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Retail | Vanguard Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund
Vanguard Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide a tax-efficient investment return consisting of long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold Admiral Shares of the Fund.
Shareholder Fees

(Fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
Retail
Vanguard Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund
Admiral Shares
USD ($)
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases none
Purchase Fee none
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends none
Redemption Fee none
Account Service Fee (for certain fund account balances below $10,000) $ 20 [1]
[1] /year
Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Retail
Vanguard Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund
Admiral Shares
Management Fees 0.10%
12b-1 Distribution Fee none
Other Expenses 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.11%
Example
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Admiral Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you invested $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the Shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Retail | Vanguard Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund | Admiral Shares | USD ($) 11 35 62 141
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in more taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the previous expense example, reduce the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 33% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund purchases stocks included in the Standard & Poor‘s SmallCap 600 Index—an index that is made up of stocks of smaller U.S. companies—in approximately the same proportions as in the Index. To improve tax efficiency, the Fund may limit investments in Index securities that have undesirable tax characteristics and may continue to hold securities no longer included in the Index.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or even long periods. You should expect the Fund’s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range. The Fund is subject to the following risks, which could affect the Fund’s performance:

• Stock market risk, which is the chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. The Fund’s benchmark index tracks a subset of the U.S. stock market, which could cause the Fund to perform differently from the overall stock market. In addition, the Fund’s benchmark index may, at times, become focused in stocks of a particular market sector, which would subject the Fund to proportionately higher exposure to the risks of that sector.

• Investment style risk, which is the chance that returns from small-capitalization stocks will trail returns from the overall stock market. Historically, small-cap stocks have been more volatile in price than the large-cap stocks that dominate the overall market, and they often perform quite differently. Small companies tend to have greater stock volatility because, among other things, these companies are more sensitive to changing economic conditions.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Annual Total Returns
The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund‘s Admiral Shares has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the Admiral Shares compare with those of the Fund’s benchmark index, which has investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund. Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on our website at vanguard.com/performance or by calling Vanguard toll-free at 800-662-7447.
Annual Total Returns — Vanguard Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund Admiral Shares
Bar Chart
During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a calendar quarter was 21.02% (quarter ended June 30, 2009), and the lowest return for a quarter was –24.79% (quarter ended December 31, 2008).
Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2015
Average Annual Total Returns - Retail - Vanguard Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Admiral Shares (1.85%) 11.54% 8.05%
Admiral Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions (2.17%) 11.28% 7.84%
Admiral Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares (0.83%) 9.21% 6.56%
S&P SmallCap 600 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) (1.97%) 11.48% 8.01%
Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown in the preceding table. When after-tax returns are calculated, it is assumed that the shareholder was in the highest individual federal marginal income tax bracket at the time of each distribution of income or capital gains or upon redemption. State and local income taxes are not reflected in the calculations. Please note that after-tax returns are not relevant for a shareholder who holds fund shares in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan. Also, figures captioned Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be higher than other figures for the same period if a capital loss occurs upon redemption and results in an assumed tax deduction for the shareholder.