22/24 400 425
  Republic of Turkey 5.750% 5/11/47 691 680
  State of Israel 4.500% 1/30/43 200 217
  State of Qatar 5.250% 1/20/20 2,000 2,121
  Statoil ASA 2.450% 1/17/23 600 598
  Sultanate of Oman 5.375% 3/8/27 200 205
  Ukraine 7.375% 9/25/32 225 219
  United Mexican States 4.000% 10/2/23 2,398 2,534
  United Mexican States 6.050% 1/11/40 500 600
  YPF SA 8.875% 12/19/18 600 641
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $30,872)       31,342
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.2%)        
  California GO 7.550% 4/1/39 500 769
  Wisconsin Annual Appropriation Revenue 3.954% 5/1/36 500 514
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $1,246)       1,283

 

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Core Bond Fund          
 
 
 
          Market
          Value
      Coupon Shares ($000)
Temporary Cash Investment (5.6%)        
Money Market Fund (5.6%)          
18 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $49,628) 1.223% 496,218 49,632
 
        Notional  
  Expiration   Exercise Amount Value
  Date Contracts Price ($000) ($000)
Options Purchased (0.0%)          
Options on Futures Purchased (0.0%)        
Call Options on 5-Year U.S.          
Treasury Note Futures          
Contracts (Cost $8) 10/27/17 46 USD 118.00 5,428 5
 
        Notional  
        Amount on  
        Underlying  
    Expiration Exercise Swap  
Counterparty Date Rate ($000)  
Credit Default Swaptions Purchased (0.0%)        
Put Swaptions on          
CDX-NA-HY-S29-V1          
5-Year Index (Cost $4) JPMC 10/18/17 60.0% 2,755 1
Total Options Purchased (Cost $12)       6
Total Investments (105.2%) (Cost $931,672)       930,379
 
        Notional  
  Expiration   Exercise Amount  
  Date Contracts Price ($000)  
Liability for Options Written (0.0%)        
Written Options on Futures (0.0%)        
Call Options on 5-Year          
U.S. Treasury Note          
Futures Contracts 10/27/17 90 USD 118.50 10,665 (4)
Call Options on 10-Year          
U.S. Treasury Note          
Futures Contracts 11/24/17 12 USD 127.50 1,530 (2)
Put Options on 10-Year          
U.S. Treasury Note          
Futures Contracts 10/27/17 27 USD 125.50 3,389 (17)
Put Options on 10-Year          
U.S. Treasury Note          
Futures Contracts 10/27/17 27 USD 125.00 3,375 (11)
Put Options on 10-Year          
U.S. Treasury Note          
Futures Contracts 11/24/17 27 USD 124.50 3,362 (12)
Put Options on 10-Year          
U.S. Treasury Note          
Futures Contracts 11/24/17 12 USD 125.50 1,506 (10)
Put Options on 10-Year          
U.S. Treasury Note          
Futures Contracts 11/24/17 18 USD 124.00 2,232 (5)
Total Options on Futures Written (Premiums Received $46)     (61)

 

33


 

Core Bond Fund          
 
        Notional  
        Amount on  
        Underlying  
    Expiration Exercise Swap Value
  Counterparty Date Rate ($000) ($000)
Written Swaptions on Credit Default Index (0.0%)      
Call Swaptions on          
CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1          
5-Year Index GSI 11/15/17 55.0% 1,725 (2)
Put Swaptions on          
CDX-NA-HY-S29-V1          
5-Year Index JPMC 12/20/17 75.0% 5,505 (3)
Total Credit Default Swaptions Written (Premiums Received $7)     (5)
Total Liability on Options Written (Premiums Received $53)     (66)
 
          Market
          Value
          ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-5.2%)        
Other Assets         65,307
Other Liabilities         (111,213)
          (45,906)
Net Assets (100%)         884,407

 

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Core Bond Fund  
 
 
 
 
  Amount
  ($000)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities  
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (excluding Segregated Securities) 878,538
Collateral for Futures Contracts 1,892
Collateral for Swap Contracts 311
Total Unaffiliated Issuers 880,741
Affiliated Vanguard Funds 49,632
Options Purchased 6
Total Investments in Securities 930,379
Investment in Vanguard 55
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 57,749
Receivables for Accrued Income 4,641
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 1,603
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 173
Variation Margin Receivable—Swap Contracts 4
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 365
Unrealized Appreciation—Swap Contracts 15
Other Assets 702
Total Assets 995,686
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 109,220
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 902
Payables for Distributions 219
Payables to Vanguard 153
Liabilities for Options Written 66
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 149
Variation Margin Payable—Swap Contracts 9
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 79
Unrealized Depreciation—Swap Contracts 249
Other Liabilities 233
Total Liabilities 111,279
Net Assets 884,407
 
 
At September 30, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 888,524
Undistributed Net Investment Income 404
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (2,662)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities (1,287)
Futures Contracts (510)
Options (19)
Swap Contracts (332)
Forward Currency Contracts 286
Foreign Currencies 3
Net Assets 884,407

 

35


 

Core Bond Fund  
 
 
 
  Amount
  ($000)
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 9,062,029 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 90,647
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $10.00
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 39,684,433 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 793,760
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $20.00

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Interest only security.
^ Inverse floating security whose interest rate is derived by subtracting 1-month USD LIBOR from a given cap.
1 Securities with a value of $311,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $1,892,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
3 U.S. government-guaranteed.
4 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed
by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth,
in exchange for senior preferred stock.
5 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 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.
7 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of
September 30, 2017.
8 Adjustable-rate security based upon one-year Constant Maturity Treasury yield plus spread.
9 Adjustable-rate security based upon 1-month USD LIBOR plus spread.
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, 2017, the aggregate value of these
securities was $75,985,000, representing 8.6% of net assets.
11 Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
12 Face amount denominated in Australian dollars.
13 Adjustable-rate security based upon 3-month AUD Australian Bank Bill Rate plus spread.
14 Face amount denominated in euro.
15 Adjustable-rate security based upon 3-month USD LIBOR plus spread.
16 Face amount denominated in British pounds.
17 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Municipal Bond Insurance Association.
18 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.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank.

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Core Bond Fund        
 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End    
Futures Contracts        
        ($000)
        Value and
    Number of   Unrealized
    Long (Short) Notional Appreciation
  Expiration Contracts Amount (Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 885 103,988 (427)
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond December 2017 186 30,713 (440)
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond December 2017 118 18,032 (290)
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 109 13,659 (35)
        (1,192)
 
Short Futures Contracts        
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 (486) (65,283) 602
AUD 3-Year Treasury Bond December 2017 (32) (2,787) 9
Euro-Bund December 2017 (14) (2,664) 27
2-Year U. S. Treasury Note December 2017 (10) (2,157)
Euro-Bobl December 2017 (8) (1,240) 6
Euro-Buxl December 2017 (6) (1,158) 17
Long Gilt December 2017 (4) (664) 17
AUD 10-Year Treasury Bond December 2017 (3) (299) 4
        682
        (510)

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts, except for AUD 3-Year Treasury Bond and AUD 10-Year Treasury Bond futures contracts, is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

 

 

Forward Currency Contracts            
            Unrealized
  Contract         Appreciation
      Contract Amount (000)  
  Settlement         (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date   Receive   Deliver ($000)
BNP Paribas 10/16/17 AUD 2,770 USD 2,202 (30)
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 10/16/17 AUD 1,500 USD 1,200 (24)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 10/16/17 GBP 260 USD 349
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 10/16/17 GBP 110 USD 148
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 10/16/17 AUD 140 USD 112 (2)
Citibank, N.A. 10/16/17 USD 10,910 AUD 13,580 260
Citibank, N.A. 10/16/17 USD 5,471 EUR 4,560 77

 

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Core Bond Fund            
 
 
Forward Currency Contracts (continued)          
            Unrealized
  Contract         Appreciation
      Contract Amount (000)  
  Settlement         (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date   Receive   Deliver ($000)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 10/16/17 USD 2,123 GBP 1,600 (22)
BNP Paribas 10/16/17 USD 807 AUD 1,000 22
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC 10/16/17 USD 300 AUD 377 5
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 10/16/17 USD 212 EUR 180 (1)
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 10/16/17 USD 84 EUR 70 1
            286
AUD—Australian dollar.            
EUR—euro.            
GBP—British pound.            
USD—U.S. dollar.            

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

 

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps          
        Periodic    
        Premium   Unrealized
        Received   Appreciation
  Termination Notional Amount (Paid)1 Value (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date   (000) (%) ($000) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold            
CDX-NA-HY-S29-V1 12/20/22 USD 1,096 5.000 86 6
CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1 6/20/24 USD 1,304 1.000 16 3
          102 9
 
Credit Protection Purchased            
CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1 6/20/22 USD 346 (1.000) (7) (1)
iTraxx Europe Crossover            
Index-S28-V1 12/20/22 EUR 600 (5.000) (83) (2)
iTraxx Europe Subordinated            
Financials-S27-V1 6/20/22 EUR 2,505 (1.000) 8 (53)
iTraxx Europe-S27-V1 6/20/22 EUR 2,875 (1.000) (83) (40)
          (165) (96)
          (63) (87)
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.          
EUR—euro.            
USD—U.S. dollar.            

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps          
            Remaining  
        Periodic   Up-Front  
        Premium   Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received   Received Appreciation
Termination    Amount (Paid) Value (Paid) (Depreciation) 
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) (%) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody’s Rating              
Berkshire Hathaway              
Inc./Aa2 6/20/21 JPMC 70 1.0002 1 1
Berkshire Hathaway              
Inc./Aa2 6/20/21 GSI 55 1.0002 1 1
Berkshire Hathaway              
Inc. /Aa2 6/20/22 BARC 450 1.000 2 8 (7) 1
Berkshire Hathaway              
Inc./Aa2 12/20/22 BARC 400 1.0002 7 (7)
Berkshire Hathaway              
Inc./Aa2 6/20/24 JPMC 600 1.0002 3 (6) (3)
Berkshire Hathaway              
Inc. /Aa2 6/20/24 BARC 600 1.000 2 3 (7) (4)
Metlife Inc./A3 12/20/21 BARC 100 1.0002 2 2
Metlife Inc./A3 6/20/24 BARC 700 1.0002 5 (1) 4
People’s Republic of              
China/A1 6/20/22 BNPSW 200 1.0002 4 (2) 2
Republic of Peru/A3 12/20/22 GSI 1,400 1.0002 11 (12) (1)
Simon Property Group              
LP/A2 6/20/22 JPMC 125 1.0002 2 2
Simon Property Group              
LP/A2 6/20/22 JPMC 85 1.0002 1 1
The Southern              
Company/Baa2 6/20/22 JPMC 1,725 1.000 2 25 (27) (2)
          73 (69) 4
 
Credit Protection Purchased            
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya              
Argentaria SA 6/20/21 BOANA 505 (1.000)2 (11) (11) (22)
Bank of China Ltd. 12/20/21 BNPSW 100 (1.000)2 (2) (2)
Bank of China Ltd. 6/20/22 BNPSW 200 (1.000)2 (3) (3)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 BOANA 4251 (1.000)2 (14) 9 (5)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 CSFBI 4251 (1.000)2 (14) 9 (5)
Barclays Bank plc 12/20/22 CITNA 1861 (1.000)2 5 (8) (3)
CECONOMY AG 6/20/22 BARC 2901 (1.000)2 (2) (1) (3)
CECONOMY AG 6/20/22 BARC 2101 (1.000)2 (2) (2)
CECONOMY AG 6/20/22 BARC 2101 (1.000)2 (2) (2)
CECONOMY AG 6/20/22 BARC 1251 (1.000)2 (1) (1)
CECONOMY AG 6/20/22 BARC 851 (1.000)2 (1) (1)

 

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Core Bond Fund              
 
 
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
            Remaining  
        Periodic   Up-Front  
        Premium   Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received   Received Appreciation
Termination    Amount (Paid) Value (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) (%) ($000) ($000) ($000)
CECONOMY AG 6/20/22 BARC 851 (1.000)2 (1) (1)
CECONOMY AG 6/20/22 BARC 851 (1.000)2 (1) (1)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 CSFBI 2,000 (0.500)3 4 (45) (41)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 170 (0.500)3 (6) (6)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 MSCS 100 (0.500)3 (4) (4)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 JPM 90 (0.500)3 (3) (3)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 JPM 90 (0.500)3 (4) (4)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 MSCS 90 (0.500)3 (5) (5)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 80 (0.500)3 (4) (4)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 20 (0.500)3 (1) (1)
Commerzbank AG 6/20/21 BOANA 505 (1.000)2 (8) (7) (15)
Deutsche Bank AG 12/20/21 BARC 600 (1.000)2 (6) (7) (13)
Deutsche Bank AG 12/20/22 JPMC 440 (1.000)2 (2) 2
Deutsche Bank AG 12/20/22 JPMC 265 (1.000)2 (1) 1
Deutsche Bank AG 12/20/22 JPMC 175 (1.000)2 (1) 1
Dominion Energy Inc. 6/20/22 JPMC 215 (1.000)2 (7) 7
Enel Investment              
Holding BV 6/20/22 BNPSW 4401 (1.000)2 (11) 8 (3)
Engie SA 12/20/21 BNPSW 1801 (1.000)2 (6) 2 (4)
Engie SA 6/20/22 JPMC 1801 (1.000)2 (7) 4 (3)
Exelon Corp. 6/20/22 JPMC 345 (1.000)2 (11) 10 (1)
Exelon Corp. 6/20/22 JPMC 215 (1.000)2 (7) 7
Federative Republic              
of Brazil 12/20/22 GSI 374 (1.000)2 16 (18) (2)
Federative Republic              
of Brazil 12/20/22 BNPSW 150 (1.000)2 6 (7) (1)
Lincoln National Corp. 6/20/21 BARC 35 (1.000)2 (1) (1)
Lincoln National Corp. 6/20/21 BARC 25 (1.000)2 (1) (1)
Lincoln National Corp. 12/20/21 BARC 100 (1.000)2 (2) (2)
McDonald’s Corp. 6/20/22 GSI 325 (1.000)2 (11) 9 (2)
People’s Republic              
of China 12/20/22 GSI 1,200 (1.000)2 (23) 23
Republic of Indonesia 6/20/22 JPMC 200 (1.000)2 (1) (2) (3)
Republic of Philippines 12/20/22 BNPSW 310 (1.000)2 (5) 5
Republic of Turkey 12/20/19 GSCM 1,250 (1.000)2 (5) (15) (20)
Republic of Turkey 12/20/19 GSCM 735 (1.000)2 (3) (9) (12)
Republic of Turkey 12/20/22 GSI 540 (1.000)2 22 (21) 1

 

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Core Bond Fund              
 
 
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
            Remaining  
        Periodic   Up-Front  
        Premium   Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received   Received Appreciation
  Termination   Amount (Paid) Value (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) (%) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Sempra Energy 6/20/22 JPMC 345 (1.000)2 (11) 10 (1)
Sempra Energy 6/20/22 JPMC 215 (1.000)2 (7) 7
Societe General SA 12/20/21 JPMC 325 (1.000)2 (9) 1 (8)
Standard Chartered              
Bank 12/20/21 JPMC 185 (1.000)2 (5) (1) (6)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 CITNA 660 (1.000)2 (4) (7) (11)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 BOANA 340 (1.000)2 (2) (4) (6)
UniCredit SpA 6/20/22 JPMC 175 (1.000)2 7 (12) (5)
          (151) (87) (238)
          (78) (156) (234)

 

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.

1 Notional amount denominated in euro.
2 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
3 Periodic premium received/paid monthly.
BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
BOANA—Bank of America, N.A.
CITNA—Citibank N.A.
CSFBI—Credit Suisse First Boston International.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
JPM—JP Morgan Securities.
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank.
MSCS—Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC.

At September 30, 2017, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $298,000 in connection with forward currency contracts and over-the-counter swap contracts.

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Core Bond Fund            
 
 
Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps          
      Fixed Floating    
      Interest Interest    
      Rate Rate   Unrealized
  Future Notional Received Received   Appreciation
  Effective Amount (Paid)2 (Paid) Value (Depreciation)
Termination Date Date ($000) (%) (%) ($000) ($000)
12/20/18 12/20/171 3,475 1.750 (0.000)3 3 (2)
12/20/19 12/20/171 1,351 2.000 (0.000)3 5 (2)
12/20/20 12/20/171 1,394 2.250 (0.000)3 14 (4)
12/20/21 12/20/171 1,186 2.250 (0.000)3 12 (4)
12/20/22 12/20/171 396 2.250 (0.000)3 4 5
12/20/24 12/20/171 645 2.500 (0.000)3 13 (4)
          51 (11)

 

1 Forward interest rate swap. In a forward interest rate swap, the fund and the counterparty agree to make periodic net payments beginning on a specified future effective date.

2 Fixed interest payment received/paid semi-annually.

3 Based on 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date. Floating interest payment received/ paid quarterly.

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

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Core Bond Fund  
 
 
Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 17,433
Total Income 17,433
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 95
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 141
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 740
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 14
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 62
Custodian Fees 27
Auditing Fees 45
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy—Investor Shares 12
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy—Admiral Shares 14
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 1
Total Expenses 1,151
Net Investment Income 16,282
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (1,594)
Futures Contracts 140
Purchased Options (48)
Written Options 245
Swap Contracts (843)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (1,432)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (3,532)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 (9,333)
Futures Contracts (343)
Purchased Options (6)
Written Options (14)
Swap Contracts (322)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts 196
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (9,822)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 2,928

 

1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $401,000, $4,000, and $2,000, respectively.

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
    March 10,
  Year Ended 20161 to
  September 30, September 30,
  2017 2016
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 16,282 5,500
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (3,532) 3,923
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (9,822) 7,963
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 2,928 17,386
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (1,458) (546)
Admiral Shares (13,502) (4,920)
Realized Capital Gain 2    
Investor Shares (378)
Admiral Shares (3,414)
Total Distributions (18,752) (5,466)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares 27,383 63,514
Admiral Shares 229,954 567,460
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 257,337 630,974
Total Increase (Decrease) 241,513 642,894
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 642,894
End of Period3 884,407 642,894

 

1 Commencement of subscription period for the fund.

2 Includes fiscal 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $3,792,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

3 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $404,000 and $66,000.

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

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Financial Highlights    
 
 
Investor Shares    
  Year March 10,
  Ended 20161 to
  Sept. 30, Sept. 30,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2017 2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.26 $10.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income . 217 2 .097
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.219) .259
Total from Investment Operations (.002) .356
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.197) (.096)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.061)
Total Distributions (.258) (.096)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.00 $10.26
 
Total Return3 0.03% 3.57%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $91 $65
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.25% 0.25%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 2.18% 2.00%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 4 232% 229%

 

1 Subscription period for the fund was March 10, 2016, to March 24, 2016, during which time all assets were held in money market instruments. Performance measurement began March 28, 2016, the first business day after the subscription period, at a net asset value of $10.00.

2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

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 81% and 58% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Core Bond Fund    
 
 
Financial Highlights    
 
 
Admiral Shares    
  Year March 10,
  Ended 20161 to
  Sept. 30, Sept. 30,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2017 2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $20.53 $20.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income . 4542 .205
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.445) .528
Total from Investment Operations .009 .733
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.417) (.203)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.122)
Total Distributions (.539) (.203)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $20.00 $20.53
 
Total Return3 0.10% 3.67%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $794 $578
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.15% 0.15%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 2.28% 2.10%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 4 232% 229%

 

1 Subscription period for the fund was March 10, 2016, to March 24, 2016, during which time all assets were held in money market instruments. Performance measurement began March 28, 2016, the first business day after the subscription period, at a net asset value of $20.00.

2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

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 81% and 58% 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 Core Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. 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. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in bonds denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposures. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

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

1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Bonds and temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. 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. 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.

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. 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

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

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

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 13% and 8% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

4. 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. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. 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 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 Assets and Liabilities 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, 2017, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 3% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

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5. 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 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 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 absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. 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

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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.

The fund enters into centrally cleared interest rate and credit default 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 year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented 1% and 4% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 2% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

6. Options: The fund invests in options contracts on futures and swaps to adjust its exposure to the underlying investments. The primary risk associated with purchasing options is that the value of the underlying investments may move in such a way that the option is out-of-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with selling options is that the value of the underlying investments may move in such a way that the option is in-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received.

The fund invests in options on futures, which are exchange-traded. Counterparty risk involving exchange-traded options on futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades options on futures on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouses, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers.

The fund invests in options on swaps (swaptions), which are transacted over-the-counter (OTC) and not on an exchange. A receiver swaption gives the owner the right to receive the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. A payer swaption gives the owner the right to pay the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. Swaptions also include options that allow an existing swap to be terminated or extended by one of the counterparties. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options generally are established through negotiation with

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the other party to the option contract. Although this type of arrangement allows the purchaser or writer greater flexibility to tailor an option to its needs, OTC options generally involve greater credit risk than exchange-traded options. Credit risk involves the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaptions with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties and monitoring their financial strength.

Options on futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. Swaptions are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average value of investments in options purchased and options written each represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.

7. 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. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. 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.

8. 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 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

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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.

9. 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, 2016–2017), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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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, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $55,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.02% 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 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Statement of Net Assets.

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

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 540,010
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 66,164 1,379
Corporate Bonds 240,563
Sovereign Bonds 31,342
Taxable Municipal Bonds 1,283
Temporary Cash Investments 49,632
Options Purchased 5 1
Liability for Option Written (61) (5)
Futures Contracts—Assets1 173
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (149)
Forward Currency Contracts—Assets 365
Forward Currency Contracts—Liabilities (79)
Swap Contracts—Assets 41 15
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (9)1 (249)
Total 49,595 879,410 1,379
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.      

 

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D. At September 30, 2017, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:

Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Options Purchased 5 1 6
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 173 173
Variation Margin Receivable—Swap Contracts 4 4
Unrealized Appreciation—Forwards Contracts 365 365
Unrealized Appreciation—Swap Contracts 15 15
Liability for Options Written (61) (5) (66)
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts (149) (149)
Variation Margin Payable—Swap Contracts (5) (4) (9)
Unrealized Depreciation—Forwards Contracts (79) (79)
Unrealized Depreciation—Swap Contracts (249) (249)

 

Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the year ended September 30, 2017, were:

  Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts 140 140
Options 189 8 197
Swap Contracts (189) (654) (843)
Forward Currency Contracts (1,713) (1,713)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 140 (1,713) (646) (2,219)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives      
Futures Contracts (343) (343)
Options (19) (1) (20)
Swap Contracts (39) (283) (322)
Forward Currency Contracts 192 192
Change in Unrealized Appreciation        
(Depreciation) on Derivatives (401) 192 (284) (493)

 

E. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from 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 gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes. These differences will reverse at some time in the future.

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During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $554,000 (including gains and losses on foreign currency contracts and the foreign currency component on sales of foreign currency denominated bonds), which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income.

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 losses of $430,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2017, the fund had $989,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund had available capital losses totaling $3,197,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains.

At September 30, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $931,660,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,287,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $5,267,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $6,554,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund purchased $361,300,000 of investment securities and sold $294,342,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $1,496,675,000 and $1,313,549,000, respectively.

G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:      
    Year Ended March 10, 20161 to
  September 30, 2017 September 30, 2016
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 78,467 7,878 89,670 8,892
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,647 166 482 47
Redeemed (52,731) (5,298) (26,638) (2,623)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 27,383 2,746 63,514 6,316
Admiral Shares        
Issued 451,536 22,676 614,186 30,451
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 14,233 719 4,207 206
Redeemed (235,815) (11,869) (50,933) (2,498)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 229,954 11,526 567,460 28,159
1 Commencement of subscription period for the fund.        

 

At September 30, 2017, one shareholder was the record or beneficial owner of 25% of the fund’s net assets. If the shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.

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

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard Malvern Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Core Bond Fund

In our opinion, the accompanying statement 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 Core Bond Fund (constituting a separate portfolio of Vanguard Malvern Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of September 30, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, and the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period March 10, 2016 (commencement of operations) through September 30, 2016, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of September 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 16, 2017

 

 


 

Special 2017 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Core Bond Fund

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

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

For nonresident alien shareholders, 80.8% 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, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
Core Bond Fund 3/31/2017 9/30/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,022.64 $1.27
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,023.21 0.76
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.82 $1.27
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.32 0.76

 

The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the current period. The fund’s annualized expense ratios for that period are 0.25% for Investor Shares and 0.15% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the current 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 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.

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.

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.

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Neither Barclays Bank Plc, Barclays Capital Inc., or any affiliate (collectively Barclays) or Bloomberg is the issuer or producer of the Core Bond Fund and neither Bloomberg nor Barclays has any responsibilities, obligations or duties to investors in the Core Bond Fund. The Index is licensed for use by The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard) as the sponsor of the Core Bond Fund. Bloomberg and Barclays’ only relationship with Vanguard in respect of the Index is the licensing of the Index, which is determined, composed and calculated by BISL, or any successor thereto, without regard to the Issuer or the Core Bond Fund or the owners of the Core Bond Fund.

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

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

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 198 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

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

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

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

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

Rajiv L. Gupta

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

Amy Gutmann

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

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.

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


 

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

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

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

F. Joseph Loughrey

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

Mark Loughridge

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

Scott C. Malpass

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

André F. Perold

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

Peter F. Volanakis

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


 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

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Thomas J. Higgins

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

Peter Mahoney

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

Anne E. Robinson

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

Michael Rollings

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Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008

Founder

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Annual Report | September 30, 2017

Vanguard Emerging Markets 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 Performance at a Glance 1
Chairman’s Perspective 2
Advisor’s Report 6
Fund Profile 9
Performance Summary 11
Financial Statements 12
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: Nautical images have been part of Vanguard’s rich heritage since its start in 1975. For an incoming ship, a lighthouse offers a beacon and safe path to shore. You can similarly depend on Vanguard to put you first––and light the way––as you strive to meet your financial goals. Our client focus and low costs, stemming from our unique ownership structure, assure that your interests are paramount.


 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund returned 7.01% for the 12 months ended
September 30, 2017. It outpaced its benchmark index by well over two percentage
points and finished a little ahead of its peer group.

• Emerging-market bonds initially slumped after the U.S. election amid fears of rising
interest rates and more protectionist trade policies but then made solid gains as the
outlook for global growth improved, the U.S. dollar weakened, and investors continued
to reach for yield.

• The fund benefited from its exposure to Brazil, where despite political turmoil,
reforms continued to grind forward and the economy pulled out of recession.
Argentina was another bright spot, with the government’s reform agenda helping
to boost confidence and foster economic growth.

• Selective out-of-benchmark positions in corporate bonds were another positive,
as their spreads tightened over the period.

Total Returns: Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017        
30-Day Income Capital Total
SEC Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund 3.98% 5.11% 1.90% 7.01%
J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index 4.61
Emerging Markets Hard Currency Debt Funds Average       6.85

 

Emerging Markets Hard Currency Debt Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

Expense Ratios    
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group    
Peer Group
Fund Average
Emerging Markets Bond Fund 0.60% 1.16%

 

The fund expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s expense ratio was 0.60%. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper Inc., a Thomson Reuters Company, and captures information through year-end 2016.

Peer group: Emerging Markets Hard Currency Debt Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

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

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

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

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

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Our four Investment Stewardship pillars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

Gender diversity on boards and climate risk

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

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

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

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

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

Our stewardship reflects our mission

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

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

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

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

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.


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

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Advisor’s Report

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2017, Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund returned 7.01%. Its benchmark, the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index, returned 4.61%. The average return of its peer group of emerging-market hard currency debt funds was 6.85%. (A “hard currency” is one that is issued by an economically and politically stable country and is widely used around the world as payment for goods and services.)

The investment environment

After a rocky start, emerging-market bonds produced solid returns for the fiscal year. The United States election results initially stoked market fears that the Republican policy agenda would lead to higher inflation, a stronger U.S. dollar, and the implementation of protectionist trade policies. The last point was particularly important for emerging markets, as they have been some of the biggest beneficiaries of the expansion of global trade in recent decades. Those concerns faded, however, and emerging-market bonds benefited from strong investor inflows amid a backdrop of more synchronized global growth, continuing low interest rates, a weaker U.S. dollar, and some recovery in commodity prices.

A couple of major credit stories contributed significantly to returns. Brazil emerged from a prolonged recession, and its government, despite political turbulence, managed to move forward with some of the business-friendly reforms on its policy agenda. That action was complemented

by the Brazilian central bank’s success in significantly lowering inflation, allowing for an aggressive monetary easing cycle. Even though some of the country’s longer-term fiscal concerns have not been resolved, Brazilian bonds as a whole produced strong outperformance.

Another notable credit story was Argentina, which also recovered from a recession in part because of the Argentine government’s efforts to normalize monetary policy, roll back regulations, and gradually consolidate fiscal policy. Progress on those fronts helped revive demand for Argentine debt, enabling the government to issue $2.75 billion of 100-year U.S. dollar-denominated bonds in June—a significant achievement for a country that was in default a little more than a year ago.

Ukrainian debt also performed well. The country has been adhering to the International Monetary Fund’s restructuring plan. This reform momentum, along with investors’ appetite for yield, supported demand, while supply across Central Europe was light.

Asia was a stability story. China managed to protect its capital account from outflows while maintaining a steady pace of growth. Given that backdrop, the markets largely shrugged off ratings agency downgrades to China’s sovereign debt based on concerns about continuing credit growth. India and Indonesia continued to deliver on reforms that supported performance.

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Management of the fund

Alpha generation came largely from security selection, but also from country selection and rates.

In Brazil, our position in the state-owned oil and gas company, Petrobras, was a significant contributor to the fund’s active returns. By holding Petrobras’ short-maturity debt, the fund benefited as the company executed multiple liability management exercises to meaningfully improve its maturity profile.

An overweight in Argentina’s sovereign bonds contributed to relative performance as President Mauricio Macri’s Cambiemos coalition received strong public support for its market-friendly agenda.

Relative-value-driven strategies also boosted performance. One example was our exposure to some local-currency bonds, notably in Mexico, South Africa, and Indonesia. (The exposure was hedged to mitigate currency risk.)

Another example was our investments in countries not included in the fund’s benchmark. We took a position in Saudi Arabian bonds. The country is in the process of restructuring its economy, which has necessitated some debt spending. However, it has a solid credit profile, including strong asset coverage and a significant amount of foreign assets on its balance sheet. We were able to add value in emerging-market corporate bonds,

which also fall outside of the benchmark, by holding select issuers with the help of our strong corporate research resources.

Our fund is more defensively positioned than a number of its competitors, in part because it is not as reliant on macroeconomic and risk-beta positioning to generate value. Even though this defensive positioning generally detracts from the fund’s relative performance during risk-on periods, the fund outpaced its peer-group average this fiscal year.

Outlook

Although emerging markets are not immune to global risks, their strong fundamentals should support performance. Likewise, emerging-market bond spreads being wide relative to other income sectors will give them a certain degree of protection from interest rate volatility.

We will continue to monitor a number of idiosyncratic stories. There is a heightened probability of default in Venezuela, but with the market already pricing in that scenario, we don’t expect to see much of a spillover effect. In Mexico, ongoing NAFTA negotiations and a presidential election in July 2018 will likely cause some volatility. Although China is enjoying positive short-term economic momentum, we are always looking for factors that would cause concern, given that country’s importance. We do have some concerns about refinancing risk in frontier markets over the medium term, but that likely will not be an issue in the near term.

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Overall, our fundamental outlook remains positive. We will continue to focus most of our risk on relative value opportunities. There will likely be opportunities to be overweighted in local markets throughout the next year as inflation decreases across emerging markets, and the liquidity withdrawal and rate increases from G3 central banks should be relatively modest. Additionally, we intend to maintain a higher-than-average level of liquidity to ensure that we’re in a position to take advantage of both expected and unexpected opportunities.

Daniel Shaykevich, Portfolio Manager

Vanguard Fixed Income Group

October 24, 2017

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Emerging Markets Bond Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2017

Financial Attributes    
J. P. Morgan
EMBI Global
Diversified
Fund Index
Number of Bonds 48 627
Yield to Maturity    
(before expenses) 4.9% 5.2%
Average Coupon 8.4% 6.0%
Average Duration 6.0 years 6.8 years
Average Effective    
Maturity 10.2 years 10.3 years
Ticker Symbol VEMBX
Expense Ratio1 0.60%
30-Day SEC Yield 3.98%
Short-Term Reserves 9.4%
 
Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)
 
Foreign Government 100.00%

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
 
A 9.2%
Baa 32.2
Ba 26.3
Less than Ba 23.0
Not Rated 9.3

 

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 6.2%
1–3 Years 11.7
3–5 Years 23.2
5–7 Years 9.9
7–10 Years 18.5
10–20 Years 12.1
20–30 Years 14.6
Over 30 Years 3.8

 

1 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the expense ratio was 0.60%.

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Emerging Markets Bond Fund

Market Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Fund
Emerging Markets  
Mexico 8.0%
Argentina 6.4
Brazil 6.3
Indonesia 6.2
Turkey 5.4
Russia 4.8
Supranational 4.7
Ukraine 3.7
Saudi Arabia 3.6
Hungary 3.5
Costa Rica 3.4
Columbia 3.3
Lithuania 2.7
Peru 2.6
Egypt 2.5
Panama 2.5
Iraq 2.2
Kazakhstan 2.1
Armenia 2.0
Cote d’Ivoire 2.0
Vietnam 1.9
Ghana 1.9
Serbia, Republic of 1.9
Venezuela 1.9
Kenya 1.9
Oman 1.9
Trinidad and Tobago 1.8
Guatemala 1.8
Tunisia 1.8
Chile 1.7
Honduras 1.5
China 1.2
Lebanon 0.9
   

 

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Emerging Markets 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: March 10, 2016, Through September 30, 2017
Initial Investment of $10,000


  Average Annual Total Returns Final Value
Periods Ended September 30, 2017 of a $10,000
One Year Since Inception Investment
Emerging Markets Bond Fund 7.01% 13.31% $12,147
J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index 4.61 10.30 11,649
Emerging Markets Hard Currency Debt Funds Average 6.85 11.20 11,797

 

Fiscal-Period Total Returns (%): March 10, 2016, Through September 30, 2017  
J.P. Morgan
EMBI Global
Diversified
Investor Shares Index
Income Capital Total Total
Fiscal Year Returns Returns Returns Returns
2016 2.81% 10.70% 13.51% 11.36%
2017 5.11 1.90 7.01 4.61

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Emerging Markets Bond Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2017

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

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Argentina (5.8%)        
Sovereign Bonds (5.8%)        
Argentine Republic 6.875% 4/22/21 600 653
Argentine Republic 7.125% 6/28/17 50 50
Total Argentina (Cost $700) 703
Armenia (1.8%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.8%)        
Republic of Armenia 7.150% 3/26/25 200 224
Total Armenia (Cost $216) 224
Brazil (5.7%)        
Sovereign Bonds (5.7%)        
Federative Republic of Brazil 5.625% 1/7/41 100 101
1 Petrobras Global Finance BV 5.999% 1/27/28 595 595
Total Brazil (Cost $684) 696
Chile (1.6%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.6%)        
1 Empresa Nacional del Petroleo 4.500% 9/14/47 200 192
Total Chile (Cost $194) 192
China (1.1%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.1%)        
Nexen Energy ULC 6.400% 5/15/37 100 128
Total China (Cost $115) 128
Colombia (3.0%)        
Sovereign Bonds (3.0%)        
Republic of Colombia 10.375% 1/28/33 100 155
2 Republic of Colombia 5.000% 6/15/45 200 206
Total Colombia (Cost $351) 361
Costa Rica (3.1%)        
Sovereign Bonds (3.1%)        
Republic of Costa Rica 4.250% 1/26/23 200 198
Republic of Costa Rica 5.625% 4/30/43 200 183
Total Costa Rica (Cost $351) 381

 

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Emerging Markets Bond Fund        
 
 
Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Cote d’Ivoire (1.8%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.8%)        
3 Republic of Cote d’Ivoire 5.125% 6/15/25 180 220
Total Cote d’Ivoire (Cost $202) 220
Egypt (2.3%)        
Sovereign Bond (2.3%)        
Arab Republic of Egypt 8.500% 1/31/47 250 279
Total Egypt (Cost $253) 279
Ghana (1.8%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.8%)        
Republic of Ghana 7.875% 8/7/23 200 212
Total Ghana (Cost $201) 212
Guatemala (1.6%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.6%)        
Republic of Guatemala 4.375% 6/5/27 200 197
Total Guatemala (Cost $198) 197
Honduras (1.3%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.3%)        
Republic of Honduras 6.250% 1/19/27 150 162
Total Honduras (Cost $150) 162
Hungary (3.2%)        
Sovereign Bond (3.2%)        
Republic of Hungary 6.250% 1/29/20 355 387
Total Hungary (Cost $386) 387
Indonesia (5.6%)        
Sovereign Bonds (5.6%)        
Republic of Indonesia 3.750% 4/25/22 260 270
4 Republic of Indonesia 8.375% 9/15/26 930,000 77
Republic of Indonesia 5.250% 1/17/42 300 335
Total Indonesia (Cost $648) 682
Iraq (2.0%)        
Sovereign Bond (2.0%)        
Republic of Iraq 6.752% 3/9/23 250 248
Total Iraq (Cost $250) 248
Kazakhstan (1.9%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.9%)        
Republic of Kazakhstan 3.875% 10/14/24 225 231
Total Kazakhstan (Cost $219) 231
Kenya (1.7%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.7%)        
Republic of Kenya 6.875% 6/24/24 200 205
Total Kenya (Cost $207) 205

 

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Emerging Markets Bond Fund        
 
 
Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Lebanon (0.8%)        
Sovereign Bond (0.8%)        
Republic of Lebanon 6.100% 10/4/22 100 100
Total Lebanon (Cost $98) 100
Lithuania (2.5%)        
Sovereign Bonds (2.5%)        
Republic of Lithuania 7.375% 2/11/20 100 112
Republic of Lithuania 6.125% 3/9/21 170 191
Total Lithuania (Cost $300) 303
Mexico (7.3%)        
Sovereign Bonds (7.3%)        
Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 1/21/21 630 673
United Mexican States 4.000% 10/2/23 200 211
Total Mexico (Cost $866) 884
Oman (1.7%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.7%)        
Sultanate of Oman 5.375% 3/8/27 200 205
Total Oman (Cost $199) 205
Panama (2.3%)        
Sovereign Bond (2.3%)        
Republic of Panama 9.375% 4/1/29 185 279
Total Panama (Cost $280) 279
Peru (2.4%)        
Sovereign Bonds (2.4%)        
Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA 4.750% 2/8/22 200 214
Republic of Peru 8.750% 11/21/33 50 79
Total Peru (Cost $280) 293
Russia (4.4%)        
Sovereign Bonds (4.4%)        
Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA 9.250% 4/23/19 200 218
Russian Federation 5.000% 4/29/20 300 318
Total Russia (Cost $531) 536
Saudi Arabia (3.3%)        
Sovereign Bond (3.3%)        
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4.625% 10/4/47 400 402
Total Saudi Arabia (Cost $398) 402
Serbia, Republic of (1.7%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.7%)        
Republic of Serbia 4.875% 2/25/20 200 209
Total Serbia, Republic of (Cost $204) 209
Supranational (4.3%)        
Sovereign Bonds (4.3%)        
1 Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement 5.500% 5/6/21 300 319
1 Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement 5.000% 7/27/27 200 205
Total Supranational (Cost $494) 524

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Trinidad and Tobago (1.7%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.7%)        
Republic of Trinidad & Tobago 4.500% 8/4/26 200 202
Total Trinidad and Tobago (Cost $202) 202
Tunisia (1.6%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.6%)        
Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA 5.750% 1/30/25 200 195
Total Tunisia (Cost $180) 195
Turkey (4.9%)        
Sovereign Bonds (4.9%)        
Republic of Turkey 5.750% 5/11/47 400 393
1 TC Ziraat Bankasi AS 5.125% 5/3/22 200 204
Total Turkey (Cost $602) 597
Ukraine (3.4%)        
Sovereign Bonds (3.4%)        
2 Oschadbank Via SSB #1 plc 9.625% 3/20/25 200 214
Ukraine 7.375% 9/25/32 200 195
Total Ukraine (Cost $398) 409
Venezuela (1.7%)        
Sovereign Bonds (1.7%)        
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 7.750% 10/13/19 280 125
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 7.000% 3/31/38 100 33
Petroleos de Venezuela SA 5.375% 4/12/27 162 49
Total Venezuela (Cost $238) 207
Vietnam (1.8%)        
Sovereign Bond (1.8%)        
Socialist Republic of Vietnam 4.800% 11/19/24 200 213
Total Vietnam (Cost $203) 213
       
Shares  
Temporary Cash Investments (9.5%)        
Money Market Fund (9.5%)        
5 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $1,158) 1.223% 11,577 1,158
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $1,158) 1,158
Total Investments (100.6%) (Cost $11,956) 12,224
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.6%)        
Other Assets 6       556
Liabilities       (633)
Net Assets (100%) 12,147
       

 

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Amount
($000)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities  
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value
Unaffiliated Issuers (excluding Segregated Securities) 11,066
Affiliated Vanguard Funds 1,158
Total Investments in Securities 12,224
Investment in Vanguard 1
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 363
Receivables for Accrued Income 167
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 11
Unrealized Appreciation—Swap Contracts 8
Other Assets 6 6
Total Assets 12,780
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 395
Payables to Vanguard 3
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 1
Other Liabilities 234
Total Liabilities 633
Net Assets 12,147

 

At September 30, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 11,327
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (13)
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 545
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 268
Futures Contracts (2)
Swap Contracts 8
Forward Currency Contracts 11
Foreign Currencies 3
Net Assets 12,147
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,128,871 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 12,147
Net Asset Value Per Share $10.76

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities was $1,515,000, representing 12.5% of net assets.

2 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.

3 Face amount denominated in euro.

4 Face amount denominated in Indonesian rupiah.

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

6 Cash of $9,000 has been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End    
 
Futures Contracts        
      ($000)
Value and
Number of Unrealized
Long (Short) Notional Appreciation
Expiration Contracts Amount (Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts  
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 4 501 (6)
Short Futures Contracts  
Euro-Bund December 2017 (2) (381) 4
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond December 2017 (2) (306)
(2)

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

 

Forward Currency Contracts            
Unrealized
Contract Appreciation
Settlement   Contract Amount (000) (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date   Receive   Deliver ($000)
BNP Paribas 10/16/2017 HUF 41,384 USD 157
BNP Paribas 10/16/2017 IDR 38,944 USD 3
Citibank, N.A. 10/16/2017 USD 215 EUR 179 3
BNP Paribas 10/16/2017 USD 156 HUF 40,325 3
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 10/16/2017 USD 120 TRY 429
BNP Paribas 10/16/2017 USD 110 KRW 124,125 2
BNP Paribas 10/16/2017 USD 70 IDR 925,050 1
BNP Paribas 10/16/2017 USD 60 BRL 188 1
BNP Paribas 10/16/2017 USD 56 MXN 1,006 1
BNP Paribas 10/16/2017 USD 9 HUF 2,359
          11
BRL—Brazilian real.            
EUR—euro.            
HUF—Hungarian forint.            
IDR—Indonesian rupiah.            
KRW—Korean won.            
MXN—Mexican peso.            
TRY—Turkish new lira.            
USD—U.S. dollar.            

 

Unrealized appreciation on open forward currency contracts, except for Indonesian rupiah, is treated as ordinary income for tax purposes.

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps            
Remaining  
Periodic Up-Front  
Premium Premium Unrealized
     Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination    Amount  (Paid)1  Value  (Paid) (Depreciation) 
Reference Entity Date  Counterparty ($000) (%) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold/            
Moody’s Rating              
Republic of              
Colombia/Baa2 6/20/22 GSI 110 1.000 (1) 2 1
Russian Federation/              
Ba1 6/20/22 JPMC 350 1.000 (5) 11 6
    460 (6) 13 7
 
 
Credit Protection Purchased            
Federative Republic              
of Brazil 12/20/22 GSI 93 (1.000) 4 (4)
Republic of Philippines  12/20/22 BNPSW 600 (1.000) (10) 11 1
(6) 7 1

 

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.
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank NA.

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

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Statement of Operations    
 
  Year Ended
September 30, 2017
  ($000)
Investment Income    
Income    
Interest1   618
Total Income   618
Expenses    
The Vanguard Group—Note B    
Management and Administrative   19
Marketing and Distribution  
Custodian Fees   3
Auditing Fees   47
Total Expenses   69
Net Investment Income   549
Realized Net Gain (Loss)    
Investment Securities Sold1   645
Futures Contracts   (16)
Options   (18)
Swap Contracts   52
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts   (94)
Realized Net Gain (Loss)   569
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)    
Investment Securities1   (325)
Futures Contracts   (5)
Options   (3)
Swap Contracts   (19)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts   34
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)   (318)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 800

 

1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $5,000, $0, and $0, respectively.

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
March 10,
Year Ended 20161 to
September 30, September 30,
2017 2016
($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 549 290
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 569 452
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (318) 606
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 800 1,348
Distributions    
Net Investment Income (558) (269)
Realized Capital Gain 2 (501)
Total Distributions (1,059) (269)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 10,000
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,059 268
Redeemed
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 1,059 10,268
Total Increase (Decrease) 800 11,347
Net Assets
Beginning of Period 11,347
End of Period3 12,147 11,347

 

1 Inception.
2 Includes fiscal 2017 and 2016 short-term gain distributions totaling $478,000 and $0, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
3 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($13,000) and $25,000.

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

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Financial Highlights    
 
Year March 10, 
Ended 20161 to
Sept. 30, Sept. 30, 
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2017 2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $11.07 $10.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income . 504 2 .286
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .184 1.050
Total from Investment Operations .688 1.336
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.514) (.266)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.484)
Total Distributions (.998) (.266)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.76 $11.07
 
Total Return 3 7.01% 13.51%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $12 $11
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.60% 0.60%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 4.79% 4.85%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 261% 153%

 

1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
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 Annualized.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. 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. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in bonds denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposures. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria. The fund has not issued any Admiral Shares through September 30, 2017.

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 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. 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.

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. 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

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brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 6% and 3% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

4. 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. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated.

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 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 Assets and Liabilities 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, 2017, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 13% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

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5. 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 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 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 absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty,

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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.

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented 9% and 4% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 1% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

6. Options: The fund invests in options on foreign currency, which are transacted over-the-counter (OTC) and not on an exchange. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. Although this type of arrangement allows the purchaser or writer greater flexibility to tailor an option to its needs, OTC options generally involve greater credit risk than exchange-traded options. Credit risk involves the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into options with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties and monitoring their financial strength. The primary risk associated with purchasing options on foreign currency is that the value of the underlying foreign currencies may move in such a way that the option is out-of-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with selling options on foreign currency is that the value of the underlying foreign currencies may move in such a way that the option is in-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received. Options on foreign currency are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average value of options purchased and options written represented less than 1% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.

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7. 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, 2016–2017), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

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

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

10. 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. Fees assessed on capital share transactions are credited to paid-in capital.

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, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $1,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.00% 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.

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Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Statement of Net Assets.

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

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Sovereign Bonds 11,066
Temporary Cash Investments 1,158
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (1)
Forward Currency Contracts—Assets 11
Swap Contracts—Assets 8
Total 1,157 11,085
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.      

 

D. At September 30, 2017, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:

Credit Currency  Interest Rate  
Statement of Assets and Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Liabilities Caption ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward        
Currency Contracts 11 11
Unrealized Appreciation—Swap Contracts 8 8
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts (1) (1)

 

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Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the year ended September 30, 2017, were:

Credit Currency  Interest Rate  
Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts (16) (16)
Forward Currency Contracts (149) (149)
Swap Contracts 52 52
Options (18) (18)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 52 (167) (16) (131)

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives

Futures Contracts (5) (5)
Forward Currency Contracts 31 31
Swap Contracts (19) (19)
Options (3) (3)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation        
(Depreciation) on Derivatives (19) 28 (5) 4

 

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.

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $31,000, which increased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to overdistributed net investment income.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2017, the fund had $494,000 of ordinary income and $46,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

At September 30, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $11,957,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $267,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $322,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $55,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund purchased $28,242,000 of investment securities and sold $28,248,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

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Emerging Markets Bond Fund    
 
 
 
 
G. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:    
Year Ended March 10, 20161 to
September 30, 2017 September 30, 2016
Shares Shares
(000) (000)
Issued 1,000
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 103 25
Redeemed
Net Increase (Decrease) 103 1,025
1 Inception.    

 

At September 30, 2017, a subsidiary of Vanguard was the record or beneficial owner of 100% of the fund’s net assets. If the shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.

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

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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard Malvern Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Emerging
Markets Bond Fund

In our opinion, the accompanying statement 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 Emerging Markets Bond Fund (constituting a separate portfolio of Vanguard Malvern Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of September 30, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, and the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period March 10, 2016 (commencement of operations) through September 30, 2016, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of September 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 16, 2017

 


 

Special 2017 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund

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

The fund distributed $24,000 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.

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

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

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

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

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

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

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

Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.” The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

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

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Six Months Ended September 30, 2017      
Beginning Ending Expenses
Account Value Account Value Paid During
Emerging Markets Government Bond Fund 3/31/2017 9/30/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,062.99 $3.10
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,022.06 3.04

 

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 0.60%. 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 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.

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.

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.

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

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

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 198 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

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

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

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

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

Rajiv L. Gupta

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

Amy Gutmann

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

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.

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


 

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

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

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

F. Joseph Loughrey

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

Mark Loughridge

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

Scott C. Malpass

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

André F. Perold

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

Peter F. Volanakis

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


 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

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

Thomas J. Higgins

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

Peter Mahoney

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

Anne E. Robinson

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

Michael Rollings

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

Vanguard Senior Management Team
 
Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Gregory Davis James M. Norris
John James Thomas M. Rampulla
Martha G. King Karin A. Risi
John T. Marcante  

 

Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor

John J. Brennan
Chairman, 1996–2009
Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008

Founder

John C. Bogle
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996


 

 

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calling Vanguard at 800-662-2739. The guidelines are
also available from the SEC’s website, sec.gov. In
addition, you may obtain a free report on how your fund
voted the proxies for securities it owned during the 12
months ended June 30. To get the report, visit either
vanguard.com/proxyreporting or sec.gov.
 
You can review and copy information about your fund at
the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To
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request in either of two ways: via email addressed to
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Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange
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All rights reserved.
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Annual Report | September 30, 2017

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 Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 3
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund. 7
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund. 39
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 84
Glossary. 86

 

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

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

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


 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund returned 1.10% and Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund returned 0.01% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2017. Both funds outpaced their benchmarks; the Short-Term Fund fell short of the average return of its peers.

• The prospect of tax reform and infrastructure spending contributed to a sharp increase in interest rates late last year. While short-term rates kept rising as the Federal Reserve continued to tighten monetary policy, longer-term rates eased back a little as growth and inflation expectations moderated.

• Relative to their benchmarks, the funds benefited from underweight allocations to U.S.

Treasuries and overweight positions in lower-rated bonds and asset-backed securities.

• Over the ten years ended September 30, 2017, the Short-Term Fund’s average annual return was 2.45% and the Intermediate-Term Fund’s return was 3.68%. Both funds outperformed their comparative standards.

Total Returns: Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017      
  30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
  Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
Institutional Plus Shares 1.76% 1.67% -0.57% 1.10%
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit        
ex Baa Index       0.49
1–5 Year Investment-Grade Debt Funds Average       1.26

1–5 Year Investment-Grade Debt Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

 

 
 
Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
Institutional Plus Shares 1.98% 1.94% -1.93% 0.01%
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate Aggregate ex        
Baa Index       -0.04

 

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

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Total Returns: Ten Years Ended September 30, 2017  
  Average
  Annual Return
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund Institutional Plus Shares 2.45%
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit ex Baa Index 1.95
1–5 Year Investment-Grade Debt Funds Average 2.12
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 3.68%
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate Aggregate ex Baa Index 3.65

 

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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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

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

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

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

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

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Our four Investment Stewardship pillars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

Gender diversity on boards and climate risk

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

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

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

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

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

Our stewardship reflects our mission

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

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

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

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

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.


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

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2017

Financial Attributes    
    Bloomberg Bloomberg 
    Barclays Barclays
    U.S. 1-3 U.S.
    Year Aggregate 
    Gov/Credit Float
    ex Baa Adjusted
  Fund Index Index
Number of Bonds 645 961 9,460
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 1.9% 1.6% 2.5%
Average Coupon 2.1% 1.9% 3%
Average Duration 1.9 years 1.9 years 6.1 years
Average Effective      
Maturity 2.1 years 2 years 8.3 years
Ticker Symbol VISTX
Expense Ratio1 0.02%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.76%
Short-Term      
Reserves 2.3%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Asset-Backed 32.5%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed 1.6
Finance 21.8
Foreign 14.8
Industrial 7.0
Treasury/Agency 20.7
Utilities 1.5
Other 0.1

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.

 

 

Volatility Measures    
 
  Bloomberg  
  Barclays  
  U.S. 1-3 Year Bloomberg
  Gov/Credit Barclays U.S.
  ex Baa Aggregate Float
  Index Adjusted Index
R-Squared 0.93 0.74
 
Beta 0.94 0.22

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 19.6%
Aaa 41.7
Aa 15.6
A 21.9
Not Rated 1.2

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.

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

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 19.2%
1 - 3 Years 61.7
3 - 5 Years 15.1
5 - 7 Years 2.5
7 - 10 Years 1.5

 

1 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the 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, 2007, Through September 30, 2017

Initial Investment of $10,000,000


    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2017  
 
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $10,000,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
  Institutional Plus Shares 1.10% 1.17% 2.45% $12,732,724
  Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1-3 Year        
• • • • • • • •          
  Government/Credit ex Baa Index 0.49 0.80 1.95 12,132,761
 
– – – – 1–5 Year Investment-Grade Debt Funds        
  Average 1.26 1.17 2.12 12,336,171
 
  Spliced Bloomberg Barclays U.S.        
  Aggregate Float Adjusted Index 0.06 2.07 4.30 15,228,364

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 had been 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, 2007, Through September 30, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        U.S. 1-3 Year
        Gov/Credit
        ex Baa
    Institutional Plus Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
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
2016 1.37 0.38 1.75 1.11
2017 1.67 -0.57 1.10 0.49

 

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 had been 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, 2017

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

        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (20.4%)      
U.S. Government Securities (2.5%)        
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/18 40,000 42,371
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 74,270 74,298
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 2/28/19 50 50
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 8/31/19 15,200 15,133
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 4/30/20 30 30
1,2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 10/31/20 17,000 16,857
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 8/31/21 25,000 24,360
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 8/31/22 8,600 8,479
          181,578
Agency Bonds and Notes (17.9%)        
3 AID-Jordan 2.578% 6/30/22 13,750 13,992
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.625% 8/7/18 5,720 5,688
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 10/1/18 34,500 34,327
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.750% 12/14/18 3,000 3,010
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.250% 1/16/19 103,300 103,015
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 3/18/19 78,150 78,024
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 5.375% 5/15/19 23,000 24,418
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 5/28/19 43,250 43,157
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 8/5/19 110,200 108,861
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 9/28/20 36,250 35,909
5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.875% 10/12/18 200,130 199,097
5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.125% 4/15/19 66,050 65,679
5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.375% 8/15/19 131,250 130,835
5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.250% 10/2/19 49,300 48,994
5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.500% 1/17/20 6,300 6,285
5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.625% 9/29/20 42,750 42,657
5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.375% 1/28/19 17,000 16,980
5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 2/26/19 35,225 34,993
5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.875% 8/2/19 8,100 8,002
5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 8/28/19 6,750 6,681
5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 10/24/19 130,950 129,451
5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.500% 7/30/20 100,500 100,003
5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.875% 4/5/22 41,950 41,771
5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.875% 9/24/26 13,750 13,069
4 Financing Corp. 0.000% 11/2/18 3,090 3,039
          1,297,937

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.0%)      
5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 6.000% 4/1/28 10 11
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $1,486,539)     1,479,526
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (35.6%)      
6 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.750% 5/15/20 6,230 6,228
6 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-2 1.840% 6/15/20 10,990 11,007
6 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1 1.730% 11/16/20 19,500 19,500
6 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2015-3 1.630% 5/15/20 16,385 16,388
6 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2017-3 2.040% 6/15/22 16,710 16,705
6,7 American Express Credit Account Master        
  Trust 2014-1 1.604% 12/15/21 38,834 38,990
6,7 American Express Credit Account Master        
  Trust 2017-5 1.614% 2/18/25 6,390 6,417
6,8 Americold 2010 LLC Trust Series 2010-ARTA 4.954% 1/14/29 2,055 2,203
6,8 Aventura Mall Trust 2013-AVM 3.867% 12/5/32 447 466
6,8 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC        
  2017-1A 3.070% 9/20/23 4,735 4,781
6 BA Credit Card Trust 2017-A2 1.840% 1/17/23 2,070 2,063
6 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-UBS7 3.705% 9/15/48 344 359
6 BANK 2017 - BNK4 3.625% 5/15/50 410 426
6 BANK 2017 - BNK5 3.390% 6/15/60 430 439
6 BANK 2017 - BNK6 3.518% 7/15/60 220 227
6,8,9 Bank of America Student Loan Trust 2010-1A 2.114% 2/25/43 3,630 3,639
8 Bank of Montreal 1.750% 6/15/21 15,060 14,781
  Bank of Nova Scotia 1.875% 4/26/21 35,090 34,530
8 Bank of Nova Scotia 1.875% 9/20/21 27,900 27,407
6,7 Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust 2017-2 1.534% 5/15/23 6,390 6,399
6,7,8 BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2015-1A 1.734% 7/15/20 28,865 28,940
6,9 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc.        
  Series 2005-3 1.528% 6/25/26 2,640 2,624
6,9 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc.        
  Series 2011-1 2.117% 2/25/30 3,649 3,672
6 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2015-1A 2.260% 3/15/23 5,500 5,527
6,7 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2015-2 1.904% 7/17/23 12,475 12,565
6,7 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2016-1 2.084% 6/15/22 55,030 55,597
6 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2015-A4 2.750% 5/15/25 17,420 17,904
6,7 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2016-A2 1.864% 2/15/24 10,720 10,861
6,7,8 CARDS II Trust 2016-1A 1.934% 7/15/21 19,670 19,739
6,7,8 CARDS II Trust 2017-1A 1.604% 4/18/22 23,060 23,101
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2014-4 1.810% 7/15/20 8,300 8,310
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-2 1.800% 3/15/21 6,530 6,532
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 1.980% 2/16/21 5,075 5,081
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-1 1.880% 6/15/21 11,970 11,966
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-4 1.400% 8/15/21 23,320 23,163
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-4 1.600% 6/15/22 11,090 10,969
6 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2017-3 2.220% 11/15/22 12,120 12,109
6 CD 2017-CD3 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.631% 2/10/50 580 604

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 CD 2017-CD4 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.514% 5/10/50 210 217
6 CD 2017-CD5 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.431% 8/15/50 190 194
6 CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond Co. IV        
  LLC 2012-1 2.161% 10/15/21 11,387 11,427
6,8 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C2 5.945% 12/15/47 1,609 1,796
6 Chase Issuance Trust 2014-A2 2.770% 3/15/23 2,012 2,063
6,8 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2015-BA 2.260% 10/15/20 11,170 11,221
6,8 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-AA 1.960% 1/18/22 21,280 21,274
6,8 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-BA 1.640% 7/15/21 10,570 10,537
6,8 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-BA 1.870% 2/15/22 5,870 5,802
6,7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2017-A5 1.856% 4/22/26 9,390 9,487
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-GC8 3.024% 9/10/45 291 297
6,8 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-GC8 3.683% 9/10/45 349 363
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-GC11 1.987% 4/10/46 3,882 3,885
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-GC11 3.093% 4/10/46 571 581
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-GC15 3.942% 9/10/46 177 186
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC19 4.023% 3/10/47 2,186 2,324
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC21 3.575% 5/10/47 1,047 1,091
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC21 3.855% 5/10/47 1,617 1,704
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC23 3.622% 7/10/47 576 600
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC23 3.863% 7/10/47 205 210
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC25 3.372% 10/10/47 471 484
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC25 3.635% 10/10/47 2,091 2,176
6 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2016-C1 3.209% 5/10/49 1,076 1,085
6,10 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2017-P8 3.465% 9/15/50 450 463
6 CNH Equipment Trust 2016-B 1.970% 11/15/21 8,340 8,319
6 CNH Equipment Trust 2017-B 2.170% 4/17/23 4,900 4,916
6 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 8/15/45 221 227
6 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.791% 8/15/45 700 731
6 COMM 2012-CCRE3 Mortgage Trust 2.822% 10/15/45 288 291
6 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 2.853% 10/15/45 241 244
6 COMM 2012-CCRE5 Mortgage Trust 2.771% 12/10/45 177 179
6 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 3.983% 8/10/50 684 726
6 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 4.258% 8/10/50 598 647
6 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.623% 10/10/46 336 351
6 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 4.046% 10/10/46 877 938

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.194% 11/12/46 461 498
6 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.373% 7/10/45 1,572 1,704
6,8 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.396% 7/10/45 2,461 2,629
6,8 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 3.774% 8/10/46 258 270
6 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 4.205% 8/10/46 130 140
6 COMM 2013-LC6 Mortgage Trust 2.941% 1/10/46 745 755
6,8 COMM 2013-SFS Mortgage Trust 3.086% 4/12/35 807 816
6 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 4.236% 2/10/47 305 329
6 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 3.977% 5/10/47 766 814
6 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 4.174% 5/10/47 272 287
6 COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust 3.550% 7/15/47 20 21
6 COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust 3.828% 7/15/47 1,964 2,063
6 COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage Trust 3.590% 11/10/47 1,596 1,656
6 COMM 2014-CCRE21 Mortgage Trust 3.528% 12/10/47 1,098 1,135
6 COMM 2014-LC17 Mortgage Trust 3.917% 10/10/47 1,232 1,304
6 COMM 2015-CCRE22 Mortgage Trust 3.309% 3/10/48 440 449
6 COMM 2015-CCRE25 Mortgage Trust 3.759% 8/10/48 341 358
6 COMM 2015-LC19 Mortgage Trust 3.183% 2/10/48 30 30
8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 6/18/19 21,387 21,377
6 CSAIL 2015-C1 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.505% 4/15/50 20 21
6 CSAIL 2015-C4 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.808% 11/15/48 422 442
6 CSAIL 2016-C7 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.502% 11/15/49 970 993
6 CSAIL 2017-C8 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.392% 6/15/50 560 570
6 DBJPM 17-C6 Mortgage Trust 3.328% 6/10/50 400 406
6,7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2016-A2 1.774% 9/15/21 14,310 14,400
6 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2017-A4 2.530% 10/15/26 31,510 31,594
6,7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2017-A5 1.834% 12/15/26 16,020 16,178
8 DNB Boligkreditt AS 1.450% 3/21/18 4,035 4,030
6,8 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-2 2.090% 2/22/21 12,450 12,407
6,8 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2016-2 2.040% 2/22/22 4,580 4,569
6,7,8 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-1 1.954% 4/15/20 17,410 17,459
6,7,8 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-3 1.734% 11/16/20 10,640 10,683
5,6 Fannie Mae Grantor Trust 2017-T1 2.898% 6/25/27 11,797 11,738
6 Fifth Third Auto Trust 2017-1 2.030% 7/15/24 12,650 12,622
6,7 First National Master Note Trust 2017-1 1.634% 4/18/22 21,920 21,936
6,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV1 2.260% 11/15/25 14,450 14,555
6,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV2 2.310% 4/15/26 1,120 1,130
6 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-C 1.740% 2/15/21 16,855 16,844
6,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-REV2 2.440% 1/15/27 37,000 37,432
6 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-A 1.600% 6/15/21 12,130 12,085
6,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-REV1 2.310% 8/15/27 35,255 35,445
6,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-REV2 2.030% 12/15/27 25,450 25,308
6,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-1 2.620% 8/15/28 54,570 55,202
6,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-2 2.360% 3/15/29 28,070 27,983
6,7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2014-2 1.734% 2/15/21 42,840 42,992
6,7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2016-3 1.854% 7/15/21 24,830 24,984
6,7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2016-4 1.764% 7/15/20 19,200 19,251
6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2017-1 2.070% 5/15/22 59,120 59,283
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2015-1 1.730% 6/20/19 3,120 3,121

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2015-3 1.690% 3/20/19 11,950 11,952
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-1 2.260% 8/20/20 9,200 9,259
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-2 2.180% 6/21/21 5,520 5,505
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-3 1.720% 1/21/20 25,630 25,593
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-3 2.010% 11/20/20 10,880 10,881
6 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-3 2.120% 9/20/21 3,500 3,504
6,7,8 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust        
  2016-1 2.084% 5/17/21 28,850 29,116
6,8 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust        
  2017-2 2.130% 7/15/22 26,530 26,446
6,7,8 Golden Credit Card Trust 2014-2A 1.684% 3/15/21 25,433 25,494
6,7,8 Golden Credit Card Trust 2016-1A 1.834% 1/15/20 93,590 93,719
6,8 Golden Credit Card Trust 2016-5A 1.600% 9/15/21 76,660 76,069
6,7,8 Golden Credit Card Trust 2017-4A 1.754% 7/15/24 18,210 18,236
6,8,9 Gosforth Funding 2016-1A plc 2.015% 2/15/58 25,248 25,306
6,8 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GC6 4.948% 1/10/45 117 127
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GC13 4.169% 7/10/46 805 866
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.135% 6/10/46 701 715
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC20 3.998% 4/10/47 2,460 2,602
6 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC26 3.629% 11/10/47 150 156
6,8 Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP 2015-3A 2.670% 9/25/21 10,525 10,464
6,8 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-2A 2.950% 3/25/22 7,255 7,235
6,8 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-3A 2.270% 7/25/20 2,605 2,593
6,8 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2017-2A 3.290% 10/25/23 1,710 1,716
6 Honda Auto Receivables 2017-3 Owner Trust 1.980% 11/20/23 7,720 7,722
6,8 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust        
  2017-B 2.130% 3/15/21 13,650 13,623
6 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2015-C 1.780% 11/15/21 11,030 11,031
6 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2017-B 1.960% 2/15/23 5,940 5,928
6,8 Hyundai Floorplan Master Owner Trust        
  Series 2016-1A 1.810% 3/15/21 8,360 8,337
9 Illinois Student Assistance Commission        
  Series 2010-1 2.364% 4/25/22 1,145 1,150
6,8 Irvine Core Office Trust 2013-IRV 3.279% 5/15/48 1,333 1,366
6 John Deere Owner Trust 2015-B 1.780% 6/15/22 1,845 1,847
6 John Deere Owner Trust 2016-B 1.490% 5/15/23 1,935 1,925
6 John Deere Owner Trust 2017-A 2.110% 12/15/23 10,750 10,797
6 John Deere Owner Trust 2017-B 2.110% 7/15/24 5,940 5,946
6,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2010-C1 4.608% 6/15/43 88 91
6,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2010-C2 3.616% 11/15/43 32 32
6,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2010-C2 4.070% 11/15/43 239 250
6,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C3 4.388% 2/15/46 1,768 1,781
6,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C3 4.717% 2/15/46 400 425

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C5 5.588% 8/15/46 673 736
6,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-RR1 4.717% 3/16/46 3,003 3,182
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C8 2.829% 10/15/45 251 254
6,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C8 3.424% 10/15/45 1,283 1,309
6,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-HSBC 3.093% 7/5/32 846 870
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C13 3.994% 1/15/46 1,353 1,440
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 3.674% 12/15/46 234 244
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 3.881% 12/15/46 184 194
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 4.166% 12/15/46 900 967
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-LC11 2.960% 4/15/46 607 614
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2016-JP4 3.648% 12/15/49 60 62
6 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2017-JP6 3.490% 7/15/50 170 175
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C12 3.664% 7/15/45 1,223 1,282
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C12 4.161% 7/15/45 1,425 1,498
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C14 3.761% 8/15/46 170 178
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C14 4.133% 8/15/46 252 269
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C15 3.659% 11/15/45 194 202
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C17 4.199% 1/15/47 834 897
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C18 4.079% 2/15/47 1,085 1,157
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C18 4.439% 2/15/47 544 580
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C19 3.997% 4/15/47 100 106
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C21 3.493% 8/15/47 190 196
6 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C24 3.639% 11/15/47 853 890
6 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2017-JP5 3.723% 3/15/50 470 492
6 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2017-JP7 3.454% 9/15/50 340 348
6,8 Kubota Credit Owner Trust 2017-1A 2.160% 3/15/24 3,870 3,860
6 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2008-C1 6.319% 4/15/41 2,435 2,477
6,7,8 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2016-1A 1.987% 9/23/19 43,020 43,146
6,7,8 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2016-B 1.934% 5/17/21 9,730 9,800
6,7,8 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2017-B 1.654% 5/16/22 25,700 25,773

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2011-AA 3.040% 8/15/28 1,403 1,405
6,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-AA 1.980% 6/10/32 2,958 2,964
6,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2013-AA 1.680% 5/11/20 3,828 3,829
6,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2013-AA 2.570% 6/9/33 7,037 7,114
6,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2016-AA 2.210% 12/15/32 7,480 7,424
6,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2017-A 2.410% 8/16/24 10,320 10,346
6,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2017-A 2.680% 7/16/27 5,160 5,189
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2012-C5 3.176% 8/15/45 399 410
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2012-C5 3.792% 8/15/45 387 401
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2012-C6 2.858% 11/15/45 201 204
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C10 4.219% 7/15/46 1,810 1,944
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C11 3.960% 8/15/46 873 925
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C11 4.315% 8/15/46 130 139
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C12 3.824% 10/15/46 193 202
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C12 4.259% 10/15/46 50 54
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C13 4.039% 11/15/46 75 80
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C14 4.064% 2/15/47 194 207
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C14 4.384% 2/15/47 194 206
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C15 3.773% 4/15/47 1,214 1,278
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C15 4.051% 4/15/47 1,645 1,753
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C16 3.892% 6/15/47 1,385 1,462
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C16 4.094% 6/15/47 361 380
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2015-C22 3.306% 4/15/48 659 668
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2015-C23 3.451% 7/15/50 20 21
6 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2016-C32 3.720% 12/15/49 130 136
6,8 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-STAR 3.201% 8/5/34 883 888
6,7,8,10 Motor plc 2017 1A 1.773% 9/25/24 14,360 14,360
8 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.250% 3/16/21 22,840 22,814
6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2014-8 1.677% 4/25/23 20,486 20,542
6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-3 1.887% 6/26/56 16,600 16,645
6,7,8 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-2 2.287% 6/25/65 5,810 5,891
6,7,8 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-3 2.087% 6/25/65 5,140 5,200
6,7,8 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-6A 1.987% 3/25/66 35,210 35,322
6,7,8 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-1 1.987% 7/26/66 12,020 12,162
6,7,8 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-3A 1.837% 7/26/66 8,910 8,971
6,7,8 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-4A 1.737% 9/27/66 7,760 7,789

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6,7,8 Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Trust        
  II 2017-1A 2.017% 6/27/22 11,440 11,446
6,8 NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust        
  2016-1A 2.740% 4/15/21 8,250 8,314
6 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2017-A 1.910% 4/15/20 14,210 14,225
6 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2017-A 2.040% 9/15/22 5,130 5,119
6 Nissan Auto Receivables 2015-A Owner        
  Trust 1.500% 9/15/21 27,560 27,493
6,7 Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables        
  Series 2016-A 1.874% 6/15/21 41,710 42,042
9 North Carolina State Education Assistance        
  Authority 2011-1 2.214% 1/26/26 696 696
6,8 OBP Depositor LLC Trust 2010-OBP 4.646% 7/15/45 481 513
6,8 Palisades Center Trust 2016-PLSD 2.713% 4/13/33 250 251
6,7,8 PHEAA Student Loan Trust 2016-2A 2.187% 11/25/65 14,933 14,970
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.200% 9/23/19 14,165 14,212
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.100% 10/14/20 23,750 23,708
6 Royal Bank of Canada 1.875% 2/5/21 4,900 4,878
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.300% 3/22/21 13,995 13,979
6,8 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-1A 1.524% 3/25/20 14,660 14,584
6,8 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-1A 1.794% 2/25/21 13,660 13,561
6,8 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-1A 1.890% 8/25/20 26,230 26,195
6,8 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-1A 2.209% 6/25/21 7,900 7,907
6,8,10 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-2A 2.040% 4/26/21 10,990 10,990
6,8,10 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-2A 2.289% 3/25/22 3,690 3,690
6,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-14 1.544% 1/25/23 3,880 3,879
6,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-5 1.414% 4/25/25 3,464 3,462
6,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-6 1.424% 7/27/26 907 907
6,7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-6 1.737% 2/25/21 22 22
6,7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2014-1 1.617% 7/26/21 2,047 2,047
6 SMART ABS Series 2014-1US Trust 1.680% 12/14/19 2,622 2,620
6 SMART ABS Series 2016-2US Trust 2.050% 12/14/22 2,160 2,138
8 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.250% 5/2/18 3,097 3,089
6,8 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.750% 11/15/20 8,341 8,284
8 Swedbank Hypotek AB 1.375% 3/28/18 3,868 3,863
6 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2015-1 2.370% 3/15/23 13,760 13,886
6 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2015-2 1.600% 4/15/21 14,360 14,363
6 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2015-4 2.380% 9/15/23 22,600 22,830
6 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2016-3 1.580% 9/15/22 19,410 19,276
6 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  Series 2012-2 2.220% 1/15/22 16,577 16,677
6,7,8 Trillium Credit Card Trust II 2016-1A 1.958% 5/26/21 66,330 66,542
6 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C1 4.171% 5/10/45 192 202
6,8 UBS-BAMLL Trust 2012-WRM 3.663% 6/10/30 1,551 1,574

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-C4 2.850% 12/10/45 228 230
6 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C6 3.244% 4/10/46 30 31
6 USAA Auto Owner Trust 2017-1 1.880% 9/15/22 6,960 6,945
6,8 Verizon Owner Trust 2017-1A 2.060% 9/20/21 20,500 20,566
6,8 Verizon Owner Trust 2017-2A 1.920% 12/20/21 25,370 25,346
6,8 VNDO 2012-6AVE Mortgage Trust 2.996% 11/15/30 1,428 1,451
6,8 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series        
  2016-1A 1.890% 9/15/20 5,160 5,153
6,8 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series        
  2017-1A 2.210% 11/15/21 4,970 4,973
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-LC5 2.918% 10/15/45 326 331
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-LC5 3.539% 10/15/45 279 285
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 3.928% 7/15/46 203 213
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 4.218% 7/15/46 784 845
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 4.430% 7/15/46 272 290
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C26 3.166% 2/15/48 290 293
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C29 3.637% 6/15/48 70 73
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-SG1 3.789% 9/15/48 484 507
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2016-C37 3.794% 12/15/49 50 53
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2017-C38 3.453% 7/15/50 560 573
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2017-C39 3.418% 9/15/50 520 531
6 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2017-RC1 3.631% 1/15/60 240 249
6,7 Wells Fargo Dealer Floorplan Master Note        
  Trust Series 2015-2 1.886% 1/20/22 18,460 18,575
8 Westpac Banking Corp. 1.850% 11/26/18 13,270 13,266
8 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 11/9/20 13,440 13,440
8 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.100% 2/25/21 1,160 1,155
6,8 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2011-C3 4.375% 3/15/44 269 285
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-C7 3.431% 6/15/45 262 272
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-C7 4.090% 6/15/45 584 610
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-C8 3.001% 8/15/45 169 173
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-C9 2.870% 11/15/45 400 406
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-C9 3.388% 11/15/45 440 448
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C15 3.720% 8/15/46 231 241

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C15 4.153% 8/15/46 396 425
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C17 3.558% 12/15/46 167 174
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C18 3.676% 12/15/46 221 231
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C18 4.162% 12/15/46 790 851
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-C19 3.829% 3/15/47 10 10
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-C19 4.101% 3/15/47 80 85
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-C23 3.917% 10/15/57 643 682
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-C24 3.607% 11/15/47 1,521 1,575
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-LC14 3.766% 3/15/47 40 42
6 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-LC14 4.045% 3/15/47 827 882
6,8 Wheels SPV 2 LLC 2016-1A 1.870% 5/20/25 1,945 1,938
6 World Financial Network Credit Card Master        
  Note Trust Series 2012-D 2.150% 4/17/23 20,637 20,718
6 World Financial Network Credit Card Master        
  Note Trust Series 2013-A 1.610% 12/15/21 6,191 6,192
6,7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master        
  Note Trust Series 2015-A 1.714% 2/15/22 11,160 11,179
6 World Financial Network Credit Card Master        
  Note Trust Series 2015-B 2.550% 6/17/24 3,030 3,061
6 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2016-A 1.770% 9/15/21 13,950 13,953
6 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2016-B 1.300% 2/15/22 26,830 26,624
6 World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization        
  Trust 2017-A 2.320% 8/15/22 8,800 8,821
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $2,567,785)   2,573,567
Corporate Bonds (27.4%)        
Finance (19.5%)        
  Banking (18.7%)        
8 ABN AMRO Bank NV 2.500% 10/30/18 2,750 2,772
  American Express Credit Corp. 1.875% 5/3/19 6,670 6,651
8 ANZ New Zealand International Ltd. 2.250% 2/1/19 13,630 13,693
  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 2.550% 11/23/21 8,115 8,110
  Bank of America NA 1.750% 6/5/18 1,221 1,221
  Bank of America NA 2.050% 12/7/18 16,080 16,132
  Bank of Nova Scotia 1.650% 6/14/19 8,170 8,148
  Bank of Nova Scotia 2.350% 10/21/20 3,890 3,921
  Bank of Nova Scotia 2.700% 3/7/22 2,765 2,795
8 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 1.700% 3/5/18 2,270 2,268
8 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.700% 9/9/18 300 302
8 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.150% 9/14/18 6,240 6,246
8 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.300% 3/10/19 4,860 4,876
8 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.300% 3/5/20 3,355 3,364
8 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.750% 9/14/20 7,487 7,572
8 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.000% 4/12/19 17,540 17,572
8 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.200% 7/20/20 22,904 22,891

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
8 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.750% 10/15/20 12,215 12,354
8 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.500% 4/13/21 3,995 3,998
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.550% 1/23/18 1,255 1,255
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.100% 10/5/20 21,825 21,777
Citibank NA 2.100% 6/12/20 8,110 8,114
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.625% 3/12/18 5,310 5,311
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.500% 9/20/18 7,220 7,276
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.750% 11/2/18 6,137 6,127
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.300% 9/6/19 19,150 19,299
8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 5.000% 10/15/19 10,177 10,768
8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.050% 9/18/20 23,555 23,441
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.400% 11/2/20 2,790 2,801
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.550% 3/15/21 4,780 4,797
8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 9/6/21 5,010 4,920
8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.750% 3/10/22 4,395 4,425
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 2.250% 1/14/19 11,020 11,101
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 2.500% 1/19/21 1,795 1,813
Credit Suisse AG 1.700% 4/27/18 13,685 13,695
8 Danske Bank A/S 1.650% 9/6/19 8,227 8,170
8 Danske Bank A/S 2.750% 9/17/20 7,260 7,360
8 Danske Bank A/S 2.700% 3/2/22 4,705 4,726
8 DNB Bank ASA 2.125% 10/2/20 14,850 14,839
Fifth Third Bank 2.150% 8/20/18 6,448 6,475
Fifth Third Bank 1.625% 9/27/19 8,940 8,883
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.950% 1/18/18 21,905 22,176
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.375% 1/22/18 39,705 39,790
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.150% 4/1/18 15,680 16,017
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.900% 7/19/18 34,109 34,389
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.625% 1/31/19 11,570 11,666
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.600% 12/27/20 6,605 6,642
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.625% 4/25/21 1,965 1,973
HSBC Holdings plc 2.650% 1/5/22 11,630 11,642
HSBC USA Inc. 1.500% 11/13/17 9,630 9,629
HSBC USA Inc. 1.625% 1/16/18 25,090 25,097
HSBC USA Inc. 1.700% 3/5/18 4,343 4,346
Huntington National Bank 2.200% 11/6/18 5,527 5,546
Huntington National Bank 2.375% 3/10/20 4,670 4,695
8 ING Bank NV 2.000% 11/26/18 5,810 5,810
8 ING Bank NV 2.300% 3/22/19 8,511 8,549
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.000% 1/15/18 46,352 46,928
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.800% 1/25/18 12,966 12,972
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.700% 3/1/18 38,317 38,327
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.200% 10/22/19 11,741 11,808
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.250% 1/23/20 5,730 5,758
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.750% 6/23/20 4,950 5,044
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.550% 10/29/20 28,372 28,691
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.550% 3/1/21 10,241 10,317
6 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.776% 4/25/23 7,985 8,015
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA 6.000% 10/1/17 11,790 11,791
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.050% 8/17/20 4,200 4,186
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.500% 5/18/22 2,490 2,492
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.950% 3/1/21 8,395 8,527
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.190% 9/13/21 5,430 5,360
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.665% 7/25/22 11,255 11,235
8 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. 2.450% 10/16/19 2,625 2,640

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
8 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. 2.650% 10/19/20 16,860 16,988
  Morgan Stanley 1.875% 1/5/18 6,400 6,404
  Morgan Stanley 2.125% 4/25/18 41,310 41,405
  Morgan Stanley 2.200% 12/7/18 1,088 1,092
  Morgan Stanley 2.500% 1/24/19 10,235 10,307
  Morgan Stanley 2.450% 2/1/19 3,976 4,003
  Morgan Stanley 2.500% 4/21/21 13,005 13,024
  Morgan Stanley 2.625% 11/17/21 11,125 11,124
  Morgan Stanley 2.750% 5/19/22 5,890 5,909
9 Morgan Stanley 2.532% 5/8/24 4,140 4,191
  MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 1.625% 2/9/18 4,800 4,799
  MUFG Union Bank NA 2.625% 9/26/18 5,970 6,020
  MUFG Union Bank NA 2.250% 5/6/19 4,580 4,594
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.300% 7/25/18 3,860 3,880
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.000% 1/14/19 6,293 6,306
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 1.375% 7/12/19 13,000 12,880
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.250% 1/10/20 6,000 6,017
  National Bank of Canada 2.100% 12/14/18 6,815 6,832
  National Bank of Canada 2.150% 6/12/20 11,205 11,195
8 Nordea Bank AB 1.625% 9/30/19 3,750 3,724
  PNC Bank NA 1.450% 7/29/19 8,535 8,466
  Royal Bank of Canada 1.800% 7/30/18 2,411 2,415
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.000% 12/10/18 5,235 5,252
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.150% 3/15/19 17,304 17,408
  Royal Bank of Canada 1.500% 7/29/19 13,015 12,943
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.125% 3/2/20 19,235 19,317
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.350% 10/30/20 8,389 8,453
  Santander UK plc 3.050% 8/23/18 11,250 11,370
  Santander UK plc 2.000% 8/24/18 7,787 7,798
  Santander UK plc 2.500% 3/14/19 10,220 10,305
8 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 1.750% 3/19/18 9,085 9,091
8 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.375% 3/25/19 7,040 7,090
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 1.875% 9/13/21 4,895 4,789
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 1.950% 7/23/18 2,153 2,157
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 2.450% 1/10/19 5,765 5,806
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 2.250% 7/11/19 1,250 1,254
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.500% 1/25/19 7,835 7,900
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.250% 6/17/19 5,500 5,525
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 1.500% 9/6/19 13,625 13,528
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 1.950% 9/8/20 13,085 13,037
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 1.875% 9/7/21 3,015 2,957
8 Swedbank AB 1.750% 3/12/18 17,350 17,365
8 Swedbank AB 2.800% 3/14/22 4,535 4,583
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.450% 8/13/19 22,525 22,386
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.850% 9/11/20 15,895 15,827
8 UBS AG 2.200% 6/8/20 10,820 10,809
8 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 3.000% 4/15/21 5,304 5,362
6,8 UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG 2.859% 8/15/23 6,125 6,096
  Wachovia Corp. 5.750% 2/1/18 12,660 12,830
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.100% 7/26/21 6,450 6,374
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 1.650% 1/22/18 21,087 21,098
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 1.800% 11/28/18 8,845 8,855
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 2.150% 12/6/19 11,830 11,884
  Westpac Banking Corp. 1.600% 1/12/18 3,390 3,392
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 7/30/18 9,010 9,045

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 1/17/19 13,390 13,451
Westpac Banking Corp. 1.600% 8/19/19 28,105 27,988
Westpac Banking Corp. 4.875% 11/19/19 25,460 26,940
Westpac Banking Corp. 2.000% 8/19/21 4,540 4,471
 
Finance Companies (0.1%)        
GE Capital International Funding Co. 2.342% 11/15/20 9,940 9,982
 
Insurance (0.7%)        
8 AIG Global Funding 2.700% 12/15/21 2,335 2,351
8 MassMutual Global Funding II 1.950% 9/22/20 5,035 5,006
MetLife Inc. 1.903% 12/15/17 18,000 18,008
8 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.000% 1/10/23 1,000 1,016
8 New York Life Global Funding 1.950% 9/28/20 5,950 5,856
8 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 2.150% 10/15/18 15,550 15,560
8 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 3.050% 1/20/21 1,610 1,624
        1,410,031
Industrial (6.8%)        
Basic Industry (0.2%)        
8 Air Liquide Finance SA 1.375% 9/27/19 3,835 3,795
Airgas Inc. 2.375% 2/15/20 7,185 7,219
Airgas Inc. 3.050% 8/1/20 1,290 1,299
 
Capital Goods (2.0%)        
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 7.150% 2/15/19 10,575 11,325
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.900% 3/22/19 17,625 17,664
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.250% 12/1/19 13,660 13,773
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.100% 1/10/20 6,015 6,011
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.850% 9/4/20 17,405 17,258
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.500% 11/13/20 4,410 4,450
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.931% 10/1/21 5,785 5,705
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.400% 6/6/22 3,115 3,113
Caterpillar Inc. 7.900% 12/15/18 9,000 9,658
John Deere Capital Corp. 5.750% 9/10/18 12,315 12,776
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.950% 1/8/19 15,070 15,065
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.200% 3/13/20 8,815 8,876
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.375% 7/14/20 6,140 6,197
Komatsu Mining Corp. 5.125% 10/15/21 11,942 13,104
 
Communication (0.6%)        
America Movil SAB de CV 5.625% 11/15/17 32,700 32,781
America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 3/30/20 1,265 1,350
8 NBCUniversal Enterprise Inc. 1.974% 4/15/19 8,785 8,815
 
Consumer Cyclical (0.9%)        
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 1.625% 11/28/17 2,500 2,500
American Honda Finance Corp. 2.125% 10/10/18 11,670 11,727
American Honda Finance Corp. 1.950% 7/20/20 8,725 8,708
8 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.250% 1/15/19 10,867 10,883
8 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.400% 9/15/19 6,360 6,380
8 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.150% 2/26/20 5,467 5,442
8 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.400% 6/15/20 1,440 1,441
8 Harley-Davidson Funding Corp. 6.800% 6/15/18 4,760 4,923
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 1.150% 4/15/19 2,320 2,302
8 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.000% 3/8/19 6,090 6,093

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
8 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.150% 7/13/20 3,050 3,052
8 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.150% 9/28/20 4,365 4,362
PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.750% 8/14/18 910 911
 
Consumer Noncyclical (1.0%)        
Altria Group Inc. 9.250% 8/6/19 16,350 18,505
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 1.250% 1/17/18 240 240
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 1.900% 2/1/19 12,238 12,266
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 7.750% 1/15/19 4,475 4,805
Gilead Sciences Inc. 1.850% 9/4/18 4,115 4,119
Gilead Sciences Inc. 1.850% 9/20/19 3,500 3,502
Gilead Sciences Inc. 2.350% 2/1/20 12,985 13,123
Gilead Sciences Inc. 2.550% 9/1/20 11,180 11,382
Medtronic Inc. 1.375% 4/1/18 6,700 6,698
 
Energy (1.2%)        
BP Capital Markets plc 2.241% 9/26/18 13,800 13,885
BP Capital Markets plc 4.750% 3/10/19 8,700 9,066
BP Capital Markets plc 1.676% 5/3/19 17,700 17,672
BP Capital Markets plc 4.500% 10/1/20 2,750 2,933
Shell International Finance BV 2.000% 11/15/18 9,200 9,227
Shell International Finance BV 1.375% 5/10/19 35,000 34,823
 
Other Industrial (0.4%)        
8 CK Hutchison International 17 Ltd. 2.250% 9/29/20 10,900 10,865
8 Hutchison Whampoa International 09 Ltd. 7.625% 4/9/19 14,665 15,840
 
Technology (0.2%)        
Baidu Inc. 3.250% 8/6/18 10,100 10,212
QUALCOMM Inc. 1.850% 5/20/19 4,415 4,426
QUALCOMM Inc. 2.100% 5/20/20 3,865 3,886
 
Transportation (0.3%)        
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.700% 10/1/19 7,727 8,147
6 Delta Air Lines 2012-1 Class A Pass        
Through Trust 4.750% 11/7/21 7,707 8,052
6 Northwest Airlines 2007-1 Class A Pass        
Through Trust 7.027% 5/1/21 4,018 4,375
        497,007
Utilities (1.1%)        
Electric (1.0%)        
Arizona Public Service Co. 8.750% 3/1/19 760 831
Connecticut Light & Power Co. 5.500% 2/1/19 3,610 3,771
Duke Energy Florida LLC 4.550% 4/1/20 200 212
Georgia Power Co. 2.000% 9/8/20 7,500 7,468
MidAmerican Energy Co. 2.400% 3/15/19 2,785 2,808
National Rural Utilities Cooperative        
Finance Corp. 10.375% 11/1/18 23,852 25,963
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. 6.350% 9/1/18 13,400 13,932
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 6.800% 9/1/18 1,000 1,045
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 8.250% 10/15/18 2,280 2,424
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 3.500% 10/1/20 7,305 7,591
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 3.500% 8/15/20 1,182 1,226
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 6.500% 11/1/18 1,240 1,299

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Natural Gas (0.1%)        
  Atmos Energy Corp. 8.500% 3/15/19 8,720 9,536
          78,106
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $1,985,051)       1,985,144
Sovereign Bonds (14.4%)        
  African Development Bank 1.000% 11/2/18 36,330 36,099
8 Avi Funding Co. Ltd. 2.850% 9/16/20 6,700 6,697
8 Banco del Estado de Chile 2.000% 11/9/17 7,095 7,077
8 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV 1.125% 5/25/18 36,700 36,624
8 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV 1.000% 9/20/18 10,000 9,937
8 Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale 1.375% 1/29/18 1,825 1,825
8 CDP Financial Inc. 4.400% 11/25/19 11,228 11,813
  CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd. 1.750% 5/9/18 16,820 16,802
  CNOOC Finance 2015 Australia Pty Ltd. 2.625% 5/5/20 1,050 1,055
  Corp. Andina de Fomento 2.200% 7/18/20 2,641 2,644
8 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 7,275 7,608
  Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 1,800 1,883
8 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 4.500% 8/13/23 6,875 7,389
8 CPPIB Capital Inc. 1.250% 9/20/19 37,285 36,922
8,11 Dexia Credit Local SA 1.875% 9/15/21 9,080 8,893
8 Dexia Credit Local SA 2.375% 9/20/22 9,300 9,257
8 Electricite de France SA 6.500% 1/26/19 1,825 1,933
  European Investment Bank 1.000% 3/15/18 13,775 13,758
  European Investment Bank 1.875% 3/15/19 18,375 18,443
  European Investment Bank 2.500% 4/15/21 11,025 11,241
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 1.500% 10/21/19 17,250 16,959
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 5.125% 6/29/20 1,375 1,466
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/29/21 4,775 4,959
  First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC 3.000% 8/13/19 7,000 7,091
  FMS Wertmanagement AoeR 1.625% 11/20/18 9,175 9,175
8 ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 2.375% 5/19/19 6,360 6,316
  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 2.351% 11/13/17 4,500 4,502
  International Finance Corp. 1.750% 9/4/18 9,000 9,016
12 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.750% 7/31/18 4,600 4,600
12 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.750% 11/13/18 7,575 7,565
  Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 1.375% 4/18/18 4,000 3,988
8 Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 2.125% 3/6/19 13,775 13,757
13 KFW 1.000% 6/11/18 11,475 11,438
13 KFW 1.000% 9/7/18 10,000 9,951
13 KFW 1.875% 4/1/19 4,600 4,617
13 KFW 4.000% 1/27/20 4,125 4,342
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.375% 10/26/21 12,700 12,529
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.875% 3/4/23 6,650 6,632
  Kingdom of Sweden 1.500% 7/25/19 23,555 23,501
8 Kommunalbanken AS 1.000% 3/15/18 2,750 2,744
8 Kommunalbanken AS 1.125% 5/23/18 7,350 7,333
8 Kommunalbanken AS 1.375% 11/23/18 87,031 86,809
8 Kommunalbanken AS 2.125% 3/15/19 12,850 12,925
8 Kommunalbanken AS 1.750% 5/28/19 13,775 13,785
8 Kommunalbanken AS 1.500% 9/9/19 28,721 28,598
8 Kommuninvest I Sverige AB 1.000% 10/24/17 2,750 2,749
9 Korea Development Bank 1.999% 9/19/20 14,400 14,381
  Korea Development Bank 4.625% 11/16/21 1,800 1,922
8 Korea Expressway Corp. 1.875% 10/22/17 1,800 1,800

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
8 Korea Gas Corp. 2.875% 7/29/18 7,350 7,396
8 Korea National Oil Corp. 2.750% 1/23/19 18,375 18,399
8 Korea Resources Corp. 2.125% 5/2/18 2,750 2,747
8 Municipality Finance plc 1.125% 4/17/18 2,300 2,294
8 Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV 1.875% 3/13/19 7,350 7,365
8 Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV 1.250% 9/9/19 11,000 10,884
  North American Development Bank 2.300% 10/10/18 2,400 2,409
14 Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG 1.750% 1/24/20 25,364 25,341
  Province of Alberta 1.900% 12/6/19 20,000 19,931
8 Province of Alberta 1.750% 8/26/20 8,600 8,475
  Province of Manitoba 9.625% 12/1/18 6,325 6,856
  Province of Manitoba 2.100% 9/6/22 1,275 1,259
  Province of Ontario 1.100% 10/25/17 21,125 21,130
  Province of Ontario 1.625% 1/18/19 34,665 34,501
  Province of Ontario 2.000% 1/30/19 27,130 27,124
  Province of Ontario 1.250% 6/17/19 54,190 53,488
  Province of Ontario 4.000% 10/7/19 2,375 2,464
  Province of Ontario 4.400% 4/14/20 17,075 17,995
7 Province of Quebec 1.456% 9/21/20 10,000 10,000
  Province of Quebec 2.750% 8/25/21 5,825 5,902
  Republic of Lithuania 7.375% 2/11/20 8,990 10,077
  Republic of Lithuania 6.125% 3/9/21 16,000 17,948
  Republic of Poland 6.375% 7/15/19 17,261 18,641
  Republic of Poland 5.125% 4/21/21 1,240 1,359
  Republic of Poland 5.000% 3/23/22 18,925 20,936
8 State Grid Overseas Investment 2014 Ltd. 2.750% 5/7/19 9,175 9,255
  State of Israel 3.150% 6/30/23 1,800 1,860
  State of Qatar 2.099% 1/18/18 13,190 13,178
  State of Qatar 5.250% 1/20/20 16,000 16,970
  Statoil ASA 1.250% 11/9/17 25,000 24,994
  Statoil ASA 1.200% 1/17/18 2,630 2,627
  Statoil ASA 1.950% 11/8/18 16,420 16,445
  Statoil ASA 3.150% 1/23/22 2,700 2,780
  Statoil ASA 2.650% 1/15/24 1,825 1,811
  Svensk Exportkredit AB 1.125% 4/5/18 5,475 5,461
8 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 4.300% 10/25/19 2,250 2,359
8 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.375% 1/23/23 4,600 4,601
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $1,039,693)       1,040,612
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.3%)        
  Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance        
  Corp. Revenue 2.107% 7/1/18 1,825 1,828
  Louisiana Local Government Environmental        
  Facilities & Community Development        
  Authority Revenue 2010-EGSL 3.220% 2/1/21 2,174 2,187
  Louisiana Local Government Environmental        
  Facilities & Community Development        
  Authority Revenue 2010-ELL 3.450% 2/1/22 8,130 8,260
  Princeton University New Jersey GO 4.950% 3/1/19 5,975 6,226
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $18,458)       18,501

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Market
        Value
  Coupon   Shares ($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (2.3%)        
Money Market Fund (1.3%)        
15 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 1.223%   916,201 91,639
 
      Face  
    Maturity Amount  
    Date ($000)  
Commercial Paper (0.7%)        
16 Electricite de France 1.995% 1/5/18 23,500 23,398
8,16 Engie SA 1.543% 10/10/17 3,815 3,814
8,16 Engie SA 1.520% 10/12/17 5,075 5,073
8,16 Engie SA 1.520% 10/13/17 2,200 2,199
8,16 Engie SA 1.520% 10/18/17 5,860 5,857
8,16 Engie SA 1.565% 10/20/17 1,000 1,000
8,16 Engie SA 1.544% 11/9/17 3,645 3,640
8,16 Engie SA 1.565% 11/10/17 3,610 3,605
8,16 Engie SA 1.565% 11/15/17 3,395 3,390
        51,976
Certificates of Deposit (0.3%)        
Royal Bank of Canada (New York Branch) 1.360% 10/5/2017 21,580 21,580
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $165,167)     165,195
Total Investments (100.4%) (Cost $7,262,693)       7,262,545
 
        Amount
        ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.4%)        
Other Assets        
Investment in Vanguard       450
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold       26,186
Receivables for Accrued Income       27,415
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts       664
Variation Margin Receivable—Swap Contracts       129
Unrealized Appreciation—Swap Contracts       2
Other Assets       815
Total Other Assets       55,661
Liabilities        
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased       (82,446)
Payables to Vanguard       (1,564)
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts       (1,013)
Variation Margin Payable—Swap Contracts       (110)
Unrealized Depreciation—Swap Contracts       (199)
Other Liabilities       (26)
Total Liabilities       (85,358)
Net Assets (100%)        
Applicable to 526,174,489 outstanding $.001 par value shares of      
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)       7,232,848
Net Asset Value Per Share       $13.75

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund  
 
 
 
At September 30, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 7,235,330
Undistributed Net Investment Income 113
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (1,347)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities (148)
Futures Contracts (993)
Swap Contracts (107)
Net Assets 7,232,848

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $2,454,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $1,785,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
3 U.S. government-guaranteed.
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 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.
6 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.
7 Adjustable-rate security based upon 1-month USD LIBOR plus spread.
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, 2017, the aggregate value of these
securities was $2,126,573,000, representing 29.4% of net assets.
9 Adjustable-rate security based upon 3-month USD LIBOR plus spread.
10 Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
11 Guaranteed by multiple countries.
12 Guaranteed by the Government of Japan.
13 Guaranteed by the Federal Republic of Germany.
14 Guaranteed by the Republic of Austria.
15 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown
is the 7-day yield.
16 Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions
exempt from registration only to dealers in that program or other “accredited investors.” At September 30, 2017, the aggregate
value of these securities was $51,976,000, representing 0.7% of net assets.
GO—General Obligation Bond.

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End    
 
Futures Contracts        
        ($000)
        Value and
    Number of   Unrealized
    Long (Short) Notional Appreciation
  Expiration Contracts Amount (Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 6,265 1,351,380 (3,664)
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 404 50,626 (90)
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond December 2017 63 9,627 (170)
        (3,924)
 
Short Futures Contracts        
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 (1,764) (236,955) 2,610
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 (982) (115,385) 321
        2,931
        (993)

 

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

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund          
 
 
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps          
            Remaining  
        Periodic   Up-Front  
        Premium   Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received   Received Appreciation
  Termination   Amount (Paid)1 Value (Paid)1 (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) (%) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody’s Rating          
Republic of              
Chile/Aa3 12/20/22 CITNA 30,530 1.000 597 (595) 2
 
Credit Protection Purchased            
EI du Pont de              
Nemours & Co. 12/20/20 JPMC 4,915 (1.000) (138) 76 (62)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 CITNA 5,280 (1.000) (32) (58) (90)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 BOANA 2,720 (1.000) (16) (31) (47)
          (186) (13) (199)
          411 (608) (197)

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.

1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
BOANA—Bank of America, N.A.
CITNA—Citi Bank N.A.
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank.

At September 30, 2017, a counterparty had deposited in a segregated account cash of $550,000 in connection with open over-the-counter swap contracts.

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps            
      Fixed Floating    
      Interest Interest    
      Rate Rate   Unrealized
  Future Notional Received Received   Appreciation
  Effective Amount (Paid)2 (Paid) Value (Depreciation)
Termination Date Date ($000) (%) (%) ($000) ($000)
12/20/18 12/20/171 267,372 1.750 (0.000)3 235 (141)
12/20/19 12/20/171 87,258 2.000 (0.000)3 330 (162)
12/20/20 12/20/171 40,797 2.250 (0.000)3 406 (105)
12/20/21 12/20/171 11,648 (2.250) 0.0003 (116) 41
12/20/22 12/20/171 31,507 (2.250) 0.0003 (280) 139
12/20/24 12/20/171 49,952 (2.500) 0.0003 (1,008) 318
          (433) 90

 

1 Forward interest rate swap. In a forward interest rate swap, the fund and the counterparty agree to make periodic net payments beginning on a specified future effective date.

2 Fixed interest payment received/paid semiannually.

3 Based on 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date. Floating interest payment received/ paid quarterly.

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

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund  
 
 
Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 137,859
Total Income 137,859
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 272
Management and Administrative 1,049
Marketing and Distribution 210
Custodian Fees 134
Auditing Fees 39
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 6
Total Expenses 1,710
Net Investment Income 136,149
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (7,431)
Futures Contracts 10,097
Swap Contracts 1,685
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 4,351
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 (61,622)
Futures Contracts (74)
Swap Contracts (716)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (62,412)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 78,088

 

1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $1,140,000, ($25,000), and $2,000, respectively.

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

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund    
 
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
  Year Ended September 30,
  2017 2016
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 136,149 140,919
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 4,351 2,311
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (62,412) 31,501
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 78,088 174,731
Distributions    
Net Investment Income (137,196) (139,853)
Realized Capital Gain1 (8,272) (2,233)
Total Distributions (145,468) (142,086)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 592,012 100,988
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 145,468 142,087
Redeemed (3,834,694) (148,693)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (3,097,214) 94,382
Total Increase (Decrease) (3,164,594) 127,027
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 10,397,442 10,270,415
End of Period2 7,232,848 10,397,442

 

1 Includes fiscal 2017 and 2016 short-term gain distributions totaling $1,244,000 and $2,233,000, 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 $113,000 and $640,000.

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

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund      
 
 
Financial Highlights      
 
 
      June 19,
  Year Ended 20151 to
  September 30, Sept. 30,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $13.84 $13.79 $13.79
Investment Operations      
Net Investment Income . 2212 .188 .047
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.071) .052 .001
Total from Investment Operations .150 .240 .048
Distributions      
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 229) (.187) (. 048)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.011) (.003)
Total Distributions (. 240) (.190) (. 048)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $13.75 $13.84 $13.79
 
Total Return 1.10% 1.75% 0.35%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data      
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $7,233 $10,397 $10,270
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%3
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.61% 1.37% 1.22%3
Portfolio Turnover Rate 66% 119% 28%
1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.      
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.      
3 Annualized.      

 

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

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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 has been established by Vanguard as an investment vehicle for certain collective trusts and other accounts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates, and qualifying education savings plans. 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 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. 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 notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 17% and 7% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts 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 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 absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. 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

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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.

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 year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased each represented less than 1% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 8% 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 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, 2015–2017), 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. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

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

7. Other: 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.

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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, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $450,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.18% 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 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest
rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine
the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are
noted on the Statement of Net Assets.

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

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 1,479,526
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 2,544,064 29,503
Corporate Bonds 1,985,144
Sovereign Bonds 1,040,612
Taxable Municipal Bonds 18,501
Temporary Cash Investments 91,639 73,556
Futures Contracts—Assets1 664
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (1,013)
Swap Contracts—Assets 1291 2
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (110)1 (199)
Total 91,309 7,141,206 29,503
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.      

 

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D. At September 30, 2017, 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)
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 664 664
Variation Margin Receivable—Swap Contracts 129 129
Unrealized Appreciation—Swap Contracts 2 2
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts (1,013) (1,013)
Variation Margin Payable—Swap Contracts (110) (110)
Unrealized Depreciation—Swap Contracts (199) (199)

 

Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the year ended September 30, 2017, were:

Interest Rate Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts 10,097 10,097
Swap Contracts 335 1,350 1,685
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 10,432 1,350 11,782
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives      
Futures Contracts (74) (74)
Swap Contracts (424) (292) (716)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives (498) (292) (790)

 

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

For tax purposes at September 30, 2017, the fund had $1,640,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund had available capital losses totaling $2,330,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains.

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At September 30, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $7,262,734,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $189,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $17,470,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $17,659,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund purchased $1,921,266,000 of investment securities and sold $3,711,628,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $3,483,402,000 and $4,639,376,000, respectively.

G. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:    
  Year Ended September 30,
  2017 2016
  Shares Shares
  (000) (000)
Issued 43,012 7,323
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 10,577 10,301
Redeemed (278,926) (10,767)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding (225,337) 6,857

 

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

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Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2017

Financial Attributes    
    Bloomberg Bloomberg
    Barclays Barclays
    U.S. U.S.
    Intermediate Aggregate
    Aggregate Bond
  Fund ex Baa Index Index
Number of Bonds 1,056 5,264 9,460
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 2.2% 2.3% 2.6%
Average Coupon 2.7% 2.7% 3.1%
Average Duration 3.9% 4.2% 6.0%
Average Effective      
Maturity 4.4 years 5.2 years 8.2 years
Ticker Symbol VIITX
Expense Ratio1 0.02%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.98%
Short-Term      
Reserves 7.6%

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg  
  Barclays U.S. Bloomberg
  Intermediate Barclays U.S.
  Aggregate ex Aggregate Bond
  Baa Index Index
R-Squared 0.98 0.95
Beta 0.97 0.67

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 52.5%
Aaa 14.1
Aa 7.4
A 17.9
Not Rated 8.1

 

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 11.1%
1 - 3 Years 25.5
3 - 5 Years 23.4
5 - 7 Years 23.0
7 - 10 Years 16.0
10 - 20 Years 1.0

 

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 9.7%
Commercial Mortgaged-Backed 2.0
Finance 12.8
Foreign 6.5
Government Mortgage-Backed 28.2
Industrial 7.6
Treasury/Agency 32.0
Utilities 1.2

 

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.

1 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the 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, 2007, Through September 30, 2017
Initial Investment of $10,000,000


    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2017  
 
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $10,000,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond        
  Fund Institutional Plus Shares 0.01% 1.67% 3.68% $14,355,512
  Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate        
• • • • • • • •          
  Aggregate ex Baa Index -0.04 1.59 3.65 14,309,942
 
  Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate        
  Bond Index 0.07 2.06 4.27 15,196,077

 

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 had been 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, 2007, Through September 30, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        U.S.
        Intermediate
        Aggregate
    Institutional Plus Shares ex Baa Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
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
2016 2.06 1.64 3.70 3.24
2017 1.94 -1.93 0.01 -0.04

 

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 had been
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, 2017

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

        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (60.1%)      
U. S. Government Securities (30.6%)        
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/18 176,940 187,429
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 160,062 160,123
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 2/15/18 750 750
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 5/15/18 430,000 429,329
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 5/31/18 406,000 408,854
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 6/15/18 97,500 97,394
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 8/15/18 1,500 1,496
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/18 164,000 164,000
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 1/15/19 11,900 11,855
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 2/15/19 330 327
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 2/28/19 3,200 3,187
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 2/28/19 9,131 9,125
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 3/31/19 1,000 997
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 4/15/19 5,300 5,254
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 4/30/19 7,400 7,378
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 4/30/19 16,173 16,218
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 5/31/19 17,400 17,346
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 5/31/19 118,700 118,812
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 6/15/19 86,000 85,167
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 6/30/19 450 448
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 7/31/19 100 99
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 7/31/19 1,600 1,604
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 8/15/19 2,865 2,827
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 8/15/19 706 734
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 8/31/19 39,984 39,628
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 8/31/19 3,500 3,485
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 9/15/19 28,700 28,364
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/19 16,600 16,683
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 11/15/19 65,075 64,384
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 11/15/19 15,086 15,675
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 12/15/19 57,069 56,891
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 12/31/19 21,600 21,647
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 2/15/20 98,015 97,617
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 4/30/20 100,050 99,534
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 5/31/20 344,800 342,914
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 5/31/20 328,000 327,232

 

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      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 6/30/20 21,300 21,313
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.625% 8/15/20 20,000 20,562
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 8/31/20 110,000 111,547
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/20 51,400 51,014
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 10/31/20 19,350 19,187
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 10/31/20 300 301
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/30/20 17,218 17,192
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 11/30/20 4,300 4,343
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 1/31/21 46,510 46,009
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 1/31/21 3,594 3,643
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 2/28/21 20,570 20,162
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 4/30/21 18,100 17,868
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 5/31/21 79,000 77,901
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 6/30/21 142,827 139,479
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 7/31/21 21,000 20,482
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 8/15/21 37,400 37,867
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 8/31/21 57,000 55,540
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 10/31/21 60,200 58,836
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 11/30/21 321 319
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 12/31/21 103,000 104,127
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 1/31/22 10,000 9,847
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 2/28/22 100,000 100,000
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 4/30/22 58,000 57,620
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/22 26,500 26,247
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/15/22 15,050 14,810
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 2/15/23 20,000 20,003
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 5/15/23 41,300 40,680
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 6/30/23 12,800 12,336
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 8/15/23 19,860 20,360
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 11/15/23 20,000 20,781
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 11/30/23 10,000 10,028
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 2/15/24 28,820 29,919
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 5/31/24 21,000 20,816
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 8/15/24 18,550 18,802
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 8/31/24 140,000 137,441
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 11/15/25 21,000 20,990
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 2/15/26 43,950 41,766
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 5/15/26 20,941 19,851
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 11/15/26 10,000 9,741
United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.375% 2/15/31 3,300 4,416
        4,308,953
Agency Bonds and Notes (1.3%)        
4 AID-Jordan 2.578% 6/30/22 24,000 24,423
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 10/1/18 8,500 8,457
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.250% 1/16/19 13,600 13,562
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 8/5/19 16,000 15,806
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.875% 7/19/19 39,400 38,947
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.375% 8/15/19 4,750 4,735
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.500% 1/17/20 7,000 6,983
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 10/24/19 11,250 11,121
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.875% 9/24/26 65,000 61,783
        185,817

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (26.4%)      
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 2.000% 5/1/28–1/1/32 38,622 38,074
6,7,8 Fannie Mae Pool 2.500% 2/1/28–2/1/43 111,927 112,751
6,7,8 Fannie Mae Pool 3.000% 5/1/27–11/1/47 562,840 568,813
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 3.500% 8/1/20–10/1/47 104,633 108,798
6,7,8 Fannie Mae Pool 4.000% 7/1/18–10/1/47 454,793 479,922
6,7,8 Fannie Mae Pool 4.500% 1/1/18–10/1/47 144,511 155,846
6,7,8 Fannie Mae Pool 5.000% 10/1/17–10/1/47 99,174 108,385
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 5.500% 10/1/17– 6/1/40 24,436 27,047
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 6.000% 3/1/21–11/1/39 13,760 15,453
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 6.500% 7/1/20–8/1/39 7,855 8,711
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 7.000% 9/1/28–9/1/38 3,892 4,514
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 7.500% 8/1/30–6/1/32 349 383
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 8.000% 7/1/30–1/1/31 15 17
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 8.500% 12/1/30 10 11
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.000% 9/1/28–6/1/30 5,705 5,638
6,7,8 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.500% 9/1/27–4/1/43 80,293 80,928
6,7,8 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.000% 8/1/26–11/1/47 232,582 234,707
6,7,8 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.500% 8/1/20–10/1/47 415,877 430,440
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.000% 5/1/18–10/1/47 136,173 143,541
6,7,8 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.500% 10/1/18–11/1/47 48,549 52,075
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 5.000% 12/1/17–4/1/41 11,641 12,553
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 5.500% 1/1/18–2/1/40 13,355 14,811
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 6.000% 7/1/20–5/1/40 20,707 23,419
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 6.500% 2/1/29–9/1/38 4,532 4,994
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 7.000% 5/1/28–6/1/38 2,413 2,765
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 7.500% 3/1/30–5/1/32 272 310
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 8.000% 4/1/30–1/1/31 27 30
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 2.500% 1/15/43–6/15/43 1,060 1,043
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.000% 9/15/42–8/15/45 16,700 16,990
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.500% 1/15/42–7/15/45 12,470 13,005
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.000% 4/15/39–1/15/45 2,365 2,497
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.500% 9/15/33–12/15/46 32,553 35,203
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 5.000% 9/15/33–9/15/41 15,953 17,637
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 5.500% 3/15/31–7/15/40 7,976 8,960
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 6.000% 12/15/28–3/15/40  3,697 4,158
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 6.500% 12/15/27–6/15/38  3,829 4,180
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.000% 8/15/24–11/15/31 238 263
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.500% 11/15/30–3/15/32 47 52
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 8.000% 4/15/30–10/15/30  53 59
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 8.500% 7/15/30 20 22
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 9.000% 1/15/20–7/15/21 3 3
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 9.500% 10/15/19
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 2.500% 3/20/43–4/20/43 3,309 3,259
7,8 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.000% 6/20/43–10/1/47 286,803 291,220
7,8 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.500% 8/20/42–10/1/47 392,869 409,588
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.000% 2/20/34–10/1/47 197,705 209,404
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.500% 3/20/33–10/1/47 30,544 32,608
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.000% 5/20/39–2/20/42 25,930 28,172
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.500% 4/20/37–3/20/41 4,049 4,438
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 6.000% 5/20/36–10/20/41  5,981 6,712
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 6.500% 3/20/38–7/20/39 76 87
          3,724,496

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.8%)      
6,7,9 Fannie Mae Pool 2.625% 12/1/32 6 6
6,7,9 Fannie Mae Pool 3.083% 12/1/40 3,144 3,313
6,7,9 Fannie Mae Pool 3.085% 5/1/33 58 61
6,7,10 Fannie Mae Pool 3.535% 8/1/33 77 81
6,7,10 Fannie Mae Pool 3.586% 7/1/33 128 131
6,7,10 Fannie Mae Pool 3.721% 5/1/33 12 12
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2005-45 1.607% 6/25/35 1,817 1,820
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2005-95 1.647% 11/25/35 2,411 2,424
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2006-46 1.557% 6/25/36 6,729 6,723
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2007-4 1.682% 2/25/37 906 910
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2012-122 1.637% 11/25/42 2,484 2,487
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2013-19 1.537% 9/25/41 3,418 3,407
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2013-39 1.587% 5/25/43 3,214 3,207
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2015-22 1.537% 4/25/45 2,679 2,664
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-55 1.737% 8/25/46 5,280 5,320
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-60 1.487% 9/25/46 10,864 10,829
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-62 1.637% 9/25/46 10,838 10,875
6,7,11 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-93 1.587% 12/25/46 22,299 22,317
6,7,9 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.111% 9/1/37 10,212 10,796
6,7 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.222% 7/1/33 1,687 1,775
6,7,9 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.329% 7/1/35 12,503 13,167
6,7,10 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.435% 10/1/32 23 25
6,7,10 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.500% 8/1/37 91 96
6,7,10 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.586% 1/1/33 7 8
6,7,10 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.711% 2/1/33 38 39
6,7,11 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.584% 11/15/36–8/15/43 5,113 5,118
6,7,11 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.594% 11/15/36 1,738 1,741
6,7,11 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.684% 6/15/42 977 980
6,7 Freddie Mac REMICS 6.500% 12/15/44–11/15/46  89,414 108,544
7 Government National Mortgage Association        
  GNR_17-93C 6.500% 6/20/47 27,204 33,509
          252,385
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $8,507,730)   8,471,651
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (12.0%)    
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.750% 5/15/20 1,600 1,599
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-2 1.840% 6/15/20 2,920 2,924
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-5 1.600% 10/15/19 8,920 8,920
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2015-3 1.630% 5/15/20 14,525 14,528
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2017-3 2.040% 6/15/22 10,700 10,697
7,11 American Express Credit Account Master        
  Trust 2014-1 1.604% 12/15/21 12,202 12,251
7,11 American Express Credit Account Master        
  Trust 2017-5 1.614% 2/18/25 7,290 7,321
7,11 American Express Issuance Trust II 2013-2 1.664% 8/15/19 3,317 3,329
7,12 Americold 2010 LLC Trust Series 2010-ARTA 4.954% 1/14/29 4,828 5,177
7,12 Aventura Mall Trust 2013-AVM 3.867% 12/5/32 400 417
7,12 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP        
  LLC 2017-1A 3.070% 9/20/23 2,500 2,524
7,11 BA Credit Card Trust 2014-A1 1.614% 6/15/21 15,428 15,478
7 BA Credit Card Trust 2017-A2 1.840% 1/17/23 3,330 3,319
7 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2015-UBS7 3.705% 9/15/48 715 746

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 BANK 2017 - BNK4 3.625% 5/15/50 1,540 1,601
7 BANK 2017 - BNK5 3.390% 6/15/60 1,760 1,796
7 BANK 2017 - BNK6 3.518% 7/15/60 1,020 1,052
7,12,13 Bank of America Student Loan Trust 2010-1A 2.114% 2/25/43 3,936 3,945
12 Bank of Montreal 1.750% 6/15/21 5,835 5,727
  Bank of Nova Scotia 1.850% 4/14/20 3,696 3,681
  Bank of Nova Scotia 1.875% 4/26/21 26,230 25,811
12 Bank of Nova Scotia 1.875% 9/20/21 7,770 7,633
7 Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust 2014-3 2.410% 7/15/22 9,200 9,298
7,11 Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust 2017-2 1.534% 5/15/23 7,290 7,300
7,11,12 BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2015-1A 1.734% 7/15/20 8,115 8,136
7,13 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc.        
  Series 2005-3 1.528% 6/25/26 2,588 2,572
7,13 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc.        
  Series 2011-1 2.117% 2/25/30 1,610 1,621
7 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2015-1A 2.260% 3/15/23 1,430 1,437
7,11 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2015-2 1.904% 7/17/23 3,225 3,248
7,11 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2016-1 2.084% 6/15/22 3,440 3,475
12 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.250% 7/21/20 2,235 2,242
7 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2015-A2 2.080% 3/15/23 6,480 6,512
7 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2015-A4 2.750% 5/15/25 7,765 7,981
7 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2015-A8 2.050% 8/15/23 11,390 11,440
7,11 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2016-A1 1.684% 2/15/22 30,620 30,780
7,11 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2016-A2 1.864% 2/15/24 2,900 2,938
7,11,12 CARDS II Trust 2016-1A 1.934% 7/15/21 9,200 9,232
7,11,12 CARDS II Trust 2017-1A 1.604% 4/18/22 12,290 12,312
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2014-4 1.810% 7/15/20 2,100 2,102
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-2 1.800% 3/15/21 1,690 1,691
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 1.980% 2/16/21 1,265 1,266
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-1 1.880% 6/15/21 3,080 3,079
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-4 1.400% 8/15/21 4,430 4,400
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-4 1.600% 6/15/22 2,110 2,087
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2017-3 2.220% 11/15/22 9,220 9,211
7 CD 2017-CD3 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.631% 2/10/50 1,580 1,646
7 CD 2017-CD4 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.514% 5/10/50 800 826
7 CD 2017-CD5 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.431% 8/15/50 880 900
7 CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond Co. IV        
  LLC 2012-1 2.161% 10/15/21 5,787 5,808
7,12 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C2 5.945% 12/15/47 2,054 2,293
7 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C4 3.283% 5/10/58 3,235 3,255
7 Chase Issuance Trust 2014-A2 2.770% 3/15/23 2,333 2,392
7,11 Chase Issuance Trust 2016-A1 1.664% 5/17/21 30,978 31,133
7,12 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2015-BA 2.260% 10/15/20 2,790 2,803
7,12 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-AA 1.960% 1/18/22 5,360 5,359

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7,12 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-BA 1.640% 7/15/21 2,300 2,293
7,12 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-BA 1.870% 2/15/22 1,630 1,611
7,11 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2008-A7 2.611% 5/20/20 3,898 3,930
7,11 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2013-A2 1.517% 5/26/20 14,014 14,033
7,11 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2013-A7 1.665% 9/10/20 6,379 6,402
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2014-A1 2.880% 1/23/23 4,486 4,618
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2014-A6 2.150% 7/15/21 7,080 7,129
7,11 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2017-A5 1.856% 4/22/26 5,610 5,668
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-GC8 3.024% 9/10/45 1,280 1,307
7,12 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-GC8 3.683% 9/10/45 400 416
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-GC11 3.093% 4/10/46 1,364 1,390
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-GC15 3.942% 9/10/46 333 349
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC19 3.753% 3/10/47 160 168
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC19 4.023% 3/10/47 7,828 8,324
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC21 3.575% 5/10/47 1,290 1,344
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC21 3.855% 5/10/47 3,705 3,906
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC23 3.622% 7/10/47 1,380 1,437
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC23 3.863% 7/10/47 240 246
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC25 3.372% 10/10/47 1,530 1,572
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC25 3.635% 10/10/47 3,929 4,088
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-GC33 3.778% 9/10/58 1,983 2,077
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2016-C1 3.209% 5/10/49 533 537
7,14 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2017-P8 3.465% 9/15/50 2,110 2,173
7 CNH Equipment Trust 2016-B 1.970% 11/15/21 3,090 3,082
7 CNH Equipment Trust 2017-B 2.170% 4/17/23 3,730 3,742
7 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 8/15/45 595 612
7 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.791% 8/15/45 893 933
7 COMM 2012-CCRE3 Mortgage Trust 2.822% 10/15/45 1,531 1,544
7,12 COMM 2012-CCRE3 Mortgage Trust 3.416% 10/15/45 610 625
7 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 2.853% 10/15/45 1,221 1,232
7 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 3.251% 10/15/45 30 30
7 COMM 2012-CCRE5 Mortgage Trust 2.771% 12/10/45 518 521
7 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 3.983% 8/10/50 1,835 1,948
7 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 4.258% 8/10/50 842 911
7 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.623% 10/10/46 655 683
7 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.765% 10/10/46 310 327
7 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 4.046% 10/10/46 1,895 2,027

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.194% 11/12/46 3,226 3,484
7 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.373% 7/10/45 3,734 4,048
7,12 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.396% 7/10/45 2,083 2,225
7,12 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 3.774% 8/10/46 546 571
7 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 4.205% 8/10/46 150 162
7 COMM 2013-LC6 Mortgage Trust 2.941% 1/10/46 834 845
7,12 COMM 2013-SFS Mortgage Trust 3.086% 4/12/35 500 505
7 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 3.955% 2/10/47 4,000 4,233
7 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 4.236% 2/10/47 853 919
7 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 3.977% 5/10/47 1,182 1,256
7 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 4.174% 5/10/47 295 311
7 COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust 3.550% 7/15/47 6,000 6,202
7 COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust 3.828% 7/15/47 3,389 3,561
7 COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage Trust 3.326% 11/10/47 870 890
7 COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage Trust 3.590% 11/10/47 3,532 3,665
7 COMM 2014-CCRE21 Mortgage Trust 3.528% 12/10/47 4,950 5,118
7 COMM 2014-LC17 Mortgage Trust 3.917% 10/10/47 1,375 1,456
7 COMM 2015-CCRE22 Mortgage Trust 3.309% 3/10/48 460 469
7 COMM 2015-CCRE24 Mortgage Trust 3.696% 8/10/48 2,450 2,551
7 COMM 2015-CCRE25 Mortgage Trust 3.759% 8/10/48 850 892
7 COMM 2015-CCRE27 Mortgage Trust 3.612% 10/10/48 3,024 3,137
7 COMM 2015-LC19 Mortgage Trust 3.183% 2/10/48 170 172
12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 6/18/19 2,602 2,601
12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.125% 7/22/20 2,280 2,275
7 CSAIL 2015-C1 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.505% 4/15/50 140 144
7 CSAIL 2015-C4 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.808% 11/15/48 145 152
7 CSAIL 2016-C7 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.502% 11/15/49 1,520 1,556
7 CSAIL 2017-C8 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.392% 6/15/50 2,340 2,380
7 DBJPM 17-C6 Mortgage Trust 3.328% 6/10/50 1,630 1,656
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2012-A6 1.670% 1/18/22 13,138 13,117
7,11 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2013-A1 1.534% 8/17/20 3,294 3,297
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2015-A4 2.190% 4/17/23 9,500 9,553
7,11 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2016-A2 1.774% 9/15/21 3,670 3,693
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2017-A4 2.530% 10/15/26 16,840 16,885
7,11 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2017-A5 1.834% 12/15/26 17,460 17,632
12 DNB Boligkreditt AS 1.450% 3/21/18 1,198 1,197
7,12 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-2 2.090% 2/22/21 3,300 3,289
7,12 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2016-1 2.080% 9/20/21 7,640 7,649
7,12 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2016-2 2.040% 2/22/22 1,390 1,387
7,11,12 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-1 1.954% 4/15/20 36,000 36,100
7,11,12 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-3 1.734% 11/16/20 2,550 2,560
6,7 Fannie Mae Grantor Trust 2017-T1 2.898% 6/25/27 6,319 6,287
6,7 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K066 3.117% 6/25/27 5,460 5,571
7 Fifth Third Auto Trust 2017-1 2.030% 7/15/24 12,140 12,114
7,11 First National Master Note Trust 2017-1 1.634% 4/18/22 11,720 11,728
7,12 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV1 2.260% 11/15/25 4,089 4,119
7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-C 1.740% 2/15/21 4,455 4,452
7,12 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-REV2 2.440% 1/15/27 9,700 9,813
7,12 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-REV1 2.310% 8/15/27 11,910 11,974
7,12 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-REV2 2.030% 12/15/27 15,232 15,147
7,12 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-1 2.620% 8/15/28 36,790 37,216
7,12 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-2 2.360% 3/15/29 14,950 14,904
7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-B 1.870% 9/15/22 7,500 7,481

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7,11 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust        
  A Series 2014-2 1.734% 2/15/21 6,191 6,213
7,11 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2015-2 1.804% 1/15/22 7,310 7,366
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2015-5 2.390% 8/15/22 8,230 8,318
7,11 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2016-1 2.134% 2/15/21 11,720 11,808
7,11 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2016-3 1.854% 7/15/21 4,500 4,528
7,11 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2016-4 1.764% 7/15/20 3,480 3,489
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2017-1 2.070% 5/15/22 36,140 36,240
7 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2015-1 1.730% 6/20/19 950 950
7 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2015-3 1.690% 3/20/19 3,213 3,214
7 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2016-1 1.790% 3/20/20 7,100 7,072
7 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-1 2.260% 8/20/20 5,000 5,032
7 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-2 2.180% 6/21/21 3,500 3,491
7 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-3 1.720% 1/21/20 20,020 19,991
7 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-3 2.010% 11/20/20 6,780 6,781
7 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust        
  2017-3 2.120% 9/20/21 1,830 1,832
7,11,12 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust        
  2016-1 2.084% 5/17/21 10,260 10,354
7,11,12 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust        
  2017-1 1.804% 1/18/22 220 221
7,12 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust        
  2017-2 2.130% 7/15/22 20,010 19,947
7,11,12 Golden Credit Card Trust 2014-2A 1.684% 3/15/21 2,921 2,928
7,12 Golden Credit Card Trust 2016-5A 1.600% 9/15/21 24,420 24,232
7,11,12 Golden Credit Card Trust 2017-4A 1.754% 7/15/24 17,930 17,956
7,12 GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding        
  LLC Series 2014-1 1.470% 8/15/20 302 302
7,12 GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding        
  LLC Series 2016-1 1.990% 4/20/22 3,770 3,755
7,12 GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding        
  LLC Series 2017-1 2.360% 1/20/23 5,700 5,700
7,12 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GC6 4.948% 1/10/45 233 253
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.135% 6/10/46 934 954
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC20 3.998% 4/10/47 4,923 5,206
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC26 3.629% 11/10/47 1,900 1,979
7 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2014-1 1.550% 10/15/21 2,692 2,692
7,12 Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP 2015-3A 2.670% 9/25/21 2,790 2,774
7,12 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-2A 2.950% 3/25/22 1,830 1,825
7,12 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-3A 2.270% 7/25/20 1,380 1,374
7,12 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2017-2A 3.290% 10/25/23 3,170 3,181

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Honda Auto Receivables 2017-2 Owner Trust 1.870% 9/15/23 10,000 9,982
7 Honda Auto Receivables 2017-3 Owner Trust 1.980% 11/20/23 6,020 6,022
7,12 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust        
  2017-B 2.130% 3/15/21 7,540 7,525
7 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2015-C 1.780% 11/15/21 2,910 2,910
7 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2017-B 1.960% 2/15/23 10,250 10,230
7,12 Hyundai Floorplan Master Owner Trust        
  Series 2016-1A 1.810% 3/15/21 2,090 2,084
13 Illinois Student Assistance Commission        
  Series 2010-1 2.364% 4/25/22 745 747
7,12 Irvine Core Office Trust 2013-IRV 3.279% 5/15/48 1,952 1,999
7 John Deere Owner Trust 2015-B 1.780% 6/15/22 480 481
7 John Deere Owner Trust 2016-B 1.490% 5/15/23 880 875
7 John Deere Owner Trust 2017-A 2.110% 12/15/23 7,390 7,422
7 John Deere Owner Trust 2017-B 2.110% 7/15/24 7,410 7,418
7,12 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C3 4.717% 2/15/46 2,819 2,999
7,12 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C5 5.588% 8/15/46 833 910
7,12 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-RR1 4.717% 3/16/46 8,782 9,306
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C6 3.507% 5/15/45 371 386
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C8 2.829% 10/15/45 944 953
7,12 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C8 3.424% 10/15/45 1,373 1,399
7,12 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-HSBC 3.093% 7/5/32 1,543 1,586
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C13 3.994% 1/15/46 2,635 2,803
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 3.674% 12/15/46 452 471
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 3.881% 12/15/46 100 106
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 4.166% 12/15/46 1,120 1,204
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-LC11 2.960% 4/15/46 1,721 1,742
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2016-JP4 3.648% 12/15/49 400 416
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2017-JP6 3.490% 7/15/50 680 701
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C12 3.363% 7/15/45 1,310 1,356
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C12 3.664% 7/15/45 2,804 2,938
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C12 4.161% 7/15/45 1,309 1,377
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C14 3.761% 8/15/46 358 373
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C14 4.133% 8/15/46 450 481
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C15 3.659% 11/15/45 179 186

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C17 4.199% 1/15/47 3,697 3,975
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C18 4.079% 2/15/47 4,862 5,187
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C18 4.439% 2/15/47 402 429
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C21 3.493% 8/15/47 170 175
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C24 3.639% 11/15/47 970 1,012
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2015-C32 3.598% 11/15/48 3,040 3,158
7 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2017-JP5 3.723% 3/15/50 6,000 6,281
7 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2017-JP7 3.454% 9/15/50 1,550 1,586
7,12 Kubota Credit Owner Trust 2017-1A 2.160% 3/15/24 2,940 2,932
7 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2008-C1 6.319% 4/15/41 5,592 5,687
7,11,12 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2016-1A 1.987% 9/23/19 10,790 10,822
7,12 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2017-1A 2.260% 7/21/21 20,000 20,110
7,11 MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2004-A3 1.494% 8/16/21 15,215 15,239
7,11,12 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2016-B 1.934% 5/17/21 12,000 12,086
7,11,12 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2017-B 1.654% 5/16/22 15,690 15,735
7,12 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2011-AA 3.040% 8/15/28 986 987
7,12 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-AA 1.980% 6/10/32 444 445
7,12 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2013-AA 1.680% 5/11/20 779 780
7,12 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2013-AA 2.570% 6/9/33 895 905
7,12 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2016-AA 2.210% 12/15/32 5,240 5,200
7,12 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2017-A 2.410% 8/16/24 6,180 6,195
7,12 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2017-A 2.680% 7/16/27 3,090 3,107
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2012-C5 3.176% 8/15/45 2,328 2,389
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2012-C5 3.792% 8/15/45 896 930
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2012-C6 2.858% 11/15/45 1,132 1,144
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C10 4.219% 7/15/46 4,817 5,174
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C11 3.960% 8/15/46 1,160 1,229
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C11 4.315% 8/15/46 350 373
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C12 3.824% 10/15/46 375 391
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C12 4.259% 10/15/46 130 140
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2013-C13 4.039% 11/15/46 75 80
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C14 4.064% 2/15/47 358 381
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C14 4.384% 2/15/47 179 190

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C15 3.773% 4/15/47 1,960 2,063
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C15 4.051% 4/15/47 4,350 4,637
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C16 3.892% 6/15/47 2,913 3,075
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2014-C16 4.094% 6/15/47 295 310
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2015-C22 3.306% 4/15/48 1,090 1,106
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2015-C23 3.451% 7/15/50 6,000 6,160
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2015-C25 3.635% 10/15/48 2,903 3,015
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill        
  Lynch Trust 2016-C32 3.720% 12/15/49 792 829
7,12 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-STAR 3.201% 8/5/34 2,011 2,022
7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2016-UBS9 3.594% 3/15/49 1,760 1,823
7,11,12,14 Motor plc 2017 1A 1.773% 9/25/24 16,100 16,100
12 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.250% 3/16/21 14,730 14,713
7,11 Navient Student Loan Trust 2014-8 1.677% 4/25/23 5,358 5,373
7,11 Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-3 1.887% 6/26/56 4,800 4,813
7,11,12 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-2 2.287% 6/25/65 1,450 1,470
7,11,12 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-3 2.087% 6/25/65 1,880 1,902
7,11,12 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-6A 1.987% 3/25/66 7,040 7,062
7,11,12 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-1 1.987% 7/26/66 26,000 26,307
7,11,12 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-3A 1.837% 7/26/66 4,715 4,747
7,11,12 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-4A 1.737% 9/27/66 5,910 5,932
7,11,12 Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master        
  Trust II 2017-1A 2.017% 6/27/22 7,070 7,074
7,12 NextGear Floorplan Master Owner        
  Trust 2016-1A 2.740% 4/15/21 2,950 2,973
7 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2017-A 1.910% 4/15/20 17,740 17,759
7 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2017-A 2.040% 9/15/22 4,910 4,899
7 Nissan Auto Receivables 2015-A Owner        
  Trust 1.500% 9/15/21 6,990 6,973
7 Nissan Auto Receivables 2015-B Owner        
  Trust 1.790% 1/17/22 775 775
7 Nissan Auto Receivables 2015-C Owner        
  Trust 1.670% 2/15/22 15,000 14,954
7 Nissan Auto Receivables 2016-A Owner        
  Trust 1.590% 7/15/22 9,120 9,063
7 Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables        
  Series 2015-A 1.440% 1/15/20 7,500 7,499
7,11 Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables        
  Series 2016-A 1.874% 6/15/21 13,480 13,587
13 North Carolina State Education Assistance        
  Authority 2011-1 2.214% 1/26/26 283 283
7,12 Palisades Center Trust 2016-PLSD 2.713% 4/13/33 840 843
7,11,12 PHEAA Student Loan Trust 2016-2A 2.187% 11/25/65 6,108 6,123
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.200% 9/23/19 3,072 3,082
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.100% 10/14/20 4,360 4,352

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Royal Bank of Canada 1.875% 2/5/21 4,800 4,779
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.300% 3/22/21 5,583 5,577
7,12 Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-1A 1.524% 3/25/20 4,390 4,367
7,12 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2016-1A 1.794% 2/25/21 3,800 3,773
7,12 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-1A 1.890% 8/25/20 13,680 13,662
7,12 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-1A 2.209% 6/25/21 4,120 4,124
7,12,14 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-2A 2.040% 4/26/21 10,370 10,370
7,12,14 Securitized Term Auto Receivables        
  Trust 2017-2A 2.289% 3/25/22 3,480 3,480
7,13 SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-5 1.414% 4/25/25 3,370 3,368
7,11 SLM Student Loan Trust 2014-1 1.617% 7/26/21 623 623
7 SMART ABS Series 2014-1US Trust 1.680% 12/14/19 160 160
7 SMART ABS Series 2016-2US Trust 2.050% 12/14/22 810 802
12 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.250% 5/2/18 998 996
7,12 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.750% 11/15/20 5,077 5,042
12 Swedbank Hypotek AB 1.375% 3/28/18 1,131 1,130
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2015-1 2.370% 3/15/23 2,955 2,982
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2015-2 1.600% 4/15/21 3,500 3,501
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2015-4 2.380% 9/15/23 6,363 6,428
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2016-2 2.210% 5/15/24 5,840 5,842
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust 2016-3 1.580% 9/15/22 16,370 16,257
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust Series 2012-2 2.220% 1/15/22 2,986 3,004
7 Toyota Auto Receivables 2016-B Owner        
  Trust 1.520% 8/16/21 2,470 2,457
7,11,12 Trillium Credit Card Trust II 2016-1A 1.958% 5/26/21 23,940 24,017
7 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C1 4.171% 5/10/45 244 257
7,12 UBS-BAMLL Trust 2012-WRM 3.663% 6/10/30 3,940 3,998
7 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2012-C4 2.850% 12/10/45 1,340 1,351
7 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2013-C6 3.244% 4/10/46 200 205
7 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2013-C6 3.469% 4/10/46 120 123
7 USAA Auto Owner Trust 2017-1 1.880% 9/15/22 7,810 7,794
7,12 Verizon Owner Trust 2017-1A 2.060% 9/20/21 11,000 11,036
7,12 Verizon Owner Trust 2017-2A 1.920% 12/20/21 28,510 28,483
7,12 VNDO 2012-6AVE Mortgage Trust 2.996% 11/15/30 2,529 2,571
7,12 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series        
  2016-1A 1.890% 9/15/20 1,280 1,278
7,12 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series        
  2017-1A 2.210% 11/15/21 2,310 2,311
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-LC5 2.918% 10/15/45 862 876

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-LC5 3.539% 10/15/45 517 529
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 3.928% 7/15/46 416 438
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 4.218% 7/15/46 296 319
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C26 3.166% 2/15/48 1,405 1,419
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C29 3.637% 6/15/48 330 343
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C30 3.664% 9/15/58 1,870 1,950
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-LC22 3.839% 9/15/58 2,572 2,715
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-SG1 3.789% 9/15/48 720 754
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2016-C37 3.794% 12/15/49 320 336
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2017-C38 3.453% 7/15/50 2,350 2,404
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2017-C39 3.418% 9/15/50 2,440 2,493
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2017-RC1 3.631% 1/15/60 900 933
7,11 Wells Fargo Dealer Floorplan Master Note        
  Trust Series 2015-2 1.886% 1/20/22 12,080 12,155
12 Westpac Banking Corp. 1.850% 11/26/18 1,028 1,028
12 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.000% 3/3/20 2,550 2,545
12 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 11/9/20 3,460 3,460
12 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.100% 2/25/21 880 876
7,12 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C3 4.375% 3/15/44 1,221 1,290
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 3.431% 6/15/45 1,072 1,113
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 4.090% 6/15/45 610 637
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 2,463
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9 3.388% 11/15/45 566 577
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C15 3.720% 8/15/46 476 496
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C15 4.153% 8/15/46 225 242
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C17 3.558% 12/15/46 161 167
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C18 3.676% 12/15/46 595 623
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C18 4.162% 12/15/46 1,488 1,603
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-C19 3.829% 3/15/47 100 105
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-C19 4.101% 3/15/47 1,031 1,102
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-C23 3.917% 10/15/57 815 864
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-C24 3.607% 11/15/47 2,810 2,909

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-LC14 3.766% 3/15/47 2,560 2,690
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-LC14 4.045% 3/15/47 2,302 2,454
7,12 Wheels SPV 2 LLC 2016-1A 1.870% 5/20/25 665 663
7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master        
  Note Trust Series 2013-A 1.610% 12/15/21 1,732 1,732
7,11 World Financial Network Credit Card Master        
  Note Trust Series 2015-A 1.714% 2/15/22 2,585 2,589
7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master        
  Note Trust Series 2015-B 2.550% 6/17/24 1,330 1,343
7 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2014-B 1.680% 12/15/20 3,360 3,360
7 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2015-B 1.840% 1/17/22 15,000 14,997
7 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2016-A 1.770% 9/15/21 1,390 1,390
7 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2016-B 1.300% 2/15/22 7,410 7,353
7 World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization        
  Trust 2017-A 2.320% 8/15/22 4,670 4,681
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $1,691,975)   1,697,962
Corporate Bonds (20.6%)        
Finance (12.3%)        
  Banking (10.0%)        
12 ABN AMRO Bank NV 2.500% 10/30/18 5,390 5,432
  American Express Credit Corp. 1.875% 11/5/18 4,107 4,109
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.250% 8/15/19 1,800 1,806
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.375% 5/26/20 4,900 4,933
  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 2.000% 11/16/18 3,640 3,649
  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 2.550% 11/23/21 5,598 5,595
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.150% 2/24/20 590 593
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.600% 8/17/20 1,246 1,263
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.150% 2/1/21 2,000 2,113
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.050% 5/3/21 3,685 3,667
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.400% 5/15/24 1,890 1,950
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.000% 2/24/25 600 601
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.800% 5/4/26 2,470 2,412
7 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.442% 2/7/28 3,875 3,933
  Bank of Nova Scotia 1.650% 6/14/19 4,090 4,079
  Bank of Nova Scotia 4.375% 1/13/21 4,490 4,788
  Bank of Nova Scotia 2.700% 3/7/22 1,360 1,375
12 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.300% 3/5/20 3,600 3,609
12 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.750% 9/14/20 7,652 7,739
12 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.750% 10/15/20 7,440 7,524
12 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.500% 4/13/21 13,020 13,031
12 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.700% 7/20/22 11,130 11,157
  Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 6.400% 10/2/17 7,190 7,191
  Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 7.250% 2/1/18 5,050 5,142
  BNP Paribas SA 2.700% 8/20/18 3,590 3,621
  BNP Paribas SA 2.400% 12/12/18 5,350 5,382
  BPCE SA 2.500% 12/10/18 7,485 7,534
  BPCE SA 2.500% 7/15/19 2,225 2,243
  BPCE SA 2.650% 2/3/21 2,550 2,565
  BPCE SA 4.000% 4/15/24 2,750 2,913
  Branch Banking & Trust Co. 2.625% 1/15/22 12,200 12,369
  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.550% 6/16/22 6,185 6,193

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.625% 3/12/18 990 990
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.500% 9/20/18 9,260 9,332
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.750% 11/2/18 710 709
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.250% 3/13/19 2,000 2,012
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.300% 9/6/19 6,329 6,378
12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 5.000% 3/19/20 2,970 3,167
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.400% 11/2/20 4,420 4,437
12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 9/6/21 3,920 3,849
12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.750% 3/10/22 10,060 10,129
12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.500% 9/18/22 16,950 16,853
12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 3.150% 9/19/27 11,000 10,876
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 2.250% 1/14/19 2,380 2,397
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 2.250% 1/14/20 3,610 3,635
  Credit Suisse AG 2.300% 5/28/19 5,990 6,023
  Credit Suisse AG 3.000% 10/29/21 3,000 3,053
  Credit Suisse AG 3.625% 9/9/24 2,800 2,896
12 Danske Bank A/S 2.750% 9/17/20 1,105 1,120
12 Danske Bank A/S 2.700% 3/2/22 11,080 11,128
  Fifth Third Bank 2.300% 3/15/19 1,360 1,369
  Fifth Third Bank 1.625% 9/27/19 5,820 5,783
  Fifth Third Bank 2.250% 6/14/21 5,364 5,359
  First Republic Bank 2.500% 6/6/22 18,680 18,520
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.625% 1/31/19 8,910 8,984
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.550% 10/23/19 11,885 11,986
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.300% 12/13/19 21,690 21,773
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.600% 12/27/20 10,920 10,981
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.750% 1/24/22 8,970 10,042
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.000% 4/26/22 14,575 14,729
7 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.908% 6/5/23 16,520 16,492
7 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.905% 7/24/23 9,710 9,701
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.850% 7/8/24 1,880 1,953
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.750% 5/22/25 2,160 2,218
7 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.272% 9/29/25 16,520 16,495
7 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.691% 6/5/28 14,985 15,091
12 HSBC Bank plc 1.500% 5/15/18 2,250 2,248
  HSBC Bank USA NA 4.875% 8/24/20 3,896 4,186
  HSBC Holdings plc 2.950% 5/25/21 5,305 5,400
  HSBC Holdings plc 2.650% 1/5/22 3,955 3,959
7 HSBC Holdings plc 3.262% 3/13/23 28,265 28,831
  HSBC Holdings plc 3.600% 5/25/23 7,765 8,077
  HSBC Holdings plc 4.375% 11/23/26 985 1,026
7 HSBC Holdings plc 4.041% 3/13/28 41,901 43,704
  HSBC USA Inc. 2.350% 3/5/20 1,580 1,588
  HSBC USA Inc. 2.750% 8/7/20 3,325 3,381
  Huntington National Bank 2.200% 11/6/18 1,812 1,818
  Huntington National Bank 2.375% 3/10/20 7,705 7,746
  Huntington National Bank 2.500% 8/7/22 2,780 2,762
12 ING Bank NV 2.500% 10/1/19 2,670 2,688
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.700% 3/1/18 2,400 2,401
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.625% 5/15/18 545 545
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.250% 1/23/20 28,352 28,491
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.950% 3/25/20 3,995 4,267
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.750% 6/23/20 4,475 4,560
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.550% 10/29/20 25,165 25,448

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.550% 3/1/21 10,159 10,235
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.295% 8/15/21 6,720 6,700
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.500% 1/24/22 5,296 5,718
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.250% 9/23/22 3,140 3,240
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.972% 1/15/23 34,053 34,471
7 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.776% 4/25/23 14,030 14,084
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.700% 5/18/23 5,337 5,319
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.875% 2/1/24 1,500 1,580
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.625% 5/13/24 3,350 3,478
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.125% 1/23/25 7,986 8,023
7 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.220% 3/1/25 9,345 9,458
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.900% 7/15/25 8,000 8,381
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.300% 4/1/26 7,479 7,477
7 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.782% 2/1/28 18,750 19,192
7 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.540% 5/1/28 11,745 11,827
  JPMorgan Chase Bank NA 6.000% 10/1/17 7,190 7,191
  KeyBank NA 1.650% 2/1/18 2,400 2,400
  KeyBank NA 2.350% 3/8/19 881 888
  KeyBank NA 2.500% 11/22/21 1,860 1,869
  Lloyds Bank plc 2.700% 8/17/20 1,545 1,568
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.300% 1/30/19 6,062 6,093
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.500% 5/18/22 4,195 4,199
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 3.400% 8/17/27 5,365 5,372
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.950% 3/1/21 38,650 39,260
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.190% 9/13/21 3,880 3,830
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.998% 2/22/22 2,975 3,013
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.665% 7/25/22 15,770 15,742
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.527% 9/13/23 825 812
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.677% 2/22/27 10,000 10,283
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.287% 7/25/27 3,665 3,651
12 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. 2.650% 10/19/20 11,120 11,204
  Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 2.953% 2/28/22 2,730 2,755
  Morgan Stanley 2.500% 1/24/19 6,752 6,799
  Morgan Stanley 2.375% 7/23/19 25,904 26,060
  Morgan Stanley 5.625% 9/23/19 2,868 3,063
  Morgan Stanley 5.750% 1/25/21 6,800 7,496
  Morgan Stanley 2.625% 11/17/21 24,079 24,077
  Morgan Stanley 2.750% 5/19/22 9,785 9,816
13 Morgan Stanley 2.532% 5/8/24 6,885 6,970
  Morgan Stanley 3.700% 10/23/24 6,138 6,349
  Morgan Stanley 3.875% 1/27/26 1,110 1,146
  Morgan Stanley 3.625% 1/20/27 8,090 8,167
7 Morgan Stanley 3.591% 7/22/28 9,710 9,708
  MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 3.500% 6/18/22 6,290 6,498
  MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 3.000% 2/10/25 1,800 1,774
  MUFG Union Bank NA 2.625% 9/26/18 1,460 1,472
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.300% 7/25/18 3,140 3,156
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.000% 1/14/19 728 729
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.500% 5/22/22 6,775 6,735
  National Bank of Canada 2.100% 12/14/18 2,525 2,531
12 Nordea Bank AB 1.625% 9/30/19 3,535 3,511
12 Nordea Bank AB 2.500% 9/17/20 1,865 1,877
  PNC Bank NA 2.200% 1/28/19 3,300 3,318
  PNC Bank NA 2.600% 7/21/20 5,115 5,186

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  PNC Bank NA 2.450% 11/5/20 1,707 1,721
  PNC Bank NA 2.150% 4/29/21 2,078 2,071
  PNC Bank NA 2.550% 12/9/21 7,785 7,819
  PNC Bank NA 2.625% 2/17/22 14,655 14,779
  PNC Bank NA 2.700% 11/1/22 4,900 4,922
  PNC Bank NA 3.300% 10/30/24 1,450 1,486
  PNC Bank NA 2.950% 2/23/25 4,610 4,606
  PNC Bank NA 3.250% 6/1/25 4,527 4,599
  PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 2.854% 11/9/22 1,200 1,213
  PNC Funding Corp. 5.125% 2/8/20 2,550 2,724
  Royal Bank of Canada 1.500% 7/29/19 6,250 6,215
  Santander UK plc 3.050% 8/23/18 3,410 3,446
  Santander UK plc 2.500% 3/14/19 3,118 3,144
  Santander UK plc 2.350% 9/10/19 3,950 3,973
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.625% 3/15/21 980 987
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 1.875% 9/13/21 7,465 7,303
  State Street Corp. 1.350% 5/15/18 1,800 1,794
  State Street Corp. 3.300% 12/16/24 1,790 1,844
  State Street Corp. 3.550% 8/18/25 2,611 2,718
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.934% 3/9/21 2,900 2,935
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.784% 7/12/22 7,855 7,886
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.632% 7/14/26 3,585 3,408
  SunTrust Bank 2.450% 8/1/22 12,480 12,425
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.450% 3/30/21 11,675 11,743
12 Swedbank AB 2.375% 2/27/19 3,770 3,792
12 Swedbank AB 2.800% 3/14/22 7,485 7,565
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.450% 8/13/19 700 696
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.500% 12/14/20 6,580 6,658
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.125% 4/7/21 9,125 9,098
12 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 3.000% 4/15/21 5,270 5,327
12 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 2.650% 2/1/22 22,609 22,513
12 UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG 3.491% 5/23/23 2,060 2,104
7,12 UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG 2.859% 8/15/23 23,230 23,121
  US Bancorp 2.350% 1/29/21 1,350 1,359
  US Bancorp 3.100% 4/27/26 1,212 1,204
  Wachovia Corp. 5.750% 2/1/18 6,740 6,830
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.600% 7/22/20 6,635 6,727
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 1/22/21 2,240 2,289
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.625% 7/22/22 22,650 22,648
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.450% 2/13/23 7,460 7,637
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.300% 9/9/24 8,943 9,057
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 2/19/25 6,300 6,241
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.550% 9/29/25 9,029 9,261
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 4/22/26 13,750 13,491
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 10/23/26 5,000 4,870
7 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.584% 5/22/28 18,950 19,150
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 6.000% 11/15/17 7,190 7,227
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 1.800% 11/28/18 3,385 3,389
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 2.150% 12/6/19 14,500 14,567
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 7/30/18 5,575 5,597
  Westpac Banking Corp. 1.950% 11/23/18 2,376 2,377
  Westpac Banking Corp. 4.875% 11/19/19 7,190 7,608
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.600% 11/23/20 6,430 6,510
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.100% 5/13/21 7,555 7,476

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.000% 8/19/21 7,665 7,548
  Westpac Banking Corp. 3.350% 3/8/27 18,765 19,002
 
  Brokerage (0.2%)        
  BlackRock Inc. 3.200% 3/15/27 8,310 8,409
  Charles Schwab Corp. 2.200% 7/25/18 450 452
  Charles Schwab Corp. 4.450% 7/22/20 1,350 1,438
  Charles Schwab Corp. 3.200% 3/2/27 805 807
  Invesco Finance plc 3.125% 11/30/22 4,490 4,581
  Invesco Finance plc 4.000% 1/30/24 4,000 4,243
  Invesco Finance plc 3.750% 1/15/26 3,060 3,165
  TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 2.950% 4/1/22 60 61
  TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 3.625% 4/1/25 3,220 3,328
 
  Finance Companies (0.2%)        
  GE Capital International Funding Co. 2.342% 11/15/20 25,739 25,848
  GE Capital International Funding Co. 3.373% 11/15/25 4,516 4,665
 
  Insurance (1.5%)        
  Aetna Inc. 2.750% 11/15/22 1,700 1,704
  Aetna Inc. 2.800% 6/15/23 2,050 2,054
12 AIA Group Ltd. 3.200% 3/11/25 15,935 15,942
12 AIG Global Funding 2.700% 12/15/21 2,340 2,356
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2.750% 3/15/23 15,430 15,583
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 3.125% 3/15/26 13,295 13,405
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 2.875% 11/3/22 6,693 6,801
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 2.700% 3/13/23 1,000 1,001
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 3.350% 5/15/24 3,860 3,991
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 3.150% 3/15/25 984 1,001
12 Jackson National Life Global Funding 4.700% 6/1/18 2,250 2,293
  Manulife Financial Corp. 4.900% 9/17/20 6,695 7,193
  Manulife Financial Corp. 4.150% 3/4/26 2,529 2,689
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 4.800% 7/15/21 4,820 5,206
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.750% 1/30/22 10,400 10,491
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.500% 6/3/24 1,995 2,055
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.500% 3/10/25 8,620 8,897
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.750% 3/14/26 3,982 4,154
12 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.750% 6/22/24 21,965 21,800
12 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.000% 1/10/23 9,594 9,742
12 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.450% 12/18/26 8,725 8,951
12 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.000% 9/19/27 17,995 17,669
12 New York Life Global Funding 2.900% 1/17/24 4,120 4,160
  PartnerRe Finance B LLC 5.500% 6/1/20 1,740 1,867
12 Pricoa Global Funding I 2.550% 11/24/20 2,130 2,149
12 Pricoa Global Funding I 2.450% 9/21/22 3,940 3,934
12 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 3.050% 1/20/21 1,270 1,281
12 Swiss Re Treasury US Corp. 2.875% 12/6/22 6,555 6,561
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1.900% 7/16/18 1,020 1,022
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.700% 7/15/20 1,010 1,029
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.350% 7/15/22 2,080 2,161
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875% 3/15/23 2,700 2,742
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.750% 7/15/25 5,275 5,592
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.450% 1/15/27 7,500 7,722
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.375% 4/15/27 2,825 2,895

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Other Finance (0.1%)        
  ORIX Corp. 3.700% 7/18/27 12,765 12,792
 
  Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.3%)        
  AvalonBay Communities Inc. 3.350% 5/15/27 5,975 6,032
  Camden Property Trust 4.875% 6/15/23 435 474
  Camden Property Trust 4.250% 1/15/24 1,488 1,572
  Camden Property Trust 3.500% 9/15/24 435 440
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 3.000% 8/1/22 2,300 2,336
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 2.750% 6/1/23 4,490 4,440
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 3.250% 7/15/27 6,000 5,914
  Public Storage 3.094% 9/15/27 11,755 11,715
12 Scentre Group Trust 1 / Scentre Group Trust 2 3.750% 3/23/27 6,205 6,283
  Simon Property Group LP 2.500% 9/1/20 727 736
  Simon Property Group LP 4.375% 3/1/21 4,400 4,673
  Simon Property Group LP 3.500% 9/1/25 891 909
  Simon Property Group LP 3.300% 1/15/26 894 896
          1,732,850
Industrial (7.5%)        
  Basic Industry (0.2%)        
12 Air Liquide Finance SA 1.750% 9/27/21 16,586 16,184
12 Air Liquide Finance SA 2.250% 9/27/23 5,020 4,848
  Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 2.750% 2/3/23 1,040 1,038
  Airgas Inc. 2.900% 11/15/22 2,575 2,607
  Praxair Inc. 4.050% 3/15/21 2,800 2,967
  Praxair Inc. 2.450% 2/15/22 1,840 1,848
  Praxair Inc. 2.200% 8/15/22 1,120 1,108
 
  Capital Goods (1.4%)        
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.100% 1/10/20 6,290 6,286
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.700% 8/9/21 22,027 21,563
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.850% 6/1/22 6,000 6,128
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.400% 6/6/22 17,465 17,454
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 3.750% 11/24/23 5,365 5,677
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 3.250% 12/1/24 1,705 1,749
  Caterpillar Inc. 2.600% 6/26/22 1,250 1,262
  Deere & Co. 2.600% 6/8/22 5,220 5,274
  Dover Corp. 3.150% 11/15/25 1,825 1,857
  General Dynamics Corp. 2.375% 11/15/24 13,140 12,912
  Hubbell Inc. 3.150% 8/15/27 5,695 5,688
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 3.500% 3/1/24 2,650 2,770
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2.650% 11/15/26 14,415 14,056
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.450% 9/11/20 5,175 5,229
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.800% 3/4/21 3,475 3,537
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.750% 3/15/22 4,645 4,720
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.800% 1/27/23 1,925 1,960
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.800% 3/6/23 2,820 2,862
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.650% 6/24/24 10,000 9,937
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.800% 9/8/27 6,435 6,318
  Parker-Hannifin Corp. 3.500% 9/15/22 1,885 1,970
  Parker-Hannifin Corp. 3.300% 11/21/24 3,935 4,040
12 Parker-Hannifin Corp. 3.250% 3/1/27 6,040 6,067
  Precision Castparts Corp. 2.500% 1/15/23 8,650 8,661
  Precision Castparts Corp. 3.250% 6/15/25 13,895 14,141
12 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 2.700% 3/16/22 11,205 11,301

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
12 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 3.125% 3/16/24 3,445 3,501
12 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 2.350% 10/15/26 8,770 8,233
 
  Communication (0.6%)        
  America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 10/16/19 1,800 1,908
  America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 3/30/20 4,800 5,121
  America Movil SAB de CV 3.125% 7/16/22 7,364 7,535
  Comcast Cable Communications Holdings        
  Inc. 9.455% 11/15/22 1,530 2,029
  Comcast Corp. 5.875% 2/15/18 2,100 2,133
  Comcast Corp. 5.700% 5/15/18 2,220 2,276
  Comcast Corp. 2.850% 1/15/23 2,700 2,738
  Comcast Corp. 3.600% 3/1/24 3,600 3,772
  Comcast Corp. 3.375% 2/15/25 7,885 8,082
  Comcast Corp. 3.375% 8/15/25 12,018 12,345
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 5.150% 4/30/20 8,090 8,737
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 2.875% 1/15/23 25,090 25,435
  Walt Disney Co. 3.150% 9/17/25 2,500 2,549
 
  Consumer Cyclical (1.1%)        
  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 3.125% 11/28/21 1,030 1,050
  American Honda Finance Corp. 2.250% 8/15/19 6,590 6,638
  American Honda Finance Corp. 2.450% 9/24/20 2,225 2,255
  American Honda Finance Corp. 1.700% 9/9/21 2,790 2,737
  Automatic Data Processing Inc. 3.375% 9/15/25 475 491
  Costco Wholesale Corp. 2.750% 5/18/24 3,180 3,183
  Costco Wholesale Corp. 3.000% 5/18/27 3,945 3,950
  Cummins Inc. 3.650% 10/1/23 1,350 1,419
12 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.250% 1/15/19 7,090 7,100
12 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.400% 9/15/19 1,475 1,480
12 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.150% 2/26/20 1,089 1,084
  Harley-Davidson Inc. 3.500% 7/28/25 7,465 7,632
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 4.625% 4/15/20 2,070 2,176
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 3.120% 4/15/22 4,440 4,587
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 3.375% 9/15/25 775 797
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 2.500% 4/15/26 18,500 17,709
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 3.100% 5/3/27 7,265 7,227
  Mastercard Inc. 3.375% 4/1/24 7,714 8,035
12 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.550% 3/8/21 5,415 5,442
12 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.600% 9/28/22 2,595 2,598
  PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.750% 8/14/18 740 741
  PACCAR Financial Corp. 2.200% 9/15/19 450 453
  Starbucks Corp. 2.100% 2/4/21 1,980 1,982
  Starbucks Corp. 2.450% 6/15/26 3,645 3,500
  TJX Cos. Inc. 2.750% 6/15/21 1,650 1,678
  TJX Cos. Inc. 2.500% 5/15/23 900 896
  TJX Cos. Inc. 2.250% 9/15/26 2,650 2,461
  Visa Inc. 2.200% 12/14/20 4,465 4,505
  Visa Inc. 2.150% 9/15/22 6,680 6,654
  Visa Inc. 2.800% 12/14/22 7,090 7,247
  Visa Inc. 3.150% 12/14/25 17,825 18,198
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 3.625% 7/8/20 1,365 1,430
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 3.250% 10/25/20 1,485 1,543
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4.250% 4/15/21 2,852 3,061
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 2.550% 4/11/23 6,290 6,353

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Consumer Noncyclical (1.1%)        
  Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 5.500% 1/15/18 5,840 5,906
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 1.250% 1/17/18 970 969
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.150% 2/1/19 2,050 2,062
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.650% 2/1/21 6,300 6,402
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.625% 1/17/23 2,355 2,368
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 3.300% 2/1/23 3,700 3,835
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 3.650% 2/1/26 17,300 17,898
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 5.375% 1/15/20 1,990 2,139
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 2.500% 7/15/22 2,725 2,746
  Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 2.375% 11/26/18 1,155 1,157
  Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 3.875% 11/26/23 1,350 1,422
  Covidien International Finance SA 4.200% 6/15/20 4,126 4,362
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.700% 4/1/24 27,530 28,986
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.500% 2/1/25 16,095 16,724
  Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 3.500% 4/1/22 1,105 1,150
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 3.625% 8/1/20 630 655
  Medtronic Global Holdings SCA 3.350% 4/1/27 10,450 10,686
  Medtronic Inc. 5.600% 3/15/19 1,800 1,893
  Medtronic Inc. 3.150% 3/15/22 12,000 12,411
  Medtronic Inc. 3.625% 3/15/24 2,030 2,135
  Medtronic Inc. 3.500% 3/15/25 15,370 16,001
  PepsiCo Inc. 4.500% 1/15/20 2,250 2,383
  PepsiCo Inc. 2.850% 2/24/26 2,615 2,599
12 Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc 2.750% 6/26/24 11,000 10,906
12 Roche Holdings Inc. 2.875% 9/29/21 1,590 1,629
 
  Energy (1.4%)        
  BP Capital Markets plc 1.375% 5/10/18 1,800 1,799
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.241% 9/26/18 3,780 3,803
  BP Capital Markets plc 4.750% 3/10/19 7,640 7,962
  BP Capital Markets plc 4.500% 10/1/20 4,040 4,309
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.561% 11/1/21 2,047 2,139
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.062% 3/17/22 915 937
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.245% 5/6/22 2,600 2,691
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.500% 11/6/22 3,140 3,135
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.750% 5/10/23 11,500 11,480
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.994% 9/26/23 900 963
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.814% 2/10/24 10,790 11,343
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.224% 4/14/24 7,250 7,385
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.535% 11/4/24 5,915 6,122
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.506% 3/17/25 8,000 8,250
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.119% 5/4/26 6,600 6,594
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.279% 9/19/27 11,000 10,968
  Chevron Corp. 2.193% 11/15/19 450 454
  Dominion Energy Gas Holdings LLC 2.500% 12/15/19 2,690 2,713
  Dominion Energy Gas Holdings LLC 2.800% 11/15/20 2,685 2,722
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.397% 3/6/22 1,100 1,105
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 1.500% 2/15/18 2,250 2,251
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 4.100% 2/1/21 5,815 6,142
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 3.125% 2/15/22 2,695 2,760
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 2.700% 2/15/23 1,800 1,807
  Shell International Finance BV 4.375% 3/25/20 1,840 1,953
  Shell International Finance BV 3.400% 8/12/23 5,000 5,222
  Shell International Finance BV 3.250% 5/11/25 23,950 24,479

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Shell International Finance BV 2.875% 5/10/26 15,500 15,411
Total Capital Canada Ltd. 2.750% 7/15/23 2,700 2,730
Total Capital International SA 2.875% 2/17/22 4,040 4,118
Total Capital International SA 2.700% 1/25/23 1,350 1,362
Total Capital International SA 3.700% 1/15/24 6,000 6,325
Total Capital SA 4.450% 6/24/20 4,670 4,985
Total Capital SA 4.125% 1/28/21 805 856
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 2.500% 8/1/22 1,200 1,199
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 3.750% 10/16/23 640 675
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 4.875% 1/15/26 10,651 11,937
 
Technology (1.4%)        
Apple Inc. 2.000% 5/6/20 3,705 3,722
Apple Inc. 2.250% 2/23/21 1,500 1,510
Apple Inc. 2.850% 5/6/21 5,840 6,002
Apple Inc. 2.150% 2/9/22 895 893
Apple Inc. 2.850% 2/23/23 4,780 4,877
Apple Inc. 2.400% 5/3/23 3,590 3,582
Apple Inc. 3.000% 2/9/24 3,210 3,282
Apple Inc. 3.450% 5/6/24 5,385 5,643
Apple Inc. 2.850% 5/11/24 11,855 12,002
Apple Inc. 2.500% 2/9/25 5,060 4,985
Apple Inc. 3.200% 5/13/25 1,360 1,393
Apple Inc. 3.250% 2/23/26 7,145 7,323
Apple Inc. 3.350% 2/9/27 9,795 10,078
Apple Inc. 3.000% 6/20/27 1,710 1,709
Applied Materials Inc. 2.625% 10/1/20 4,735 4,818
Applied Materials Inc. 3.900% 10/1/25 427 455
Baidu Inc. 3.250% 8/6/18 7,075 7,154
Cisco Systems Inc. 4.450% 1/15/20 590 624
Cisco Systems Inc. 2.200% 9/20/23 2,210 2,176
Cisco Systems Inc. 2.950% 2/28/26 4,290 4,321
Cisco Systems Inc. 2.500% 9/20/26 2,210 2,138
Intel Corp. 2.350% 5/11/22 2,670 2,678
Intel Corp. 2.875% 5/11/24 9,255 9,339
Microsoft Corp. 2.375% 2/12/22 445 449
Microsoft Corp. 2.650% 11/3/22 700 712
Microsoft Corp. 2.875% 2/6/24 18,220 18,582
Microsoft Corp. 2.700% 2/12/25 2,685 2,695
Microsoft Corp. 3.300% 2/6/27 11,090 11,456
Oracle Corp. 2.375% 1/15/19 2,920 2,948
Oracle Corp. 2.500% 5/15/22 8,180 8,293
Oracle Corp. 3.400% 7/8/24 4,000 4,173
Oracle Corp. 2.950% 5/15/25 4,295 4,329
Oracle Corp. 2.650% 7/15/26 1,915 1,870
QUALCOMM Inc. 2.600% 1/30/23 15,210 15,251
QUALCOMM Inc. 2.900% 5/20/24 17,100 17,178
QUALCOMM Inc. 3.250% 5/20/27 14,725 14,842
 
Transportation (0.3%)        
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.450% 9/15/21 1,185 1,231
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.000% 3/15/23 5,093 5,208
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.850% 9/1/23 11,041 11,796
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.400% 9/1/24 9,470 9,835

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 CSX Transportation Inc. 6.251% 1/15/23 1,164 1,332
7 Delta Air Lines 2007-1 Class A Pass        
  Through Trust 6.821% 2/10/24 4,593 5,293
7 Northwest Airlines 2007-1 Class A        
  Pass Through Trust 7.027% 5/1/21 3,146 3,426
7 Southwest Airlines Co. 2007-1 Pass        
  Through Trust 6.150% 2/1/24 3,402 3,730
7 United Airlines 2013-1 Class A Pass        
  Through Trust 4.300% 2/15/27 1,168 1,236
          1,055,784
Utilities (0.8%)        
  Electric (0.8%)        
12 AEP Transmission Co. LLC 3.100% 12/1/26 1,590 1,593
  Ameren Illinois Co. 2.700% 9/1/22 1,827 1,846
  Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 2.800% 8/15/22 950 955
  Commonwealth Edison Co. 3.400% 9/1/21 8,700 9,021
  Commonwealth Edison Co. 2.550% 6/15/26 880 851
  Connecticut Light & Power Co. 5.500% 2/1/19 2,125 2,220
  Connecticut Light & Power Co. 2.500% 1/15/23 5,550 5,538
  Duke Energy Florida LLC 4.550% 4/1/20 1,375 1,458
  Entergy Arkansas Inc. 3.700% 6/1/24 1,603 1,676
  Entergy Arkansas Inc. 3.500% 4/1/26 9,180 9,429
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 3.300% 12/1/22 1,300 1,337
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 2.400% 10/1/26 4,920 4,676
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 3.120% 9/1/27 3,060 3,072
  Georgia Power Co. 2.400% 4/1/21 8,665 8,675
  Georgia Power Co. 2.850% 5/15/22 2,735 2,774
  Georgia Power Co. 3.250% 3/30/27 4,950 4,937
  MidAmerican Energy Co. 5.300% 3/15/18 3,326 3,384
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative        
  Finance Corp. 10.375% 11/1/18 3,477 3,785
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative        
  Finance Corp. 2.950% 2/7/24 1,115 1,120
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 7.000% 9/1/22 4,180 4,998
  PacifiCorp 5.500% 1/15/19 2,665 2,787
  Sierra Pacific Power Co. 3.375% 8/15/23 5,740 5,934
  Southwestern Public Service Co. 3.300% 6/15/24 13,616 14,009
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 2.950% 1/15/22 7,700 7,847
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 2.950% 11/15/26 975 967
  Westar Energy Inc. 2.550% 7/1/26 5,745 5,546
  Westar Energy Inc. 3.100% 4/1/27 5,930 5,952
 
  Natural Gas (0.0%)        
12 Engie SA 2.875% 10/10/22 1,305 1,319
          117,706
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $2,886,153)       2,906,340
Sovereign Bonds (6.4%)        
  Asian Development Bank 1.750% 1/10/20 17,875 17,895
12 Avi Funding Co. Ltd. 2.850% 9/16/20 9,400 9,396
12 Banco del Estado de Chile 2.000% 11/9/17 1,450 1,446
12 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV 1.500% 2/15/19 20,500 20,440
12 Bermuda 4.854% 2/6/24 2,725 2,975
  Bermuda 4.854% 2/6/24 7,700 8,408
  CDP Financial Inc. 4.400% 11/25/19 12,055 12,681

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
12 CDP Financial Inc. 4.400% 11/25/19 18,235 19,185
12 CDP Financial Inc. 3.150% 7/24/24 1,269 1,303
  CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd. 1.750% 5/9/18 5,860 5,854
12 CNPC General Capital Ltd. 3.400% 4/16/23 800 817
  Corp. Andina de Fomento 2.200% 7/18/20 5,229 5,235
  Corp. Andina de Fomento 4.375% 6/15/22 7,161 7,722
12 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 2,950 3,085
  Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 1,300 1,360
  CPPIB Capital Inc. 1.250% 9/20/19 10,000 9,898
12 CPPIB Capital Inc. 1.250% 9/20/19 17,700 17,528
12 CPPIB Capital Inc. 2.250% 1/25/22 56,520 56,764
15 Development Bank of Japan Inc. 2.750% 9/16/25 7,580 7,610
12,16 Dexia Credit Local SA 1.875% 9/15/21 13,260 12,987
12 Dexia Credit Local SA 2.375% 9/20/22 15,310 15,239
12 Electricite de France SA 3.625% 10/13/25 9,110 9,356
  European Investment Bank 1.625% 12/15/20 35,715 35,439
  European Investment Bank 4.000% 2/16/21 9,100 9,722
  European Investment Bank 2.500% 4/15/21 7,275 7,417
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 1.750% 2/27/18 3,935 3,932
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 2.250% 1/21/20 5,390 5,365
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 5.125% 6/29/20 5,000 5,332
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/29/21 2,550 2,648
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.375% 9/15/21 9,364 9,896
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 1.875% 10/21/21 8,870 8,543
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/14/24 2,000 2,104
12 ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 2.375% 5/19/19 8,000 7,945
  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 3.231% 11/13/19 1,000 1,013
  Inter-American Development Bank 3.875% 2/14/20 4,550 4,776
  Inter-American Development Bank 3.000% 2/21/24 3,250 3,390
15 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.750% 11/13/18 2,725 2,722
15 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.750% 11/13/18 9,170 9,165
15 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 2.125% 2/7/19 2,725 2,735
15 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 2.250% 2/24/20 27,500 27,602
15 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 2.125% 7/21/20 10,085 10,097
17 KFW 1.000% 6/11/18 5,225 5,208
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.375% 10/26/21 5,800 5,722
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.875% 3/4/23 4,620 4,607
13 Korea Development Bank 1.999% 9/19/20 8,000 7,989
  Korea Development Bank 2.500% 1/13/21 4,750 4,708
  Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd. 2.625% 11/27/18 4,755 4,778
12 Korea Gas Corp. 2.875% 7/29/18 3,650 3,673
  KSA Sukuk Ltd. 2.894% 4/20/22 13,760 13,825
12 Municipality Finance plc 1.125% 4/17/18 2,275 2,269
12 Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV 1.875% 3/13/19 1,800 1,804
12 Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV 1.250% 9/9/19 32,000 31,663
  North American Development Bank 2.300% 10/10/18 3,750 3,764
12 Ontario Teachers’ Cadillac Fairview        
  Properties Trust 3.125% 3/20/22 7,000 7,138
12 Ontario Teachers’ Cadillac Fairview        
  Properties Trust 3.875% 3/20/27 6,600 6,812
  Province of Alberta 1.900% 12/6/19 15,000 14,949
12 Province of Alberta 1.750% 8/26/20 1,500 1,478
12 Province of Alberta 2.050% 8/17/26 5,000 4,694
  Province of Manitoba 2.100% 9/6/22 1,900 1,877
  Province of New Brunswick 2.750% 6/15/18 1,145 1,155

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Province of Ontario 1.100% 10/25/17 11,625 11,628
  Province of Ontario 1.200% 2/14/18 2,275 2,273
  Province of Ontario 3.000% 7/16/18 11,926 12,025
  Province of Ontario 1.625% 1/18/19 42,130 41,931
  Province of Ontario 4.000% 10/7/19 5,475 5,679
  Province of Ontario 4.400% 4/14/20 18,760 19,771
  Province of Ontario 2.500% 4/27/26 1,135 1,116
  Province of Quebec 3.500% 7/29/20 10,575 10,920
11 Province of Quebec 1.456% 9/21/20 18,400 18,400
  Province of Quebec 2.750% 8/25/21 9,225 9,346
  Province of Quebec 7.500% 7/15/23 1,335 1,653
  Province of Quebec 7.125% 2/9/24 670 827
  Province of Quebec 2.750% 4/12/27 8,020 7,951
  Province of Quebec 7.500% 9/15/29 13,835 19,647
7,12 Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II 5.298% 9/30/20 388 401
  Republic of Chile 2.250% 10/30/22 30,000 29,879
  Republic of Korea 7.125% 4/16/19 3,175 3,413
  Republic of Lithuania 7.375% 2/11/20 39,635 44,431
  Republic of Lithuania 6.125% 3/9/21 1,815 2,036
  Republic of Poland 5.125% 4/21/21 10,205 11,187
  Republic of Poland 5.000% 3/23/22 26,142 28,920
12 Republic of Slovakia 4.375% 5/21/22 2,275 2,483
  Republic of Slovenia 5.500% 10/26/22 2,025 2,308
12 Sinopec Group Overseas Development        
  2017 Ltd. 2.375% 4/12/20 9,110 9,107
  State of Israel 2.875% 3/16/26 15,265 15,358
  State of Kuwait 2.750% 3/20/22 6,563 6,634
  State of Qatar 5.250% 1/20/20 24,000 25,454
  Statoil ASA 5.250% 4/15/19 4,550 4,777
  Statoil ASA 3.150% 1/23/22 7,065 7,273
  Statoil ASA 2.450% 1/17/23 1,825 1,819
  Statoil ASA 3.700% 3/1/24 6,300 6,629
12 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.375% 1/23/23 1,750 1,751
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $898,375)       902,167
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.0%)        
  Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance        
  Corp. Revenue 2.995% 7/1/20 2,050 2,090
  Louisiana Local Government Environmental        
  Facilities & Community Development        
  Authority Revenue 2010-EGSL 3.220% 2/1/21 1,231 1,238
  Louisiana Local Government Environmental        
  Facilities & Community Development        
  Authority Revenue 2010-ELL 3.450% 2/1/22 1,075 1,092
  University of California Revenue 2.054% 5/15/18 900 903
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $5,256)       5,323

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Market
        Value
  Coupon   Shares ($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (8.2%)        
Money Market Fund (8.1%)        
18 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 1.223%   11,445,760 1,144,805
 
      Face  
    Maturity Amount  
    Date ($000)  
Commercial Paper (0.1%)        
19 Electricite de France 1.995% 1/5/18 10,000 9,957
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $1,154,642)     1,154,762
Total Investments (107.3%) (Cost $15,144,131)       15,138,205
Other Assets and Liabilities (-7.3%)        
Other Assets       1,171,988
Liabilities       (2,204,639)
        (1,032,651)
Net Assets (100%)        
Applicable to 610,082,606 outstanding $.001 par value shares of      
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)       14,105,554
Net Asset Value Per Share       $23.12
 
        Amount
        ($000)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities        
Assets        
Investments in Securities, at Value        
Unaffiliated Issuers (excluding Segregated Securities)     13,982,189
Collateral for To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions     2,105
Collateral for Futures Contracts       8,413
Collateral for Swap Contracts       693
Total Unaffiliated Issuers       13,993,400
Affiliated Vanguard Funds       1,144,805
Total Investments in Securities       15,138,205
Investment in Vanguard       900
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold       1,108,645
Receivables for Accrued Income       58,863
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts       879
Variation Margin Receivable—Swap Contracts       63
Other Assets       2,638
Total Assets       16,310,193
Liabilities        
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased       2,195,478
Payables to Vanguard       1,604
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts       3,271
Variation Margin Payable—Swap Contracts       79
Unrealized Depreciation—Swap Contracts       319
Other Liabilities       3,888
Total Liabilities       2,204,639
Net Assets       14,105,554

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund  
 
 
 
At September 30, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 14,153,261
Undistributed Net Investment Income 251
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (36,516)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities (5,926)
Futures Contracts (5,176)
Swap Contracts (340)
Net Assets 14,105,554

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $2,105,000 have been segregated as collateral for certain open To Be Announced (TBA) transactions.
2 Securities with a value of $8,413,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
3 Securities with a value of $693,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared 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 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of
September 30, 2017.
9 Adjustable-rate security based upon one-year Constant Maturity Treasury yield plus spread.
10 Adjustable-rate security based upon 12-month USD LIBOR plus spread.
11 Adjustable-rate security based upon 1-month USD LIBOR plus spread.
12 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, 2017, the aggregate value of these
securities was $1,285,668,000, representing 9.1% of net assets.
13 Adjustable-rate security based upon 3-month USD LIBOR plus spread.
14 Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
15 Guaranteed by the Government of Japan.
16 Guaranteed by multiple countries.
17 Guaranteed by the Federal Republic of Germany.
18 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown
is the 7-day yield.
19 Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions
exempt from registration only to dealers in that program or other “accredited investors.” At September 30, 2017, the value of
these securities was $9,957,000, representing 0.1% of net assets.

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

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund      
 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End    
Futures Contracts        
        ($000)
        Value and
    Number of   Unrealized
    Long (Short) Notional Appreciation
  Expiration Contracts Amount (Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 12,948 1,521,390 (8,514)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 1,680 362,381 (933)
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 2,763 346,238 (1,473)
        (10,920)
 
Short Futures Contracts        
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2017 (3,673) (493,387) 5,594
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond December 2017 (38) (6,275) 108
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond December 2017 (14) (2,139) 42
        5,744
        (5,176)

 

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

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

At September 30, 2017, the fund had the following open total return swap contracts:

Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps          
            Remaining  
        Periodic   Up-Front  
        Premium   Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received   Received Appreciation
Termination   Amount (Paid)1 Value  (Paid) (Depreciation) 
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) (%) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody’s Rating          
People’s Republic of              
China/A1 12/20/22 GS 4,600 1.000 83 (94) (11)
Republic of Chile/Aa3 12/20/22 CITNA 7,420 1.000 145 (144) 1
Republic of Chile/Aa3 12/20/22 GSI 13,500 1.000 264 (277) (13)
      25,520   492 (515) (23)
 
Credit Protection Purchased            
EI du Pont de              
Nemours & Co. 12/20/20 JPMC 4,015 (1.000) (113) 62 (51)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 BOANA 4,080 (1.000) (24) (47) (71)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 CITNA 7,920 (1.000) (48) (87) (135)
Wells Fargo & Co. 9/20/20 BOANA 3,740 (1.000) (84) 45 (39)
          (269) (27) (296)
              (319)

 

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.
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
BOANA—Bank of America, N.A.
CITNA—Citi Bank N.A.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund          
 
 
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank.            
Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps            
      Fixed Floating    
      Interest Interest    
      Rate Rate   Unrealized
  Future Notional Received  Received   Appreciation
  Effective Amount (Paid)2 (Paid) 3 Value (Depreciation)
Termination Date Date1 ($000) (%) (%) ($000) ($000)
12/20/18 12/20/17 96,602 1.750 0.000 85 (51)
12/20/19 12/20/17 53,797 2.000 0.000 203 (95)
12/20/20 12/20/17 38,558 2.250 0.000 383 (100)
12/20/21 12/20/17 12,169 (2.250) 0.000 (121) 45
12/20/22 12/20/17 5,995 (2.250) 0.000 (53) 28
12/20/24 12/20/17 23,181 (2.500) 0.000 (468) 152
          29 (21)

 

1 Forward interest rate swap. In a forward interest rate swap, the fund and the counterparty agree to make periodic net payments beginning on a specified future effective date.

2 Fixed interest payment received/paid semiannually.

3 Based on 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date. Floating interest payment received/ paid quarterly.

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

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund  
 
 
Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 247,675
Total Income 247,675
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 408
Management and Administrative 1,582
Marketing and Distribution 251
Custodian Fees 168
Auditing Fees 51
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 9
Total Expenses 2,469
Net Investment Income 245,206
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (11,600)
Futures Contracts (23,122)
Swap Contracts (151)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (34,873)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 (145,472)
Futures Contracts (4,877)
Swap Contracts (636)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (150,985)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 59,348

 

1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $10,634,000, $60,000, and $108,000.

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

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund    
 
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
  Year Ended September 30,
  2017 2016
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 245,206 174,145
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (34,873) 99,425
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (150,985) 43,828
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 59,348 317,398
Distributions    
Net Investment Income (245,776) (174,092)
Realized Capital Gain1 (94,306) (18,223)
Total Distributions (340,082) (192,315)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 4,450,553 1,479,396
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 340,082 192,315
Redeemed (225,161) (11,057)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 4,565,474 1,660,654
Total Increase (Decrease) 4,284,740 1,785,737
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 9,820,814 8,035,077
End of Period2 14,105,554 9,820,814

 

1 Includes fiscal 2017 and 2016 short-term gain distributions totaling $47,560,000 and $4,126,000, 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 $251,000 and $524,000.

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

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund      
 
 
Financial Highlights      
 
 
      June 19,
  Year Ended 20151 to
  September 30, Sept. 30,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $23.79 $23.46 $23.36
Investment Operations      
Net Investment Income . 462 2 .473 .126
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.470) .383 .101
Total from Investment Operations (.008) .856 .227
Distributions      
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.454) (.473) (.127)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.208) (.053)
Total Distributions (.662) (.526) (.127)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $23.12 $23.79 $23.46
 
Total Return 0.01% 3.70% 0.97%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data      
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $14,106 $9,821 $8,035
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%3
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.99% 2.02% 1.92%3
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 253% 251% 45%

 

1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Annualized.
4 Includes 111%, 67%, and 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 has been established by Vanguard as an investment vehicle for certain collective trusts and other accounts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates, and qualifying education savings plans. 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 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. 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 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 Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 11% and 3% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts 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

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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 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 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 absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. 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

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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 and credit default 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 year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased each represented less than 1% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 2% 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. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. 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.

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 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

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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 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, 2015–2017), 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. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

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

9. 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, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $900,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.36% 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 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest
rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine
the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are
noted on the Statement of Net Assets.

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

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 8,471,651
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1,665,839 32,123
Corporate Bonds 2,906,340
Sovereign Bonds 902,167
Taxable Municipal Bonds 5,323
Temporary Cash Investments 1,144,805 9,957
Futures Contracts—Assets1 879
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (3,271)
Swap Contracts—Assets 631
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (79)1 (319)
Total 1,142,397 13,960,958 32,123
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.      

 

D. At September 30, 2017, 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)
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 879 879
Variation Margin Receivable—Swap Contracts 63 63
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts (3,271) (3,271)
Variation Margin Payable—Swap Contracts (79) (79)
Unrealized Depreciation—Swap Contracts (319) (319)

 

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Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the year ended September 30, 2017, were:

Interest Rate Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts (23,122) (23,122)
Swap Contracts (988) 837 (151)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (24,110) 837 (23,273)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives      
Futures Contracts (4,877) (4,877)
Swap Contracts (273) (363) (636)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives (5,150) (363) (5,513)

 

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

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2017, the fund had $1,723,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund had available capital losses totaling $41,023,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains.

At September 30, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $15,144,800,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $6,595,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $67,350,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $73,945,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund purchased $3,267,503,000 of investment securities and sold $1,893,108,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $30,315,101,000 and $27,965,284,000, respectively.

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G. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:    
  Six Months Ended September 30,
  2017 2016
  Shares Shares
  (000) (000)
Issued 192,265 62,521
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 14,746 8,169
Redeemed (9,687) (474)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 197,324 70,216

 

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

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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard Malvern Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Institutional
Short-Term Bond Fund and Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund and statements of net assets 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”) 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 the Funds as of September 30, 2017, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the 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 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 as of September 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 16, 2017

 


 

Special 2017 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

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

The fund distributed $7,036,000 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.

For nonresident alien shareholders, 58.2% of income dividends are interest-related dividends.

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Special 2017 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term
Bond Fund

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

The fund distributed $46,746,000 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.

For nonresident alien shareholders, 76.4% 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, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
  3/31/2017 9/30/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund $1,000.00 $1,008.80 $0.10
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund $1,000.00 $1,014.01 $0.10
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund $1,000.00 $1,024.97 $0.10
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund $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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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.

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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.

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 Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index: Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Aggregate Bond Index through December 31, 2009; Bloomberg 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 198 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

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

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

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

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

Rajiv L. Gupta

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

Amy Gutmann

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

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.

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


 

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

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

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

F. Joseph Loughrey

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

Mark Loughridge

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

Scott C. Malpass

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

André F. Perold

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

Peter F. Volanakis

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


 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

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

Thomas J. Higgins

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

Peter Mahoney

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

Anne E. Robinson

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

Michael Rollings

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

Vanguard Senior Management Team
 
Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Gregory Davis James M. Norris
John James Thomas M. Rampulla
Martha G. King Karin A. Risi
John T. Marcante  

 

Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor

John J. Brennan
Chairman, 1996–2009
Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008

Founder

John C. Bogle
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996


 

 

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

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert. All members of the Audit Committee have been determined by the Registrant’s Board of Trustees to be Audit Committee Financial Experts and to be independent: Rajiv L. Gupta, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, F. Joseph Loughrey, Mark Loughridge, and Peter F. Volanakis.

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

Audit Fees of the Registrant

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017: $322,000
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $295,000

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

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

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

(b) Audit-Related Fees.

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

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

(c) Tax Fees.

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

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


 

(d) All Other Fees.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(g) Aggregate Non-Audit Fees.

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


 

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: Rajiv L. Gupta, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, F. Joseph Loughrey, Mark Loughridge, 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: Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

Item 13: Exhibits.

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

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

  VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS
 
 
BY: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Date: November 21, 2017

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

  VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS
 

 

BY:

/s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Date: November 21, 2017

 

 

VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS
 

 

BY:

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

 

* By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson

Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on October 4, 2016 see file Number
33-32548, Incorporated by Reference.