N-CSRS 1 tm2312905d8_ncsrs.htm N-CSRS

 

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: 811-07443

 

Name of Registrant: Vanguard Whitehall 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: October 31

 

Date of reporting period: November 1, 2022—April 30, 2023

 

 

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 

Semiannual Report   |   April 30, 2023
Vanguard Selected Value Fund

 

Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses

1
Financial Statements

4
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

16
Liquidity Risk Management

18

 

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 April 30, 2023      
Selected Value Fund Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,083.80 $2.22
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,022.66 2.16
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 0.43%. 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 (181/365).
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Selected Value Fund
Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
Communication Services 1.7%
Consumer Discretionary 17.1
Consumer Staples 0.9
Energy 3.7
Financials 26.2
Health Care 8.3
Industrials 20.0
Information Technology 9.9
Materials 7.3
Real Estate 2.7
Utilities 2.2
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. 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.
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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Selected Value Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (94.7%)
Communication Services (1.5%)
  Omnicom Group Inc.    684,200    61,968
* Activision Blizzard Inc.    416,330    32,353
         94,321
Consumer Discretionary (16.2%)
  Gildan Activewear Inc.  3,479,628   113,366
* Taylor Morrison Home Corp. Class A  2,232,743    96,209
  Lear Corp.    545,377    69,623
* Skechers USA Inc. Class A  1,203,063    63,991
  Gentex Corp.  2,217,574    61,183
* M/I Homes Inc.    893,000    60,403
* Helen of Troy Ltd.    573,740    57,569
  Hasbro Inc.    903,586    53,510
  PVH Corp.    586,275    50,308
  Newell Brands Inc.  4,134,510    50,234
* CarMax Inc.    701,040    49,094
  Magna International Inc.    923,402    48,165
  Gap Inc.  4,629,193    44,440
* Mohawk Industries Inc.    368,505    39,025
  American Eagle Outfitters Inc.  2,764,660    37,019
  Whirlpool Corp.    238,100    33,236
  LKQ Corp.    423,150    24,428
  Hanesbrands Inc.  3,982,200    20,867
        972,670
Consumer Staples (0.9%)
  Ingredion Inc.    271,800    28,857
  Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc.    381,651    25,380
         54,237
Energy (3.5%)
  Civitas Resources Inc.    770,911    53,231
  Williams Cos. Inc.  1,616,200    48,906
  NOV Inc.  2,437,700    40,832
  Halliburton Co.  1,164,105    38,124
  Chord Energy Corp.    200,000    28,466
        209,559
Financials (24.8%)
  Globe Life Inc.    929,116   100,828
  Unum Group  2,337,048    98,623
  Fidelity National Financial Inc.  2,372,466    84,199
  Voya Financial Inc.    921,202    70,454
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Jefferies Financial Group Inc.  2,152,878    68,957
  State Street Corp.    921,970    66,622
  CNO Financial Group Inc.  2,781,935    62,427
  Equitable Holdings Inc.  2,353,647    61,171
  Essent Group Ltd.  1,314,260    55,817
  Radian Group Inc.  2,170,000    52,666
  Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. Class A  1,525,030    51,165
* Genworth Financial Inc. Class A  7,156,600    41,580
  Cboe Global Markets Inc.    297,000    41,491
  Regions Financial Corp.  2,085,951    38,089
  CNA Financial Corp.    970,889    37,777
* Markel Corp.     27,490    37,621
  M&T Bank Corp.    293,100    36,872
  Allstate Corp.    314,565    36,414
  Reinsurance Group of America Inc.    252,418    35,924
  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.    627,621    35,486
  Discover Financial Services    323,359    33,458
  Loews Corp.    521,400    30,017
  Fifth Third Bancorp  1,122,424    29,407
* Arch Capital Group Ltd.    382,291    28,699
  Ally Financial Inc.  1,000,000    26,380
  Invesco Ltd.  1,529,420    26,199
  FirstCash Holdings Inc.    247,630    25,513
  Webster Financial Corp.    679,063    25,329
  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.    114,990    24,770
  MGIC Investment Corp.  1,612,799    23,982
  American International Group Inc.    388,682    20,616
  Glacier Bancorp Inc.    515,081    17,116
  KeyCorp.  1,492,763    16,808
  Comerica Inc.    370,173    16,054
  Jackson Financial Inc. Class A    361,503    13,018
  Everest Re Group Ltd.     31,771    12,009
  Navient Corp.    479,339     7,928
      1,491,486
Health Care (7.9%)
1 Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA ADR  3,588,489    86,913
  Baxter International Inc.  1,216,320    57,994
  DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.  1,278,230    53,596
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Selected Value Fund
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.    899,532    49,762
  Perrigo Co. plc  1,306,241    48,579
  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings    211,580    47,967
  Teleflex Inc.    173,990    47,416
  Cardinal Health Inc.    572,722    47,021
* Henry Schein Inc.    429,802    34,732
        473,980
Industrials (18.9%)
* AerCap Holdings NV  3,504,801   197,531
  Acuity Brands Inc.    620,587    97,668
  Terex Corp.  1,313,373    58,563
  Esab Corp.    898,380    52,430
  BWX Technologies Inc.    729,045    47,082
  SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.    790,883    46,298
  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.    470,769    45,980
  AMETEK Inc.    323,710    44,649
  Woodward Inc.    463,885    44,542
  Stanley Black & Decker Inc.    505,350    43,632
  Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc.    745,569    42,639
  MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. Class A    457,552    41,514
  Fortune Brands Innovations Inc.    572,191    37,015
  Enerpac Tool Group Corp. Class A  1,539,856    36,587
  Triton International Ltd.    426,700    35,275
* JetBlue Airways Corp.  4,790,529    34,204
* JELD-WEN Holding Inc.  2,664,409    34,051
* MasTec Inc.    379,846    33,734
* Gates Industrial Corp. plc  2,455,530    33,076
  Armstrong World Industries Inc.    472,630    32,451
  Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.    746,360    26,197
  MDU Resources Group Inc.    781,863    22,846
  Genpact Ltd.    505,149    22,505
  Snap-on Inc.     56,185    14,575
*,1 Air France KLM ADR  4,102,756     7,159
* Masterbrand Inc.    572,191     4,618
      1,136,821
Information Technology (9.4%)
  TE Connectivity Ltd.    908,655   111,192
* Arrow Electronics Inc.    802,408    91,820
  Avnet Inc.  1,564,918    64,568
  Open Text Corp.  1,679,524    63,637
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A    839,956    50,154
  Amdocs Ltd.    528,363    48,213
  MKS Instruments Inc.    536,880    45,028
  Micron Technology Inc.    521,049    33,535
*,1 Celestica Inc.  3,057,329    33,203
  Juniper Networks Inc.    392,407    11,831
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.    712,568    10,204
        563,385
Materials (6.9%)
  Dow Inc.  1,324,763    72,067
* Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.  1,982,429    62,585
  Olin Corp.  1,093,779    60,595
  US Steel Corp.  2,343,700    53,624
* Eldorado Gold Corp.  3,834,000    42,366
* IAMGOLD Corp. 14,779,630    42,122
  Kinross Gold Corp.  7,062,729    35,667
1 Centerra Gold Inc.  3,735,276    25,213
*,1 Equinox Gold Corp.  2,671,383    13,270
  Mosaic Co.    239,370    10,257
        417,766
Real Estate (2.6%)
* CBRE Group Inc. Class A    936,474    71,790
* Howard Hughes Corp.    474,941    36,746
  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.  4,184,066    33,933
  Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.  1,024,815    12,349
        154,818
Utilities (2.1%)
  Edison International    943,328    69,429
  Atmos Energy Corp.    303,473    34,638
  Entergy Corp.    110,564    11,895
  Constellation Energy Corp.    141,989    10,990
        126,952
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $5,030,745)
5,695,995
Temporary Cash Investments (5.7%)
Money Market Fund (5.7%)
2,3 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853% (Cost$341,238)  3,413,201          341,286
Total Investments (100.4%) (Cost $5,371,983) 6,037,281
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.4%) (26,308)
Net Assets (100%) 6,010,973
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $16,209,000.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
3 Collateral of $16,885,000 was received for securities on loan.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
 
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Selected Value Fund

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
E-mini S&P 500 Index June 2023 421 88,168 6,089
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Selected Value Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value1  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $5,030,745) 5,695,995
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $341,238) 341,286
Total Investments in Securities 6,037,281
Investment in Vanguard 214
Cash 1,900
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 4,864
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $26) 24
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 2,694
Receivables for Accrued Income 4,130
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 3,007
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 884
Total Assets 6,054,998
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 19,704
Collateral for Securities on Loan 16,885
Payables to Investment Advisor 4,043
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 3,000
Payables to Vanguard 393
Total Liabilities 44,025
Net Assets 6,010,973
1 Includes $16,209,000 of securities on loan.  
At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 5,181,226
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 829,747
Net Assets 6,010,973
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 228,000,169 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
6,010,973
Net Asset Value Per Share $26.36
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Selected Value Fund
Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 62,093
Interest2 6,731
Securities Lending—Net 38
Total Income 68,862
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 6,602
Performance Adjustment 1,315
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative 4,542
Marketing and Distribution 143
Custodian Fees 12
Shareholders’ Reports 63
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 1
Other Expenses 8
Total Expenses 12,686
Expenses Paid Indirectly (33)
Net Expenses 12,653
Net Investment Income 56,209
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 131,130
Futures Contracts 3,558
Foreign Currencies (1)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 134,687
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 277,754
Futures Contracts 6,677
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 284,431
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 475,327
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $749,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $6,600,000, $21,000, $1,000, and $11,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Selected Value Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 56,209   90,259
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 134,687   642,180
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 284,431   (1,212,783)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 475,327   (480,344)
Distributions      
Total Distributions (683,854)   (497,527)
Capital Share Transactions      
Issued 293,119   573,444
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 618,158   454,963
Redeemed (478,717)   (1,063,876)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 432,560   (35,469)
Total Increase (Decrease) 224,033   (1,013,340)
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 5,786,940   6,800,280
End of Period 6,010,973   5,786,940
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Selected Value Fund
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $27.62 $32.26 $22.78 $27.59 $27.38 $33.15
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .251 .417 .389 .368 .493 .493
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 1.790 (2.674) 11.737 (3.163) 2.392 (3.153)
Total from Investment Operations 2.041 (2.257) 12.126 (2.795) 2.885 (2.660)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.440) (.393) (.360) (.450) (.506) (.423)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (2.861) (1.990) (2.286) (1.565) (2.169) (2.687)
Total Distributions (3.301) (2.383) (2.646) (2.015) (2.675) (3.110)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $26.36 $27.62 $32.26 $22.78 $27.59 $27.38
Total Return2 8.38% -7.29% 56.30% -11.25% 12.51% -9.15%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $6,011 $5,787 $6,800 $5,009 $7,892 $8,811
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets3 0.43%4 0.38%4 0.32% 0.31% 0.33% 0.36%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.80% 1.43% 1.30% 1.58% 1.89% 1.61%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 14% 26% 30% 85% 31% 31%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.04%, 0.00%, (0.05%), (0.06%), (0.06%), and (0.02%).
4 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from broker commission abatement arrangements was 0.43% and 0.38%, respectively.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Selected Value Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Selected 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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight 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. 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. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of
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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 gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 2% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the 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 virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
5. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
6. 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 before the opening of the market 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 Assets and Liabilities for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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.
7. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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
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Operations. Any borrowings under either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program. 
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
8. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
B. The investment advisory firms Cooke & Bieler, LP, Pzena Investment Management, LLC, and Donald Smith & Co., Inc., each provide investment advisory services to a portion of the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets managed by the advisor. The basic fee of Cooke & Bieler, LP, is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the Russell Midcap Value Index since January 31, 2020. The basic fee of Pzena Investment Management, LLC, is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the Russell Midcap Value Index for the preceding three years. The basic fee of Donald Smith & Co., Inc., is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the MSCI Investable Market 2500 Index for the preceding five years.
Vanguard manages the cash reserves of the fund as described below.
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the aggregate investment advisory fee paid to all advisors represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.22% of the fund’s average net assets, before a net increase of $1,315,000 (0.04%) 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, distribution and cash management 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 and are generally settled twice a month.
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Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $214,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.09% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
D. The fund has asked its investment advisors to direct certain security trades, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to brokers who have agreed to rebate to the fund part of the commissions generated. Such rebates are used solely to reduce the fund’s management and administrative expenses. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, these arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $33,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
E. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
At April 30, 2023, 100% of the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives was determined based on Level 1 inputs.
F. As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 5,376,076
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 1,125,361
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (458,067)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 667,294
G. During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $795,828,000 of investment securities and sold $998,155,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
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H. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
    
  Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  Shares
(000)
  Shares
(000)
Issued 11,020   19,356
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 25,397   15,825
Redeemed (17,965)   (36,410)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 18,452   (1,229)
I. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund’s investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
The use of derivatives may expose the fund to various risks. Derivatives can be highly volatile, and any initial investment is generally small relative to the notional amount so that transactions may be leveraged in terms of market exposure. A relatively small market movement may have a potentially larger impact on derivatives than on standard securities. Leveraged derivatives positions can, therefore, increase volatility. Additional information regarding the fund's use of derivative(s) and the specific risks associated is described under significant accounting policies.
J. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements
The board of trustees of Vanguard Selected Value Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangements with Pzena Investment Management, LLC (Pzena), Cooke & Bieler, L.P. (C&B), and Donald Smith & Co., Inc. (Donald Smith & Co.). The board determined that renewing the fund’s advisory arrangements was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decisions upon an evaluation of each advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisors and made presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decisions.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the fund’s investment management services provided by Pzena, C&B, and Donald Smith & Co. over both the short and long term and took into account the organizational depth and stability of each advisor. The board considered the following:
Pzena. Founded in 1995, Pzena is a global investment management firm that employs a classic value investment approach. Pzena seeks to buy good businesses at low prices, focusing exclusively on companies that are underperforming their historically demonstrated earnings power. Pzena’s research team conducts intensive fundamental research, buying companies only when the problems are judged to be temporary, management has a viable strategy to generate earnings recovery, and much of the downside risk is believed to already be factored into the share price. Pzena has managed a portion of the fund since 2014.
C&B. Founded in 1949, C&B is an independently owned investment boutique with assets across six domestic value strategies. The portfolio management team comprises eight analysts/portfolio managers that cover the entire market-cap spectrum and specialize in particular sectors. The team has employed the same research-driven, bottom-up, quality value approach for more than six decades, seeking to invest in high-quality companies trading at attractive valuations. While the
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team is highly collaborative, the analysts/portfolio managers retain individual decision-making authority across each of the portfolios and coverage for their respective sectors, resulting in a structure that contains elements of a multi-counselor approach. C&B has managed a portion of the fund since 2019.
Donald Smith & Co. Founded in 1983, Donald Smith & Co. is a deep-value-oriented firm that manages large-, mid-, and small-capitalization value portfolios. Donald Smith & Co. employs a strictly bottom-up approach, focusing on companies in the bottom decile of price-to-tangible-book value in the benchmark. The advisor uses fundamental analysis to invest in those companies that it considers to be inexpensive relative to their estimate of normalized earnings power and to have solid balance sheets and asset quality. Donald Smith & Co. has managed a portion of the fund since 2005.
The board concluded that each advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance, as applicable, of Pzena’s, C&B’s, and Donald Smith & Co.’s subportfolios, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangements should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that Pzena’s, C&B’s, and Donald Smith & Co.’s advisory fee rates were also below the peer-group average.
The board did not consider the profitability of Pzena, C&B, or Donald Smith & Co. in determining whether to approve the advisory fees, because the firms are independent of Vanguard and the advisory fees are the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the advisory fee schedules for Pzena, C&B, and Donald Smith & Co. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fees as the fund’s assets managed by each advisor increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangements again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Whitehall Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Selected Value Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report   |   April 30, 2023
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Fund

 

Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses

1
Financial Statements

4
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

15
Liquidity Risk Management

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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 April 30, 2023      
Mid-Cap Growth Fund Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,052.70 $1.93
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,022.91 1.91
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 0.38%. 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 (181/365).
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Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
Communication Services 4.9%
Consumer Discretionary 14.4
Consumer Staples 2.7
Energy 3.5
Financials 8.9
Health Care 22.7
Industrials 17.4
Information Technology 23.7
Materials 1.8
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. 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.
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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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (95.4%)
Communication Services (4.7%)
  Electronic Arts Inc.   444,080    56,523
* ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. Class A 1,419,641    31,104
* Trade Desk Inc. Class A   378,929    24,380
* Warner Bros Discovery Inc. 1,498,899    20,400
* Live Nation Entertainment Inc.   100,774     6,831
        139,238
Consumer Discretionary (13.8%)
  Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.   313,565    45,160
* Lululemon Athletica Inc.    91,952    34,935
* Planet Fitness Inc. Class A   416,891    34,660
* Etsy Inc.   331,136    33,455
* Mattel Inc. 1,856,578    33,418
  Wingstop Inc.   157,962    31,610
* Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Class A    14,424    29,823
  Boyd Gaming Corp.   303,012    21,029
  Tractor Supply Co.    78,923    18,815
* Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.   222,155    16,910
* O'Reilly Automotive Inc.    16,568    15,198
  Lithia Motors Inc. Class A    66,417    14,671
  Darden Restaurants Inc.    88,955    13,515
  Ross Stores Inc.   124,173    13,253
  Advance Auto Parts Inc.    92,239    11,579
* Caesars Entertainment Inc.   196,722     8,910
* Victoria's Secret & Co.   276,204     8,565
* Leslie's Inc.   705,522     7,655
*,1 Chewy Inc. Class A   244,721     7,589
* Burlington Stores Inc.    28,489     5,493
* Floor & Decor Holdings Inc. Class A    30,108     2,991
        409,234
Consumer Staples (2.6%)
* Freshpet Inc.   772,537    53,282
  Dollar General Corp.   109,216    24,187
         77,469
Energy (3.3%)
  Cheniere Energy Inc.   239,580    36,656
  Coterra Energy Inc. 1,023,242    26,195
  SM Energy Co.   706,668    19,843
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Permian resources Corp. Class A 1,501,949    15,695
         98,389
Financials (8.5%)
  Aon plc Class A (XNYS)   200,992    65,358
  Hamilton Lane Inc. Class A   596,992    43,986
  Ares Management Corp. Class A   414,480    36,304
  MSCI Inc. Class A    62,917    30,354
  Global Payments Inc.   200,245    22,570
  KKR & Co. Inc.   344,257    18,270
  Apollo Global Management Inc.   219,432    13,910
  Moody's Corp.    36,554    11,446
* Block Inc. (XNYS)   170,029    10,336
        252,534
Health Care (21.6%)
  Agilent Technologies Inc.   590,921    80,028
* ICON plc ADR   272,214    52,453
* Align Technology Inc.   160,816    52,313
* Veeva Systems Inc. Class A   253,047    45,316
* Illumina Inc.   214,062    44,003
* Exact Sciences Corp.   615,735    39,450
  Humana Inc.    58,780    31,182
* DexCom Inc.   237,441    28,811
* Hologic Inc.   333,066    28,647
* Omnicell Inc.   462,859    28,128
* IDEXX Laboratories Inc.    56,465    27,790
  Teleflex Inc.    87,530    23,854
* Seagen Inc.   106,923    21,385
* Inspire Medical Systems Inc.    79,784    21,353
* Insulet Corp.    60,628    19,282
1 Alcon Inc.   245,888    17,822
* Repligen Corp.   108,125    16,395
* Natera Inc.   244,696    12,411
* IQVIA Holdings Inc.    57,887    10,896
* BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.   105,183    10,102
* Catalent Inc.   181,873     9,115
* Edwards Lifesciences Corp.    79,087     6,958
  ResMed Inc.    24,835     5,984
* Novocure Ltd.    78,897     5,199
* Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.    41,242     5,063
        643,940
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Industrials (16.5%)
  TransUnion   845,569    58,184
  BWX Technologies Inc.   849,944    54,889
* Builders FirstSource Inc.   412,859    39,127
* Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.   610,152    38,732
  KBR Inc.   659,020    37,386
  Quanta Services Inc.   166,987    28,328
  Cintas Corp.    61,467    28,015
  Waste Connections Inc. (XTSE)   199,944    27,822
  Hexcel Corp.   367,136    26,463
* XPO Inc.   529,478    23,392
  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.   399,206    22,483
  Genpact Ltd.   450,428    20,067
* MasTec Inc.   209,694    18,623
* Array Technologies Inc.   899,142    18,387
  Equifax Inc.    77,113    16,069
* Paycom Software Inc.    48,961    14,217
  Stanley Black & Decker Inc.   148,371    12,810
* Shoals Technologies Group Inc. Class A   348,323     7,277
        492,271
Information Technology (22.6%)
* Palo Alto Networks Inc.   328,525    59,943
  KLA Corp.   141,565    54,721
* Gartner Inc.   172,769    52,256
  CDW Corp.   307,101    52,081
* Fair Isaac Corp.    64,006    46,593
* Cadence Design Systems Inc.   167,009    34,980
* ON Semiconductor Corp.   481,497    34,649
* MongoDB Inc. Class A   141,522    33,960
* Arista Networks Inc.   186,586    29,884
* HubSpot Inc.    69,001    29,046
  Lam Research Corp.    48,302    25,314
* EPAM Systems Inc.    83,328    23,535
  Microchip Technology Inc.   298,478    21,786
  Universal Display Corp.   161,416    21,543
  Marvell Technology Inc.   510,626    20,160
  Monolithic Power Systems Inc.    37,514    17,330
* Okta Inc.   248,199    17,009
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Workday Inc. Class A    80,705    15,022
* Wolfspeed Inc.   299,810    13,956
* SolarEdge Technologies Inc.    45,998    13,138
  Amphenol Corp. Class A   157,299    11,871
* Guidewire Software Inc.   133,353    10,160
* Sitime Corp.    88,363     9,585
* Bill Holdings Inc.   117,074     8,992
* Autodesk Inc.    45,034     8,772
* Atlassian Corp. Ltd. Class A    42,341     6,252
        672,538
Materials (1.8%)
* ATI Inc.   528,065    20,394
  Sherwin-Williams Co.    53,126    12,620
  Eagle Materials Inc.    69,153    10,249
  Albemarle Corp.    48,755     9,042
         52,305
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $2,580,444)
2,837,918
Temporary Cash Investments (4.3%)
Money Market Fund (4.3%)
2,3 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853% (Cost$127,126) 1,271,424          127,130
Total Investments (99.7%) (Cost $2,707,570) 2,965,048
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.3%) 8,271
Net Assets (100%) 2,973,319
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $7,005,000.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
3 Collateral of $7,237,000 was received for securities on loan.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
E-mini S&P 500 Index June 2023 356 74,555 5,051
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value1  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $2,580,444) 2,837,918
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $127,126) 127,130
Total Investments in Securities 2,965,048
Investment in Vanguard 109
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 4,158
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 31,633
Receivables for Accrued Income 871
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 682
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 645
Total Assets 3,003,146
Liabilities  
Due to Custodian 495
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 17,582
Collateral for Securities on Loan 7,237
Payables to Investment Advisor 1,486
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 2,772
Payables to Vanguard 246
Other Liabilities 9
Total Liabilities 29,827
Net Assets 2,973,319
1 Includes $7,005,000 of securities on loan.  
At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 3,091,367
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (118,048)
Net Assets 2,973,319
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 147,197,079 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
2,973,319
Net Asset Value Per Share $20.20
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 8,698
Interest2 2,487
Securities Lending—Net 5
Total Income 11,190
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 2,901
Performance Adjustment (283)
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative 2,812
Marketing and Distribution 71
Custodian Fees 13
Shareholders’ Reports 44
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 1
Other Expenses 7
Total Expenses 5,566
Expenses Paid Indirectly (68)
Net Expenses 5,498
Net Investment Income 5,692
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 (90,765)
Futures Contracts (3,404)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (94,169)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 231,853
Futures Contracts 5,216
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 237,069
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 148,592
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $17,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $2,395,000, $22,000, less than $1,000, and ($8,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 5,692   5,048
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (94,169)   (233,506)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 237,069   (1,361,894)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 148,592   (1,590,352)
Distributions      
Total Distributions (7,421)   (1,251,685)
Capital Share Transactions      
Issued 155,391   449,924
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 7,034   1,179,383
Redeemed (286,229)   (1,121,695)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (123,804)   507,612
Total Increase (Decrease) 17,367   (2,334,425)
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 2,955,952   5,290,377
End of Period 2,973,319   2,955,952
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $19.24 $38.72 $29.89 $27.93 $28.08 $26.51
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income (Loss)1 .038 .031 (.013) .068 .074 .114
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .971 (10.190) 10.957 4.680 3.027 2.379
Total from Investment Operations 1.009 (10.159) 10.944 4.748 3.101 2.493
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.049) (.005) (.051) (.067) (.099) (.095)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (9.316) (2.063) (2.721) (3.152) (.828)
Total Distributions (.049) (9.321) (2.114) (2.788) (3.251) (.923)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $20.20 $19.24 $38.72 $29.89 $27.93 $28.08
Total Return2 5.27% -32.22% 37.68% 18.33% 13.56% 9.61%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $2,973 $2,956 $5,290 $4,414 $4,536 $4,161
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets3 0.38%4 0.35%4 0.33% 0.34% 0.36% 0.36%
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets 0.36% 0.14% (0.04)% 0.25% 0.27% 0.40%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 44% 71% 98% 74% 111% 75%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.02%), (0.05%), (0.06%), (0.05%), (0.02%), and (0.04%).
4 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from broker commission abatement arrangements was 0.38% and 0.35%, respectively.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth 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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees.  Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. 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. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 2% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
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4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
5. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
6. 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 before the opening of the market 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 Assets and Liabilities for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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.
7. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow
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money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program. 
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
8. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
B. The investment advisory firms Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC, and Wellington Management Company llp each provide investment advisory services to a portion of the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets managed by the advisor. The basic fees of Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC, and Wellington Management Company llp are subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the Russell Midcap Growth Index for the preceding three years. Until December 2022, a portion of the fund was managed by Victory Capital Management Inc., through its RS Investments franchise. The basic fee paid to Victory Capital Management Inc. was subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the Russell Midcap Growth Index for the preceding three years.
Vanguard manages the cash reserves of the fund as described below.
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the aggregate investment advisory fee paid to all advisors represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.20% of the fund’s average net assets, before a net decrease of $283,000 (0.02%) 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, distribution and cash management 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 and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $109,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.04% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
D. The fund has asked its investment advisors to direct certain security trades, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to brokers who have agreed to rebate to the fund part of the commissions generated. Such rebates are used solely to reduce the fund’s management and administrative expenses. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, these arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $68,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
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E. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
At April 30, 2023, 100% of the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives was determined based on Level 1 inputs.
F. As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 2,766,399
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 444,333
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (240,633)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 203,700
G. During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $1,267,366,000 of investment securities and sold $1,387,079,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
H. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
    
  Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  Shares
(000)
  Shares
(000)
Issued 7,721   18,174
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 376   46,070
Redeemed (14,498)   (47,262)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding (6,401)   16,982
I. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund’s investments and fund performance.
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To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
The use of derivatives may expose the fund to various risks. Derivatives can be highly volatile, and any initial investment is generally small relative to the notional amount so that transactions may be leveraged in terms of market exposure. A relatively small market movement may have a potentially larger impact on derivatives than on standard securities. Leveraged derivatives positions can, therefore, increase volatility. Additional information regarding the fund's use of derivative(s) and the specific risks associated is described under significant accounting policies.
J. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements
At its December 2022 meeting, the board of trustees of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Fund renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangements with Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC (Frontier Capital), Victory Capital Management Inc. (Victory Capital), and Wellington Management Company LLP (Wellington Management). The board determined that renewing the fund’s advisory arrangements was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
Subsequently, the board approved restructuring the fund’s investment team by removing Victory Capital as an investment advisor to the fund. The board determined that Victory Capital’s termination was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders. Frontier Capital and Wellington Management continue to serve as advisors to the fund.
The board based its decisions upon an evaluation of each advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisors and made presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decisions.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of each advisor. The board considered the following:
Frontier Capital. Frontier Capital, a Boston-based investment management firm founded in 1980, is an affiliate of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. Frontier Capital employs a fundamental, bottom-up, and research-intensive investment approach to select mid-capitalization growth stocks. Frontier Capital seeks companies with above-average mid-cap growth prospects and competitive advantages that will allow them to earn superior rates of return on capital over a business cycle. The approach attempts to balance growth prospects with reasonable valuation and is long-term in
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nature; investment time frames are typically three to five years. Frontier Capital has managed a portion of the fund since 2018.
Victory Capital. Victory Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., is a multi-boutique investment firm comprised of multiple investment teams, referred to as investment franchises, each of which utilizes an independent approach to investing. RS Investments, founded in 1986, is the franchise responsible for the day-to-day management of a portion of the Mid-Cap Growth Fund. RS Investments utilizes fundamental research to identify companies with sustainable growth trajectories. Risk management is integrated into the team’s process to mitigate the negative impact of any single position. Victory Capital, through its RS Investments franchise, has managed a portion of the fund since 2016.
Wellington Management. Wellington Management, founded in 1928, is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional managers. Wellington Management uses traditional methods of stock selection—fundamental research and analysis—to identify companies that it believes have above-average growth prospects. Wellington Management believes there is a short-term bias in equity markets that rewards near-term cyclical growth and creates opportunity for long-term growth. The team focuses on sustainable earnings power and develops bottom-up valuations based on return on investment capital forecasts, price-to-sales, and quantitative risk factors. Wellington Management seeks to control risk by emphasizing larger positions in established growth stocks and holding smaller positions in emerging names. Wellington Management has managed a portion of the fund since 2018.
The board concluded that each advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements.
Investment performance
The board considered the short-term, long-term, and since-inception performance, as applicable, of each advisor’s subportfolio, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangements should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory fee rates were also below the peer-group average.
The board did not consider the profitability of Frontier Capital, Victory Capital, or Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fees, because the firms are independent of Vanguard and the advisory fees are the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the advisory fee schedules for Frontier Capital, Victory Capital, and Wellington Management. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fees as the fund’s assets managed by each advisor increase.
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The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangements with Frontier Capital and Wellington Management again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Whitehall Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Fund's Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report  |  April 30, 2023
Vanguard International Explorer Fund

 


 

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 April 30, 2023      
International Explorer Fund Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,225.20 $2.70
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,022.37 2.46
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 0.49%. 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 (181/365).
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International Explorer Fund
Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
 
Japan 27.8%
United Kingdom 16.8
Germany 5.5
Sweden 5.1
Taiwan 4.9
Switzerland 4.7
Australia 4.4
Italy 4.3
Belgium 3.0
Canada 2.9
France 2.7
Hong Kong 2.0
Netherlands 1.9
India 1.7
Brazil 1.3
Singapore 1.1
Austria 1.0
South Korea 1.0
Israel 1.0
Ireland 1.0
Denmark 1.0
Other 4.9
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives.
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International Explorer Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (95.9%)
Australia (4.2%)
James Hardie Industries plc     292,700     6,532
Iluka Resources Ltd.    670,346     4,926
* Xero Ltd.     77,006     4,807
ASX Ltd.     79,228     3,606
Netwealth Group Ltd.    388,888     3,534
* Bellevue Gold Ltd.  3,309,443     3,107
National Storage REIT  1,832,255     3,052
Deterra Royalties Ltd.    916,799     2,811
Vicinity Ltd.  2,001,363     2,798
* Tyro Payments Ltd.  2,515,699     2,663
Orora Ltd.  1,042,162     2,382
IGO Ltd.    257,941     2,375
Whitehaven Coal Ltd.    448,925     2,154
Liberty Financial Group Ltd.    776,236     1,971
Credit Corp. Group Ltd.    153,168     1,844
Nufarm Ltd.    398,748     1,483
* Omni Bridgeway Ltd.    958,604     1,462
Seven Group Holdings Ltd.     89,966     1,421
Metcash Ltd.    518,840     1,345
Reliance Worldwide Corp. Ltd.    477,941     1,303
1 OZ Minerals Ltd.     67,929     1,183
* Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd.     88,416     1,161
Breville Group Ltd.     66,858       918
Bapcor Ltd.    209,332       913
Elders Ltd.    156,526       843
Lovisa Holdings Ltd.     45,376       805
Ansell Ltd.     43,876       781
Nick Scali Ltd.    120,541       780
* SiteMinder Ltd.    261,735       635
*,2 Temple & Webster Group Ltd.    215,277       577
*,2 Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd.    141,565       564
CSR Ltd.    150,127       525
GrainCorp Ltd. Class A     85,472       387
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Cleanspace Holdings Ltd.  1,717,529       377
Atlas Arteria Ltd.     56,130       244
* Genesis Minerals Ltd.    208,465       187
                      66,456
Austria (1.0%)
3 BAWAG Group AG    131,670     6,422
ANDRITZ AG     69,201     4,494
* Addiko Bank AG    177,106     2,716
Wienerberger AG     37,672     1,135
* DO & CO AG      7,863       921
                      15,688
Belgium (2.9%)
Barco NV    367,081    10,721
D'ieteren Group     46,969     8,844
Lotus Bakeries NV        817     5,641
Azelis Group NV    203,939     4,838
KBC Ancora     88,708     4,269
Recticel SA    274,689     3,916
Warehouses De Pauw CVA    128,445     3,841
Melexis NV     32,148     3,064
*,2,3 Biocartis Group NV    192,941       128
                      45,262
Brazil (1.3%)
TOTVS SA    953,400     4,905
TIM SA  1,741,900     4,889
*,3 Locaweb Servicos de Internet SA  2,847,300     3,003
Rumo SA    743,300     2,936
* Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP    236,300     2,185
* Pagseguro Digital Ltd. Class A    198,027     1,949
* Magazine Luiza SA        256        —
                      19,867
Canada (2.7%)
* Kinaxis Inc.     76,216    10,467
* Nuvei Corp.    108,605     4,415
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International Explorer Fund
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Colliers International Group Inc.     34,600     3,680
* Docebo Inc.     93,272     3,621
* MEG Energy Corp.    179,290     2,985
Endeavour Mining plc    111,281     2,865
Parex Resources Inc.    132,258     2,686
* Lightspeed Commerce Inc.    204,208     2,681
Lundin Mining Corp.    279,157     2,133
2 Boardwalk REIT     36,937     1,581
* Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (XTSE)    108,851     1,431
*,2 EcoSynthetix Inc.    565,401     1,260
*,2 Boat Rocker Media Inc.    741,886     1,155
* Faraday Copper Corp.  1,387,056     1,044
Stelco Holdings Inc.     29,280     1,023
                      43,027
China (0.9%)
Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.    803,000     3,332
* Tongcheng Travel Holdings Ltd.  1,216,000     2,587
China Datang Corp. Renewable Power Co. Ltd. Class H  5,261,000     2,043
BTG Hotels Group Co. Ltd. Class A    519,161     1,625
Minth Group Ltd.    483,885     1,401
Pou Sheng International Holdings Ltd. 15,182,314     1,260
* Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.    477,548       734
Longshine Technology Group Co. Ltd. Class A    167,600       581
                      13,563
Denmark (0.9%)
Royal Unibrew A/S     82,550     7,378
* ALK-Abello A/S Class B    222,365     2,815
* Zealand Pharma A/S     72,879     2,465
* Ascendis Pharma A/S ADR     24,554     1,718
*,1 OW Bunker A/S  1,000,000        —
                      14,376
Finland (0.5%)
Kemira OYJ    141,310     2,479
Wartsila OYJ Abp    123,428     1,431
* QT Group OYJ     16,268     1,403
* Nanoform Finland plc    375,358       926
Nokian Renkaat OYJ     92,342       900
                       7,139
France (2.6%)
* JCDecaux SE    339,092     7,507
Trigano SA     55,995     7,295
Nexans SA     62,077     5,341
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Kaufman & Broad SA    146,712     4,774
ICADE     79,840     3,750
3 ALD SA    250,595     3,019
Rubis SCA     89,600     2,648
* ESI Group     27,597     2,366
Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA      9,206       984
Vicat SA     30,869       900
* Vallourec SA     77,970       891
Imerys SA     16,276       669
* Cellectis SA ADR    154,638       291
* Cellectis SA     60,983       118
                      40,553
Germany (5.3%)
* HelloFresh SE    370,626     9,952
* Hypoport SE     61,617     9,881
Gerresheimer AG     87,457     9,530
New Work SE     50,026     9,122
Hensoldt AG    164,559     6,172
3 Befesa SA    105,810     4,764
Stemmer Imaging AG     96,893     4,752
Stabilus SE     66,074     4,318
Jenoptik AG    117,907     3,764
AIXTRON SE    105,223     2,979
* CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA     44,018     2,900
* Tonies SE Class A    476,123     2,868
Dermapharm Holding SE     52,595     2,640
Bertrandt AG     35,034     1,952
*,3 Auto1 Group SE    206,757     1,632
2,3 Aumann AG     70,535     1,295
KION Group AG     31,064     1,288
* Evotec SE     57,447     1,055
*,2 Immatics NV    112,788       807
* Cherry SE    149,681       752
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG     25,011       345
* Veganz Group AG     15,898       203
* Jumia Technologies AG ADR     63,864       180
                      83,151
Hong Kong (1.9%)
Kerry Properties Ltd.  2,507,000     6,468
Hang Lung Properties Ltd.  2,957,000     5,405
Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd.  1,948,804     4,993
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.    316,500     3,424
* Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd. ADR    238,604     3,254
Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.  1,955,000     2,186
 
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International Explorer Fund
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
2,3 Crystal International Group Ltd.  4,241,500     1,637
Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd.  1,469,600     1,179
Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.    308,958       546
Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd.    367,000       482
* Hypebeast Ltd.  9,857,300       371
Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd.     81,000       260
                      30,205
Hungary (0.0%)
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas plc     51,646       419
India (1.6%)
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.    161,862     8,960
Oberoi Realty Ltd.    613,870     6,890
* CreditAccess Grameen Ltd.    269,652     3,186
Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.  2,117,283     2,959
* PVR Ltd.     81,313     1,459
* Zomato Ltd.  1,345,742     1,076
* MakeMyTrip Ltd.     44,537     1,044
                      25,574
Ireland (0.9%)
Bank of Ireland Group plc  1,026,528    10,617
Smurfit Kappa Group plc    105,765     3,919
                      14,536
Israel (0.9%)
* Wix.com Ltd.     63,271     5,519
Maytronics Ltd.    448,285     4,717
Melisron Ltd.     41,728     2,790
* Nayax Ltd.     90,422     1,554
                      14,580
Italy (4.1%)
Reply SpA     86,947    10,129
Brunello Cucinelli SpA     91,933     8,803
Moncler SpA    108,922     8,080
Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA    116,546     5,365
Stevanato Group SpA    194,101     5,146
PRADA SpA    653,500     4,811
3 Technogym SpA    472,176     4,309
3 BFF Bank SpA    431,947     4,157
3 OVS SpA  1,346,165     4,047
Italgas SpA    567,702     3,707
Banca Popolare di Sondrio SPA    411,446     1,869
Salvatore Ferragamo SpA     96,294     1,693
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Buzzi Unicem SpA     56,157     1,396
* Eurogroup Laminations SpA     87,821       513
                      64,025
Japan (26.7%)
Miura Co. Ltd.    370,500     9,869
Trusco Nakayama Corp.    555,900     9,657
Calbee Inc.    433,000     9,363
Nifco Inc.    324,232     9,325
Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.    433,900     8,791
SBI Holdings Inc.    416,500     8,135
Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd.    373,100     8,060
Aica Kogyo Co. Ltd.    345,800     7,862
Ai Holdings Corp.    439,400     7,693
GMO internet group Inc.    378,400     7,612
KOMEDA Holdings Co. Ltd.    372,700     7,035
FP Corp.    282,700     7,032
Fukushima Galilei Co. Ltd.    186,100     7,018
Nippon Densetsu Kogyo Co. Ltd.    535,700     6,947
Daifuku Co. Ltd.    372,900     6,871
Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.    150,200     6,868
* Oisix ra daichi Inc.    353,300     6,610
Japan Material Co. Ltd.    439,400     6,588
Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.    215,400     6,586
* Megachips Corp.    273,900     6,495
Kureha Corp.     99,000     6,146
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc.    518,500     6,110
* Raksul Inc.    598,300     6,092
Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co. Ltd.    449,100     6,054
NEC Networks & System Integration Corp.    475,900     5,932
*,2 Istyle Inc.  1,484,900     5,922
TechnoPro Holdings Inc.    216,900     5,918
Glory Ltd.    275,400     5,855
Tsugami Corp.    537,200     5,580
DMG Mori Co. Ltd.    339,700     5,450
Katitas Co. Ltd.    249,600     4,874
2 Obara Group Inc.    151,500     4,762
Bank of Kyoto Ltd.     94,200     4,635
Pola Orbis Holdings Inc.    325,800     4,529
Ulvac Inc.    107,700     4,275
2 Nittoku Co. Ltd.    212,200     4,084
LaSalle Logiport REIT      3,385     4,021
Comforia Residential REIT Inc.      1,598     3,998
OBIC Business Consultants Co. Ltd.    104,500     3,968
 
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          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Shiga Bank Ltd.    190,100     3,963
Seino Holdings Co. Ltd.    355,500     3,947
Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.    203,050     3,928
* Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc.    671,100     3,908
* Sansan Inc.    290,744     3,900
Iriso Electronics Co. Ltd.    112,100     3,837
Rorze Corp.     50,400     3,734
Food & Life Cos. Ltd.    153,900     3,707
eGuarantee Inc.    235,700     3,663
Fukuyama Transporting Co. Ltd.    125,800     3,362
Optex Group Co. Ltd.    219,500     3,304
Outsourcing Inc.    312,200     3,180
Nikon Corp.    305,085     3,154
Kamakura Shinsho Ltd.    454,800     3,122
Descente Ltd.     98,000     3,113
Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.    169,106     3,060
Asics Corp.    104,300     2,915
*,2 Bengo4.com Inc.    151,200     2,911
JMDC Inc.     80,800     2,897
* Universal Entertainment Corp.    137,400     2,892
Digital Garage Inc.     80,500     2,840
Mandom Corp.    234,200     2,784
Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd.     56,600     2,774
* Park24 Co. Ltd.    172,200     2,662
Frontier Real Estate Investment Corp.        721     2,605
Pigeon Corp.    163,400     2,544
Kyoritsu Maintenance Co. Ltd.     62,500     2,523
JINS Holdings Inc.    115,800     2,494
2 Snow Peak Inc.    157,700     2,389
* Locondo Inc.    167,700     2,217
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. Ltd.     41,000     2,140
Sojitz Corp.    100,980     2,127
JSR Corp.     90,361     2,097
*,2 WealthNavi Inc.    236,200     2,078
COLOPL Inc.    433,700     2,039
Kitanotatsujin Corp.    861,400     1,984
Infomart Corp.    904,200     1,944
KH Neochem Co. Ltd.    112,300     1,936
* GA Technologies Co. Ltd.    240,300     1,930
Mani Inc.    145,700     1,907
Shima Seiki Manufacturing Ltd.    137,800     1,885
Tokyo Tatemono Co. Ltd.    138,500     1,754
* Freee KK     57,300     1,640
Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.     53,400     1,635
Ebara Corp.     37,000     1,619
dip Corp.     65,300     1,611
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.     73,300     1,595
Heiwa Real Estate Co. Ltd.     52,600     1,505
Amada Co. Ltd.    157,800     1,473
IHI Corp.     57,300     1,444
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.     57,900     1,399
THK Co. Ltd.     60,300     1,353
* SRE Holdings Corp.     60,300     1,352
NOF Corp.     29,200     1,334
Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.     25,397     1,250
Air Water Inc.     96,900     1,224
Fuji Corp.     72,500     1,216
EXEO Group Inc.     62,600     1,162
Inaba Denki Sangyo Co. Ltd.     50,800     1,135
COMSYS Holdings Corp.     55,800     1,068
JGC Holdings Corp.     84,100     1,052
Anicom Holdings Inc.    258,500     1,006
Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.     69,000       973
Simplex Holdings Inc.     55,850       972
Kyudenko Corp.     33,400       891
Seria Co. Ltd.     48,600       864
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc.     57,300       834
Shin-Etsu Polymer Co. Ltd.     84,600       832
Inter Action Corp.     85,000       825
SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd.     17,700       756
GMO Financial Gate Inc.      9,350       755
Max Co. Ltd.     46,000       735
MIRAIT ONE Corp.     58,700       729
Kumagai Gumi Co. Ltd.     32,200       685
Teijin Ltd.     59,100       660
Koei Tecmo Holdings Co. Ltd.     35,900       660
Resonac Holdings Corp.     41,500       657
NSK Ltd.    113,600       641
Sekisui Jushi Corp.     39,500       634
Daicel Corp.     77,800       613
Yamazen Corp.     78,500       609
Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.     14,800       593
Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp.     36,000       589
* Hino Motors Ltd.    146,600       578
Taiheiyo Cement Corp.     31,300       561
Lintec Corp.     33,000       552
* Demae-Can Co. Ltd.    173,600       484
Denka Co. Ltd.     23,400       469
Toyo Construction Co. Ltd.     59,700       428
Japan Steel Works Ltd.     22,400       407
 
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          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd.     17,400       405
Giken Ltd.     19,700       309
* Visional Inc.      5,843       306
Ichiyoshi Securities Co. Ltd.     62,414       271
Ichikoh Industries Ltd.     47,900       194
                     418,316
Mexico (0.3%)
Corp. Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV    874,700     2,763
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV Class B    101,792     1,811
                       4,574
Netherlands (1.8%)
TKH Group NV     202,092     9,784
BE Semiconductor Industries NV     74,190     6,678
ASM International NV     11,210     4,070
* Allfunds Group plc    339,909     2,255
Flow Traders Ltd.     72,580     1,798
*,3 Alfen NV     19,929     1,612
Corbion NV     31,105       979
Koninklijke Vopak NV     21,886       836
                      28,012
New Zealand (0.2%)
*,2 Volpara Health Technologies Ltd.  3,144,538     1,646
Fletcher Building Ltd.    351,752       981
                       2,627
Norway (0.5%)
Borregaard ASA    207,788     3,477
Sparebanken Vest    233,314     2,191
Aker ASA Class A     33,348     2,038
                       7,706
Other (0.9%)
iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF    219,883    13,378
Philippines (0.2%)
Wilcon Depot Inc.  6,118,100     3,201
Poland (0.1%)
2 Grupa Pracuj SA    178,398     2,304
Portugal (0.1%)
Banco Comercial Portugues SA  7,864,275     2,021
Singapore (1.1%)
Venture Corp. Ltd.    379,800     4,852
* SATS Ltd.  1,959,277     3,743
Keppel DC REIT  1,855,900     3,001
UOL Group Ltd.    568,600     2,966
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Frasers Centrepoint Trust    888,200     1,476
ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.    866,700       776
                      16,814
Slovenia (0.1%)
Nova Ljubljanska Banka dd GDR    138,621     2,101
South Africa (0.2%)
2 Thungela Resources Ltd.    222,358     2,063
* Discovery Ltd.     46,360       365
                       2,428
South Korea (1.0%)
Koh Young Technology Inc.    477,632     4,747
Park Systems Corp.     32,557     3,568
Douzone Bizon Co. Ltd.    108,115     2,469
2 PI Advanced Materials Co. Ltd.     87,168     2,136
* Wantedlab Inc.     89,603       914
SNT Motiv Co. Ltd.     23,520       841
* Cafe24 Corp.     34,863       232
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.      5,010       129
                      15,036
Spain (0.7%)
Fluidra SA    260,677     4,465
Bankinter SA    539,541     3,191
Almirall SA    269,423     2,758
* Arima Real Estate SOCIMI SA     74,003       605
                      11,019
Sweden (4.9%)
Avanza Bank Holding AB    543,925    11,573
AddTech AB Class B    516,764    10,357
Hemnet Group AB    522,368     8,565
Trelleborg AB Class B    270,364     6,794
HMS Networks AB    129,643     6,031
INVISIO AB    209,009     4,294
Paradox Interactive AB    154,641     3,804
Hufvudstaden AB Class A    209,028     2,981
3 Thule Group AB     94,501     2,733
SSAB AB Class A    383,228     2,722
* Cint Group AB  1,553,378     2,443
Catena AB     62,264     2,388
Billerud AB    232,337     2,231
* Surgical Science Sweden AB    114,989     2,099
* Xvivo Perfusion AB     68,143     2,034
Cellavision AB     93,633     1,597
Fortnox AB    212,441     1,464
*,2 Embracer Group AB Class B    221,056     1,154
 
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International Explorer Fund
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
*,2 VNV Global AB    452,146       922
*,2 Storytel AB Class B    125,017       479
* VNV Global AB Rights Exp. 5/4/23    452,146         2
                      76,667
Switzerland (4.5%)
Julius Baer Group Ltd.    146,932    10,529
SIG Group AG    299,384     8,013
*,3 Sensirion Holding AG     73,293     7,952
Tecan Group AG (Registered)     14,932     6,507
Bachem Holding AG     49,776     5,437
*,3 Montana Aerospace AG    297,494     5,392
Ypsomed Holding AG (Registered)     21,503     4,999
Bossard Holding AG (Registered) Class A     19,744     4,842
* Siegfried Holding AG (Registered)      6,067     4,676
* Dufry AG (Registered)     66,750     3,086
Comet Holding AG (Registered)     10,641     2,572
* u-blox Holding AG     20,897     2,519
PSP Swiss Property AG (Registered)     11,456     1,349
Emmi AG (Registered)      1,198     1,247
SKAN Group AG     12,789     1,236
                      70,356
Taiwan (4.7%)
Airtac International Group    424,593    15,410
Global Unichip Corp.    369,000    12,038
Chroma ATE Inc.  1,615,694    10,030
ASPEED Technology Inc.     77,200     6,611
Voltronic Power Technology Corp.    102,252     5,879
Sinbon Electronics Co. Ltd.    423,000     4,690
Advantech Co. Ltd.    331,000     4,008
Merida Industry Co. Ltd.    703,000     3,937
Nanya Technology Corp.  1,761,000     3,903
Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd.    336,000     3,699
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.    738,000     2,092
TCI Co. Ltd.    269,000     1,818
                      74,115
United Kingdom (16.1%)
Spectris plc    235,536    11,154
Games Workshop Group plc     84,084    10,495
Beazley plc  1,357,963    10,188
Rotork plc  2,243,556     9,246
IMI plc    455,956     9,148
Cranswick plc    164,762     6,663
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
*,3 Network International Holdings plc  1,305,650     6,359
RS Group plc    535,195     6,209
Safestore Holdings plc    496,366     6,187
Pets at Home Group plc  1,080,000     5,239
Dunelm Group plc    349,500     5,032
Softcat plc    288,530     4,861
Weir Group plc    205,500     4,756
* Abcam plc ADR    287,857     4,689
*,2 Victoria plc    712,593     4,674
Alpha Group International plc    168,398     4,592
Keywords Studios plc    133,598     4,545
Shaftesbury Capital plc  3,025,402     4,475
QinetiQ Group plc    940,000     4,392
Pennon Group plc    396,184     4,285
Burford Capital Ltd.    318,847     4,194
Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc     88,500     4,154
Smart Metering Systems plc    414,201     4,133
3 ConvaTec Group plc  1,446,507     3,999
Bodycote plc    448,000     3,891
* FD Technologies plc    160,618     3,807
3 Sabre Insurance Group plc  2,270,605     3,610
*,3 Watches of Switzerland Group plc    343,941     3,600
Halma plc    122,500     3,563
Telecom Plus plc    150,000     3,402
3 Auto Trader Group plc    425,000     3,399
*,3 Trainline plc  1,082,532     3,387
* SSP Group plc  1,019,951     3,304
*,2 Verona Pharma plc ADR    154,515     3,237
Redrow plc    480,000     3,129
* easyJet plc    477,670     2,997
Vistry Group plc    302,000     2,977
B&M European Value Retail SA    477,813     2,885
*,2 Immunocore Holdings plc ADR     47,800     2,775
IG Group Holdings plc    290,000     2,677
WH Smith plc    134,480     2,668
LondonMetric Property plc  1,100,000     2,668
* Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc    924,275     2,667
Greggs plc     73,561     2,613
Taylor Wimpey plc  1,606,640     2,593
Segro plc    230,000     2,421
Diploma plc     70,500     2,389
Energean plc    149,925     2,329
Renishaw plc     50,000     2,268
Berkeley Group Holdings plc     39,827     2,229
* Team17 Group plc    486,695     2,213
* Restaurant Group plc  4,305,661     2,191
 
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International Explorer Fund
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
National Express Group plc  1,429,433     2,185
* Wise plc Class A    300,000     2,077
Ithaca Energy plc    995,395     1,999
Keller Group plc    235,000     1,971
Tate & Lyle plc    187,029     1,918
Derwent London plc     58,962     1,780
dotdigital group plc  1,573,557     1,765
3 Bridgepoint Group plc    550,000     1,671
Impax Asset Management Group plc    163,348     1,615
*,3 Trustpilot Group plc  1,377,243     1,529
Harbour Energy plc    400,251     1,245
*,3 DP Eurasia NV  2,352,397     1,239
* Elementis plc    769,472     1,215
* Molten Ventures plc    328,732     1,158
TP ICAP Group plc    449,940       963
*,2 Naked Wines plc    628,822       891
Synthomer plc    436,779       658
* Angle plc  1,465,172       419
UNITE Group plc     31,632       382
Marshalls plc     87,426       330
                     252,568
United States (0.1%)
* Merus NV    118,164     2,266
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $1,362,401)
1,503,930
Temporary Cash Investments (4.9%)
Money Market Fund (4.5%)
4,5 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853%    709,159    70,908
          Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Repurchase Agreements (0.4%)
Goldman Sachs & Co.
4.750%, 5/1/2023 (Dated 4/28/23, Repurchase Value $5,402,000, collateralized by Fannie Mae 3.500%–5.000%, 6/1/45–12/1/49, and Freddie Mac 3.500%–5.500%, 8/1/42–3/1/53, with a value of $5,508,000)
     5,400     5,400
Total Temporary Cash Investments
(Cost $76,297)
76,308
Total Investments (100.8%)
(Cost $1,438,698)
  1,580,238
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.8%)   (12,754)
Net Assets (100%)   1,567,484
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
2 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $23,862,000.
3 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 April 30, 2023, the aggregate value was $80,895,000, representing 5.2% of net assets.
4 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
5 Collateral of $26,678,000 was received for securities on loan.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
  GDR—Global Depositary Receipt.
  REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.
 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts
MSCI EAFE Index June 2023 223 23,968 453
MSCI Emerging Market Index June 2023 180 8,858 (89)
        364
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value1  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $1,367,801) 1,509,330
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $70,897) 70,908
Total Investments in Securities 1,580,238
Investment in Vanguard 56
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $1,435) 1,435
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 990
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 10,598
Receivables for Accrued Income 13,442
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 254
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 22
Total Assets 1,607,035
Liabilities  
Due to Custodian 4,623
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 5,932
Collateral for Securities on Loan 26,678
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 732
Payables to Investment Advisor 1,133
Payables to Vanguard 453
Total Liabilities 39,551
Net Assets 1,567,484
1 Includes $23,862,000 of securities on loan.  

At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:

   
Paid-in Capital 1,574,660
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (7,176)
Net Assets 1,567,484
   
Net Assets  
Applicable to 93,839,888 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
1,567,484
Net Asset Value Per Share $16.70
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 15,204
Interest2 1,046
Securities Lending—Net 1,102
Total Income 17,352
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 2,215
Performance Adjustment 30
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative 1,213
Marketing and Distribution 39
Custodian Fees 105
Shareholders’ Reports 40
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Other Expenses 190
Total Expenses 3,832
Net Investment Income 13,520
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 (13,886)
Futures Contracts 2,980
Foreign Currencies 156
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (10,750)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 311,707
Futures Contracts (607)
Foreign Currencies 658
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 311,758
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 314,528
1 Dividends include foreign tax reclaims of $1,329,000 and are net of foreign withholding taxes of $2,062,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $859,000, $8,000, less than $1,000, and ($5,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 13,520   39,758
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (10,750)   (140,633)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 311,758   (835,825)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 314,528   (936,700)
Distributions      
Total Distributions (26,822)   (121,682)
Capital Share Transactions      
Issued 83,357   212,144
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 21,893   102,893
Redeemed (272,346)   (624,760)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (167,096)   (309,723)
Total Increase (Decrease) 120,610   (1,368,105)
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 1,446,874   2,814,979
End of Period 1,567,484   1,446,874
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $13.87 $22.70 $16.90 $17.22 $17.86 $21.87
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .137 .337 .280 .211 .379 .369
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 2.957 (8.145) 5.736 (.081) .300 (3.032)
Total from Investment Operations 3.094 (7.808) 6.016 .130 .679 (2.663)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.264) (.487) (.216) (.450) (.289) (.447)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.535) (1.030) (.900)
Total Distributions (.264) (1.022) (.216) (.450) (1.319) (1.347)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $16.70 $13.87 $22.70 $16.90 $17.22 $17.86
Total Return2 22.52% -35.83% 35.79% 0.62% 4.85% -13.08%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $1,567 $1,447 $2,815 $2,329 $3,163 $3,649
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets3 0.49% 0.41%4 0.40% 0.39% 0.39% 0.39%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.73% 1.94% 1.30% 1.29% 2.28% 1.75%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 22% 60% 51% 71% 35% 40%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.00%, (0.06%), (0.05%), (0.04%), (0.03%), and (0.01%).
4 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from broker commission abatement arrangements was 0.41%.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard International Explorer 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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight 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.
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. 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.
4. 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
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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. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 2% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
5. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
6. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
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 before the opening of the market 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 Assets and Liabilities for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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.
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8. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
9. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the fund’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates. Deferred foreign capital gains tax, if any, is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains. The fund has filed tax reclaims for previously withheld taxes on dividends earned in certain European Union countries. These filings are subject to various administrative and judicial proceedings within these countries. Amounts related to these reclaims are recorded when there are no significant uncertainties as to the ‎ultimate resolution of proceedings, the likelihood of receipt of these reclaims, and the potential timing of ‎payment. Such tax reclaims and related professional fees, if any, are included in dividend income and other expenses, respectively.
B.  The investment advisory firms Wellington Management Company llp, Schroder Investment ‎Management North America Inc., and Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd. each provide investment advisory ‎services to a portion of the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net ‎assets managed by the advisor. The basic fees of Wellington Management Company llp and Schroder ‎Investment Management North America Inc. are subject to quarterly
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adjustments based on ‎performance relative to the benchmark for the preceding three years; prior to October 9, 2022, the benchmark was S&P EPAC SmallCap Index and thereafter the new benchmark is MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index. The benchmark change will be fully phased in by October 2025. The basic fee of Baillie Gifford ‎Overseas Ltd. is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the MSCI All ‎Country World Index ex US Small-Cap Index since October 31, 2020. Until September 2022, a portion of ‎the fund was managed by TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC. The basic fee paid to TimesSquare ‎Capital Management, LLC, was subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the ‎S&P EPAC SmallCap Index for the preceding three years.
Vanguard manages the cash reserves of the fund as described below.
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the aggregate investment advisory fee paid to all advisors represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.28% of the fund’s average net assets, before a net increase of $30,000 (0.00%) based on performance.
C.  In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund corporate management, administrative, marketing, distribution, and cash management 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 and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $56,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.02% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
D.  Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments and derivatives as of April 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks 111,772 1,390,975 1,183 1,503,930
Temporary Cash Investments 70,908 5,400 76,308
Total 182,680 1,396,375 1,183 1,580,238
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  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 453 453
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts1 89 89
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
E.  As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 1,456,854
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 306,332
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (182,584)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 123,748
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $122,835,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
F.  During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $329,306,000 of investment securities and sold $515,983,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
The fund purchased securities from and sold securities to other funds or accounts managed by its investment advisors or their affiliates, in accordance with procedures adopted by the board of trustees in compliance with Rule 17a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, such purchases were $70,000 and sales were $115,000, resulting in net realized loss of $65,000; these amounts, other than temporary cash investments, are included in the purchases and sales of investment securities noted above.
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G.  Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  Year Ended
October 31, 2022
  Shares
(000)
  Shares
(000)
Issued 5,253   12,320
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,457   5,056
Redeemed (17,213)   (37,018)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding (10,503)   (19,642)
H.  Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental ‎disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global ‎markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
The use of derivatives may expose the fund to various risks. Derivatives can be highly volatile, and any initial investment is generally small relative to the notional amount so that transactions may be leveraged in terms of market exposure. A relatively small market movement may have a potentially larger impact on derivatives than on standard securities. Leveraged derivatives positions can, therefore, increase volatility. Additional information regarding the fund's use of derivative(s) and the specific risks associated is described under significant accounting policies.
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Whitehall Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard International Explorer Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report  |  April 30, 2023
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund

 


 

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 April 30, 2023      
  Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
High Dividend Yield Index Fund      
ETF Shares $1,000.00 $1,020.30 $0.30
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,020.30 0.40
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
High Dividend Yield Index Fund      
ETF Shares $1,000.00 $1,024.50 $0.30
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.40 0.40
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 0.06% for ETF Shares and 0.08% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (181/365).
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High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
Basic Materials 2.4%
Consumer Discretionary 9.3
Consumer Staples 13.8
Energy 10.9
Financials 19.1
Health Care 13.2
Industrials 11.7
Real Estate 0.0
Technology 6.7
Telecommunications 4.9
Utilities 8.0
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided an ICB classification as of the effective reporting period.
The fund may invest in derivatives (such as futures and swap contracts) for various reasons, including, but not limited to, attempting to remain fully invested and tracking its target index as closely as possible.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) is owned by FTSE. FTSE does not accept any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising out of any error or omission in the ICB.
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High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (99.8%)
Basic Materials (2.4%)
Air Products and Chemicals Inc.  1,009,167    297,059
Dow Inc.  3,207,827    174,506
Newmont Corp.  3,620,315    171,603
Fastenal Co.  2,621,289    141,130
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.  1,160,609    112,533
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A  1,170,208    110,713
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.    265,917     65,894
CF Industries Holdings Inc.    891,182     63,791
International Paper Co.  1,617,308     53,549
Celanese Corp. Class A    493,018     52,378
Eastman Chemical Co.    544,425     45,879
Southern Copper Corp.    388,404     29,841
Huntsman Corp.    829,011     22,209
Chemours Co.    669,772     19,470
Cabot Corp.    251,528     18,050
Avient Corp.    411,654     15,853
Sensient Technologies Corp.    190,304     14,170
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.    183,598     12,266
Carpenter Technology Corp.    215,782     11,380
Worthington Industries Inc.    141,830      8,423
Tronox Holdings plc    527,558      7,222
Mativ Holdings Inc.    247,174      4,788
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.     71,934      4,728
Linde plc        570        211
Steel Dynamics Inc.         12          1
                    1,457,647
Consumer Discretionary (9.3%)
Home Depot Inc.  4,649,871  1,397,472
McDonald's Corp.  3,371,298    997,061
Walmart Inc.  6,484,243    978,926
Starbucks Corp.  5,227,464    597,447
Target Corp.  2,111,112    333,028
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Ford Motor Co. 17,966,488    213,442
Genuine Parts Co.    632,221    106,409
Darden Restaurants Inc.    557,528     84,705
Omnicom Group Inc.    912,418     82,638
Garmin Ltd.    701,900     68,906
Best Buy Co. Inc.    900,552     67,109
Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.  1,766,184     63,106
1 Paramount Global Class B  2,075,540     48,422
Vail Resorts Inc.    183,104     44,040
Tapestry Inc.  1,075,917     43,908
VF Corp.  1,592,272     37,434
Williams-Sonoma Inc.    301,716     36,520
Hasbro Inc.    598,531     35,445
Whirlpool Corp.    242,883     33,904
Advance Auto Parts Inc.    269,814     33,870
Autoliv Inc.    392,834     33,709
Polaris Inc.    250,393     27,205
H&R Block Inc.    692,068     23,468
Ralph Lauren Corp. Class A    184,495     21,178
Newell Brands Inc.  1,720,653     20,906
Macy's Inc.  1,228,324     20,071
Leggett & Platt Inc.    605,002     19,548
TEGNA Inc.  1,007,096     17,221
Wendy's Co.    775,605     17,141
Penske Automotive Group Inc.    117,321     16,258
Foot Locker Inc.    364,754     15,316
Travel + Leisure Co.    362,807     13,885
LCI Industries    112,365     12,693
International Game Technology plc    444,113     12,497
Steven Madden Ltd.    347,845     12,188
1 Sirius XM Holdings Inc.  3,191,327     12,127
Carter's Inc.    169,541     11,829
Kontoor Brands Inc.    251,280     11,350
Kohl's Corp.    500,145     11,018
MDC Holdings Inc.    264,939     10,855
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.     99,999     10,616
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          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Bloomin' Brands Inc.    394,471      9,771
Strategic Education Inc.    102,448      9,015
Jack in the Box Inc.     94,108      8,723
Dana Inc.    582,775      8,619
Gap Inc.    883,687      8,483
1 Nordstrom Inc.    510,886      7,898
John Wiley & Sons Inc. Class A    193,619      7,468
Cheesecake Factory Inc.    219,967      7,411
Oxford Industries Inc.     67,581      6,974
Upbound Group Inc.    227,043      6,053
Wolverine World Wide Inc.    351,505      5,884
MillerKnoll Inc.    344,945      5,868
La-Z-Boy Inc.    195,116      5,606
HNI Corp.    187,038      4,859
Dine Brands Global Inc.     67,081      4,356
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Class A    181,527      3,611
Steelcase Inc. Class A    396,472      3,172
Guess? Inc.    140,342      2,645
                    5,771,287
Consumer Staples (13.8%)
Procter & Gamble Co. 10,767,308  1,683,792
PepsiCo Inc.  6,305,841  1,203,722
Coca-Cola Co. 17,810,853  1,142,566
Philip Morris International Inc.  7,065,755    706,364
Mondelez International Inc. Class A  6,214,054    476,742
CVS Health Corp.  5,851,657    428,985
Altria Group Inc.  8,198,833    389,527
Colgate-Palmolive Co.  3,773,755    301,146
General Mills Inc.  2,686,860    238,136
Kimberly-Clark Corp.  1,533,472    222,185
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.  2,491,055    194,502
Hershey Co.    664,757    181,519
Sysco Corp.  2,314,225    177,594
Kroger Co.  2,986,711    145,244
Kraft Heinz Co.  3,182,366    124,971
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.  3,267,887    115,193
Conagra Brands Inc.  2,142,268     81,320
Kellogg Co.  1,160,763     80,986
Tyson Foods Inc. Class A  1,266,763     79,160
Clorox Co.    458,179     75,884
J M Smucker Co.    469,086     72,432
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc    919,859     59,303
Bunge Ltd.    629,623     58,933
Hormel Foods Corp.  1,305,151     52,780
Campbell Soup Co.    882,562     47,923
Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B    796,995     47,405
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Ingredion Inc.    298,101     31,649
Flowers Foods Inc.    854,592     23,510
Albertsons Cos. Inc. Class A  1,061,798     22,192
Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc.    181,298     12,056
Energizer Holdings Inc.    324,452     10,846
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. Class A    222,021      8,761
Vector Group Ltd.    648,733      8,265
Cal-Maine Foods Inc.    171,841      8,162
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.    248,729      6,972
Weis Markets Inc.     74,584      6,152
Universal Corp.    108,875      5,976
B&G Foods Inc.    321,446      5,156
Medifast Inc.     49,356      4,523
                    8,542,534
Energy (10.9%)
Exxon Mobil Corp. 18,797,341  2,224,477
Chevron Corp.  8,823,168  1,487,410
ConocoPhillips  5,592,743    575,437
EOG Resources Inc.  2,665,311    318,425
Schlumberger NV  6,438,138    317,722
Marathon Petroleum Corp.  2,065,647    252,009
Phillips 66  2,122,967    210,174
Valero Energy Corp.  1,752,714    200,984
Williams Cos. Inc.  5,546,939    167,850
Kinder Morgan Inc.  9,049,777    155,204
ONEOK Inc.  2,023,957    132,387
Baker Hughes Co. Class A  4,289,187    125,416
Diamondback Energy Inc.    815,161    115,916
Coterra Energy Inc.  3,573,647     91,485
Targa Resources Corp.  1,028,372     77,673
APA Corp.  1,458,469     53,745
Chesapeake Energy Corp.    551,523     45,600
HF Sinclair Corp.    614,339     27,098
Chord Energy Corp.    187,804     26,730
Murphy Oil Corp.    666,436     24,465
Civitas Resources Inc.    333,282     23,013
DT Midstream Inc.    440,729     21,715
Antero Midstream Corp.  1,528,986     16,452
Helmerich & Payne Inc.    464,882     15,415
Northern Oil & Gas Inc.    299,419      9,932
Equitrans Midstream Corp.  1,858,103      9,569
Arch Resources Inc.     67,389      8,238
New Fortress Energy Inc.    251,493      7,618
Delek US Holdings Inc.    315,082      6,853
Archrock Inc.    614,767      6,326
CVR Energy Inc.    134,178      3,534
Enviva Inc.    139,678      3,003
                    6,761,875
 
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          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Financials (19.0%)
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 13,305,482  1,839,350
Bank of America Corp. 32,059,776    938,710
Wells Fargo & Co. 17,515,587    696,245
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  1,498,609    514,682
Morgan Stanley  5,620,984    505,720
BlackRock Inc.    676,493    454,062
Citigroup Inc.  8,827,168    415,495
Chubb Ltd.  1,902,825    383,533
Progressive Corp.  2,660,943    362,953
CME Group Inc.  1,634,579    303,656
Blackstone Inc.  3,233,627    288,860
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  1,834,932    239,000
US Bancorp  6,302,896    216,063
Truist Financial Corp.  6,059,152    197,407
Aflac Inc.  2,777,823    194,031
Travelers Cos. Inc.  1,065,558    193,015
MetLife Inc.  3,009,738    184,587
American International Group Inc.  3,385,800    179,583
Ameriprise Financial Inc.    479,035    146,163
Prudential Financial Inc.  1,676,542    145,859
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  3,345,168    142,471
Apollo Global Management Inc.  2,202,378    139,609
Allstate Corp.  1,203,730    139,344
Discover Financial Services  1,214,597    125,674
State Street Corp.  1,588,464    114,782
T. Rowe Price Group Inc.  1,001,959    112,550
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.  1,444,815    102,567
M&T Bank Corp.    782,967     98,497
Principal Financial Group Inc.  1,102,206     82,324
Fifth Third Bancorp  3,102,930     81,297
Regions Financial Corp.  4,256,700     77,727
Cincinnati Financial Corp.    697,789     74,273
Huntington Bancshares Inc.  6,535,957     73,203
Northern Trust Corp.    935,783     73,141
Citizens Financial Group Inc.  2,223,651     68,800
Everest Re Group Ltd.    177,165     66,968
Ares Management Corp. Class A    698,189     61,154
KeyCorp  4,231,014     47,641
Equitable Holdings Inc.  1,678,450     43,623
Reinsurance Group of America Inc.    304,303     43,308
First Horizon Corp.  2,409,753     42,291
Credicorp Ltd.    310,047     42,005
Fidelity National Financial Inc.  1,182,778     41,977
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Unum Group    902,404     38,081
American Financial Group Inc.    305,909     37,544
Ally Financial Inc.  1,358,978     35,850
Franklin Resources Inc.  1,297,732     34,883
East West Bancorp Inc.    644,200     33,299
New York Community Bancorp Inc.  3,049,328     32,597
Old Republic International Corp.  1,269,577     32,082
Assurant Inc.    241,891     29,784
Webster Financial Corp.    787,351     29,368
Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.    265,722     29,296
Invesco Ltd.  1,698,028     29,087
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.    899,814     28,821
Carlyle Group Inc.    941,675     28,561
First American Financial Corp.    458,752     26,429
Comerica Inc.    595,316     25,819
Prosperity Bancshares Inc.    398,177     24,934
RLI Corp.    176,982     24,609
SouthState Corp.    339,048     23,388
Houlihan Lokey Inc. Class A    229,772     20,997
Synovus Financial Corp.    654,808     20,168
Columbia Banking System Inc.    941,827     20,117
OneMain Holdings Inc.    521,953     20,027
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.    353,756     20,001
MGIC Investment Corp.  1,343,179     19,973
United Bankshares Inc.    590,287     19,556
Hanover Insurance Group Inc.    161,319     19,287
Popular Inc.    320,230     19,217
Evercore Inc. Class A    165,797     18,912
FNB Corp.  1,627,841     18,688
Zions Bancorp NA    669,575     18,654
Home BancShares Inc.    850,265     18,510
Valley National Bancorp  1,947,997     18,272
Bank OZK    508,640     18,169
Old National Bancorp  1,326,060     17,783
FirstCash Holdings Inc.    170,191     17,535
Radian Group Inc.    711,950     17,279
Lincoln National Corp.    771,559     16,766
Glacier Bancorp Inc.    502,661     16,703
Cadence Bank    820,085     16,582
SLM Corp.  1,088,963     16,356
Janus Henderson Group plc    618,584     16,052
Hancock Whitney Corp.    389,777     14,235
Assured Guaranty Ltd.    261,784     14,102
Kemper Corp.    288,784     14,049
Jackson Financial Inc. Class A    338,330     12,183
 
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          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Community Bank System Inc.    241,326     12,057
Associated Banc-Corp    674,733     12,031
United Community Banks Inc.    480,848     11,973
Lazard Ltd. Class A    376,408     11,782
Independent Bank Corp.    207,243     11,606
CNO Financial Group Inc.    515,510     11,568
First Hawaiian Inc.    580,991     11,103
BOK Financial Corp.    132,068     11,077
Moelis & Co. Class A    288,057     10,912
Piper Sandler Cos.     78,789     10,671
First Interstate BancSystem Inc. Class A    403,871     10,335
Cathay General Bancorp    315,629     10,059
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.    338,736      9,695
First Bancorp    814,768      9,574
Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc.    423,929      9,428
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Class A    271,273      9,405
Walker & Dunlop Inc.    138,833      9,345
Simmons First National Corp. Class A    549,833      9,188
CVB Financial Corp.    602,933      9,026
Fulton Financial Corp.    733,563      8,751
First Financial Bancorp    421,152      8,718
Bank of Hawaii Corp.    177,760      8,609
Virtu Financial Inc. Class A    428,216      8,586
Washington Federal Inc.    292,834      8,211
Eastern Bankshares Inc.    695,290      8,100
Banner Corp.    154,457      7,711
BankUnited Inc.    341,213      7,694
Navient Corp.    460,472      7,616
First Merchants Corp.    258,550      7,545
Towne Bank    311,994      7,391
BancFirst Corp.     88,697      7,086
Park National Corp.     64,789      7,018
Renasant Corp.    247,194      6,951
WesBanco Inc.    258,729      6,887
Cohen & Steers Inc.    114,571      6,881
Trustmark Corp.    276,337      6,602
Northwest Bancshares Inc.    552,417      6,458
Stock Yards Bancorp Inc.    130,125      6,324
Corebridge Financial Inc.    363,008      6,120
City Holding Co.     66,991      6,109
NBT Bancorp Inc.    188,570      6,080
Heartland Financial USA Inc.    185,316      6,034
Independent Bank Group Inc.    161,497      5,875
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Horace Mann Educators Corp.    186,791      5,843
First Commonwealth Financial Corp.    467,034      5,829
Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.    226,052      5,816
Provident Financial Services Inc.    329,698      5,763
Virtus Investment Partners Inc.     31,452      5,731
PacWest Bancorp    526,626      5,345
S&T Bancorp Inc.    177,447      4,885
Employers Holdings Inc.    123,366      4,884
CNA Financial Corp.    124,589      4,848
Westamerica Bancorp    118,389      4,796
Hope Bancorp Inc.    524,757      4,775
Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.    197,853      4,448
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.    144,248      4,242
Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc.    194,251      4,132
WisdomTree Inc.    618,849      3,862
Mercury General Corp.    121,469      3,694
Brookline Bancorp Inc.    386,638      3,689
Capitol Federal Financial Inc.    579,268      3,591
Eagle Bancorp Inc.    140,562      3,528
1st Source Corp.     73,063      3,045
TFS Financial Corp.    227,658      2,741
Community Trust Bancorp Inc.     71,192      2,564
Washington Trust Bancorp Inc.     77,623      2,182
Kearny Financial Corp.    270,253      2,105
Republic Bancorp Inc. Class A     39,183      1,540
F&G Annuities & Life Inc.     82,380      1,510
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.         40          8
                   11,798,393
Health Care (13.2%)
Johnson & Johnson 12,003,127  1,964,912
Merck & Co. Inc. 11,538,195  1,332,315
AbbVie Inc.  8,061,133  1,218,198
Pfizer Inc. 25,785,364  1,002,793
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  9,708,509    648,237
Amgen Inc.  2,434,336    583,608
Medtronic plc  6,093,040    554,162
Gilead Sciences Inc.  5,722,642    470,458
Baxter International Inc.  2,292,737    109,318
Cardinal Health Inc.  1,173,648     96,357
Royalty Pharma plc Class A  1,693,599     59,530
Viatris Inc.  5,517,260     51,476
Organon & Co.  1,157,881     28,519
Perrigo Co. plc    610,631     22,709
Premier Inc. Class A    535,327     17,843
 
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          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Patterson Cos. Inc.    393,996     10,681
Healthcare Services Group Inc.    336,343      5,250
Eli Lilly & Co.        972        385
                    8,176,751
Industrials (11.7%)
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  6,703,491    669,679
Honeywell International Inc.  3,084,593    616,425
United Parcel Service Inc. Class B  3,356,274    603,492
Union Pacific Corp.  2,803,457    548,637
Caterpillar Inc.  2,372,814    519,172
Lockheed Martin Corp.  1,037,826    482,018
Automatic Data Processing Inc.  1,903,343    418,736
Illinois Tool Works Inc.  1,392,507    336,903
Eaton Corp. plc  1,819,100    304,008
3M Co.  2,511,013    266,720
General Dynamics Corp.  1,108,236    241,972
Emerson Electric Co.  2,588,655    215,531
Johnson Controls International plc  3,137,347    187,739
PACCAR Inc.  2,330,137    174,038
L3Harris Technologies Inc.    865,280    168,859
Paychex Inc.  1,468,969    161,381
Fidelity National Information Services Inc.  2,700,908    158,597
Cummins Inc.    641,699    150,825
DuPont de Nemours Inc.  2,088,827    145,633
Hubbell Inc. Class B    243,804     65,661
Snap-on Inc.    239,127     62,032
Synchrony Financial  1,983,159     58,523
Stanley Black & Decker Inc.    672,127     58,031
Packaging Corp. of America    415,584     56,212
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.    528,298     53,289
Watsco Inc.    149,896     51,921
RPM International Inc.    581,048     47,663
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.    179,080     36,113
Westrock Co.  1,152,548     34,496
nVent Electric plc    751,194     31,498
MDU Resources Group Inc.    918,607     26,842
Sonoco Products Co.    442,501     26,824
Oshkosh Corp.    298,519     22,843
Triton International Ltd.    264,205     21,842
Flowserve Corp.    592,183     19,773
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. Class A    210,655     19,113
Western Union Co.  1,697,254     18,551
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
GATX Corp.    158,723     18,080
Ryder System Inc.    220,959     17,491
ManpowerGroup Inc.    228,480     17,298
* Crane Co.    213,853     15,412
Otter Tail Corp.    186,678     13,432
ABM Industries Inc.    299,978     12,773
Crane NXT Co.    213,853     10,128
McGrath RentCorp    110,044      9,781
Kennametal Inc.    367,750      9,547
Greif Inc. Class A    112,826      7,084
Tennant Co.     84,152      6,431
1 ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.    372,352      6,356
ADT Inc.    947,699      6,350
H&E Equipment Services Inc.    144,851      5,287
1 Golden Ocean Group Ltd.    557,012      5,097
1 Star Bulk Carriers Corp.    225,330      4,757
SFL Corp. Ltd.    521,633      4,742
Apogee Enterprises Inc.    100,903      4,294
Greenbrier Cos. Inc.    144,347      3,818
TTEC Holdings Inc.     85,552      2,915
Trinseo plc    157,789      2,859
Kaman Corp.    127,115      2,805
1 Ardagh Metal Packaging SA    680,727      2,777
                    7,271,106
Real Estate (0.0%)
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc.    533,551      8,953
Technology (6.6%)
Broadcom Inc.  1,802,404  1,129,206
Texas Instruments Inc.  4,136,980    691,703
QUALCOMM Inc.  5,108,171    596,634
Intel Corp. 18,874,661    586,247
International Business Machines Corp.  4,102,406    518,585
HP Inc.  4,475,577    132,969
Corning Inc.  3,350,859    111,316
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.  5,853,751     83,826
NetApp Inc.    989,626     62,238
Seagate Technology Holdings plc    879,265     51,674
Dell Technologies Inc. Class C  1,075,397     46,769
Gen Digital Inc.  2,499,147     44,160
National Instruments Corp.    595,773     34,692
Avnet Inc.    413,588     17,065
Xerox Holdings Corp.    515,948      8,085
                    4,115,169
Telecommunications (4.9%)
Cisco Systems Inc. 18,751,312    886,000
Comcast Corp. Class A 19,089,115    789,717
 
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          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Verizon Communications Inc. 19,160,300    743,994
AT&T Inc. 32,639,332    576,737
Juniper Networks Inc.  1,455,293     43,877
Cogent Communications Holdings Inc.    194,441     13,424
Telephone & Data Systems Inc.    458,006      4,580
                    3,058,329
Utilities (8.0%)
NextEra Energy Inc.  9,054,101    693,816
Southern Co.  4,954,595    364,410
Duke Energy Corp.  3,526,780    348,728
Waste Management Inc.  1,869,856    310,490
Sempra Energy  1,433,463    222,889
Dominion Energy Inc.  3,792,862    216,724
American Electric Power Co. Inc.  2,341,210    216,375
Exelon Corp.  4,523,080    191,959
Xcel Energy Inc.  2,481,853    173,506
Consolidated Edison Inc.  1,616,125    159,140
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.  2,267,844    143,328
WEC Energy Group Inc.  1,437,061    138,202
Edison International  1,711,834    125,991
Eversource Energy  1,567,710    121,670
Ameren Corp.  1,171,917    104,265
FirstEnergy Corp.  2,603,288    103,611
Entergy Corp.    924,032     99,407
DTE Energy Co.    878,444     98,746
PPL Corp.  3,354,383     96,338
CenterPoint Energy Inc.  2,869,740     87,441
CMS Energy Corp.  1,317,754     82,043
Atmos Energy Corp.    646,982     73,847
AES Corp.  3,038,042     71,880
Alliant Energy Corp.  1,140,090     62,865
Evergy Inc.  1,011,193     62,805
NiSource Inc.  1,849,412     52,634
Essential Utilities Inc.  1,053,614     44,989
Vistra Corp.  1,788,886     42,683
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.    513,359     40,278
OGE Energy Corp.    952,417     35,754
NRG Energy Inc.    966,749     33,034
UGI Corp.    953,666     32,310
IDACORP Inc.    228,902     25,436
New Jersey Resources Corp.    435,280     22,478
National Fuel Gas Co.    399,453     22,329
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Portland General Electric Co.    404,416     20,472
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.    494,636     19,395
Black Hills Corp.    294,790     19,247
ONE Gas Inc.    243,641     18,748
PNM Resources Inc.    387,324     18,642
Southwest Gas Holdings Inc.    302,877     16,961
ALLETE Inc.    259,184     16,168
Spire Inc.    230,536     15,614
NorthWestern Corp.    263,292     15,434
Avista Corp.    334,987     14,763
Avangrid Inc.    322,296     12,976
MGE Energy Inc.    164,586     12,609
Clearway Energy Inc. Class C    375,401     11,401
SJW Group    122,863      9,328
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc    285,202      7,592
Northwest Natural Holding Co.    157,645      7,403
Clearway Energy Inc. Class A    154,359      4,473
                    4,963,627
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $53,100,331)
61,925,671
Temporary Cash Investments (0.2%)
Money Market Fund (0.2%)
2,3 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853%
(Cost $96,534)
   965,497           96,540
Total Investments (100.0%)
(Cost $53,196,865)
62,022,211
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.0%)   18,653
Net Assets (100%)   62,040,864
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $67,132,000.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
3 Collateral of $69,818,000 was received for securities on loan.
 
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High Dividend Yield Index Fund

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts
E-mini S&P 500 Index June 2023 437 91,519 4,870
    
Over-the-Counter Total Return Swaps
Reference Entity Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Floating
Interest
Rate
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Value and
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Clorox Co. 8/31/23 BANA 16,299 (4.827) 827
Paramount Global Class B 8/31/23 BANA 13,297 (4.827) 706
          1,533
1 Based on USD Overnight Bank Funding Rate as of the most recent reset date. Floating interest payment received/paid monthly.
  BANA—Bank of America, N.A.
At April 30, 2023, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $1,510,000 in connection with open over-the-counter swap contracts.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value1  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $53,100,331) 61,925,671
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $96,534) 96,540
Total Investments in Securities 62,022,211
Investment in Vanguard 2,171
Cash 16,207
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 4,900
Receivables for Accrued Income 96,036
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 4,616
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 759
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 1,533
Total Assets 62,148,433
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 25,640
Collateral for Securities on Loan 69,818
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 10,484
Payables to Vanguard 1,627
Total Liabilities 107,569
Net Assets 62,040,864
1 Includes $67,132,000 of securities on loan.  
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High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)


At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:

($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Paid-in Capital 54,251,546
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 7,789,318
Net Assets 62,040,864
 
ETF Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 465,925,492 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
49,782,790
Net Asset Value Per Share—ETF Shares $106.85
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 380,463,890 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
12,258,074
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $32.22
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 1,014,828
Interest2 501
Securities Lending—Net 1,379
Total Income 1,016,708
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 729
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares 12,089
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 4,317
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares 1,131
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 277
Custodian Fees 471
Shareholders’ Reports—ETF Shares 638
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 114
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 13
Other Expenses 7
Total Expenses 19,786
Expenses Paid Indirectly (2)
Net Expenses 19,784
Net Investment Income 996,924
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2,3 1,717,392
Futures Contracts 760
Swap Contracts 5,002
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 1,723,154
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 (1,495,473)
Futures Contracts 3,163
Swap Contracts (62)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (1,492,372)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,227,706
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $871,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $403,000, $3,000, and ($1,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
3 Includes $2,124,750,000 of net gain (loss) resulting from in-kind redemptions.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 996,924   1,684,583
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 1,723,154   639,561
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (1,492,372)   (1,659,684)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,227,706   664,460
Distributions      
ETF Shares (779,132)   (1,318,564)
Admiral Shares (193,285)   (352,553)
Total Distributions (972,417)   (1,671,117)
Capital Share Transactions      
ETF Shares 887,862   9,692,470
Admiral Shares 9,799   1,017,487
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 897,661   10,709,957
Total Increase (Decrease) 1,152,950   9,703,300
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 60,887,914   51,184,614
End of Period 62,040,864   60,887,914
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Financial Highlights
ETF Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $106.42 $108.42 $79.49 $89.60 $83.26 $82.46
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 1.730 3.232 3.010 2.950 2.891 2.623
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .392 (2.016) 28.887 (10.184) 6.251 .731
Total from Investment Operations 2.122 1.216 31.897 (7.234) 9.142 3.354
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.692) (3.216) (2.967) (2.876) (2.802) (2.554)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (1.692) (3.216) (2.967) (2.876) (2.802) (2.554)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $106.85 $106.42 $108.42 $79.49 $89.60 $83.26
Total Return 2.03% 1.18% 40.55% -8.17% 11.31% 4.05%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $49,783 $48,689 $39,766 $26,279 $26,816 $21,328
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.06%2 0.06%2 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 3.18% 3.01% 2.99% 3.53% 3.38% 3.08%
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 4% 9% 8% 11% 7% 13%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.06%.
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares          
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31, February 7,
20191 to
October 31,
2019
2022 2021 2020
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $32.09 $32.69 $23.97 $27.02 $25.00
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income2 .519 .970 .902 .887 .624
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .118 (.607) 8.707 (3.075) 2.010
Total from Investment Operations .637 .363 9.609 (2.188) 2.634
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.507) (.963) (.889) (.862) (.614)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.507) (.963) (.889) (.862) (.614)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $32.22 $32.09 $32.69 $23.97 $27.02
Total Return3 2.03% 1.19% 40.50% -8.19% 10.64%
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $12,258 $12,199 $11,418 $7,665 $8,814
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.08%4 0.08%4 0.08% 0.08% 0.08%5
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 3.16% 2.99% 2.97% 3.52% 3.24%5
Portfolio Turnover Rate6 4% 9% 8% 11% 7%7
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
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 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.08%.
5 Annualized.
6 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.
7 Reflects the fund’s portfolio turnover for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: ETF Shares and Admiral Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors. ETF Shares are listed for trading on NYSE Arca; they can be purchased and sold through a broker.
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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value.
2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the stock market, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase futures contracts to immediately invest incoming cash in the market, or sell futures in response to cash outflows, thereby simulating a fully invested position in the underlying index while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The 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. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, 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. Swap Contracts: The fund has entered into equity swap contracts to earn the total return on selected reference stocks in the fund’s target index. Under the terms of the swaps, the fund receives the total return on the referenced stock (i.e., receiving the increase or paying the decrease in value of the selected reference stock and receiving the equivalent of any dividends in respect of the selected referenced stock) over a specified period of time, applied to a notional
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amount that represents the value of a designated number of shares of the selected reference stock at the beginning of the equity swap contract. The fund also pays a floating rate that is based on short-term interest rates, applied to the notional amount. At the same time, the fund generally invests an amount approximating the notional amount of the swap in high-quality temporary cash investments.
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 Schedule of Investments. 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 notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until periodic payments are made or the termination of the swap, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average amounts of investments in total return swaps represented less than 1% 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 virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
5. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
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6. 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 before the opening of the market 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 Assets and Liabilities for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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.
7. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
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8. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B.  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 and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $2,171,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.87% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C.  The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $2,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D.  Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments and derivatives as of April 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks 61,925,671 61,925,671
Temporary Cash Investments 96,540 96,540
Total 62,022,211 62,022,211
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 4,870 4,870
Swap Contracts 1,533 1,533
Total 4,870 1,533 6,403
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
E.  As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 53,278,390
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 11,963,932
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (3,213,708)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 8,750,224
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $2,837,648,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
F.  During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $8,425,314,000 of investment securities and sold $7,492,888,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $5,880,817,000 and $5,068,966,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund’s capital shares.
The fund purchased securities from and sold securities to other Vanguard funds or accounts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates, in accordance with procedures adopted by the board of trustees in compliance with Rule 17a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, such purchases were $260,539,000 and sales were $571,147,000, resulting in net realized loss of $130,903,000; these amounts, other than temporary cash investments, are included in the purchases and sales of investment securities noted above.
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G.  Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  Year Ended
October 31, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
ETF Shares          
Issued 5,964,123 56,573   12,609,654 117,634
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions  
Redeemed (5,076,261) (48,150)   (2,917,184) (26,900)
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares 887,862 8,423   9,692,470 90,734
Admiral Shares          
Issued 857,840 26,252   2,387,226 73,103
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 150,171 4,775   273,445 8,660
Redeemed (998,212) (30,706)   (1,643,184) (50,873)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 9,799 321   1,017,487 30,890
H.  Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental ‎disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global ‎markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
The use of derivatives may expose the fund to various risks. Derivatives can be highly volatile, and any initial investment is generally small relative to the notional amount so that transactions may be leveraged in terms of market exposure. A relatively small market movement may have a potentially larger impact on derivatives than on standard securities. Leveraged derivatives positions can, therefore, increase volatility. Additional information regarding the fund's use of derivative(s) and the specific risks associated is described under significant accounting policies.
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Equity Index Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Equity Index Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the fund, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with its target index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expenses were also below the peer-group average.
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The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Whitehall Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report   |   April 30, 2023
Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund

 

Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses

1
Financial Statements

4
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement

34
Liquidity Risk Management

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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 April 30, 2023      
  Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund      
ETF Shares $1,000.00 $1,103.90 $1.04
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,103.90 1.04
Institutional Shares 1,000.00 1,103.70 0.94
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund      
ETF Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.80 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,023.80 1.00
Institutional Shares 1,000.00 1,023.90 0.90
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 0.20% for ETF Shares, 0.20% for Admiral Shares and 0.18% 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 (181/365).
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Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
Saudi Arabia 10.3%
Mexico 10.1
Turkey 7.4
Indonesia 7.4
United Arab Emirates 6.3
Qatar 4.9
China 4.2
Brazil 3.6
Philippines 3.5
Colombia 3.3
Oman 2.5
Panama 2.5
Dominican Republic 2.4
Chile 2.3
Peru 2.3
Bahrain 2.0
South Africa 1.8
Argentina 1.8
Egypt 1.7
Uruguay 1.5
Romania 1.3
Malaysia 1.3
Hungary 1.3
Nigeria 1.1
Poland 1.0
Other 12.2
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives.
The fund may invest in derivatives (such as futures and swap contracts) for various reasons, including, but not limited to, attempting to remain fully invested and tracking its target index as closely as possible.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.3%)    
  United States Treasury Note/Bond    4.250%  12/31/24   2,325     2,324
  United States Treasury Note/Bond    4.625%   2/28/25   4,945     4,986
  United States Treasury Note/Bond    3.875%   3/31/25   3,875     3,859
  United States Treasury Note/Bond    4.000%   2/29/28     465       475
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $11,632)   11,644
Corporate Bonds (13.6%)    
Azerbaijan (0.2%)                  
1 Southern Gas Corridor CJSC  6.875%   3/24/26   7,425     7,638
Brazil (0.2%)                  
  Petrobras Global Finance BV  6.875%   1/20/40       1         1
  Petrobras Global Finance BV  6.850%    6/5/15   6,126     5,344
                  5,345
Chile (0.2%)                  
  Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile  3.700%   1/30/50   9,800     7,370
China (2.8%)                  
  Bank of China Ltd.  5.000%  11/13/24  11,175    11,150
  China Cinda Finance 2015 I Ltd.  4.250%   4/23/25   6,250     6,078
  China Construction Bank Corp.  2.450%   6/24/30   7,375     6,972
  China Construction Bank Corp.  2.850%   1/21/32   7,400     6,987
  China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. Ltd.  6.400% Perpetual   3,700     3,798
  CNAC HK Finbridge Co. Ltd.  5.125%   3/14/28   6,480     6,398
  CNOOC Finance 2015 USA LLC  3.500%    5/5/25   7,750     7,562
  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.  4.875%   9/21/25   7,290     7,235
  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.  3.200% Perpetual  22,485    21,081
  Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2015 Ltd.  3.250%   4/28/25   5,450     5,298
  Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2018 Ltd.  2.700%   5/13/30   5,550     5,031
  State Grid Overseas Investment 2014 Ltd.  4.125%    5/7/24   5,320     5,283
  State Grid Overseas Investment BVI Ltd.  3.500%    5/4/27   9,094     8,865
                  101,738
Colombia (0.6%)                  
  Ecopetrol SA  5.375%   6/26/26   5,515     5,222
  Ecopetrol SA  6.875%   4/29/30   7,675     6,875
  Ecopetrol SA  8.875%   1/13/33   7,090     6,872
  Ecopetrol SA  5.875%   5/28/45   7,247     4,771
                  23,740
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Indonesia (0.5%)                  
2 Freeport Indonesia PT  5.315%   4/14/32   4,300     4,147
  Freeport Indonesia PT  5.315%   4/14/32   1,175     1,134
  Pertamina Persero PT  6.450%   5/30/44   5,200     5,416
  Pertamina Persero PT  6.500%   11/7/48     200       208
  Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara  4.125%   5/15/27   5,657     5,505
                  16,410
Kazakhstan (0.1%)                  
  KazMunayGas National Co. JSC  6.375%  10/24/48   5,550     4,701
Malaysia (0.9%)                  
  Petronas Capital Ltd.  3.500%   3/18/25   5,600     5,485
  Petronas Capital Ltd.  3.500%   4/21/30   8,150     7,703
  Petronas Capital Ltd.  4.500%   3/18/45   5,500     5,209
  Petronas Capital Ltd.  4.550%   4/21/50  10,150     9,507
2 Petronas Capital Ltd.  3.404%   4/28/61   3,670     2,688
  Petronas Capital Ltd.  3.404%   4/28/61   2,750     2,034
                  32,626
Mexico (3.9%)                  
  Mexico City Airport Trust  5.500%   7/31/47   7,779     6,023
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.875%    8/4/26   9,140     8,638
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.490%   1/23/27   5,656     5,071
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.500%   3/13/27  14,705    13,205
  Petroleos Mexicanos  5.350%   2/12/28   7,370     6,122
3 Petroleos Mexicanos  8.750%    6/2/29   7,000     6,434
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.840%   1/23/30   8,600     6,947
  Petroleos Mexicanos  5.950%   1/28/31  13,865    10,260
3 Petroleos Mexicanos  6.700%   2/16/32  24,869    19,164
  Petroleos Mexicanos 10.000%    2/7/33   7,275     6,762
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.625%   6/15/35  10,085     7,045
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.500%    6/2/41   5,725     3,652
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.750%   9/21/47  20,355    12,542
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.350%   2/12/48   5,775     3,408
  Petroleos Mexicanos  7.690%   1/23/50  29,529    19,774
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.950%   1/28/60  13,930     8,520
                  143,567
Peru (0.1%)                  
  Petroleos del Peru SA  5.625%   6/19/47   7,400     4,692
Qatar (1.0%)                  
2 QatarEnergy  1.375%   9/12/26   3,700     3,360
  QatarEnergy  1.375%   9/12/26   2,175     1,978
2 QatarEnergy  2.250%   7/12/31   4,050     3,495
  QatarEnergy  2.250%   7/12/31   8,650     7,477
  QatarEnergy  3.125%   7/12/41  12,809    10,097
  QatarEnergy  3.300%   7/12/51  14,700    11,113
                  37,520
Saudi Arabia (2.3%)                  
  Gaci First Investment Co.  4.750%   2/14/30   6,300     6,371
  Gaci First Investment Co.  4.875%   2/14/35   7,500     7,432
  Gaci First Investment Co.  5.125%   2/14/53   6,300     5,878
2 SA Global Sukuk Ltd.  1.602%   6/17/26   3,900     3,587
  SA Global Sukuk Ltd.  1.602%   6/17/26   4,138     3,805
  SA Global Sukuk Ltd.  2.694%   6/17/31  10,050     8,972
  Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  3.500%   4/16/29  11,566    10,950
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  2.250%  11/24/30   7,425     6,340
  Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  4.250%   4/16/39  11,075    10,178
  Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  4.375%   4/16/49  10,780     9,535
  Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  3.250%  11/24/50   8,683     6,235
  Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  3.500%  11/24/70   8,200     5,565
                  84,848
United Arab Emirates (0.8%)                  
3 Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline LLC  4.600%   11/2/47   8,075     7,623
2 DP World Ltd.  6.850%    7/2/37   6,070     6,791
  DP World Ltd.  5.625%   9/25/48     275       268
  DP World Salaam  6.000% Perpetual   5,450     5,444
  MDGH GMTN RSC Ltd.  3.700%   11/7/49   5,203     4,281
  MDGH GMTN RSC Ltd.  3.950%   5/21/50   7,700     6,587
                  30,994
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $578,907)   501,189
Sovereign Bonds (84.3%)    
Angola (0.8%)                  
  Republic of Angola  9.500%  11/12/25   2,325     2,301
  Republic of Angola  8.250%    5/9/28   7,550     6,638
  Republic of Angola  8.000%  11/26/29   6,423     5,432
2 Republic of Angola  8.750%   4/14/32   5,000     4,137
  Republic of Angola  8.750%   4/14/32   1,650     1,369
  Republic of Angola  9.375%    5/8/48   6,150     4,727
  Republic of Angola  9.125%  11/26/49   4,200     3,147
                  27,751
Argentina (1.7%)                  
4 Provincia de Buenos Aires, 6.375% coupon rate effective 9/1/23  5.250%    9/1/37  22,685     7,017
  Republic of Argentina  1.000%    7/9/29   9,626     2,299
4 Republic of Argentina, 0.750% coupon rate effective 7/9/23  0.500%    7/9/30  58,797    14,408
4 Republic of Argentina, 3.625% coupon rate effective 7/9/23  1.500%    7/9/35  75,693    16,864
4 Republic of Argentina, 3.625% coupon rate effective 7/9/23  1.500%    7/9/46   7,649     1,767
4 Republic of Argentina, 4.250% coupon rate effective 7/9/23  3.875%    1/9/38  41,871    11,576
4 Republic of Argentina, 4.875% coupon rate effective 7/9/29  3.500%    7/9/41  38,299     9,623
                  63,554
Armenia (0.2%)                  
  Republic of Armenia  7.150%   3/26/25   1,800     1,829
  Republic of Armenia  3.950%   9/26/29   1,850     1,536
2 Republic of Armenia  3.600%    2/2/31     750       590
  Republic of Armenia  3.600%    2/2/31   1,850     1,457
                  5,412
Azerbaijan (0.1%)                  
3 Republic of Azerbaijan  3.500%    9/1/32   3,860     3,368
Bahamas (0.1%)                  
2,3 Commonwealth of Bahamas  6.000%  11/21/28     850       651
3 Commonwealth of Bahamas  6.000%  11/21/28   1,850     1,422
2,3 Commonwealth of Bahamas  8.950%  10/15/32   1,750     1,421
3 Commonwealth of Bahamas  8.950%  10/15/32   1,400     1,142
                  4,636
Bahrain (1.9%)                  
  CBB International Sukuk Co. 6 Spc  5.250%   3/20/25   2,900     2,877
  CBB International Sukuk Co. 6 Spc  6.875%   10/5/25   3,900     4,025
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  CBB International Sukuk Programme Co. WLL  6.250%  11/14/24   3,562     3,587
  CBB International Sukuk Programme Co. WLL  4.500%   3/30/27   3,456     3,366
  CBB International Sukuk Programme Co. WLL  3.950%   9/16/27   3,725     3,579
  CBB International Sukuk Programme Co. WLL  3.875%   5/18/29   3,750     3,392
2 CBB International Sukuk Programme Co. WLL  6.250%  10/18/30   3,900     3,954
  Kingdom of Bahrain  7.000%   1/26/26   5,625     5,786
  Kingdom of Bahrain  4.250%   1/25/28   2,375     2,195
  Kingdom of Bahrain  7.000%  10/12/28   5,700     5,846
  Kingdom of Bahrain  6.750%   9/20/29   4,550     4,537
  Kingdom of Bahrain  7.375%   5/14/30   3,650     3,760
  Kingdom of Bahrain  5.625%   9/30/31   3,570     3,308
  Kingdom of Bahrain  5.450%   9/16/32   3,700     3,309
  Kingdom of Bahrain  5.250%   1/25/33   3,680     3,188
2 Kingdom of Bahrain  5.625%   5/18/34   1,500     1,314
  Kingdom of Bahrain  5.625%   5/18/34   2,200     1,930
2 Kingdom of Bahrain  7.750%   4/18/35   3,700     3,727
  Kingdom of Bahrain  6.000%   9/19/44   4,525     3,570
  Kingdom of Bahrain  7.500%   9/20/47   3,225     2,931
  Kingdom of Bahrain  6.250%   1/25/51   1,900     1,494
                  71,675
Belarus (0.1%)                  
  Republic of Belarus  5.875%   2/24/26   2,175     1,023
  Republic of Belarus  7.625%   6/29/27   2,035       921
  Republic of Belarus  6.200%   2/28/30   2,100       779
  Republic of Belarus  6.378%   2/24/31   2,500       920
                  3,643
Bermuda (0.3%)                  
  Government of Bermuda  3.717%   1/25/27   2,150     2,083
  Government of Bermuda  2.375%   8/20/30   2,000     1,716
2 Government of Bermuda  5.000%   7/15/32   2,000     2,015
  Government of Bermuda  5.000%   7/15/32   1,600     1,609
2 Government of Bermuda  3.375%   8/20/50   1,000       715
  Government of Bermuda  3.375%   8/20/50   1,600     1,146
                  9,284
Bolivia (0.1%)                  
2,3 Bolivian Government  4.500%   3/20/28     700       396
3 Bolivian Government  4.500%   3/20/28   3,506     1,967
2 Bolivian Government  7.500%    3/2/30   1,400       953
  Bolivian Government  7.500%    3/2/30   1,200       815
                  4,131
Brazil (3.4%)                  
  Federative Republic of Brazil  4.250%    1/7/25  16,328    16,145
  Federative Republic of Brazil  8.750%    2/4/25   3,248     3,448
  Federative Republic of Brazil  2.875%    6/6/25   7,350     7,033
  Federative Republic of Brazil  6.000%    4/7/26   6,400     6,636
  Federative Republic of Brazil 10.125%   5/15/27   2,900     3,406
  Federative Republic of Brazil  4.625%   1/13/28  11,175    10,950
  Federative Republic of Brazil  4.500%   5/30/29   7,250     6,890
  Federative Republic of Brazil  3.875%   6/12/30  12,700    11,348
  Federative Republic of Brazil  3.750%   9/12/31   5,475     4,742
  Federative Republic of Brazil  6.000%  10/20/33  11,600    11,410
  Federative Republic of Brazil  8.250%   1/20/34   1,600     1,843
  Federative Republic of Brazil  7.125%   1/20/37   6,100     6,524
  Federative Republic of Brazil  5.625%    1/7/41   8,025     7,118
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Federative Republic of Brazil  5.000%   1/27/45  12,586     9,920
  Federative Republic of Brazil  5.625%   2/21/47   8,273     7,002
  Federative Republic of Brazil  4.750%   1/14/50  16,485    12,152
                  126,567
Chile (2.1%)                  
  Republic of Chile  3.125%   1/21/26   2,600     2,527
  Republic of Chile  2.750%   1/31/27   5,800     5,481
  Republic of Chile  3.240%    2/6/28   7,690     7,369
  Republic of Chile  2.450%   1/31/31   8,332     7,323
  Republic of Chile  2.550%   1/27/32     600       523
  Republic of Chile  2.550%   7/27/33   8,522     7,146
  Republic of Chile  3.500%   1/31/34   7,650     6,929
  Republic of Chile  3.100%    5/7/41  10,050     7,760
  Republic of Chile  4.340%    3/7/42   7,225     6,561
  Republic of Chile  3.860%   6/21/47   4,625     3,848
  Republic of Chile  3.500%   1/25/50   8,400     6,474
  Republic of Chile  4.000%   1/31/52   3,750     3,113
  Republic of Chile  3.500%   4/15/53   5,450     4,171
  Republic of Chile  3.100%   1/22/61   7,300     4,892
  Republic of Chile  3.250%   9/21/71   3,750     2,498
                  76,615
China (1.4%)                  
  China Government Bond  1.950%   12/3/24   7,900     7,616
  China Government Bond  0.550%  10/21/25   8,220     7,542
  China Government Bond  2.625%   11/2/27   4,324     4,161
  China Government Bond  3.500%  10/19/28   3,600     3,597
  China Government Bond  2.125%   12/3/29   8,200     7,557
  China Government Bond  1.200%  10/21/30   4,950     4,226
  China Government Bond  1.750%  10/26/31   3,200     2,808
  China Government Bond  2.750%   12/3/39   2,775     2,310
  China Government Bond  4.000%  10/19/48   2,000     1,948
  China Government Bond  2.250%  10/21/50   1,200       830
2 China Government Bond  2.500%  10/26/51   2,325     1,662
  China Government Bond  2.500%  10/26/51   1,400     1,015
  Export-Import Bank of China  3.625%   7/31/24   5,275     5,198
                  50,470
Colombia (2.6%)                  
  Republic of Colombia  8.125%   5/21/24   2,380     2,428
  Republic of Colombia  4.500%   1/28/26   6,317     5,991
  Republic of Colombia  3.875%   4/25/27   6,150     5,537
  Republic of Colombia  4.500%   3/15/29   7,225     6,295
  Republic of Colombia  3.000%   1/30/30   5,725     4,387
  Republic of Colombia  3.125%   4/15/31   9,415     6,975
  Republic of Colombia  3.250%   4/22/32   7,675     5,550
  Republic of Colombia  8.000%   4/20/33   5,142     5,131
  Republic of Colombia  7.500%    2/2/34   8,846     8,466
  Republic of Colombia  7.375%   9/18/37   6,562     6,099
  Republic of Colombia  6.125%   1/18/41   8,845     6,961
  Republic of Colombia  4.125%   2/22/42   4,200     2,601
  Republic of Colombia  5.625%   2/26/44   8,875     6,459
  Republic of Colombia  5.000%   6/15/45  16,500    11,044
  Republic of Colombia  5.200%   5/15/49   9,770     6,569
  Republic of Colombia  4.125%   5/15/51   6,050     3,551
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Republic of Colombia  3.875%   2/15/61   4,900     2,680
                  96,724
Costa Rica (0.6%)                  
  Republic of Costa Rica  4.375%   4/30/25   1,800     1,770
  Republic of Costa Rica  6.125%   2/19/31   4,650     4,703
2,3 Republic of Costa Rica  6.550%    4/3/34   5,350     5,467
  Republic of Costa Rica  5.625%   4/30/43   1,900     1,661
  Republic of Costa Rica  7.000%    4/4/44   3,530     3,487
  Republic of Costa Rica  7.158%   3/12/45   4,701     4,690
                  21,778
Dominican Republic (2.3%)                  
  Dominican Republic  5.500%   1/27/25   4,850     4,808
  Dominican Republic  6.875%   1/29/26   6,495     6,627
  Dominican Republic  5.950%   1/25/27   6,150     6,106
  Dominican Republic  6.000%   7/19/28   4,919     4,857
2 Dominican Republic  5.500%   2/22/29   2,550     2,433
  Dominican Republic  5.500%   2/22/29   3,950     3,765
  Dominican Republic  4.500%   1/30/30   7,406     6,556
2 Dominican Republic  7.050%    2/3/31   2,000     2,035
2 Dominican Republic  4.875%   9/23/32     700       603
  Dominican Republic  4.875%   9/23/32  10,650     9,200
2 Dominican Republic  6.000%   2/22/33   1,300     1,216
  Dominican Republic  6.000%   2/22/33   6,100     5,689
  Dominican Republic  5.300%   1/21/41   5,450     4,330
  Dominican Republic  7.450%   4/30/44   5,250     5,105
  Dominican Republic  6.850%   1/27/45   7,194     6,492
  Dominican Republic  6.500%   2/15/48   3,600     3,079
  Dominican Republic  6.400%    6/5/49   5,600     4,712
  Dominican Republic  5.875%   1/30/60  11,677     8,943
                  86,556
Ecuador (0.6%)                  
3 Republic of Ecuador  0.000%   7/31/30   3,655     1,127
4 Republic of Ecuador, 2.500% coupon rate effective 7/31/23  1.500%   7/31/40  12,558     4,101
4 Republic of Ecuador, 3.500% coupon rate effective 7/31/23  2.500%   7/31/35  30,976    11,303
4 Republic of Ecuador, 6.000% coupon rate effective 7/31/23  5.500%   7/31/30  13,585     7,167
                  23,698
Egypt (1.7%)                  
  Arab Republic of Egypt  5.750%   5/29/24   4,345     3,632
  Arab Republic of Egypt  5.875%   6/11/25   5,600     4,049
  Arab Republic of Egypt  5.250%   10/6/25   3,150     2,171
  Arab Republic of Egypt  3.875%   2/16/26   2,900     1,871
  Arab Republic of Egypt  7.500%   1/31/27   7,100     4,783
  Arab Republic of Egypt  5.800%   9/30/27   4,725     2,904
  Arab Republic of Egypt  6.588%   2/21/28   4,600     2,837
  Arab Republic of Egypt  7.600%    3/1/29   6,175     3,793
  Arab Republic of Egypt  5.875%   2/16/31   5,375     2,884
  Arab Republic of Egypt  7.053%   1/15/32   3,400     1,885
  Arab Republic of Egypt  7.625%   5/29/32   5,969     3,354
2 Arab Republic of Egypt  7.300%   9/30/33     925       499
  Arab Republic of Egypt  7.300%   9/30/33   3,900     2,109
  Arab Republic of Egypt  6.875%   4/30/40   1,575       807
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.500%   1/31/47   8,980     4,742
  Arab Republic of Egypt  7.903%   2/21/48   5,800     2,936
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.700%    3/1/49   5,400     2,875
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.875%   5/29/50   7,340     3,913
2 Arab Republic of Egypt  8.750%   9/30/51     950       502
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.750%   9/30/51   1,875       995
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.150%  11/20/59   1,750       895
2 Arab Republic of Egypt  7.500%   2/16/61   3,000     1,500
  Arab Republic of Egypt  7.500%   2/16/61   2,500     1,246
2 Egyptian Financial Co. for Sovereign Taskeek 10.875%   2/28/26   5,425     4,475
                  61,657
El Salvador (0.3%)                  
  Republic of El Salvador  6.375%   1/18/27   2,762     1,743
  Republic of El Salvador  8.625%   2/28/29   2,385     1,395
  Republic of El Salvador  8.250%   4/10/32   1,732       974
  Republic of El Salvador  7.650%   6/15/35   3,650     1,837
  Republic of El Salvador  7.625%    2/1/41   2,518     1,257
  Republic of El Salvador  7.125%   1/20/50   4,275     2,084
2 Republic of El Salvador  9.500%   7/15/52     150        83
  Republic of El Salvador  9.500%   7/15/52   3,350     1,845
                  11,218
Ethiopia (0.1%)                  
  Federal Republic of Ethiopia  6.625%  12/11/24   3,750     2,621
Gabon (0.2%)                  
  Republic of Gabon  6.950%   6/16/25   2,800     2,591
3 Republic of Gabon  6.625%    2/6/31   3,000     2,217
2,3 Republic of Gabon  6.625%    2/6/31     700       517
2 Republic of Gabon  7.000%  11/24/31   2,125     1,569
  Republic of Gabon  7.000%  11/24/31     600       443
                  7,337
Georgia (0.0%)                  
2 Republic of Georgia  2.750%   4/22/26     750       674
  Republic of Georgia  2.750%   4/22/26   1,000       898
                  1,572
Ghana (0.5%)                  
3,5 Republic of Ghana  8.125%   1/18/26   4,645     1,887
3,5 Republic of Ghana  6.375%   2/11/27   6,051     2,290
3,5 Republic of Ghana  7.875%   3/26/27   1,980       772
3,5 Republic of Ghana  7.750%    4/7/29   3,400     1,267
3,5 Republic of Ghana  7.625%   5/16/29   3,700     1,375
3,5 Republic of Ghana 10.750%  10/14/30   3,650     2,502
3,5 Republic of Ghana  8.125%   3/26/32   4,500     1,670
5 Republic of Ghana  8.625%    4/7/34   3,350     1,245
3,5 Republic of Ghana  7.875%   2/11/35   3,854     1,436
2,5 Republic of Ghana  8.875%    5/7/42     200        70
5 Republic of Ghana  8.875%    5/7/42   1,900       670
3,5 Republic of Ghana  8.627%   6/16/49   3,250     1,147
3,5 Republic of Ghana  8.950%   3/26/51   3,725     1,319
2,3,5 Republic of Ghana  8.750%   3/11/61     200        69
3,5 Republic of Ghana  8.750%   3/11/61   3,050     1,070
                  18,789
Guatemala (0.5%)                  
  Republic of Guatemala  4.500%    5/3/26   2,250     2,199
  Republic of Guatemala  4.375%    6/5/27   2,000     1,930
  Republic of Guatemala  4.875%   2/13/28   2,400     2,339
2 Republic of Guatemala  5.250%   8/10/29   1,700     1,660
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 Republic of Guatemala  4.900%    6/1/30   2,000     1,919
  Republic of Guatemala  5.375%   4/24/32   2,000     1,952
2 Republic of Guatemala  3.700%   10/7/33     900       754
  Republic of Guatemala  3.700%   10/7/33   1,075       899
  Republic of Guatemala  4.650%   10/7/41   2,100     1,721
3 Republic of Guatemala  6.125%    6/1/50   5,000     4,695
                  20,068
Honduras (0.1%)                  
  Republic of Honduras  6.250%   1/19/27   2,570     2,311
  Republic of Honduras  5.625%   6/24/30   2,100     1,664
                  3,975
Hungary (1.3%)                  
2 Republic of Hungary  6.125%   5/22/28   5,300     5,507
  Republic of Hungary  6.125%   5/22/28     200       207
2 Republic of Hungary  5.250%   6/16/29   4,675     4,642
  Republic of Hungary  5.250%   6/16/29   3,150     3,123
2 Republic of Hungary  2.125%   9/22/31   5,200     4,059
  Republic of Hungary  2.125%   9/22/31   2,950     2,308
  Republic of Hungary  6.250%   9/22/32   5,025     5,212
2 Republic of Hungary  5.500%   6/16/34   3,825     3,754
  Republic of Hungary  5.500%   6/16/34   1,800     1,768
  Republic of Hungary  7.625%   3/29/41   5,970     6,796
2 Republic of Hungary  3.125%   9/21/51   4,600     2,849
  Republic of Hungary  3.125%   9/21/51   2,700     1,677
2 Republic of Hungary  6.750%   9/25/52   4,600     4,780
                  46,682
Indonesia (6.8%)                  
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  3.900%   8/20/24   2,450     2,442
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.350%   9/10/24   5,200     5,209
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.325%   5/28/25   7,619     7,637
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  2.300%   6/23/25   3,005     2,884
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.550%   3/29/26   6,320     6,364
2 Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  1.500%    6/9/26   2,950     2,689
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  1.500%    6/9/26   2,495     2,274
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.150%   3/29/27   7,377     7,357
2 Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.400%    6/6/27   3,575     3,590
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.400%    6/6/27   3,300     3,314
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.400%    3/1/28   5,790     5,829
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.450%   2/20/29   3,835     3,872
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  2.800%   6/23/30   3,950     3,563
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  2.550%    6/9/31   3,500     3,068
2 Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.700%    6/6/32   4,400     4,493
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.700%    6/6/32   1,050     1,072
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  3.800%   6/23/50   2,900     2,360
2 Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  3.550%    6/9/51   1,300     1,022
  Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  3.550%    6/9/51   1,450     1,140
  Republic of Indonesia  4.125%   1/15/25   7,300     7,281
  Republic of Indonesia  4.750%    1/8/26   7,325     7,375
  Republic of Indonesia  4.350%    1/8/27   4,700     4,706
  Republic of Indonesia  3.850%   7/18/27   3,570     3,514
  Republic of Indonesia  4.150%   9/20/27   2,725     2,705
  Republic of Indonesia  3.500%   1/11/28   4,886     4,717
  Republic of Indonesia  4.550%   1/11/28   3,400     3,430
  Republic of Indonesia  4.100%   4/24/28   4,000     3,959
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Republic of Indonesia  4.750%   2/11/29   4,558     4,637
  Republic of Indonesia  3.400%   9/18/29   2,450     2,316
  Republic of Indonesia  2.850%   2/14/30   4,600     4,193
  Republic of Indonesia  3.850%  10/15/30   5,800     5,581
  Republic of Indonesia  1.850%   3/12/31   4,650     3,840
  Republic of Indonesia  2.150%   7/28/31   5,050     4,245
  Republic of Indonesia  3.550%   3/31/32   3,800     3,541
  Republic of Indonesia  4.650%   9/20/32   6,500     6,519
  Republic of Indonesia  4.850%   1/11/33   3,280     3,329
  Republic of Indonesia  8.500%  10/12/35   5,600     7,402
  Republic of Indonesia  6.625%   2/17/37   5,112     5,966
  Republic of Indonesia  7.750%   1/17/38   7,150     9,118
  Republic of Indonesia  5.250%   1/17/42   8,250     8,357
  Republic of Indonesia  4.625%   4/15/43   5,210     4,940
  Republic of Indonesia  6.750%   1/15/44   7,255     8,581
  Republic of Indonesia  5.125%   1/15/45   7,401     7,395
  Republic of Indonesia  5.950%    1/8/46   4,616     4,997
  Republic of Indonesia  5.250%    1/8/47   5,350     5,373
  Republic of Indonesia  4.750%   7/18/47   3,700     3,538
  Republic of Indonesia  4.350%   1/11/48   6,350     5,717
  Republic of Indonesia  5.350%   2/11/49   3,173     3,240
  Republic of Indonesia  3.700%  10/30/49   3,550     2,856
  Republic of Indonesia  3.500%   2/14/50   2,900     2,250
  Republic of Indonesia  4.200%  10/15/50   6,650     5,788
  Republic of Indonesia  3.050%   3/12/51   7,300     5,428
  Republic of Indonesia  4.300%   3/31/52   3,200     2,810
  Republic of Indonesia  5.450%   9/20/52   2,000     2,048
  Republic of Indonesia  5.650%   1/11/53   2,480     2,619
  Republic of Indonesia  3.200%   9/23/61   2,400     1,657
  Republic of Indonesia  4.450%   4/15/70   3,700     3,191
  Republic of Indonesia  3.350%   3/12/71   3,075     2,112
                  251,450
Iraq (0.2%)                  
3 Republic of Iraq  5.800%   1/15/28   6,216     5,809
Ivory Coast (0.2%)                  
3 Ivory Coast  6.375%    3/3/28   2,950     2,833
3 Ivory Coast  6.125%   6/15/33   4,600     3,896
                  6,729
Jamaica (0.5%)                  
3 Jamaica  6.750%   4/28/28   5,650     5,953
3 Jamaica  8.000%   3/15/39   4,350     5,271
  Jamaica  7.875%   7/28/45   6,500     7,592
                  18,816
Jordan (0.6%)                  
  Kingdom of Jordan  4.950%    7/7/25   1,800     1,734
  Kingdom of Jordan  6.125%   1/29/26   3,500     3,440
  Kingdom of Jordan  5.750%   1/31/27   3,600     3,449
  Kingdom of Jordan  7.750%   1/15/28   1,800     1,828
2 Kingdom of Jordan  7.500%   1/13/29   5,750     5,761
  Kingdom of Jordan  5.850%    7/7/30   4,261     3,835
  Kingdom of Jordan  7.375%  10/10/47   3,650     3,086
                  23,133
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    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Kazakhstan (0.7%)                  
  Republic of Kazakhstan  3.875%  10/14/24   5,720     5,732
  Republic of Kazakhstan  5.125%   7/21/25   9,000     9,286
  Republic of Kazakhstan  4.875%  10/14/44   2,950     2,711
  Republic of Kazakhstan  4.875%  10/14/44     850       781
  Republic of Kazakhstan  6.500%   7/21/45   5,280     5,640
                  24,150
Kenya (0.5%)                  
  Republic of Kenya  6.875%   6/24/24   7,025     6,081
  Republic of Kenya  7.000%   5/22/27   3,600     2,902
  Republic of Kenya  7.250%   2/28/28   3,600     2,784
  Republic of Kenya  8.000%   5/22/32   4,550     3,426
2 Republic of Kenya  6.300%   1/23/34   1,100       717
  Republic of Kenya  6.300%   1/23/34   2,500     1,644
  Republic of Kenya  8.250%   2/28/48   3,550     2,384
                  19,938
Kuwait (0.4%)                  
  Kuwait  3.500%   3/20/27  16,350    16,111
Lebanon (0.1%)                  
5 Lebanon Republic  6.200%   2/26/25   6,678       406
5 Lebanon Republic  6.600%  11/27/26   6,775       409
5 Lebanon Republic  6.850%   3/23/27   5,600       341
5 Lebanon Republic  6.750%  11/29/27   4,059       247
5 Lebanon Republic  6.650%   11/3/28   3,230       196
5 Lebanon Republic  6.850%   5/25/29   3,300       202
5 Lebanon Republic  6.650%   2/26/30   5,630       341
5 Lebanon Republic  7.000%   3/23/32   4,470       270
5 Lebanon Republic  7.250%   3/23/37   3,675       223
                  2,635
Malaysia (0.4%)                  
  Malaysia Sovereign Sukuk Bhd.  3.043%   4/22/25   3,850     3,767
2 Malaysia Sovereign Sukuk Bhd.  2.070%   4/28/31   1,250     1,105
  Malaysia Sovereign Sukuk Bhd.  4.236%   4/22/45   2,025     1,970
2 Malaysia Sovereign Sukuk Bhd.  3.075%   4/28/51     700       550
  Malaysia Sukuk Global Bhd.  3.179%   4/27/26   3,750     3,668
  Malaysia Sukuk Global Bhd.  4.080%   4/27/46   2,300     2,183
  Malaysia Wakala Sukuk Bhd.  2.070%   4/28/31     925       818
  Malaysia Wakala Sukuk Bhd.  3.075%   4/28/51     750       589
                  14,650
Maldives (0.0%)                  
2 Maldives Sukuk Issuance Ltd.  9.875%    4/8/26   1,365     1,117
  Maldives Sukuk Issuance Ltd.  9.875%    4/8/26     400       327
                  1,444
Mexico (6.1%)                  
  United Mexican States  3.900%   4/27/25   2,850     2,818
  United Mexican States  4.125%   1/21/26   7,912     7,804
  United Mexican States  4.150%   3/28/27   8,770     8,683
  United Mexican States  3.750%   1/11/28   6,975     6,742
  United Mexican States  5.400%    2/9/28   4,600     4,752
  United Mexican States  4.500%   4/22/29  11,536    11,408
  United Mexican States  3.250%   4/16/30   8,325     7,535
  United Mexican States  2.659%   5/24/31  12,807    10,836
  United Mexican States  8.300%   8/15/31   4,050     4,792
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    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  United Mexican States  4.750%   4/27/32   7,965     7,753
  United Mexican States  7.500%    4/8/33   3,100     3,593
  United Mexican States  4.875%   5/19/33   8,375     8,126
  United Mexican States  3.500%   2/12/34  10,897     9,362
  United Mexican States  6.750%   9/27/34   6,479     7,205
  United Mexican States  6.350%    2/9/35   9,525    10,211
  United Mexican States  6.050%   1/11/40  10,199    10,520
  United Mexican States  4.280%   8/14/41  11,520     9,650
  United Mexican States  4.750%    3/8/44  13,206    11,473
  United Mexican States  5.550%   1/21/45  10,309     9,929
  United Mexican States  4.600%   1/23/46   8,500     7,152
  United Mexican States  4.350%   1/15/47   4,031     3,259
  United Mexican States  4.600%   2/10/48   5,548     4,621
  United Mexican States  4.500%   1/31/50   8,199     6,773
  United Mexican States  5.000%   4/27/51   9,175     8,032
  United Mexican States  4.400%   2/12/52   7,780     6,211
  United Mexican States  6.338%    5/4/53   9,870    10,161
  United Mexican States  3.771%   5/24/61  11,350     7,857
  United Mexican States  3.750%   4/19/71  11,160     7,600
  United Mexican States  5.750%  10/12/10   9,790     8,710
                  223,568
Mongolia (0.2%)                  
2 Mongolia  5.125%    4/7/26     848       780
  Mongolia  5.125%    4/7/26   1,725     1,586
  Mongolia  3.500%    7/7/27   1,700     1,411
2 Mongolia  8.650%   1/19/28   1,900     1,917
2 Mongolia  4.450%    7/7/31   1,100       848
  Mongolia  4.450%    7/7/31   1,000       771
                  7,313
Morocco (0.6%)                  
  Kingdom of Morocco  2.375%  12/15/27   2,600     2,306
2 Kingdom of Morocco  5.950%    3/8/28   4,500     4,628
  Kingdom of Morocco  3.000%  12/15/32   3,850     3,114
2 Kingdom of Morocco  6.500%    9/8/33   4,525     4,696
  Kingdom of Morocco  5.500%  12/11/42   2,665     2,326
2 Kingdom of Morocco  4.000%  12/15/50   1,550     1,060
  Kingdom of Morocco  4.000%  12/15/50   3,225     2,216
                  20,346
Mozambique (0.1%)                  
4 Republic of Mozambique, 9.000% coupon rate effective 9/15/23  5.000%   9/15/31   3,425     2,408
Namibia (0.1%)                  
  Republic of Namibia  5.250%  10/29/25   2,700     2,579
Nigeria (1.1%)                  
  Republic of Nigeria  7.625%  11/21/25   3,900     3,544
  Republic of Nigeria  6.500%  11/28/27   5,200     4,183
2 Republic of Nigeria  6.125%   9/28/28   3,000     2,291
  Republic of Nigeria  6.125%   9/28/28   1,800     1,375
2 Republic of Nigeria  8.375%   3/24/29   2,350     1,915
  Republic of Nigeria  8.375%   3/24/29   2,352     1,925
  Republic of Nigeria  7.143%   2/23/30   4,900     3,683
  Republic of Nigeria  8.747%   1/21/31   3,885     3,092
  Republic of Nigeria  7.875%   2/16/32   5,400     4,038
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    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
2 Republic of Nigeria  7.375%   9/28/33     575       399
  Republic of Nigeria  7.375%   9/28/33   4,950     3,446
  Republic of Nigeria  7.696%   2/23/38   4,542     3,018
  Republic of Nigeria  7.625%  11/28/47   5,450     3,430
  Republic of Nigeria  9.248%   1/21/49   2,600     1,903
2 Republic of Nigeria  8.250%   9/28/51   3,050     1,985
  Republic of Nigeria  8.250%   9/28/51   1,550     1,013
                  41,240
Oman (2.5%)                  
  Oman Sovereign Sukuk Co.  4.397%    6/1/24   6,625     6,549
  Oman Sovereign Sukuk Co.  5.932%  10/31/25   5,631     5,766
2 Oman Sovereign Sukuk Co.  4.875%   6/15/30   4,100     4,137
  Oman Sovereign Sukuk Co.  4.875%   6/15/30   2,433     2,456
  Sultanate of Oman  4.875%    2/1/25   4,244     4,204
  Sultanate of Oman  4.750%   6/15/26   8,900     8,743
  Sultanate of Oman  5.375%    3/8/27   7,025     7,009
  Sultanate of Oman  6.750%  10/28/27   5,315     5,620
  Sultanate of Oman  5.625%   1/17/28   8,750     8,837
  Sultanate of Oman  6.000%    8/1/29   7,972     8,160
  Sultanate of Oman  6.250%   1/25/31   6,150     6,387
  Sultanate of Oman  7.375%  10/28/32   3,737     4,165
  Sultanate of Oman  6.500%    3/8/47   7,215     6,781
  Sultanate of Oman  6.750%   1/17/48  10,150     9,829
  Sultanate of Oman  7.000%   1/25/51   3,650     3,632
                  92,275
Pakistan (0.2%)                  
  Islamic Republic of Pakistan  8.250%   9/30/25   1,625       675
  Islamic Republic of Pakistan  6.000%    4/8/26   5,075     1,853
  Islamic Republic of Pakistan  6.875%   12/5/27   5,650     2,007
  Islamic Republic of Pakistan  7.375%    4/8/31   5,450     1,867
  Islamic Republic of Pakistan  8.875%    4/8/51   2,770       914
  Pakistan Global Sukuk Programme Co. Ltd.  7.950%   1/31/29   3,350     1,479
                  8,795
Panama (2.5%)                  
  Republic of Panama  3.750%   3/16/25   4,459     4,373
  Republic of Panama  7.125%   1/29/26   3,925     4,168
  Republic of Panama  8.875%   9/30/27   3,750     4,380
  Republic of Panama  3.875%   3/17/28   3,963     3,825
  Republic of Panama  9.375%    4/1/29   3,350     4,104
  Republic of Panama  3.160%   1/23/30   6,400     5,670
  Republic of Panama  2.252%   9/29/32   9,000     6,967
  Republic of Panama  3.298%   1/19/33   3,450     2,923
  Republic of Panama  6.400%   2/14/35   8,795     9,316
3 Republic of Panama  6.700%   1/26/36   7,200     7,761
3 Republic of Panama  4.500%   5/15/47   3,520     2,821
3 Republic of Panama  4.500%   4/16/50  10,100     7,891
3 Republic of Panama  4.300%   4/29/53   6,425     4,814
  Republic of Panama  6.853%   3/28/54   3,650     3,818
  Republic of Panama  4.500%    4/1/56   9,200     6,984
3 Republic of Panama  3.870%   7/23/60  10,850     7,264
  Republic of Panama  4.500%   1/19/63   5,300     3,908
                  90,987
Papua New Guinea (0.0%)                  
  Papua New Guinea  8.375%   10/4/28   1,800     1,627
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    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Paraguay (0.5%)                  
  Republic of Paraguay  5.000%   4/15/26   1,900     1,887
  Republic of Paraguay  4.700%   3/27/27   2,000     1,966
3 Republic of Paraguay  4.950%   4/28/31   3,600     3,487
2 Republic of Paraguay  2.739%   1/29/33     400       322
  Republic of Paraguay  2.739%   1/29/33   1,400     1,132
2 Republic of Paraguay  3.849%   6/28/33     400       349
  Republic of Paraguay  3.849%   6/28/33   1,700     1,488
  Republic of Paraguay  6.100%   8/11/44   3,800     3,623
  Republic of Paraguay  5.600%   3/13/48   2,050     1,798
3 Republic of Paraguay  5.400%   3/30/50   4,150     3,532
                  19,584
Peru (2.1%)                  
  Republic of Peru  7.350%   7/21/25   5,509     5,810
  Republic of Peru  2.392%   1/23/26   3,900     3,684
  Republic of Peru  4.125%   8/25/27   3,922     3,860
  Republic of Peru  2.844%   6/20/30      50        44
  Republic of Peru  2.783%   1/23/31  16,080    13,938
  Republic of Peru  1.862%   12/1/32   3,700     2,863
  Republic of Peru  8.750%  11/21/33   7,600     9,713
  Republic of Peru  3.000%   1/15/34   8,475     7,097
3 Republic of Peru  6.550%   3/14/37   4,216     4,696
  Republic of Peru  3.300%   3/11/41   4,570     3,518
  Republic of Peru  5.625%  11/18/50   9,548     9,874
  Republic of Peru  3.550%   3/10/51   6,325     4,775
  Republic of Peru  2.780%   12/1/60   7,310     4,474
  Republic of Peru  3.600%   1/15/72   3,655     2,516
  Republic of Peru  3.230%   7/28/21   3,652     2,231
                  79,093
Philippines (3.4%)                  
  Republic of Philippines 10.625%   3/16/25   5,575     6,218
  Republic of Philippines  5.500%   3/30/26   3,700     3,822
  Republic of Philippines  3.229%   3/29/27   2,300     2,213
  Republic of Philippines  5.170%  10/13/27   1,800     1,870
  Republic of Philippines  3.000%    2/1/28   7,350     6,958
  Republic of Philippines  4.625%   7/17/28   1,650     1,676
  Republic of Philippines  3.750%   1/14/29   5,550     5,375
  Republic of Philippines  9.500%    2/2/30   6,685     8,548
  Republic of Philippines  2.457%    5/5/30   4,775     4,187
  Republic of Philippines  7.750%   1/14/31   5,500     6,597
  Republic of Philippines  1.648%   6/10/31   5,175     4,218
  Republic of Philippines  1.950%    1/6/32   2,900     2,387
  Republic of Philippines  6.375%   1/15/32   3,550     4,018
  Republic of Philippines  3.556%   9/29/32   3,000     2,807
  Republic of Philippines  5.609%   4/13/33   3,725     4,026
  Republic of Philippines  5.000%   7/17/33   3,350     3,474
  Republic of Philippines  6.375%  10/23/34   7,135     8,097
  Republic of Philippines  5.000%   1/13/37   4,955     5,030
  Republic of Philippines  3.950%   1/20/40   7,400     6,496
  Republic of Philippines  3.700%    3/1/41   7,275     6,170
  Republic of Philippines  3.700%    2/2/42   7,395     6,206
  Republic of Philippines  2.950%    5/5/45   4,800     3,525
  Republic of Philippines  2.650%  12/10/45   5,550     3,853
  Republic of Philippines  3.200%    7/6/46   8,175     6,178
  Republic of Philippines  4.200%   3/29/47   3,800     3,373
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Republic of Philippines  5.950%  10/13/47   3,150     3,484
  Republic of Philippines  5.500%   1/17/48   4,100     4,300
                  125,106
Poland (1.0%)                  
6 Republic of Poland  3.250%    4/6/26   6,390     6,238
  Republic of Poland  5.500%  11/16/27   5,450     5,722
  Republic of Poland  5.750%  11/16/32   5,450     5,915
  Republic of Poland  4.875%   10/4/33   9,275     9,451
  Republic of Poland  5.500%    4/4/53   9,210     9,564
                  36,890
Qatar (3.8%)                  
  State of Qatar  3.400%   4/16/25   7,242     7,097
  State of Qatar  3.250%    6/2/26  12,850    12,556
  State of Qatar  4.500%   4/23/28  10,960    11,257
  State of Qatar  4.000%   3/14/29  14,825    14,844
  State of Qatar  3.750%   4/16/30  12,215    12,116
2 State of Qatar  9.750%   6/15/30   4,093     5,516
2 State of Qatar  6.400%   1/20/40   2,970     3,526
2 State of Qatar  5.750%   1/20/42   3,800     4,247
  State of Qatar  4.625%    6/2/46   7,850     7,696
  State of Qatar  5.103%   4/23/48  21,790    22,348
  State of Qatar  4.817%   3/14/49  21,975    21,739
  State of Qatar  4.400%   4/16/50  18,575    17,400
                  140,342
Romania (1.3%)                  
2 Romania  3.000%   2/27/27   3,450     3,152
  Romania  3.000%   2/27/27   1,024       936
2 Romania  5.250%  11/25/27   3,340     3,307
  Romania  5.250%  11/25/27   1,700     1,684
2 Romania  6.625%   2/17/28   4,370     4,555
2 Romania  3.000%   2/14/31   1,000       835
  Romania  3.000%   2/14/31   3,276     2,737
2 Romania  3.625%   3/27/32   3,350     2,865
  Romania  3.625%   3/27/32   1,000       857
2 Romania  7.125%   1/17/33   4,600     4,929
  Romania  7.125%   1/17/33     612       656
2 Romania  6.000%   5/25/34   1,550     1,537
  Romania  6.000%   5/25/34   2,770     2,752
  Romania  6.125%   1/22/44   3,800     3,660
  Romania  5.125%   6/15/48   4,328     3,652
2 Romania  4.000%   2/14/51   1,576     1,096
  Romania  4.000%   2/14/51   5,444     3,788
2 Romania  7.625%   1/17/53   4,600     4,958
  Romania  7.625%   1/17/53     200       216
                  48,172
Rwanda (0.0%)                  
2 Republic of Rwanda  5.500%    8/9/31   1,700     1,229
  Republic of Rwanda  5.500%    8/9/31     600       434
                  1,663
Saudi Arabia (7.9%)                  
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.000%   4/17/25  15,750    15,635
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  2.900%  10/22/25   8,700     8,424
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  3.250%  10/26/26  19,389    18,855
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  2.500%    2/3/27   4,900     4,631
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
2 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.750%   1/18/28   7,825     7,974
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.750%   1/18/28   2,675     2,731
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  3.625%    3/4/28  18,832    18,307
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.375%   4/16/29  14,975    15,100
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.500%   4/17/30  11,150    11,257
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  3.250%  10/22/30   6,119     5,713
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  2.750%    2/3/32   3,750     3,345
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.500%  10/25/32   8,950     9,710
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  2.250%    2/2/33  10,595     8,861
2 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.875%   7/18/33  11,550    11,892
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.875%   7/18/33     980     1,010
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.500%  10/26/46  24,000    21,587
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.625%   10/4/47  16,493    15,001
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.000%   4/17/49  12,900    12,253
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.250%   1/16/50  12,942    12,797
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  3.250%  11/17/51   5,895     4,261
2 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.000%   1/18/53   9,950     9,426
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.000%   1/18/53     700       666
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  3.750%   1/21/55  10,023     7,767
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.500%   4/22/60  11,050     9,842
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  3.450%    2/2/61   8,200     5,916
  KSA Sukuk Ltd.  3.628%   4/20/27  16,075    15,809
  KSA Sukuk Ltd.  5.268%  10/25/28   9,150     9,619
  KSA Sukuk Ltd.  4.303%   1/19/29   6,800     6,850
  KSA Sukuk Ltd.  2.969%  10/29/29   9,145     8,527
  KSA Sukuk Ltd.  2.250%   5/17/31   7,225     6,316
                  290,082
Senegal (0.2%)                  
3 Republic of Senegal  6.250%   5/23/33   4,050     3,198
3 Republic of Senegal  6.750%   3/13/48   3,600     2,417
                  5,615
Serbia (0.3%)                  
2 Republic of Serbia  6.250%   5/26/28   2,600     2,658
  Republic of Serbia  2.125%   12/1/30   4,845     3,789
2 Republic of Serbia  6.500%   9/26/33   3,500     3,554
                  10,001
South Africa (1.7%)                  
  Republic of South Africa  5.875%   9/16/25   7,300     7,290
  Republic of South Africa  4.875%   4/14/26   4,450     4,312
  Republic of South Africa  4.850%   9/27/27   4,000     3,805
  Republic of South Africa  4.300%  10/12/28   6,800     6,113
  Republic of South Africa  4.850%   9/30/29   7,625     6,853
  Republic of South Africa  5.875%   6/22/30   5,064     4,751
  Republic of South Africa  5.875%   4/20/32   5,050     4,591
  Republic of South Africa  6.250%    3/8/41   3,091     2,585
  Republic of South Africa  5.375%   7/24/44   3,750     2,728
  Republic of South Africa  5.000%  10/12/46   3,900     2,658
  Republic of South Africa  5.650%   9/27/47   5,475     3,957
  Republic of South Africa  6.300%   6/22/48   2,140     1,676
  Republic of South Africa  5.750%   9/30/49  11,050     7,939
  Republic of South Africa  7.300%   4/20/52   5,750     4,906
                  64,164
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Sri Lanka (0.3%)                  
5 Republic of Sri Lanka  6.350%   6/28/24   1,800       601
5 Republic of Sri Lanka  6.125%    6/3/25   2,350       841
5 Republic of Sri Lanka  6.850%   11/3/25   5,600     1,975
5 Republic of Sri Lanka  6.825%   7/18/26   3,700     1,305
5 Republic of Sri Lanka  6.200%   5/11/27   5,350     1,773
5 Republic of Sri Lanka  6.750%   4/18/28   4,625     1,537
5 Republic of Sri Lanka  7.850%   3/14/29   5,200     1,720
5 Republic of Sri Lanka  7.550%   3/28/30   5,475     1,813
                  11,565
Suriname (0.0%)                  
5 Republic of Suriname  9.250%  10/26/26   1,900     1,361
Tajikistan (0.0%)                  
3 Republic of Tajikistan  7.125%   9/14/27   1,800     1,402
Trinidad & Tobago (0.1%)                  
  Republic of Trinidad & Tobago  4.500%    8/4/26   3,550     3,480
2 Republic of Trinidad & Tobago  4.500%   6/26/30     450       435
  Republic of Trinidad & Tobago  4.500%   6/26/30   1,400     1,349
                  5,264
Tunisia (0.1%)                  
  Tunisian Republic  5.750%   1/30/25   3,525     1,824
Turkey (7.3%)                  
  Hazine Mustesarligi Varlik Kiralama A/S  4.489%  11/25/24   3,478     3,330
2 Hazine Mustesarligi Varlik Kiralama A/S  9.758%  11/13/25  12,550    12,893
  Hazine Mustesarligi Varlik Kiralama A/S  5.125%   6/22/26   4,400     4,006
2 Hazine Mustesarligi Varlik Kiralama A/S  7.250%   2/24/27   8,600     8,267
  Hazine Mustesarligi Varlik Kiralama A/S  7.250%   2/24/27   3,500     3,365
  Republic of Turkey  6.350%   8/10/24   7,400     7,253
  Republic of Turkey  5.600%  11/14/24   9,925     9,544
  Republic of Turkey  7.375%    2/5/25  12,100    11,925
  Republic of Turkey  4.250%   3/13/25   7,350     6,819
  Republic of Turkey  6.375%  10/14/25   9,158     8,703
  Republic of Turkey  4.750%   1/26/26   7,300     6,652
  Republic of Turkey  4.250%   4/14/26   2,812     2,511
  Republic of Turkey  4.875%   10/9/26  11,874    10,640
  Republic of Turkey  6.000%   3/25/27  13,367    12,315
  Republic of Turkey  8.600%   9/24/27   6,550     6,552
  Republic of Turkey  9.875%   1/15/28  12,875    13,324
  Republic of Turkey  5.125%   2/17/28   7,350     6,411
  Republic of Turkey  6.125%  10/24/28  10,103     9,067
  Republic of Turkey  9.375%   3/14/29  12,000    12,145
  Republic of Turkey  7.625%   4/26/29   7,175     6,825
  Republic of Turkey 11.875%   1/15/30   5,579     6,535
  Republic of Turkey  5.250%   3/13/30   7,300     6,018
  Republic of Turkey  9.125%   7/13/30   9,000     9,008
  Republic of Turkey  5.950%   1/15/31   8,400     7,080
  Republic of Turkey  5.875%   6/26/31   6,950     5,799
  Republic of Turkey  9.375%   1/19/33   9,250     9,343
  Republic of Turkey  6.500%   9/20/33   6,275     5,325
  Republic of Turkey  8.000%   2/14/34   5,321     5,289
  Republic of Turkey  6.875%   3/17/36  10,150     8,677
  Republic of Turkey  7.250%    3/5/38   3,625     3,236
  Republic of Turkey  6.750%   5/30/40   7,200     5,811
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    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Republic of Turkey  6.000%   1/14/41  10,815     8,124
  Republic of Turkey  4.875%   4/16/43  11,200     7,474
  Republic of Turkey  6.625%   2/17/45  10,800     8,550
  Republic of Turkey  5.750%   5/11/47  13,070     9,275
                  268,091
Ukraine (0.3%)                  
5 Ukraine  7.750%    9/1/25   8,675     1,715
5 Ukraine  8.994%    2/1/26   2,920       513
5 Ukraine  7.750%    9/1/26   4,630       816
5 Ukraine  7.750%    9/1/27   5,075       888
5 Ukraine  7.750%    9/1/28   5,005       883
5 Ukraine  7.750%    9/1/29   5,080       903
5 Ukraine  9.750%   11/1/30   5,965     1,070
2,5 Ukraine  6.876%   5/21/31     650       105
5 Ukraine  6.876%   5/21/31   5,750       941
5 Ukraine  7.375%   9/25/34  10,730     1,774
2,5 Ukraine  7.253%   3/15/35   1,800       292
5 Ukraine  7.253%   3/15/35   7,400     1,206
                  11,106
United Arab Emirates (5.4%)                  
  Dubai DOF Sukuk Ltd.  5.000%   4/30/29   6,230     6,447
7 Dubai DOF Sukuk Ltd.  2.763%    9/9/30   4,700     4,242
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  2.125%   9/30/24  10,950    10,548
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  2.500%   4/16/25  11,000    10,617
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  3.125%    5/3/26   9,747     9,465
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  3.125%  10/11/27  15,000    14,530
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  1.625%    6/2/28   7,446     6,687
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  2.500%   9/30/29  10,825     9,982
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  3.125%   4/16/30  11,025    10,512
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  1.700%    3/2/31   5,450     4,654
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  1.875%   9/15/31   6,300     5,395
2 Emirate of Abu Dhabi  2.000%  10/19/31   2,200     1,903
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  2.000%  10/19/31   1,475     1,276
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  4.050%    7/7/32   6,400     6,429
2 Emirate of Abu Dhabi  2.875%  10/19/41   1,850     1,460
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  2.875%  10/19/41   2,100     1,662
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  4.125%  10/11/47  11,225    10,137
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  3.125%   9/30/49  14,700    11,112
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  3.875%   4/16/50  14,600    12,573
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  3.000%   9/15/51   4,650     3,411
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  4.951%    7/7/52   4,575     4,630
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  3.250%  10/19/61   7,100     5,321
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi  2.700%    9/2/70   5,500     3,447
  Emirate of Dubai  5.250%   1/30/43   3,825     3,655
  Emirate of Dubai  3.900%    9/9/50   4,642     3,442
2 Finance Department Government of Sharjah  6.500%  11/23/32   3,450     3,578
  Finance Department Government of Sharjah  6.500%  11/23/32     200       208
  Finance Department Government of Sharjah  3.625%   3/10/33   2,800     2,331
  Finance Department Government of Sharjah  4.000%   7/28/50   3,748     2,449
  Finance Department Government of Sharjah  4.375%   3/10/51   1,800     1,255
  RAK Capital  3.094%   3/31/25   3,733     3,612
  Sharjah Sukuk Ltd.  3.764%   9/17/24   1,910     1,874
  Sharjah Sukuk Program Ltd.  3.854%    4/3/26   4,820     4,649
  Sharjah Sukuk Program Ltd.  2.942%   6/10/27   3,490     3,197
  Sharjah Sukuk Program Ltd.  4.226%   3/14/28   4,475     4,296
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Sharjah Sukuk Program Ltd.  3.234%  10/23/29   3,614     3,244
  Sharjah Sukuk Program Ltd.  3.886%    4/4/30   2,700     2,463
  Sharjah Sukuk Program Ltd.  3.200%   7/13/31   2,700     2,334
                  199,027
Uruguay (1.5%)                  
3 Oriental Republic of Uruguay  4.375%  10/27/27   5,266     5,321
3 Oriental Republic of Uruguay  4.375%   1/23/31   7,600     7,665
  Oriental Republic of Uruguay  7.875%   1/15/33   3,300     4,143
  Oriental Republic of Uruguay  5.750%  10/28/34   5,562     6,175
3 Oriental Republic of Uruguay  7.625%   3/21/36   4,015     5,091
3 Oriental Republic of Uruguay  4.125%  11/20/45   2,600     2,421
3 Oriental Republic of Uruguay  5.100%   6/18/50  14,367    14,714
3 Oriental Republic of Uruguay  4.975%   4/20/55   9,509     9,543
                  55,073
Uzbekistan (0.1%)                  
  Republic of Uzbekistan  5.375%   2/20/29   1,625     1,505
  Republic of Uzbekistan  3.700%  11/25/30   2,300     1,884
2 Republic of Uzbekistan  3.900%  10/19/31     950       776
  Republic of Uzbekistan  3.900%  10/19/31   1,450     1,183
                  5,348
Vietnam (0.1%)                  
  Socialist Republic of Vietnam  4.800%  11/19/24   3,900     3,816
Zambia (0.1%)                  
5 Republic of Zambia  8.970%   7/30/27   4,825     2,245
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $3,624,632)   3,112,618
        Shares  
Temporary Cash Investments (0.6%)    
Money Market Fund (0.6%)                  
8 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $20,185)  4.853%           201,858          20,184
Total Investments (98.8%) (Cost $4,235,356)   3,645,635
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (1.2%)   45,578
Net Assets (100.0%)   3,691,213
Cost is in $000.    
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Guaranteed by the Republic of Azerbaijan.
2 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 April 30, 2023, the aggregate value was $248,656,000, representing 6.7% of net assets.
3 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.
4 Step bond.
5 Non-income-producing security—security in default.
6 Securities with a value of $155,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
7 Guaranteed by the Kingdom of United Arab Emirates.
8 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  GMTN—Global Medium Term Note.
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 41 4,499 (9)
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 47 5,415 111
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 7 850 2
        104
Short Futures Contracts        
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (33) (6,803) (68)
Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 (12) (1,580) (34)
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 (10) (1,414) (20)
        (122)
        (18)
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $4,215,171) 3,625,451
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $20,185) 20,184
Total Investments in Securities 3,645,635
Investment in Vanguard 129
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $4) 4
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 28,810
Receivables for Accrued Income 49,127
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 13,399
Total Assets 3,737,104
Liabilities  
Due to Custodian 483
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 44,816
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 90
Payables for Distributions 171
Payables to Vanguard 300
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 31
Total Liabilities 45,891
Net Assets 3,691,213
At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 4,534,453
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (843,240)
Net Assets 3,691,213
 
ETF Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 55,182,986 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
3,410,210
Net Asset Value Per Share—ETF Shares $61.80
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 10,266,598 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
159,038
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $15.49
 
Institutional Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 4,909,118 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
121,965
Net Asset Value Per Share—Institutional Shares $24.84
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 97,117
Total Income 97,117
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 41
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares 2,901
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 151
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares 95
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares 87
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 4
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares 2
Custodian Fees 36
Shareholders’ Reports—ETF Shares 92
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 1
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 1
Other Expenses 6
Total Expenses 3,417
Expenses Paid Indirectly (3)
Net Expenses 3,414
Net Investment Income 93,703
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (43,216)
Futures Contracts (491)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (43,707)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 259,596
Futures Contracts (174)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 259,422
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 309,418
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $227,000, ($1,000), less than $1,000, and ($2,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 93,703   147,527
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (43,707)   (163,273)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 259,422   (798,914)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 309,418   (814,660)
Distributions      
ETF Shares (85,718)   (135,745)
Admiral Shares (4,386)   (9,185)
Institutional Shares (3,224)   (2,162)
Total Distributions (93,328)   (147,092)
Capital Share Transactions      
ETF Shares 628,374   446,745
Admiral Shares (8,379)   (26,860)
Institutional Shares 63,266   22,957
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 683,261   442,842
Total Increase (Decrease) 899,351   (518,910)
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 2,791,862   3,310,772
End of Period 3,691,213   2,791,862
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
Financial Highlights
ETF Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $57.55 $78.02 $78.01 $80.38 $74.27 $80.73
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 1.668 3.170 3.190 3.551 3.738 3.411
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments2 4.271 (20.455) (.036) (2.322) 6.044 (6.445)
Total from Investment Operations 5.939 (17.285) 3.154 1.229 9.782 (3.034)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.689) (3.185) (3.144) (3.599) (3.672) (3.426)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (1.689) (3.185) (3.144) (3.599) (3.672) (3.426)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $61.80 $57.55 $78.02 $78.01 $80.38 $74.27
Total Return 10.39% -22.68% 4.06% 1.65% 13.47% -3.84%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $3,410 $2,582 $3,024 $1,853 $1,538 $1,033
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.20%3 0.20%3 0.20% 0.25% 0.25% 0.30%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 5.47% 4.73% 4.02% 4.55% 4.79% 4.42%
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 10% 17% 16% 21% 48% 25%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Includes increases from purchase fees of $0.02, $0.02, $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, and $0.04.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.20%.
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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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $14.42 $19.58 $19.58 $20.16 $18.63 $20.24
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .419 .798 .806 .897 .939 .858
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments2 1.075 (5.149) (.015) (.586) 1.521 (1.613)
Total from Investment Operations 1.494 (4.351) .791 .311 2.460 (.755)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.424) (.809) (.791) (.891) (.930) (.855)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.424) (.809) (.791) (.891) (.930) (.855)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $15.49 $14.42 $19.58 $19.58 $20.16 $18.63
Total Return3 10.39% -22.67% 4.04% 1.66% 13.46% -3.80%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $159 $156 $242 $243 $273 $256
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.20%4 0.20%4 0.20% 0.25% 0.25% 0.30%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 5.46% 4.69% 4.03% 4.57% 4.79% 4.42%
Portfolio Turnover Rate5 10% 17% 16% 21% 48% 25%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Includes increases from purchase fees of $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, and $0.01.
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 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.20%.
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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Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
Financial Highlights
Institutional Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $23.13 $31.41 $31.40 $32.33 $29.88 $32.47
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .675 1.286 1.298 1.443 1.522 1.380
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments2 1.718 (8.261) (.014) (.938) 2.425 (2.596)
Total from Investment Operations 2.393 (6.975) 1.284 .505 3.947 (1.216)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.683) (1.305) (1.274) (1.435) (1.497) (1.374)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.683) (1.305) (1.274) (1.435) (1.497) (1.374)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $24.84 $23.13 $31.41 $31.40 $32.33 $29.88
Total Return3 10.37% -22.66% 4.10% 1.68% 13.46% -3.82%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $122 $54 $45 $42 $51 $19
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.18%4 0.18%4 0.18% 0.23% 0.23% 0.29%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 5.48% 4.79% 4.05% 4.59% 4.81% 4.43%
Portfolio Turnover Rate5 10% 17% 16% 21% 48% 25%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Includes increases from purchase fees of $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, and $0.02.
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 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.18%.
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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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers three classes of shares: ETF Shares, Admiral Shares, and Institutional Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Nasdaq; they can be purchased and sold through a broker.
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 valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees.
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. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented less than 1% of net assets, 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 virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations,
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which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
5. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program. 
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
6. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. 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.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of
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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 and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $129,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.05% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $3,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of April 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 11,644 11,644
Corporate Bonds 501,189 501,189
Sovereign Bonds 3,112,618 3,112,618
Temporary Cash Investments 20,184 20,184
Total 20,184 3,625,451 3,645,635
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 113 113
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts1 131 131
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
E. As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 4,238,297
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 8,280
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (600,960)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (592,680)
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $258,847,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
F. During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $933,024,000 of investment securities and sold $278,419,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $77,173,000 and $69,929,000, respectively. Purchases and sales include $571,606,000 and $0, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
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G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
    
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  Year Ended
October 31, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
ETF Shares          
Issued1 628,374 10,313   722,837 10,308
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions  
Redeemed   (276,092) (4,200)
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares 628,374 10,313   446,745 6,108
Admiral Shares          
Issued1 15,103 974   30,869 1,842
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 3,419 220   7,464 449
Redeemed (26,901) (1,730)   (65,193) (3,837)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares (8,379) (536)   (26,860) (1,546)
Institutional Shares          
Issued1 67,757 2,772   39,706 1,508
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 3,224 130   2,162 83
Redeemed (7,715) (311)   (18,911) (700)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares 63,266 2,591   22,957 891
1 Includes purchase fees for fiscal 2023 and 2022 of $1,045,000 and $1,041,000, respectively (fund totals).
H. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund’s investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty to a transaction or an issuer of a financial instrument will fail to pay interest and principal when due, or that perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such payments will cause the price of an investment to decline. Investment in debt securities will generally increase credit risk.
The use of derivatives may expose the fund to various risks. Derivatives can be highly volatile, and any initial investment is generally small relative to the notional amount so that transactions may be leveraged in terms of market exposure. A relatively small market movement may have a potentially larger impact on derivatives than on standard securities. Leveraged derivatives positions can, therefore, increase volatility. Additional information regarding the fund's use of derivative(s) and the specific risks associated is described under significant accounting policies.
I. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the fund, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with its target index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expenses were also below the peer-group average.
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The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Whitehall Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report   |   April 30, 2023
Vanguard Global Minimum Volatility Fund

 

Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses

1
Financial Statements

4
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement

22
Liquidity Risk Management

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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 April 30, 2023      
  Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Global Minimum Volatility Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,063.40 $1.07
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,064.10 0.72
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Global Minimum Volatility Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.75 $1.05
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.10 0.70
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 0.21% for Investor Shares and 0.14% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (181/365).
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Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
United States 53.7%
Japan 10.8
Canada 4.5
Australia 4.2
United Kingdom 4.1
India 3.3
Switzerland 3.3
China 3.2
South Korea 2.7
Taiwan 2.1
France 1.7
Hong Kong 1.5
Brazil 1.4
Other 3.5
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (98.8%)
Australia (4.1%)
  Wesfarmers Ltd.   577,556    19,980
  Transurban Group 1,375,860    13,722
  Telstra Group Ltd. 4,623,712    13,414
  Westpac Banking Corp.   503,375     7,535
  Coles Group Ltd.   602,789     7,282
  Medibank Pvt Ltd. 2,530,369     5,988
  Brambles Ltd.   535,267     5,071
  Computershare Ltd. (XASX)   186,096     2,770
  Insurance Australia Group Ltd.   739,314     2,449
  Atlas Arteria Ltd.   436,237     1,897
  Aurizon Holdings Ltd.   665,049     1,512
  National Australia Bank Ltd.    46,993       905
  APA Group   111,946       764
  Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.    30,785       644
  Steadfast Group Ltd.   161,235       636
  carsales.com Ltd.    31,641       502
         85,071
Belgium (0.1%)
  Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV    63,027     1,751
Brazil (1.4%)
  Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR 3,178,587    16,370
  Banco Bradesco SA ADR 3,893,703    10,902
1 Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA ADR    91,503       615
  Ambev SA ADR   198,186       555
  Vale SA Class B ADR    28,979       417
         28,859
Canada (4.5%)
  Enbridge Inc.   424,100    16,863
1 Royal Bank of Canada   122,710    12,183
2 Hydro One Ltd.   365,187    10,695
  Intact Financial Corp.    64,876     9,813
  BCE Inc.   190,829     9,172
1 Emera Inc.   212,474     9,041
  Fortis Inc. (XTSE)   117,802     5,173
  Dollarama Inc.    83,125     5,149
  Metro Inc.    84,491     4,816
  CCL Industries Inc. Class B    52,682     2,477
  Thomson Reuters Corp.    17,732     2,332
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Canadian Utilities Ltd. Class A    60,201     1,740
  Capital Power Corp.    26,491       863
  Atco Ltd. Class I    19,934       659
  Quebecor Inc. Class B    21,945       566
  Brookfield Infrastructure Corp. Class A    13,272       566
  Definity Financial Corp.    16,587       450
  TMX Group Ltd.     4,250       430
         92,988
China (3.2%)
  China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. Class H 3,033,500    10,076
*,1,2 East Buy Holding Ltd. 2,394,021     8,299
  Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. Class H   516,000     5,524
  China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd. Class H 1,740,800     5,200
  ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.   377,700     5,179
2 Nongfu Spring Co. Ltd. Class H   745,400     4,044
  Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd. Class H 1,103,414     3,484
  China Resources Land Ltd.   662,000     3,083
  ZTE Corp. Class H   869,800     2,801
  ZTO Express Cayman Inc.    83,800     2,307
  Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd. Class H   639,600     2,266
  China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.   856,000     2,171
  Yum China Holdings Inc.    34,500     2,111
  New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Class H   611,300     1,751
  Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. Class H   438,000     1,503
  Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Co. Ltd. Class H   468,000     1,417
  China Resources Gas Group Ltd.   356,400     1,125
  Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd. Class H   332,800     1,085
  Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp.   572,000     1,000
  CITIC Securities Co. Ltd. Class H   258,500       544
*,2 Keymed Biosciences Inc.    55,000       439
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
2 Yadea Group Holdings Ltd.   178,000       416
         65,825
Finland (0.5%)
  Sampo OYJ Class A   133,014     6,746
  Elisa OYJ    37,010     2,298
  Orion OYJ Class B    19,507       916
          9,960
France (1.7%)
  Orange SA 1,689,318    21,988
  Vivendi SE   793,566     8,717
  Edenred    63,665     4,137
1 Bollore SE   109,320       738
         35,580
Germany (0.1%)
  SAP SE     6,501       880
  Fielmann AG    15,551       805
          1,685
Hong Kong (1.5%)
  CLP Holdings Ltd. 1,575,105    11,728
  Power Assets Holdings Ltd. 1,750,270    10,002
  MTR Corp. Ltd.   642,000     3,208
  BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.   869,000     2,743
  Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.   828,200     1,663
  Want Want China Holdings Ltd. 2,180,000     1,390
         30,734
India (3.3%)
  ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR 1,375,612    31,295
  Infosys Ltd. ADR 1,390,509    21,609
  Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. ADR   202,941    12,270
2 Reliance Industries Ltd. GDR    33,558     2,000
  Wipro Ltd. ADR   195,588       919
         68,093
Indonesia (0.2%)
  Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT ADR   160,059     4,610
Israel (0.0%)
  First International Bank of Israel Ltd.    18,373       668
Italy (0.1%)
  UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA   589,372     1,586
Japan (10.6%)
  Softbank Corp. 2,696,400    30,358
  Canon Inc.   893,400    21,278
  Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. 2,152,500    17,719
  East Japan Railway Co.   294,700    16,863
  Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd. 3,812,900    13,287
  Central Japan Railway Co.    98,500    12,194
  West Japan Railway Co.   218,000     9,449
  Japan Tobacco Inc.   345,400     7,432
* Skylark Holdings Co. Ltd.   475,600     6,381
  ENEOS Holdings Inc. 1,572,200     5,593
  Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.   162,700     5,395
  Tokyu Corp.   339,600     4,794
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Secom Co. Ltd.    67,800     4,342
  Kagome Co. Ltd.   166,200     4,037
  Kyushu Railway Co.   175,000     3,974
  Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.   106,200     3,585
  Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.   430,800     3,440
  Sawai Group Holdings Co. Ltd.   114,100     3,302
  Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc.   104,600     3,266
  Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.   158,600     3,249
  Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.   125,400     3,201
  Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.   183,100     3,029
  Toho Co. Ltd.    74,500     2,960
  Kyocera Corp.    55,800     2,929
  ABC-Mart Inc.    39,100     2,222
  Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.   150,900     2,108
  Zensho Holdings Co. Ltd.    58,600     1,862
  Takashimaya Co. Ltd.   119,700     1,768
  Mizuho Financial Group Inc.   117,100     1,697
  Oracle Corp. Japan    18,900     1,356
  Trend Micro Inc.    27,500     1,344
  Keio Corp.    35,800     1,330
  Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.    35,300     1,246
  Seven Bank Ltd.   599,900     1,228
  McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.    27,800     1,158
  MOS Food Services Inc.    49,900     1,146
  Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.    62,100     1,067
  Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd.    64,700     1,044
  Shimamura Co. Ltd.    11,100     1,019
  Citizen Watch Co. Ltd.   169,600       938
  Obayashi Corp.   109,400       912
  Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.    54,700       704
  Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.    33,900       647
  Haseko Corp.    44,100       538
  Brother Industries Ltd.    32,300       507
  Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.    45,000       502
  Shimizu Corp.    70,900       433
  COMSYS Holdings Corp.    22,500       431
  Shizuoka Financial Group Inc.    56,700       427
  Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.     3,100       418
        220,109
Mexico (0.2%)
  Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV ADR    28,207     2,737
* America Movil SAB de CV ADR    35,531       763
  Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV ADR     9,013       761
  Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV ADR     2,095       600
          4,861
New Zealand (0.1%)
  Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.   104,975     1,800
  Infratil Ltd.    81,484       482
 
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Auckland International Airport Ltd.    85,786       470
          2,752
Norway (0.5%)
  Orkla ASA 1,068,055     7,677
  DNB Bank ASA    89,396     1,572
          9,249
Singapore (0.8%)
  Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.   971,261     9,189
  Singapore Exchange Ltd.   704,026     5,067
  DBS Group Holdings Ltd.    33,800       835
  Wilmar International Ltd.   135,700       401
         15,492
South Korea (2.7%)
  KT&G Corp.   290,599    18,622
  Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (XKRX)   275,893    13,575
  Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Preference Shares   315,850    13,204
  SK Telecom Co. Ltd.   107,075     3,815
  Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.     6,534     2,511
  Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.     9,985     1,680
  Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.    20,362     1,010
  Maeil Dairies Co. Ltd.    22,085       785
  Kangwon Land Inc.    32,185       456
  SSANGYONG C&E Co. Ltd.    95,535       418
         56,076
Spain (0.8%)
  Iberdrola SA (XMAD)   988,814    12,813
  Enagas SA   173,007     3,464
         16,277
Sweden (0.1%)
  Saab AB Class B    23,400     1,314
Switzerland (3.2%)
  Swisscom AG (Registered)    48,561    33,340
  Novartis AG (Registered)   238,415    24,388
2 Galenica AG    36,633     3,283
  Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (Registered)    17,241     1,814
  Baloise Holding AG (Registered)     7,834     1,311
  Roche Holding AG (Bearer)     3,106     1,051
  Allreal Holding AG (Registered)     5,243       931
  Swiss Prime Site AG (Registered)     7,094       642
  EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Registered)       503       413
         67,173
Taiwan (2.0%)
  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR   219,143    18,474
1 United Microelectronics Corp. ADR 1,265,173    10,159
1 ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd. ADR 1,019,260     6,992
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. ADR   151,576     6,248
         41,873
United Kingdom (4.1%)
  BAE Systems plc 1,586,260    20,209
  Compass Group plc   330,496     8,719
  National Grid plc   605,608     8,683
  Reckitt Benckiser Group plc    83,964     6,785
  Sage Group plc   640,085     6,601
  Halma plc   223,088     6,488
  Unilever plc (XLON)   106,907     5,953
  GSK plc   246,303     4,442
  Pearson plc   387,526     4,311
  Imperial Brands plc   140,921     3,488
  Admiral Group plc    83,835     2,437
  Tate & Lyle plc   211,352     2,167
  Rightmove plc   258,459     1,871
  Smiths Group plc    36,416       770
  AstraZeneca plc     5,079       747
  Phoenix Group Holdings plc    92,424       689
         84,360
United States (53.0%)
  McDonald's Corp.   118,132    34,938
3 Merck & Co. Inc.   300,263    34,671
  Republic Services Inc. Class A   238,716    34,523
3 Gilead Sciences Inc.   401,715    33,025
  Lockheed Martin Corp.    70,806    32,886
  Amdocs Ltd.   356,956    32,572
3 Colgate-Palmolive Co.   406,861    32,467
  Waste Management Inc.   195,400    32,446
3 Johnson & Johnson   196,860    32,226
  AbbVie Inc.   210,801    31,856
  Church & Dwight Co. Inc.   320,404    31,118
3 Cisco Systems Inc.   643,376    30,400
3 International Business Machines Corp.   239,627    30,291
3 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   448,414    29,941
  Amgen Inc.   122,408    29,346
  AptarGroup Inc.   246,916    29,262
  Chemed Corp.    48,609    26,796
  Service Corp. International   335,967    23,582
3 Hormel Foods Corp.   563,484    22,787
4 Equity Commonwealth 1,091,502    22,616
  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.    13,675    19,585
  General Mills Inc.   212,225    18,809
  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   126,975    18,397
  J M Smucker Co.   117,025    18,070
  AmerisourceBergen Corp.   102,922    17,173
  Dolby Laboratories Inc. Class A   203,660    17,044
  Progressive Corp.   124,650    17,002
  General Dynamics Corp.    75,087    16,394
  Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.   409,097    16,041
  Quest Diagnostics Inc.   108,055    14,999
  Silgan Holdings Inc.   268,919    13,247
  Flowers Foods Inc.   468,676    12,893
  IDACORP Inc.   111,641    12,406
  Jack Henry & Associates Inc.    74,479    12,165
  Duke Energy Corp.   117,285    11,597
  Premier Inc. Class A   342,565    11,418
 
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Global Minimum Volatility Fund
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Commerce Bancshares Inc.   191,876    10,716
  Consolidated Edison Inc.   106,879    10,524
  Northrop Grumman Corp.    22,437    10,350
  NewMarket Corp.    25,708    10,273
  Sonoco Products Co.   166,388    10,086
  Cigna Group    37,156     9,411
  Cboe Global Markets Inc.    61,103     8,536
1 Sirius XM Holdings Inc. 2,239,239     8,509
  Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.    39,910     8,048
  Washington Federal Inc.   279,007     7,823
  Motorola Solutions Inc.    26,603     7,752
  Gen Digital Inc. (XNGS)   427,268     7,550
* FTI Consulting Inc.    41,255     7,447
* Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.    57,796     7,361
  Maximus Inc.    81,632     6,829
  Kellogg Co.    97,054     6,771
  Oracle Corp.    66,875     6,334
  MDU Resources Group Inc.   173,280     5,063
  Atmos Energy Corp.    37,873     4,323
3 Coca-Cola Co.    65,991     4,233
* Insight Enterprises Inc.    32,621     3,946
  W R Berkley Corp.    64,043     3,773
  Microsoft Corp.    11,391     3,500
  American States Water Co.    39,217     3,481
  McKesson Corp.     8,945     3,258
  Prosperity Bancshares Inc.    49,601     3,106
  Progress Software Corp.    56,268     3,088
  Electronic Arts Inc.    22,432     2,855
* Grand Canyon Education Inc.    23,219     2,756
  CVB Financial Corp.   150,939     2,260
  Capitol Federal Financial Inc.   358,205     2,221
* Aspen Technology Inc.    12,235     2,166
  Werner Enterprises Inc.    47,021     2,124
* Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.     5,943     2,025
  Independent Bank Corp. (XNGS)    35,302     1,977
  Globe Life Inc.    18,130     1,967
  United Bankshares Inc.    53,614     1,776
  Rollins Inc.    41,274     1,744
  NorthWestern Corp.    29,482     1,728
  TFS Financial Corp.   143,421     1,727
  Royalty Pharma plc Class A    48,043     1,689
  Genpact Ltd.    36,658     1,633
* NetScout Systems Inc.    59,235     1,612
* Akero Therapeutics Inc.    34,687     1,552
  Southwest Gas Holdings Inc.    24,288     1,360
3 Campbell Soup Co.    24,550     1,333
  H&R Block Inc.    38,797     1,316
  Science Applications International Corp.    11,974     1,222
* Huron Consulting Group Inc.    14,332     1,215
  Genuine Parts Co.     7,117     1,198
  RLI Corp.     8,364     1,163
  New Jersey Resources Corp.    22,104     1,141
* Enstar Group Ltd.     4,732     1,139
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Northwest Bancshares Inc.    94,950     1,110
  Selective Insurance Group Inc.    11,374     1,096
  Graham Holdings Co. Class B     1,738     1,000
* United Therapeutics Corp.     4,196       966
  Avista Corp.    20,918       922
  Old National Bancorp    68,036       912
* Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.    14,289       879
* Rambus Inc.    19,688       873
  International Bancshares Corp.    19,967       852
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.     4,200       842
* Plexus Corp.     8,401       735
* CommVault Systems Inc.    12,407       723
  Cardinal Health Inc.     7,915       650
  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.     5,128       633
  Spire Inc.     8,085       548
  Roper Technologies Inc.     1,066       485
  Hershey Co.     1,709       467
  CSG Systems International Inc.     8,832       465
  Horace Mann Educators Corp.    14,682       459
  Trustmark Corp.    19,136       457
  PepsiCo Inc.     2,327       444
  CME Group Inc.     2,371       440
  Hanover Insurance Group Inc.     3,586       429
3 Procter & Gamble Co.     2,729       427
  Community Bank System Inc.     7,542       377
      1,099,170
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,820,207) 2,046,116
 
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Global Minimum Volatility Fund
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (2.8%)
Money Market Fund (2.8%)
5,6 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853% (Cost $58,334)   583,440          58,338
Total Investments (101.6%) (Cost $1,878,541) 2,104,454
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-1.6%) (32,269)
Net Assets (100%) 2,072,185
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $47,150,000.
2 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 April 30, 2023, the aggregate value was $29,176,000, representing 1.4% of net assets.
3 Securities with a value of $547,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts.
4 Securities with a value of $1,330,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
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 Collateral of $50,821,000 was received for securities on loan.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
  GDR—Global Depositary Receipt.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
E-mini S&P 500 Index June 2023 80 16,754 127
Euro Stoxx 50 Index June 2023 1 48 3
S&P ASX 200 Index June 2023 4 484 19
Topix Index June 2023 9 1,359 27
        176
    
Forward Currency Contracts
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Counterparty Receive Deliver
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5/17/23 AUD 3,727 USD 2,503 (35)
Bank of Montreal 5/17/23 CHF 1,696 USD 1,903 (1)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 5/17/23 GBP 946 USD 1,182 8
BNP Paribas 5/17/23 HKD 8,566 USD 1,094 (1)
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Global Minimum Volatility Fund
Forward Currency Contracts (continued)
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Counterparty Receive Deliver
BNP Paribas 5/17/23 JPY 689,689 USD 5,211 (136)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 5/17/23 USD 88,211 AUD 131,284 1,277
Deutsche Bank AG 5/17/23 USD 28,151 BRL 140,864 14
Goldman Sachs International 5/17/23 USD 1,829 BRL 9,055 20
Royal Bank of Canada 5/17/23 USD 87,662 CAD 118,066 491
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5/17/23 USD 2,829 CAD 3,800 24
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5/17/23 USD 72,406 CHF 64,673 (98)
Citibank, N.A. 5/17/23 USD 65,736 EUR 59,825 (255)
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5/17/23 USD 78,335 GBP 62,732 (536)
Bank of Montreal 5/17/23 USD 7,080 GBP 5,674 (54)
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5/17/23 USD 101,109 HKD 792,004 131
Barclays Bank plc 5/17/23 USD 4,322 IDR 64,142,370 (48)
BNP Paribas 5/17/23 USD 703 ILS 2,576 (7)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 5/17/23 USD 66,007 INR 5,419,941 (165)
Goldman Sachs International 5/17/23 USD 2,346 INR 192,605 (5)
Royal Bank of Canada 5/17/23 USD 229,029 JPY 30,299,556 6,056
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5/17/23 USD 56,144 KRW 74,024,551 780
Royal Bank of Canada 5/17/23 USD 2,200 MXN 39,930 (13)
Citibank, N.A. 5/17/23 USD 1,879 MXN 34,202 (16)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 5/16/23 USD 10,157 NOK 105,986 204
Citibank, N.A. 5/17/23 USD 2,972 NZD 4,773 21
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5/17/23 USD 1,523 SEK 15,715 (11)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 5/17/23 USD 15,640 SGD 20,742 86
Barclays Bank plc 5/17/23 USD 41,623 TWD 1,263,458 440
BNP Paribas 5/17/23 USD 1,524 TWD 46,262 16
            9,568 (1,381)
AUD—Australian dollar.
BRL—Brazilian real.
CAD—Canadian dollar.
CHF—Swiss franc.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
HKD—Hong Kong dollar.
IDR—Indonesian rupiah.
ILS—Israeli shekel.
INR—Indian rupee.
JPY—Japanese yen.
KRW—Korean won.
MXN—Mexican peso.
NOK—Norwegian krone.
NZD—New Zealand dollar.
SEK—Swedish krona.
SGD—Singapore dollar.
TWD—Taiwanese dollar.
USD—U.S. dollar.
At April 30, 2023, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $5,401,000 and cash of $450,000 in connection with open forward currency contracts.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Global Minimum Volatility Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value1  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $1,820,207) 2,046,116
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $58,334) 58,338
Total Investments in Securities 2,104,454
Investment in Vanguard 73
Cash 4,172
Cash Collateral Pledged—Forward Currency Contracts 70
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $1,361) 1,347
Receivables for Accrued Income 9,380
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 854
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 166
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 9,568
Total Assets 2,130,084
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 4,217
Collateral for Securities on Loan 50,821
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 1,342
Payables to Vanguard 138
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 1,381
Total Liabilities 57,899
Net Assets 2,072,185
1 Includes $47,150,000 of securities on loan.  
At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 1,816,702
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 255,483
Net Assets 2,072,185
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 16,620,295 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
231,136
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $13.91
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 66,189,016 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
1,841,049
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $27.82
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 33,305
Interest2 323
Securities Lending—Net 1,565
Total Income 35,193
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 246
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 209
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 974
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 6
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 39
Custodian Fees 43
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 12
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 11
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Other Expenses 15
Total Expenses 1,555
Expenses Paid Indirectly (8)
Net Expenses 1,547
Net Investment Income 33,646
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 51,460
Futures Contracts 780
Forward Currency Contracts (42,752)
Foreign Currencies 34
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 9,522
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 85,630
Futures Contracts (318)
Forward Currency Contracts 544
Foreign Currencies 246
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 86,102
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 129,270
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $1,907,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $323,000, $10,000, less than $1,000, and ($1,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 33,646   59,902
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 9,522   161,639
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 86,102   (334,683)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 129,270   (113,142)
Distributions      
Investor Shares (12,533)   (10,057)
Admiral Shares (89,062)   (83,618)
Total Distributions (101,595)   (93,675)
Capital Share Transactions      
Investor Shares (31,646)   (18,912)
Admiral Shares 457   (448,415)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (31,189)   (467,327)
Total Increase (Decrease) (3,514)   (674,144)
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 2,075,699   2,749,843
End of Period 2,072,185   2,075,699
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Investor Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $13.72 $14.83 $12.77 $14.71 $13.78 $13.57
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .216 .347 .252 .293 .428 .374
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .641 (.952) 2.085 (1.571) 1.403 .148
Total from Investment Operations .857 (.605) 2.337 (1.278) 1.831 .522
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.344) (.505) (.277) (.397) (.300) (.312)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.323) (.265) (.601)
Total Distributions (.667) (.505) (.277) (.662) (.901) (.312)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $13.91 $13.72 $14.83 $12.77 $14.71 $13.78
Total Return2 6.34% -4.28% 18.51% -9.22% 14.41% 3.89%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $231 $260 $301 $338 $643 $515
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.21%3 0.21%3 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.23%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 2.92% 2.46% 1.77% 2.16% 3.09% 2.66%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 20% 51%4 24% 58% 46% 24%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.21%.
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.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $27.44 $29.67 $25.56 $29.45 $27.58 $27.15
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .443 .712 .520 .608 .878 .758
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 1.290 (1.910) 4.177 (3.155) 2.819 .297
Total from Investment Operations 1.733 (1.198) 4.697 (2.547) 3.697 1.055
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.706) (1.032) (.587) (.812) (.624) (.625)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.647) (.531) (1.203)
Total Distributions (1.353) (1.032) (.587) (1.343) (1.827) (.625)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $27.82 $27.44 $29.67 $25.56 $29.45 $27.58
Total Return2 6.41% -4.24% 18.60% -9.18% 14.54% 3.93%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $1,841 $1,816 $2,449 $2,824 $3,483 $2,542
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.14%3 0.14%3 0.14% 0.14% 0.14% 0.15%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 3.00% 2.52% 1.83% 2.26% 3.16% 2.74%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 20% 51%4 24% 58% 46% 24%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements were 0.14%.
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.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Global Minimum Volatility Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors.
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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight 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.
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 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. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of
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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 gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 1% and 0% 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 securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. 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 Assets and Liabilities. 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 gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 48% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
5. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
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6. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
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 before the opening of the market 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 Assets and Liabilities for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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 Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program. 
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For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
9. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the fund's understanding of the applicable countries' tax rules and rates. Deferred foreign capital gains tax, if any, is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains. The fund has filed tax reclaims for previously withheld taxes on dividends earned in certain European Union countries. These filings are subject to various administrative and judicial proceedings within these countries. Amounts related to these reclaims are recorded when there are no significant uncertainties as to the ultimate resolution of proceedings, the likelihood of receipt of these reclaims, and the potential timing of payment. Such tax reclaims and related professional fees, if any, are included in dividend income and other expenses, respectively.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds' Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $73,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.03% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $8,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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.).
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Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of April 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks—North and South America 1,225,878 1,225,878
Common Stocks—Other 112,576 707,662 820,238
Temporary Cash Investments 58,338 58,338
Total 1,396,792 707,662 2,104,454
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 176 176
Forward Currency Contracts 9,568 9,568
Total 176 9,568 9,744
Liabilities        
Forward Currency Contracts 1,381 1,381
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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E.At April 30, 2023, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Equity
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Unrealized Appreciation—Futures Contracts1 176 176
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 9,568 9,568
Total Assets 176 9,568 9,744
       
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 1,381 1,381
Total Liabilities 1,381 1,381
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended April 30, 2023, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Equity
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts 780 780
Forward Currency Contracts (42,752) (42,752)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 780 (42,752) (41,972)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts (318) (318)
Forward Currency Contracts 544 544
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives (318) 544 226
F. As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 1,878,850
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 317,578
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (83,611)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 233,967
G. During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $418,698,000 of investment securities and sold $548,849,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
The fund purchased securities from and sold securities to other Vanguard funds or accounts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates, in accordance with procedures adopted by the board of trustees in compliance with Rule 17a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. For the six
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months ended April 30, 2023, such purchases were $973,000 and sales were $4,536,000, resulting in net realized gain of $82,000; these amounts, other than temporary cash investments, are included in the purchases and sales of investment securities noted above.
H. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
    
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  Year Ended
October 31, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
Investor Shares          
Issued 13,482 980   38,697 2,740
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 11,655 854   9,216 633
Redeemed (56,783) (4,165)   (66,825) (4,728)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (31,646) (2,331)   (18,912) (1,355)
Admiral Shares          
Issued 70,857 2,590   190,619 6,722
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 79,820 2,926   73,352 2,518
Redeemed (150,220) (5,486)   (712,386) (25,628)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 457 30   (448,415) (16,388)
I. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund’s investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
The use of derivatives may expose the fund to various risks. Derivatives can be highly volatile, and any initial investment is generally small relative to the notional amount so that transactions may be leveraged in terms of market exposure. A relatively small market movement may have a potentially larger impact on derivatives than on standard securities. Leveraged derivatives positions can, therefore, increase volatility. Additional information regarding the fund's use of derivative(s) and the specific risks associated is described under significant accounting policies.
J. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Global Minimum Volatility Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Quantitative Equity Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Quantitative Equity Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the fund, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
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The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expenses were also below the peer-group average.
The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
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Semiannual Report   |   April 30, 2023
Vanguard International Dividend Index Funds
Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund

 

Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses

1
International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund

3
International High Dividend Yield Index Fund

22
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

55
Liquidity Risk Management

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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 April 30, 2023      
  Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund      
ETF Shares $1,000.00 $1,194.40 $0.82
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,193.80 0.87
International High Dividend Yield Index Fund      
ETF Shares $1,000.00 $1,188.60 $1.19
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,188.20 1.19
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund      
ETF Shares $1,000.00 $1,024.05 $0.75
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.00 0.80
International High Dividend Yield Index Fund      
ETF Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.70 $1.10
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,023.70 1.10
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 International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund, 0.15% for ETF Shares and 0.16% for Admiral Shares; and for the International High Dividend Yield Index Fund, 0.22% for ETF Shares and 0.22% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid" are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (181/365).
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
Switzerland 17.5%
Japan 17.2
Canada 15.6
United Kingdom 10.2
India 6.4
Germany 6.0
Denmark 5.8
France 5.6
Australia 4.0
Hong Kong 3.7
Sweden 2.0
Netherlands 1.1
Other 4.9
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives.
The fund may invest in derivatives (such as futures and swap contracts) for various reasons, including, but not limited to, attempting to remain fully invested and tracking its target index as closely as possible.
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (99.3%)
Australia (3.9%)
  CSL Ltd.    618,874   123,550
  Sonic Healthcare Ltd.    617,853    14,564
  Northern Star Resources Ltd.  1,474,680    13,154
  Computershare Ltd. (XASX)    736,338    10,961
  carsales.com Ltd.    483,256     7,664
  Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.    314,601     6,586
  Steadfast Group Ltd.  1,331,633     5,250
  Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd.  2,861,928     4,609
  Altium Ltd.    157,443     4,013
  Technology One Ltd.    359,551     3,625
  Pro Medicus Ltd.     64,579     2,651
  AUB Group Ltd.    117,819     2,159
  Bapcor Ltd.    433,120     1,890
  Brickworks Ltd.    110,411     1,837
  Collins Foods Ltd.    140,810       812
        203,325
Belgium (0.4%)
  UCB SA    162,213    15,079
  Sofina SA     20,188     4,635
         19,714
Canada (15.5%)
  Toronto-Dominion Bank  2,337,900   141,618
  Canadian National Railway Co.    779,352    92,900
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.  1,420,942    86,587
  Brookfield Corp. Class A  1,833,404    59,487
  Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.    985,488    49,185
  Franco-Nevada Corp.    245,860    37,306
  Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.    631,370    35,817
  Intact Financial Corp.    224,868    34,014
  Fortis Inc. (XTSE)    616,657    27,077
  Dollarama Inc.    365,151    22,618
  Loblaw Cos. Ltd.    195,493    18,387
  Magna International Inc.    340,995    17,779
  Metro Inc.    301,747    17,198
  Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. Class A    460,384    15,434
  Open Text Corp.    347,480    13,160
  Imperial Oil Ltd.    224,699    11,453
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  George Weston Ltd.     83,087    11,156
  TFI International Inc.     99,877    10,764
1 Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. Class A     69,176     9,068
  CCL Industries Inc. Class B    186,484     8,769
  Stantec Inc.    141,971     8,534
  Toromont Industries Ltd.    105,237     8,504
  Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc. (XNYS)    142,624     8,161
  Saputo Inc.    312,425     8,089
  TMX Group Ltd.     71,401     7,232
  Empire Co. Ltd. Class A    204,549     5,493
  Parkland Corp.    224,655     5,298
  Quebecor Inc. Class B    197,192     5,090
  Finning International Inc.    192,424     4,987
  Boyd Group Services Inc.     27,538     4,593
  Premium Brands Holdings Corp. Class A     47,324     3,553
  Stella-Jones Inc.     65,796     2,575
  Maple Leaf Foods Inc.     94,279     1,932
  Enghouse Systems Ltd.     54,544     1,501
  Cogeco Communications Inc.     23,673     1,147
1 goeasy Ltd.     16,205     1,110
  Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd.     44,126       967
  Savaria Corp.     63,276       776
  Adentra Inc.     21,628       415
        799,734
China (0.4%)
  CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. 10,718,000    10,914
  Wuliangye Yibin Co. Ltd. Class A    396,400     9,685
  Jiangsu King's Luck Brewery JSC Ltd. Class A    129,100     1,117
  Angel Yeast Co. Ltd. Class A     85,900       497
  Inner Mongolia Dian Tou Energy Corp. Ltd. Class A    197,600       385
  Suofeiya Home Collection Co. Ltd. Class A     92,300       252
  Valiant Co. Ltd. Class A     94,400       250
* Shandong Shanda WIT Science & Tech Co. Ltd. Class A     24,100       128
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  China Resources Gas Group Ltd.      3,600        11
         23,239
Denmark (5.8%)
  Novo Nordisk A/S Class B  1,370,069   227,917
  DSV A/S    230,484    43,378
  Coloplast A/S Class B    152,515    21,975
  Royal Unibrew A/S     54,678     4,887
        298,157
Finland (0.1%)
  Huhtamaki OYJ    122,686     4,422
  Revenio Group OYJ Class B     33,922     1,276
          5,698
France (5.5%)
  Sanofi  1,472,489   158,688
  Schneider Electric SE    732,778   127,790
        286,478
Germany (6.0%)
  SAP SE  1,403,346   189,896
  Deutsche Boerse AG    243,774    46,490
  Symrise AG Class A    170,260    20,571
  Brenntag SE    197,750    16,118
  Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA    527,488    15,283
  Nemetschek SE     71,264     5,570
  Bechtle AG    105,148     4,890
  LANXESS AG Class B    110,549     4,505
  FUCHS PETROLUB SE Preference Shares     78,421     3,098
  FUCHS PETROLUB SE     59,494     1,932
  Atoss Software AG      4,960       995
  Cewe Stiftung & Co. KGaA      6,867       707
  STRATEC SE      9,151       630
  MBB SE      2,995       273
  Encavis AG        472         8
        310,966
Hong Kong (3.7%)
  AIA Group Ltd. 15,000,560   163,312
  Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.  2,355,564    25,484
        188,796
India (6.3%)
  Reliance Industries Ltd.  4,415,917   131,140
  Infosys Ltd. ADR  2,961,325    46,019
  Hindustan Unilever Ltd.  1,141,276    34,352
  Infosys Ltd.  1,632,064    25,181
  Asian Paints Ltd.    576,347    20,511
  ITC Ltd.  3,807,851    19,857
  UltraTech Cement Ltd.    147,903    13,692
  Nestle India Ltd.     45,672    12,167
  Pidilite Industries Ltd.    195,701     5,802
  Persistent Systems Ltd.     64,964     3,785
  Tata Elxsi Ltd.     44,668     3,645
  Astral Ltd. (XNSE)    151,852     2,697
  Sundaram Finance Ltd.     87,270     2,517
  Berger Paints India Ltd.    313,761     2,348
  KEI Industries Ltd.     70,128     1,631
  CRISIL Ltd.     30,839     1,360
  Balaji Amines Ltd.     14,164       365
  Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd.     29,932       249
        327,318
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Indonesia (0.9%)
  Bank Central Asia Tbk PT 71,204,300    44,065
Ireland (0.4%)
  Kerry Group plc Class A    199,768    21,040
Israel (0.0%)
  Elco Ltd.     11,752       408
Italy (0.4%)
  Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA    128,459     5,913
  Interpump Group SpA    105,829     5,906
  DiaSorin SpA     33,680     3,658
  Reply SpA     28,939     3,372
  Buzzi Unicem SpA    120,574     2,998
         21,847
Japan (17.1%)
  Sony Group Corp.  1,618,500   146,432
  Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.  2,597,420    74,119
  Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.  2,617,900    52,638
  Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.  1,533,600    46,796
  Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.    823,900    46,745
  Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.  1,024,100    46,410
  Astellas Pharma Inc.  2,355,700    35,488
  Terumo Corp.    959,776    28,741
  Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.    650,543    25,133
  Kao Corp.    597,500    24,144
  Unicharm Corp.    565,580    22,832
  Sekisui House Ltd.    877,900    18,048
  Shionogi & Co. Ltd.    359,100    16,075
  Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.    204,300    15,366
  Nomura Research Institute Ltd.    572,500    14,404
  Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.    111,701    14,224
  M3 Inc.    549,160    13,480
  Obic Co. Ltd.     85,000    13,096
  Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.    683,864    12,779
  Nitto Denko Corp.    192,100    12,419
  NTT Data Corp.    829,167    11,263
  TIS Inc.    293,660     8,064
  Nissan Chemical Corp.    180,732     8,032
  Hulic Co. Ltd.    769,975     6,630
  Chiba Bank Ltd.    940,900     6,144
  Kurita Water Industries Ltd.    137,000     5,742
  Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp.    272,300     4,913
  MonotaRO Co. Ltd.    313,567     4,744
  Azbil Corp.    164,140     4,590
  Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     71,800     4,480
  GMO Payment Gateway Inc.     56,700     4,435
  Goldwin Inc.     47,800     4,343
  Lion Corp.    374,334     4,081
  Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.    334,300     4,052
  Alfresa Holdings Corp.    260,300     3,769
  Rinnai Corp.    153,752     3,716
  Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc.    148,180     3,692
 
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Open House Group Co. Ltd.     91,600     3,661
  Hikari Tsushin Inc.     25,900     3,534
  Tokyo Tatemono Co. Ltd.    269,200     3,409
  Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.    120,503     3,120
  Oracle Corp. Japan     42,900     3,079
  SCSK Corp.    198,100     2,991
  COMSYS Holdings Corp.    155,200     2,970
  Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd.    131,200     2,747
  SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd.     62,184     2,657
  EXEO Group Inc.    141,200     2,620
  Zenkoku Hosho Co. Ltd.     67,600     2,485
  Sundrug Co. Ltd.     87,324     2,407
  Fuyo General Lease Co. Ltd.     29,500     2,159
  Nippon Gas Co. Ltd.    148,467     2,088
  Tokyo Century Corp.     60,100     2,068
  Fuji Soft Inc.     34,300     2,049
  Fujitsu General Ltd.     76,300     1,963
  Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc.    303,367     1,865
  Ship Healthcare Holdings Inc.    104,367     1,841
  TS Tech Co. Ltd.    130,200     1,756
  Morinaga & Co. Ltd.     59,200     1,754
  NSD Co. Ltd.     90,000     1,656
  Aeon Mall Co. Ltd.    121,534     1,639
  Nichias Corp.     79,000     1,598
  PALTAC Corp.     39,654     1,521
  Mani Inc.    105,200     1,377
  Mizuho Leasing Co. Ltd.     48,667     1,364
  Benefit One Inc.     98,600     1,357
  Maruwa Co. Ltd.     10,600     1,352
  Takeuchi Manufacturing Co. Ltd.     47,600     1,306
  Japan Material Co. Ltd.     86,900     1,303
  Workman Co. Ltd.     30,426     1,239
  Shoei Co. Ltd.     66,300     1,230
  Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     58,000     1,175
  DTS Corp.     49,400     1,174
  Information Services International-Dentsu Ltd.     32,100     1,132
  TKC Corp.     41,900     1,132
  Riken Keiki Co. Ltd.     28,400     1,091
  Kandenko Co. Ltd.    140,734     1,060
  Nojima Corp.     98,200     1,053
  Funai Soken Holdings Inc.     54,100     1,037
  AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings Inc.     66,934       987
  Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd.     97,900       985
  Raito Kogyo Co. Ltd.     66,300       978
  Komeri Co. Ltd.     40,267       937
  Valor Holdings Co. Ltd.     61,012       934
  Noevir Holdings Co. Ltd.     22,300       910
  Kohnan Shoji Co. Ltd.     33,500       904
  Create SD Holdings Co. Ltd.     35,400       859
  Takara Standard Co. Ltd.     68,967       834
  Ai Holdings Corp.     45,770       801
  JCU Corp.     33,600       793
  Hogy Medical Co. Ltd.     31,000       777
  Takara Bio Inc.     60,900       768
  Future Corp.     59,747       764
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Okinawa Cellular Telephone Co.     33,567       750
  Kameda Seika Co. Ltd.     22,500       749
  eGuarantee Inc.     46,267       719
  Yellow Hat Ltd.     47,600       677
  Sekisui Jushi Corp.     40,700       654
  Elecom Co. Ltd.     67,232       638
  Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc.     17,400       631
  Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd.     19,600       615
  Tri Chemical Laboratories Inc.     36,100       584
  MCJ Co. Ltd.     82,400       570
  Tsurumi Manufacturing Co. Ltd.     31,867       545
  Ricoh Leasing Co. Ltd.     18,800       544
  Intage Holdings Inc.     45,600       531
  Shizuoka Gas Co. Ltd.     59,600       507
  S Foods Inc.     22,800       507
  Keihanshin Building Co. Ltd.     53,200       502
  Retail Partners Co. Ltd.     44,300       498
  Shin-Etsu Polymer Co. Ltd.     48,134       474
  Fujicco Co. Ltd.     31,634       448
  Siix Corp.     44,000       442
  FULLCAST Holdings Co. Ltd.     24,000       436
  Altech Corp.     23,000       434
  Nippon Parking Development Co. Ltd.    245,300       423
  Osaka Organic Chemical Industry Ltd.     25,500       387
  Mimasu Semiconductor Industry Co. Ltd.     19,900       385
  G-Tekt Corp.     32,000       351
  Matsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd.     19,600       326
  Avant Group Corp.     31,334       324
  Elan Corp.     42,000       315
  G-7 Holdings Inc.     26,900       284
  Fukui Computer Holdings Inc.     13,700       272
  YAKUODO Holdings Co. Ltd.     14,767       270
  Value HR Co. Ltd.     23,600       263
  Transaction Co. Ltd.     19,634       248
  MarkLines Co. Ltd.     14,100       244
  Creek & River Co. Ltd.     13,300       208
  Densan System Holdings Co. Ltd.     10,567       208
  Aoyama Zaisan Networks Co. Ltd.     26,600       197
  Celsys Inc.     39,734       190
  E-Guardian Inc.     11,500       186
  Digital Information Technologies Corp.     12,600       150
  WDB Holdings Co. Ltd.     10,000       149
  Digital Hearts Holdings Co. Ltd.     13,600       147
  Japan Medical Dynamic Marketing Inc.     18,900       142
  Members Co. Ltd.      9,900        91
  ULS Group Inc.      3,700        86
        881,610
 
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Mexico (0.6%)
  America Movil SAB de CV Series B 24,311,456    26,219
  Grupo Elektra SAB de CV     70,970     4,549
  Grupo Comercial Chedraui SA de CV    183,800     1,086
* Sitios Latinoamerica SAB de CV    593,232       240
         32,094
Netherlands (1.1%)
  Wolters Kluwer NV    330,507    43,790
  IMCD NV     72,908    10,976
         54,766
New Zealand (0.4%)
  Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.    743,109    12,746
  EBOS Group Ltd.    205,481     5,639
  Summerset Group Holdings Ltd.    296,391     1,494
         19,879
Norway (0.1%)
  TOMRA Systems ASA    299,598     4,594
  Borregaard ASA    128,147     2,144
          6,738
Philippines (0.1%)
  International Container Terminal Services Inc.  1,033,430     4,053
South Korea (0.6%)
  NAVER Corp.    190,674    27,624
  LEENO Industrial Inc.     11,224     1,127
  Interojo Co. Ltd.     14,165       378
  DI Dong Il Corp.     18,361       287
  JW Pharmaceutical Corp.     14,429       246
  Kyung Dong Navien Co. Ltd.      7,450       223
  Hanyang Eng Co. Ltd.     16,670       185
         30,070
Sweden (2.0%)
  Hexagon AB Class B  2,731,583    31,276
  Assa Abloy AB Class B  1,272,413    30,316
  Nibe Industrier AB Class B  1,967,644    22,031
  Lifco AB Class B    272,180     6,207
  AAK AB    229,798     4,631
  Fortnox AB    617,165     4,254
  Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB    343,630     2,778
  Atrium Ljungberg AB Class B     65,832     1,224
  Svolder AB    123,459       746
  NP3 Fastigheter AB     36,243       698
        104,161
Switzerland (17.4%)
  Novartis AG (Registered)  2,311,709   236,474
  Nestle SA (Registered)  1,725,298   221,338
  Roche Holding AG    657,301   205,827
  Sika AG (Registered) Class A    197,294    54,497
  Givaudan SA (Registered)     10,192    35,651
  Partners Group Holding AG     29,142    28,289
1 Geberit AG (Registered)     46,014    26,208
  Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Ptg. Ctf.      1,453    17,940
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (Registered)        124    15,284
  Logitech International SA (Registered)    222,218    13,150
  Roche Holding AG (Bearer)     24,875     8,418
  Temenos AG (Registered)     86,628     7,297
  EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Registered)      8,685     7,133
  PSP Swiss Property AG (Registered)     58,903     6,937
* Siegfried Holding AG (Registered)      5,339     4,115
  DKSH Holding AG     45,807     3,649
  Interroll Holding AG (Registered)        942     3,438
  Emmi AG (Registered)      2,674     2,783
  ALSO Holding AG (Registered)      8,021     1,719
  Orior AG      8,247       770
        900,917
Taiwan (0.5%)
  Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.  1,917,582    13,966
  Advantech Co. Ltd.    566,000     6,853
  ASPEED Technology Inc.     38,104     3,263
  Sinbon Electronics Co. Ltd.    271,000     3,005
         27,087
United Kingdom (10.1%)
  Diageo plc  2,991,547   136,463
  RELX plc  2,543,539    84,747
  London Stock Exchange Group plc    487,019    51,134
  BAE Systems plc  3,918,309    49,919
  CRH plc    954,712    46,069
  Ashtead Group plc    576,024    33,211
  Bunzl plc    431,745    17,186
  Croda International plc    182,720    16,054
  Sage Group plc  1,412,374    14,566
  Halma plc    486,327    14,144
  Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc     94,208    13,165
  Smurfit Kappa Group plc (XDUB)    332,172    12,307
  DCC plc    129,489     8,056
  Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc    146,076     6,857
  Spectris plc    139,972     6,629
  Diploma plc    176,946     5,996
  Cranswick plc     68,496     2,770
  Clarkson plc Class A     35,976     1,404
  Hilton Food Group plc     95,882       818
  Treatt plc     78,069       654
  Avon Protection plc     38,319       478
        522,627
Total Common Stocks (Cost $4,776,424) 5,134,787
 
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (0.6%)
Money Market Fund (0.6%)
2,3 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853% (Cost $30,102)    301,053          30,102
Total Investments (99.9%) (Cost $4,806,526) 5,164,889
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.1%) 4,073
Net Assets (100%) 5,168,962
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $19,542,000.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
3 Collateral of $20,489,000 was received for securities on loan.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
  Ptg. Ctf.—Participating Certificates.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
E-mini S&P 500 Index June 2023 1 209 9
Euro Stoxx 50 Index June 2023 332 15,804 812
MSCI EAFE Index June 2023 4 430 (1)
MSCI Emerging Markets Index June 2023 127 6,250 121
Topix Index June 2023 70 10,574 512
        1,453
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Forward Currency Contracts
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Counterparty Receive Deliver
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 CHF 1,411 USD 1,581 7
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 EUR 13,087 USD 14,148 315
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 GBP 138 USD 166 7
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 INR 20,992 USD 254 2
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 JPY 1,025,641 USD 7,643 (55)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 14,611 CHF 13,540 (629)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 5,239 JPY 687,461 153
            484 (684)
CHF—Swiss franc.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
INR—Indian rupee.
JPY—Japanese yen.
USD—U.S. dollar.
At April 30, 2023, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts cash of $520,000 in connection with open forward currency contracts.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value1  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $4,776,424) 5,134,787
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $30,102) 30,102
Total Investments in Securities 5,164,889
Investment in Vanguard 176
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 1,915
Cash Collateral Pledged—Forward Currency Contracts 520
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $6,235) 5,916
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 6,663
Receivables for Accrued Income 27,636
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 2,210
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 273
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 484
Total Assets 5,210,682
Liabilities  
Due to Custodian 5,053
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 13,882
Collateral for Securities on Loan 20,489
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 137
Payables to Vanguard 401
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 684
Deferred Foreign Capital Gains Taxes 1,074
Total Liabilities 41,720
Net Assets 5,168,962
1 Includes $19,542,000 of securities on loan.  
At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 4,912,906
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 256,056
Net Assets 5,168,962
 
ETF Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 64,078,917 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
4,854,083
Net Asset Value Per Share—ETF Shares $75.75
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 8,538,656 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
314,879
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $36.88
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 47,037
Non-Cash Dividends 9,282
Interest2 220
Securities Lending—Net 143
Total Income 56,682
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 166
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares 2,825
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 210
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares 98
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 7
Custodian Fees 85
Shareholders’ Reports—ETF Shares 87
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 3
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 1
Other Expenses 7
Total Expenses 3,489
Expenses Paid Indirectly (48)
Net Expenses 3,441
Net Investment Income 53,241
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 (97,160)
Futures Contracts 723
Forward Currency Contracts (414)
Foreign Currencies 1,598
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (95,253)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2,3 808,090
Futures Contracts 1,578
Forward Currency Contracts (189)
Foreign Currencies 1,010
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 810,489
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 768,477
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $6,523,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $191,000, $4,000, less than $1,000, and less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
3 The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is net of the change in deferred foreign capital gains taxes of ($1,448,000).
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 53,241   77,130
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (95,253)   (21,169)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 810,489   (1,130,453)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 768,477   (1,074,492)
Distributions      
ETF Shares (45,676)   (304,771)
Admiral Shares (3,070)   (23,591)
Total Distributions (48,746)   (328,362)
Capital Share Transactions      
ETF Shares 673,001   662,695
Admiral Shares 18,143   25,028
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 691,144   687,723
Total Increase (Decrease) 1,410,875   (715,131)
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 3,758,087   4,473,218
End of Period 5,168,962   3,758,087
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Financial Highlights
ETF Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $64.12 $89.86 $69.97 $68.72 $58.65 $64.25
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .831 1.401 1.094 .958 1.4522 1.196
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments3 11.561 (20.753) 19.776 1.551 9.578 (5.623)
Total from Investment Operations 12.392 (19.352) 20.870 2.509 11.030 (4.427)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.762) (1.206) (.980) (1.259) (.960) (1.173)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (5.182)
Total Distributions (.762) (6.388) (.980) (1.259) (.960) (1.173)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $75.75 $64.12 $89.86 $69.97 $68.72 $58.65
Total Return 19.44% -22.90% 29.93% 3.73% 18.96% -7.04%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $4,854 $3,508 $4,150 $2,456 $1,305 $861
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.15%4 0.15%4 0.15% 0.20% 0.20% 0.25%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 2.33% 1.87% 1.28% 1.40% 2.24%2 1.83%
Portfolio Turnover Rate5 13% 22% 65% 17% 42% 36%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
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 $0.388 and 0.65%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend from Naspers Ltd. in September 2019.
3 Includes increases from purchase and redemption fees of $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, $0.01, $0.02, and $0.02.
4 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements were 0.15%.
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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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $31.23 $43.72 $34.03 $33.42 $28.52 $31.24
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .396 .675 .518 .453 .6862 .576
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments3 5.623 (10.061) 9.645 .765 4.679 (2.727)
Total from Investment Operations 6.019 (9.386) 10.163 1.218 5.365 (2.151)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.369) (.583) (.473) (.608) (.465) (.569)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (2.521)
Total Distributions (.369) (3.104) (.473) (.608) (.465) (.569)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $36.88 $31.23 $43.72 $34.03 $33.42 $28.52
Total Return4 19.38% -22.85% 29.96% 3.72% 18.96% -7.03%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $315 $250 $323 $220 $218 $175
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.16%5 0.16%5 0.16% 0.20% 0.20% 0.25%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 2.28% 1.85% 1.25% 1.36% 2.24%2 1.83%
Portfolio Turnover Rate6 13% 22% 65% 17% 42% 36%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
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 $0.188 and 0.65%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend from Naspers Ltd. in September 2019.
3 Includes increases from purchase and redemption fees of $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, and $0.01.
4 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.
5 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements were 0.16%.
6 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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International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: ETF Shares and Admiral Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Nasdaq; they can be purchased and sold through a broker.
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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight 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.
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 index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the stock market, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase futures contracts to immediately invest incoming cash in the market, or sell futures in response to cash outflows, thereby simulating a fully invested position in the underlying index while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The 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. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
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Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 1% and 0% 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 securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. 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 Assets and Liabilities. 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 gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 1% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
5. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
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6. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
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 before the opening of the market 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 Assets and Liabilities for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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 Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program. 
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For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
9. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Fees assessed on capital share transactions are credited to paid-in capital.
Taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the fund's understanding of the applicable countries' tax rules and rates. Deferred foreign capital gains tax, if any, is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains. The fund has filed tax reclaims for previously withheld taxes on dividends earned in certain European Union countries. These filings are subject to various administrative and judicial proceedings within these countries. Amounts related to these reclaims are recorded when there are no significant uncertainties as to the ultimate resolution of proceedings, the likelihood of receipt of these reclaims, and the potential timing of payment. Such tax reclaims and related professional fees, if any, are included in dividend income and other expenses, respectively.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds' Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $176,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.07% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $48,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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.
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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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of April 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks—North and South America 831,828 831,828
Common Stocks—Other 46,019 4,256,940 4,302,959
Temporary Cash Investments 30,102 30,102
Total 907,949 4,256,940 5,164,889
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 1,454 1,454
Forward Currency Contracts 484 484
Total 1,454 484 1,938
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts1 1 1
Forward Currency Contracts 684 684
Total 1 684 685
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
E. At April 30, 2023, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
    
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Equity
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Unrealized Appreciation—Futures Contracts1 1,454 1,454
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 484 484
Total Assets 1,454 484 1,938
       
Unrealized Depreciation—Futures Contracts1 1 1
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 684 684
Total Liabilities 1 684 685
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended April 30, 2023, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Equity
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts 723 723
Forward Currency Contracts (414) (414)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 723 (414) 309
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts 1,578 1,578
Forward Currency Contracts (189) (189)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives 1,578 (189) 1,389
F. As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 4,814,642
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 545,373
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (193,873)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 351,500
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $27,589,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
G. During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $1,279,876,000 of investment securities and sold $593,709,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $582,054,000 and $0, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
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H. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
    
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  Year Ended
October 31, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
ETF Shares          
Issued1 673,001 9,366   676,377 8,730
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions  
Redeemed2   (13,682) (200)
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares 673,001 9,366   662,695 8,530
Admiral Shares          
Issued1 33,779 988   65,935 1,814
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 2,565 76   20,104 513
Redeemed2 (18,201) (521)   (61,011) (1,723)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 18,143 543   25,028 604
1 Includes purchase fees for fiscal 2023 and 2022 of $83,000 and $200,000, respectively (fund totals).
2 Net of redemption fees for fiscal 2023 and 2022 of $38,000 and $203,000, respectively (fund totals).
I. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund’s investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
The use of derivatives may expose the fund to various risks. Derivatives can be highly volatile, and any initial investment is generally small relative to the notional amount so that transactions may be leveraged in terms of market exposure. A relatively small market movement may have a potentially larger impact on derivatives than on standard securities. Leveraged derivatives positions can, therefore, increase volatility. Additional information regarding the fund's use of derivative(s) and the specific risks associated is described under significant accounting policies.
J. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
United Kingdom 13.1%
Japan 12.8
Australia 7.8
Canada 7.7
Germany 6.8
France 6.6
Switzerland 6.0
China 5.6
Taiwan 4.3
Spain 2.7
Italy 2.6
Brazil 2.5
Hong Kong 1.8
South Korea 1.6
Saudi Arabia 1.5
Singapore 1.5
Netherlands 1.4
Sweden 1.4
Finland 1.4
South Africa 1.2
Mexico 1.2
India 1.0
Other 7.5
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives.
The fund may invest in derivatives (such as futures and swap contracts) for various reasons, including, but not limited to, attempting to remain fully invested and tracking its target index as closely as possible.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (99.3%)
Australia (7.8%)
  BHP Group Ltd.   2,871,004    85,204
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia     965,130    63,869
  National Australia Bank Ltd.   1,793,526    34,527
  Westpac Banking Corp.   1,987,577    29,752
  ANZ Group Holdings Ltd.   1,706,178    27,705
  Woodside Energy Group Ltd.   1,079,796    24,501
  Macquarie Group Ltd.     197,213    24,058
  Wesfarmers Ltd.     643,333    22,255
  Transurban Group   1,754,569    17,499
  Rio Tinto Ltd.     212,865    15,966
  Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.     909,168    12,721
  Amcor plc GDR     850,284     9,296
  Coles Group Ltd.     727,094     8,783
  QBE Insurance Group Ltd.     845,770     8,649
  Santos Ltd.   1,724,410     8,169
  Brambles Ltd.     784,504     7,432
  South32 Ltd.   2,629,089     7,432
  Telstra Group Ltd.   2,367,921     6,870
  Sonic Healthcare Ltd.     261,494     6,164
  Suncorp Group Ltd.     713,296     5,939
  Origin Energy Ltd.     983,721     5,454
  ASX Ltd.     110,555     5,031
  Mineral Resources Ltd.      96,066     4,739
  Insurance Australia Group Ltd.   1,407,097     4,662
  APA Group     678,922     4,635
  Computershare Ltd. (XASX)     309,344     4,605
  Lottery Corp. Ltd.   1,276,877     4,281
  Medibank Pvt Ltd.   1,596,070     3,777
  Endeavour Group Ltd.     803,127     3,620
  Atlas Arteria Ltd.     820,359     3,567
  Ampol Ltd.     133,708     2,668
  Incitec Pivot Ltd.   1,101,072     2,346
  Aurizon Holdings Ltd.     997,276     2,267
  Worley Ltd.     210,363     2,114
  Whitehaven Coal Ltd.     421,328     2,022
  JB Hi-Fi Ltd.      64,937     1,922
  Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.     328,509     1,891
  AGL Energy Ltd.     338,143     1,862
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Challenger Ltd.     391,952     1,577
  Metcash Ltd.     571,363     1,481
  Alumina Ltd.   1,416,562     1,438
  Bank of Queensland Ltd.     370,042     1,429
  AMP Ltd.   1,776,902     1,343
  Orora Ltd.     504,863     1,154
  Beach Energy Ltd.   1,072,266     1,055
  Perpetual Ltd.      62,991     1,029
  CSR Ltd.     287,787     1,008
  Downer EDI Ltd.     386,870       915
  Deterra Royalties Ltd.     266,588       817
  Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.     334,335       803
  Insignia Financial Ltd.     385,916       766
  TPG Telecom Ltd.     211,771       756
  New Hope Corp. Ltd.     129,242       457
  Magellan Financial Group Ltd.      82,464       447
  Platinum Asset Management Ltd.     297,496       348
  Yancoal Australia Ltd.      87,888       325
  Adbri Ltd.     280,104       296
        505,698
Austria (0.3%)
  Erste Group Bank AG     188,229     6,844
  OMV AG      80,727     3,820
  Verbund AG      37,712     3,359
  ANDRITZ AG      39,903     2,592
  voestalpine AG      65,509     2,271
  Telekom Austria AG Class A      76,981       601
         19,487
Belgium (0.4%)
  KBC Group NV     156,676    11,201
  Groupe Bruxelles Lambert NV      56,783     5,096
  Solvay SA      39,495     4,740
  Ageas SA     104,776     4,668
  Proximus SADP      79,289       676
         26,381
Brazil (2.5%)
  Vale SA   2,216,588    32,175
  Petroleo Brasileiro SA Preference Shares   3,191,283    15,164
  Petroleo Brasileiro SA   2,120,400    11,338
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Itau Unibanco Holding SA Preference Shares   1,990,307    10,343
  B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao   3,457,814     8,097
  Banco Bradesco SA Preference Shares   2,838,217     7,881
  Ambev SA   2,487,850     7,063
  Itausa SA Preference Shares   3,050,897     5,309
  Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA     723,582     4,911
  Banco Do Brasil SA     490,718     4,217
  Banco BTG Pactual SA.     662,300     3,110
  Gerdau SA Preference Shares     611,775     3,088
  JBS SA     775,400     2,783
  Itau Unibanco Holding SA     609,400     2,699
  BB Seguridade Participacoes SA     385,257     2,650
  Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR     452,906     2,332
  Cosan SA     690,300     2,073
  CCR SA     643,610     1,751
  Lojas Renner SA     538,500     1,710
  Hypera SA     224,282     1,675
  Vibra Energia SA     626,267     1,657
  Klabin SA     421,600     1,617
  Banco Bradesco SA     586,746     1,461
  Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais Preference Shares     571,471     1,415
  Energisa SA     168,100     1,409
  Ultrapar Participacoes SA     476,100     1,378
  Telefonica Brasil SA     164,318     1,355
  Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA Preference Shares     183,100     1,337
  TIM SA     468,454     1,315
  Cia Paranaense de Energia Preference Shares     732,500     1,178
  Banco Santander Brasil SA     212,002     1,142
  Banco Bradesco SA ADR     379,134     1,062
  Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA     340,000       969
  Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA     128,019       936
  Metalurgica Gerdau SA Preference Shares     379,000       886
  Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR     329,795       798
  Engie Brasil Energia SA      92,616       766
  Cielo SA     667,900       731
1 Telefonica Brasil SA ADR      87,513       715
  Bradespar SA Preference Shares     145,607       692
  CPFL Energia SA     103,900       690
  EDP - Energias do Brasil SA     138,976       627
  Sao Martinho SA      96,200       606
  Porto Seguro SA     113,018       569
  SLC Agricola SA      57,600       502
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Petroreconcavo SA     120,400       475
  Neoenergia SA     145,600       451
  Caixa Seguridade Participacoes SA     238,000       451
  CTEEP-Cia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista. Preference Shares      96,008       444
  Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA Usiminas Preference Shares Class A     285,100       411
  CSN Mineracao SA     327,300       304
  Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais      72,000       292
  Marfrig Global Foods SA     148,900       194
  Dexco SA     154,810       183
  Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA Usiminas      70,900       100
  Ambev SA ADR         348         1
        159,488
Canada (7.6%)
1 Royal Bank of Canada     802,090    79,632
  Toronto-Dominion Bank   1,039,881    62,991
  Enbridge Inc.   1,153,547    45,866
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.     620,679    37,822
1 Bank of Montreal     378,191    34,091
  Bank of Nova Scotia     680,963    33,992
  Suncor Energy Inc.     769,154    24,082
  TC Energy Corp.     575,604    23,923
  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce     502,596    21,071
  Manulife Financial Corp.   1,060,812    20,944
  Sun Life Financial Inc.     334,496    16,408
  National Bank of Canada     192,585    14,361
  Restaurant Brands International Inc.     172,325    12,081
  Fortis Inc. (XTSE)     272,439    11,962
  Pembina Pipeline Corp.     318,557    10,486
  BCE Inc.     174,390     8,382
  Power Corp. of Canada     308,389     8,260
  TELUS Corp.     273,754     5,803
2 Hydro One Ltd.     179,124     5,246
  Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. Class A     153,966     5,162
  Great-West Lifeco Inc.     156,508     4,450
1 Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. Class A      30,558     4,006
  Canadian Utilities Ltd. Class A      71,543     2,068
  IGM Financial Inc.      46,103     1,415
        494,504
Chile (0.3%)
  Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA Class B      77,439     5,243
  Banco De Chile  25,386,561     2,703
  Empresas COPEC SA     272,766     1,898
* Cencosud SA     761,080     1,551
  Enel Americas SA  10,658,283     1,452
  Empresas CMPC SA     693,706     1,087
 
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  Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA      30,213       911
  Banco Santander Chile SA  17,636,070       843
  Enel Chile SA  14,688,410       837
1 Banco Santander Chile ADR      40,730       780
  Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA      73,005       596
  Colbun SA   4,218,743       591
  Embotelladora Andina SA Preference Shares     217,161       544
  Banco Itau Chile SA 193,578,002       436
  Cencosud Shopping SA     238,654       380
  CAP SA      38,959       273
         20,125
China (5.5%)
  China Construction Bank Corp. Class H  52,634,000    35,187
  Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. Class H   3,606,000    26,308
  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. Class H  43,994,000    23,669
  Bank of China Ltd. Class H  40,424,000    16,144
  China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. Class H   2,141,938    10,339
  China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) Class H  13,132,000     8,607
  PetroChina Co. Ltd. Class H  12,196,000     8,472
  China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Class H   4,248,000     8,161
  China Resources Land Ltd.   1,577,000     7,344
  China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. Class H   2,031,000     6,746
  Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. Class H  16,104,000     6,226
  China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.   2,175,700     5,518
  PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd. Class H   3,876,000     4,688
  China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd. Class H   1,527,600     4,563
  China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. Class A     852,642     4,150
  Citic Pacific Ltd.   2,849,000     3,576
2 Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd. Class H   5,365,000     3,498
2 China Tower Corp. Ltd. Class H  26,536,000     3,387
  Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. Class A     405,600     3,041
2 Longfor Group Holdings Ltd.   1,085,120     2,969
  Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. Class H     846,000     2,902
  China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd. Class A     913,400     2,888
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd. Class H     885,328     2,795
  CITIC Securities Co. Ltd. Class H   1,306,257     2,750
  Bank of Communications Ltd. Class H   4,225,000     2,729
  China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd. Class H   4,940,620     2,673
  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. Class A   3,818,800     2,604
  Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd. Class H     727,600     2,577
  China Vanke Co. Ltd. Class H   1,563,205     2,444
  Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. Class A   4,902,956     2,422
  China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.   1,103,000     2,401
  China Gas Holdings Ltd.   1,702,600     2,190
  China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. Class A   2,084,100     2,023
  Industrial Bank Co. Ltd. Class A     811,200     2,021
  People's Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. Class H   5,060,000     1,990
  China National Building Material Co. Ltd. Class H   2,594,000     1,946
  Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp.   1,111,000     1,942
  Bank of China Ltd. Class A   3,608,200     1,913
  Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.   2,058,000     1,908
  Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.     409,343     1,828
  Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. Class H   1,448,500     1,758
  China Railway Group Ltd. Class H   2,266,000     1,742
2 Huatai Securities Co. Ltd. Class H   1,341,800     1,733
2 CGN Power Co. Ltd. Class H   6,494,000     1,715
  China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. Class H   4,402,470     1,617
  China Resources Gas Group Ltd.     509,300     1,608
  Guangdong Investment Ltd.   1,656,000     1,583
2 China Feihe Ltd.   2,340,000     1,580
  China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd. Class A   1,633,700     1,552
  CRRC Corp. Ltd. Class H   2,381,000     1,541
* COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd. Class H   1,283,500     1,491
  COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd. Class A     915,400     1,472
 
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2 Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd. Class H     354,800     1,443
  Haitong Securities Co. Ltd. Class H   2,110,400     1,402
  Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.   1,494,700     1,394
  China Coal Energy Co. Ltd. Class H   1,575,000     1,353
  Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.     321,000     1,332
  Kingboard Holdings Ltd.     426,500     1,306
  Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd. Class A   1,184,100     1,300
  China Hongqiao Group Ltd.   1,318,000     1,298
  China State Construction International Holdings Ltd.   1,028,000     1,278
  C&D International Investment Group Ltd.     414,000     1,275
  Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. Class H     716,000     1,274
  New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Class H     441,533     1,264
  Bank of Communications Co. Ltd. Class A   1,564,600     1,259
  China Medical System Holdings Ltd.     748,000     1,242
  Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. Class A     244,764     1,218
  China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd.     804,000     1,193
  China Railway Group Ltd. Class A     853,100     1,146
  China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd. Class H   2,105,000     1,143
  Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. Class H   1,828,000     1,141
  Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. Ltd. Class A     485,600     1,131
  Minth Group Ltd.     390,000     1,129
  Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd. Class A     259,800     1,109
  Qifu Technology Inc.      62,799     1,108
1 Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd.     753,600     1,090
  China Power International Development Ltd.   2,821,370     1,071
  China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd. Class A     234,950     1,061
  Shaanxi Coal Industry Co. Ltd. Class A     370,500     1,049
  Bosideng International Holdings Ltd.   2,052,000     1,012
  China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd. Class H   3,104,000       994
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
2 China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd. Class H     973,760       988
  China Insurance International Holdings Co. Ltd.     852,800       980
  PetroChina Co. Ltd. Class A     822,500       940
2 Topsports International Holdings Ltd.   1,051,000       937
  GF Securities Co. Ltd. Class H     644,600       926
  China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. Class A     215,700       907
  Poly Developments and Holdings Group Co. Ltd. Class A     450,500       906
  Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H     890,000       902
  Fosun International Ltd.   1,260,500       884
  China Everbright International Ltd.   2,080,000       883
  China United Network Communications Ltd. Class A   1,079,500       849
2 Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd. Class H     649,200       837
  JOYY Inc. ADR      27,327       832
  Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co. Ltd. Class B     545,400       809
  China Construction Bank Corp. Class A     884,900       806
2 China Railway Signal & Communication Corp. Ltd. Class H   1,671,000       785
  Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd.     863,000       777
  China Communications Services Corp. Ltd. Class H   1,408,000       772
  Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd. Class H   1,544,000       749
  Far East Horizon Ltd.     828,000       745
  Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. Class H   1,552,000       743
  SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd. Class A     360,800       737
  Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H     868,000       720
  Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Class A     756,700       705
  China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd.   3,660,800       684
  New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Class A     121,500       683
  China National Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. Class A     671,600       670
  Lufax Holding Ltd. ADR     385,629       656
  Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd. Class A     821,700       655
  Uni-President China Holdings Ltd.     648,000       647
  China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd.   1,392,000       630
 
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  Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. Class H   1,628,000       629
  Daqin Railway Co. Ltd. Class A     548,700       610
  Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. Class H     298,100       606
  China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd. Class H   5,040,200       600
  Greentown China Holdings Ltd.     497,000       597
  Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd.   2,318,000       589
  China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd. Class A     619,200       582
  Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd.     874,000       575
  Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd.     555,000       572
  Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.     373,260       570
  China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co. Ltd. Class A     280,500       553
  TBEA Co. Ltd. Class A     167,600       548
  Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd. Class A     402,300       547
2 Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd.   1,267,500       527
  Sinotrans Ltd. Class H   1,524,000       527
  Bank of Beijing Co. Ltd. Class A     767,700       526
  Bank of Shanghai Co. Ltd. Class A     564,033       512
  Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd. Class H   1,667,000       509
2 CSC Financial Co. Ltd. Class H     493,000       502
  China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd. Class A   1,077,300       498
  Haitong Securities Co. Ltd. Class A     368,100       493
  GF Securities Co. Ltd. Class A     219,700       488
  Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd. Class A     222,600       487
  China Vanke Co. Ltd. Class A     221,900       485
  Huaxia Bank Co. Ltd. Class A     569,200       474
  Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd. Class H     866,000       473
  Citic Pacific Special Steel Group Co. Ltd. Class A     200,202       467
  Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co. Ltd. Class A     124,200       448
  Sinopec Engineering Group Co. Ltd. Class H     819,500       425
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. Class A     809,700       425
  Shanghai International Port Group Co. Ltd. Class A     511,000       423
  China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd.     484,000       418
  China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd. Class H     944,000       414
  Hopson Development Holdings Ltd.     448,136       398
  Sichuan Road & Bridge Co. Ltd. Class A     173,300       397
  Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. Ltd. Class B     869,416       395
  Lao Feng Xiang Co. Ltd. Class B     110,300       392
  China Meidong Auto Holdings Ltd.     250,000       388
  Sichuan Chuantou Energy Co. Ltd. Class A     183,500       381
  Bank of Hangzhou Co. Ltd. Class A     208,850       379
  Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd.     256,000       375
2 Orient Securities Co. Ltd. Class H     616,800       368
  China International Marine Containers Group Co. Ltd. Class H     563,000       364
  Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. Class A     108,000       358
  Shanxi Lu'an Environmental Energy Development Co. Ltd. Class A     122,100       356
2 A-Living Smart City Services Co. Ltd.     426,250       342
2 BAIC Motor Corp. Ltd. Class H   1,206,000       339
  Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co. Ltd. Class A     231,120       337
  Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Class H   1,842,720       322
  Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.     758,000       322
  Guanghui Energy Co. Ltd. Class A     236,900       319
  China National Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd. Class A     200,400       307
  China Everbright Ltd.     420,000       302
  Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc. Class H      82,400       299
2 Legend Holdings Corp. Class H     284,800       298
3 CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd.   2,990,480       290
 
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($000)
  Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd.     844,164       287
  Shanxi Coking Coal Energy Group Co. Ltd. Class A     188,400       280
  Dongfang Electric Corp. Ltd. Class H     196,400       278
  Hunan Valin Steel Co. Ltd. Class A     359,800       275
  Huayu Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. Class A     116,200       275
  Shenzhen Investment Ltd.   1,398,000       270
  Towngas Smart Energy Co. Ltd.     583,185       269
  Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai Class A      46,400       264
2 China Bohai Bank Co. Ltd. Class H   1,579,500       262
  China Reinsurance Group Corp. Class H   3,234,000       248
  Shenzhen Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H     262,000       244
  Angang Steel Co. Ltd. Class A     567,100       242
  LB Group Co. Ltd. Class A      94,400       236
  People's Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. Class A     259,700       234
  Hengli Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Class A     100,800       230
  Shenzhen Expressway Corp. Ltd. Class A     170,400       227
  Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd. Class H     220,400       220
  Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy Co. Ltd. Class H     892,000       219
  Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd. Class H     262,800       216
  Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co. Ltd. Class A     112,100       214
  Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co. Ltd. Class B     141,000       212
  Shui On Land Ltd.   1,737,000       211
  Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co. Ltd. Class B     279,262       211
  G-bits Network Technology Xiamen Co. Ltd. Class A       2,700       204
  Yanlord Land Group Ltd.     316,800       202
  BBMG Corp. Class H   1,562,000       202
  Sinoma International Engineering Co. Class A      97,000       202
  Bank of Jiangsu Co. Ltd. Class A     179,160       200
  Gemdale Corp. Class A     165,900       196
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Bank of Changsha Co. Ltd. Class A     161,300       191
  Xiamen C & D Inc. Class A     107,600       189
  Shanghai Jinjiang International Hotels Co. Ltd. Class B      89,400       184
  Henan Shenhuo Coal & Power Co. Ltd. Class A      77,800       183
  Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. Class A      75,600       181
  Bank of Guiyang Co. Ltd. Class A     220,100       180
  Shan Xi Hua Yang Group New Energy Co. Ltd. Class A      85,500       173
  Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Class A     344,300       172
  Jinke Smart Services Group Co. Ltd. Class H     111,800       171
  China South Publishing & Media Group Co. Ltd. Class A      84,300       169
  Anhui Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H     162,000       165
  Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Class A     418,800       165
  Guosen Securities Co. Ltd. Class A     119,900       163
  Tangshan Jidong Cement Co. Ltd. Class A     133,800       158
  Huaibei Mining Holdings Co. Ltd. Class A      79,800       157
  Pingdingshan Tianan Coal Mining Co. Ltd. Class A     112,200       156
  Huafa Industrial Co. Ltd. Zhuhai Class A     101,800       156
  Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co. Ltd. Class A      43,600       156
  YongXing Special Materials Technology Co. Ltd. Class A      16,510       153
2 Everbright Securities Co. Ltd. Class H     196,400       146
  Weifu High-Technology Group Co. Ltd. Class A      59,700       144
  China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co. Ltd. Class A     108,848       144
  Anhui Expressway Co. Ltd. Class A     105,300       144
2 Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Ltd. Co. Class H      72,500       142
  China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd. Class A      67,200       136
 
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($000)
  Lao Feng Xiang Co. Ltd. Class A      13,800       134
  Chengxin Lithium Group Co. Ltd. Class A      29,200       134
  Hangzhou Binjiang Real Estate Group Co. Ltd. Class A      98,802       132
  China World Trade Center Co. Ltd. Class A      48,600       130
  Chinese Universe Publishing and Media Group Co. Ltd. Class A      48,800       126
  Western Mining Co. Ltd. Class A      66,300       126
  Inner Mongolia Dian Tou Energy Corp. Ltd. Class A      64,200       125
  Hengyi Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Class A     112,700       125
  Nanjing Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Class A     234,000       124
  Shandong Hi-speed Co. Ltd. Class A     119,200       124
  Huafon Chemical Co. Ltd. Class A     112,800       117
  Bank of Suzhou Co. Ltd. Class A     107,200       116
  Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc. Class A      22,300       115
  Keda Industrial Group Co. Ltd. Class A      62,600       114
  Joyoung Co. Ltd. Class A      47,500       112
  Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co. Ltd. Class A     167,900       110
  Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart Group Co. Ltd. Class A      94,100       109
2 Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co. Ltd. Class H     532,800       107
  Huatai Securities Co. Ltd. Class A      51,300       104
  Beijing Shougang Co. Ltd. Class A     195,400       104
  Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co. Ltd. Class A      50,500       104
  Oriental Energy Co. Ltd. Class A      81,500       104
  CSG Holding Co. Ltd. Class A     108,600       103
  Tian Di Science & Technology Co. Ltd. Class A     129,800       103
  Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal Co. Ltd. Class A     104,800       103
*,3 Shimao Group Holdings Ltd.     534,000       102
  Jizhong Energy Resources Co. Ltd. Class A      95,600       102
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Beijing Capital Eco-Environment Protection Group Co. Ltd. Class A     233,700       101
  FAW Jiefang Group Co. Ltd.      82,700        97
  Hubei Energy Group Co. Ltd. Class A     157,200        97
  Heilongjiang Agriculture Co. Ltd. Class A      49,400        97
  Tangshan Sanyou Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. Class A     111,200        93
  Zhejiang Supor Co. Ltd. Class A      12,400        92
  Xinjiang Tianshan Cement Co. Ltd. Class A      75,500        91
  Zhuzhou Kibing Group Co. Ltd. Class A      60,300        90
  Luxi Chemical Group Co. Ltd. Class A      50,800        88
  Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. Class A     149,800        87
*,2,3 Evergrande Property Services Group Ltd.   1,370,500        87
2 China East Education Holdings Ltd.     171,000        86
  Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd. Class A      39,900        85
  Universal Scientific Industrial Shanghai Co. Ltd. Class A      40,900        83
  Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co. Ltd. Class A      30,100        82
  Tianshan Aluminum Group Co. Ltd. Class A      78,600        82
  Shenzhen Gas Corp. Ltd. Class A      79,800        80
  Bluestar Adisseo Co. Class A      57,900        68
  Weifu High-Technology Group Co. Ltd. Class B      46,400        63
  Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. Class A      55,300        52
  Shanghai Construction Group Co. Ltd. Class A     121,100        50
  Bank of Chengdu Co. Ltd. Class A      24,400        49
  Bank of Qingdao Co. Ltd. Class A      84,450        41
  North Huajin Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. Class A      33,200        34
  Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. Class A      58,700        33
  Shenzhen Jinjia Group Co. Ltd. Class A      29,400        31
  Chongqing Water Group Co. Ltd. Class A      39,200        31
  Zhejiang Runtu Co. Ltd. Class A      27,500        29
 
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Value

($000)
  Shanghai AJ Group Co. Ltd. Class A      35,400        28
  Sansteel Minguang Co. Ltd. Fujian Class A      36,500        25
  Zhejiang Semir Garment Co. Ltd. Class A      24,400        24
  China Railway Signal & Communication Corp. Ltd. Class A      23,250        22
  Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd. Class A      13,500        17
  Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd. Class A      12,200        11
  Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd. Class A      15,100        10
        359,970
Colombia (0.1%)
  Bancolombia SA ADR      59,281     1,452
  Bancolombia SA     177,452     1,360
1 Ecopetrol SA ADR     122,516     1,191
  Interconexion Electrica SA ESP     250,311       970
  Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA Preference Shares   2,492,466       312
  Ecopetrol SA     125,881        61
  Bac Holding International Co.     412,660        20
          5,366
Czech Republic (0.1%)
  CEZ A/S      90,102     4,838
  Komercni banka A/S      42,032     1,357
2 Moneta Money Bank A/S     211,427       775
          6,970
Denmark (0.1%)
  Tryg A/S     196,659     4,648
Egypt (0.0%)
  Telecom Egypt Co.     171,834       137
Finland (1.3%)
  Nordea Bank Abp (XHEL)   1,972,670    21,869
  Sampo OYJ Class A     266,010    13,491
  Kone OYJ Class B     187,316    10,687
  UPM-Kymmene OYJ     305,566     9,745
  Elisa OYJ      84,499     5,247
  Stora Enso OYJ Class R     329,524     4,181
  Metso Outotec OYJ     341,050     3,765
  Fortum OYJ     247,382     3,695
  Valmet OYJ      96,296     3,258
  Wartsila OYJ Abp     278,389     3,229
  Kesko OYJ Class B     152,216     3,173
  Orion OYJ Class B      59,042     2,773
  Huhtamaki OYJ      54,099     1,950
         87,063
France (6.5%)
  TotalEnergies SE   1,298,918    83,001
  Sanofi     621,726    67,002
  BNP Paribas SA     629,287    40,660
  Vinci SA     283,047    35,010
  AXA SA   1,066,798    34,821
  Danone SA     348,384    23,057
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Cie de Saint-Gobain     261,934    15,165
  Orange SA   1,094,449    14,245
  Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA     402,341    12,814
  Veolia Environnement SA     361,231    11,438
  Publicis Groupe SA     128,511    10,507
  Societe Generale SA     420,129    10,204
  Credit Agricole SA     701,278     8,572
  Carrefour SA     336,823     7,006
  Engie SA (XPAR)     362,991     5,809
  Eiffage SA      42,123     5,014
  Vivendi SE     393,319     4,320
  Bouygues SA     117,603     4,307
  Engie S/A     249,131     3,987
  Engie SA     201,086     3,218
  Rexel SA     138,319     3,204
  Sodexo SA Loyalty Shares 2026      26,287     2,817
  Valeo     137,187     2,679
  Sodexo SA (XPAR)      23,701     2,540
  SCOR SE      86,413     2,235
2 Amundi SA      32,906     2,156
  Engie SA Loyalty Shares     132,130     2,115
2 La Francaise des Jeux SAEM      48,879     2,089
  Wendel SE      15,331     1,720
  Electricite de France SA Class A     103,154     1,357
2 ALD SA      77,463       933
        424,002
Germany (6.8%)
  Siemens AG (Registered)     425,886    70,200
  Allianz SE (Registered)     229,389    57,601
  Deutsche Telekom AG (Registered)   1,932,706    46,601
  Mercedes-Benz Group AG     492,007    38,370
  Bayer AG (Registered)     561,013    37,025
* Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Registered)      79,963    30,052
  BASF SE     521,639    26,981
  Deutsche Post AG (Registered)     551,162    26,511
  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (XETR)     178,532    20,011
  E.ON SE   1,267,078    16,761
  Volkswagen AG Preference Shares     114,264    15,603
  Deutsche Bank AG (Registered)   1,156,474    12,713
  Vonovia SE     405,440     8,793
  Hannover Rueck SE Class A      34,213     7,310
  HeidelbergCement AG      83,382     6,315
  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Preference Shares      36,749     3,906
  Volkswagen AG      17,047     2,862
  LEG Immobilien SE (XETR)      41,523     2,584
  Evonik Industries AG     109,977     2,400
 
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Value

($000)
  Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG     499,973     1,689
  Talanx AG      30,772     1,548
  Wacker Chemie AG       8,604     1,331
  HOCHTIEF AG      12,696     1,063
  Fielmann AG      13,624       706
2 DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA      18,840       626
  Traton SE      26,791       620
        440,182
Greece (0.1%)
  OPAP SA     107,490     1,833
  Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA     121,827     1,780
  Mytilineos SA      59,595     1,729
  JUMBO SA      62,884     1,449
  Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA      31,519       751
  Hellenic Petroleum SA      31,005       246
  Autohellas Tourist and Trading SA       6,822        97
          7,885
Hong Kong (1.8%)
  Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.     811,500    11,299
  CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.   1,512,000    10,108
  CLP Holdings Ltd.     932,000     6,939
  CK Asset Holdings Ltd.   1,110,084     6,564
  BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.   2,053,000     6,481
  Hang Seng Bank Ltd.     409,800     6,074
  Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.   6,140,400     5,452
  Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.     112,004     5,414
  Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.     898,000     5,179
  Power Assets Holdings Ltd.     783,599     4,478
  Lenovo Group Ltd.   4,292,000     4,391
  MTR Corp. Ltd.     825,000     4,122
  Sino Land Co. Ltd.   2,166,000     2,919
  Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.     625,900     2,786
  Swire Pacific Ltd. Class A     341,788     2,713
  Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.     745,587     2,655
2 WH Group Ltd.   4,523,099     2,518
  New World Development Co. Ltd.     824,750     2,200
  Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.   1,174,000     2,148
  Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.   1,006,400     2,021
  CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.     340,472     1,938
  Hang Lung Properties Ltd.   1,013,576     1,853
  Swire Properties Ltd.     615,698     1,655
  Want Want China Holdings Ltd.   2,451,000     1,563
  Orient Overseas International Ltd.      74,000     1,503
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  ASMPT Ltd.     171,400     1,348
  SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.     701,000     1,297
  PCCW Ltd.   2,482,793     1,295
2 BOC Aviation Ltd.     123,200       976
  Hysan Development Co. Ltd.     342,000       967
  Kerry Properties Ltd.     367,000       947
  Bank of East Asia Ltd.     542,180       715
  NWS Holdings Ltd.     808,000       700
  Man Wah Holdings Ltd.     830,800       699
2 Js Global Lifestyle Co. Ltd.     725,500       643
  Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.     369,000       555
  DFI Retail Group Holdings Ltd.     172,300       519
  VTech Holdings Ltd.      84,600       508
  First Pacific Co. Ltd.   1,414,000       473
  Cafe de Coral Holdings Ltd.     185,170       259
  Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.     220,000       246
  Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd.      84,400       216
  Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd.     205,600       165
  Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd.   1,517,000       128
  Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.     656,000       114
        117,743
Hungary (0.1%)
  Richter Gedeon Nyrt      80,453     1,943
  MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas plc     209,456     1,699
* Magyar Telekom Telecommunications plc     232,384       292
          3,934
Iceland (0.0%)
2 Arion Banki HF     799,142       839
  Islandsbanki HF     647,615       592
          1,431
India (1.0%)
  ITC Ltd.   1,682,491     8,774
  HCL Technologies Ltd.     620,049     8,107
  NTPC Ltd.   2,688,736     5,671
  Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd.   1,783,737     5,187
  Tech Mahindra Ltd.     346,179     4,356
  Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.   2,098,990     4,094
  Coal India Ltd.   1,182,530     3,380
  Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.     570,171     2,496
  Vedanta Ltd.     722,226     2,477
  Hero MotoCorp Ltd.      75,355     2,363
  Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.   2,337,702     2,330
  Bajaj Auto Ltd.      38,525     2,091
  Gail India Ltd.   1,475,901     1,940
  Power Finance Corp. Ltd.     670,354     1,396
  Petronet LNG Ltd.     422,098     1,226
 
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($000)
  REC Ltd.     722,398     1,170
  Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.     339,234     1,043
  Indus Towers Ltd.     518,094       984
  Steel Authority of India Ltd.     868,738       883
  NMDC Ltd. (XNSE)     626,135       834
  Canara Bank     190,182       742
  NHPC Ltd.   1,183,807       643
  Piramal Enterprises Ltd.      66,144       598
  Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd.      13,380       584
  Oil India Ltd.     176,196       551
  Castrol India Ltd.     364,736       535
  Hindustan Zinc Ltd.     137,438       529
  Bank of India     402,335       415
  Indian Bank     102,992       408
  Sun TV Network Ltd.      44,479       235
2 Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd.      66,659       194
2 General Insurance Corp. of India      57,497       108
         66,344
Indonesia (0.8%)
  Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT  41,012,659    14,292
  Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT  25,872,800     9,146
  Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT  27,158,700     7,866
  Astra International Tbk PT  11,943,700     5,509
  Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT   4,389,100     2,829
  United Tractors Tbk PT     840,204     1,659
  Adaro Energy Tbk PT   7,153,800     1,531
  Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT   2,566,300     1,130
  Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk PT   1,380,600       997
  Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT   3,289,100       988
  Sarana Menara Nusantara Tbk PT  11,738,300       822
  Bukit Asam Tbk PT   2,344,800       663
  Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk PT   6,351,000       621
  Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk PT     816,400       605
  Gudang Garam Tbk PT     248,300       482
  Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk PT   4,644,600       322
  Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk PT     714,300       137
  Surya Citra Media Tbk PT   8,010,100        90
  Astra Agro Lestari Tbk PT     144,400        76
         49,765
Ireland (0.1%)
  Bank of Ireland Group plc     614,511     6,356
  AIB Group plc     665,164     2,860
          9,216
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Israel (0.4%)
  Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM     884,924     7,014
  Bank Hapoalim BM     757,377     6,524
  Israel Discount Bank Ltd. Class A     698,529     3,471
  ICL Group Ltd.     417,132     2,591
  Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.      78,485     2,574
  Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.   1,176,415     1,602
  Phoenix Holdings Ltd.      67,175       721
         24,497
Italy (2.6%)
  Enel SpA   4,433,838    30,293
  Intesa Sanpaolo SpA   9,264,050    24,359
  UniCredit SpA   1,072,209    21,246
  Stellantis NV   1,183,450    19,630
  Eni SpA   1,263,081    19,082
  Assicurazioni Generali SpA Class A     775,986    16,162
  Snam SpA   1,270,780     7,063
  Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale     806,444     6,980
  FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA     347,211     5,263
  Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA     367,517     3,947
  Banco BPM SpA     783,632     3,186
2 Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA     199,592     2,770
2 Poste Italiane SpA     259,273     2,698
  Italgas SpA     272,178     1,777
  A2A SpA     884,861     1,561
2 Pirelli & C SpA     279,301     1,463
  Hera SpA     449,731     1,400
  Banca Mediolanum SpA     143,337     1,296
  UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA     234,742       632
        170,808
Japan (12.7%)
  Toyota Motor Corp.   6,842,161    93,943
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.   6,621,700    41,449
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.     732,754    29,950
  Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     862,200    28,590
  KDDI Corp.     910,424    28,422
  Mitsui & Co. Ltd.     855,312    26,702
  ITOCHU Corp.     763,584    25,332
  Honda Motor Co. Ltd.     947,100    25,120
  Mitsubishi Corp.     670,800    24,870
  Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.   1,062,402    21,362
  Mizuho Financial Group Inc.   1,448,663    21,000
  Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.     656,100    20,020
  Softbank Corp.   1,563,282    17,601
  Japan Tobacco Inc.     675,700    14,539
  Canon Inc.     549,500    13,088
  Komatsu Ltd.     522,720    13,000
  Bridgestone Corp.     320,130    12,856
 
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($000)
  Marubeni Corp.     873,000    12,391
  ORIX Corp.     675,100    11,485
  Sumitomo Corp.     639,538    11,462
  Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc.     549,700    10,225
  Nippon Steel Corp.     466,900     9,972
  Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.   1,209,941     9,960
  Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.     369,400     9,415
  MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc.     258,000     8,468
  Toshiba Corp.     239,600     7,720
  Sompo Holdings Inc.     178,200     7,436
  Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.     206,100     7,429
  Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.     423,000     6,872
  Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.     854,011     6,820
  Nippon Yusen KK     275,500     6,513
  Sekisui House Ltd.     314,002     6,455
  Nomura Holdings Inc.   1,696,014     6,080
  Resona Holdings Inc.   1,216,896     6,065
  ENEOS Holdings Inc.   1,631,751     5,805
  Inpex Corp.     528,300     5,781
  Subaru Corp.     344,809     5,628
  Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.     423,900     5,410
  Toyota Tsusho Corp.     125,030     5,197
  Asahi Kasei Corp.     700,800     4,950
1 Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.     191,310     4,743
  Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.     173,500     4,499
  Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc.     410,400     4,430
  Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.     396,600     4,423
  Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp.     720,700     4,228
  AGC Inc.     104,900     3,911
  Daiwa Securities Group Inc.     812,114     3,772
  JFE Holdings Inc.     294,300     3,482
  T&D Holdings Inc.     284,000     3,478
  Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.      36,500     3,459
  Isuzu Motors Ltd.     292,900     3,459
  Taisei Corp.      99,300     3,377
  Kajima Corp.     241,500     3,195
  Obayashi Corp.     381,400     3,180
1 Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.     127,200     3,031
  Mazda Motor Corp.     325,800     2,948
  Aisin Corp.      98,800     2,900
  Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.     854,000     2,886
  Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.     132,783     2,827
  Sojitz Corp.     131,500     2,770
  SBI Holdings Inc.     138,400     2,703
  Ricoh Co. Ltd.     322,600     2,671
  SUMCO Corp.     188,300     2,593
  Mitsui Chemicals Inc.      95,500     2,416
  Concordia Financial Group Ltd.     630,100     2,391
  Niterra Co. Ltd.     113,300     2,375
  Lixil Corp.     149,200     2,349
  Seiko Epson Corp.     148,900     2,277
  Chiba Bank Ltd.     344,300     2,248
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Tosoh Corp.     158,200     2,114
  Brother Industries Ltd.     133,400     2,095
  Kyushu Railway Co.      90,200     2,048
  Hulic Co. Ltd.     234,986     2,023
  Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. (XTKS)     370,120     1,921
  Shimizu Corp.     309,300     1,889
  Nikon Corp.     174,800     1,807
  Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd.     109,300     1,775
  Kuraray Co. Ltd.     189,700     1,774
  NGK Insulators Ltd.     140,200     1,760
  Haseko Corp.     143,086     1,747
  Fukuoka Financial Group Inc.      92,400     1,740
  Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd.      79,000     1,707
  Amada Co. Ltd.     180,600     1,686
  Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.      75,400     1,639
  Marui Group Co. Ltd.     101,400     1,616
  Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc.     273,200     1,591
  Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.      65,800     1,590
  Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc.      63,300     1,577
  Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. Ltd.      48,440     1,549
  Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc.     103,000     1,500
  Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.      93,400     1,493
  Mebuki Financial Group Inc.     575,300     1,474
  Tokyo Tatemono Co. Ltd.     116,200     1,472
  Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.      80,400     1,429
  Kobe Steel Ltd.     191,000     1,423
  NSK Ltd.     248,600     1,404
  Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd.     364,900     1,272
  Air Water Inc.      99,000     1,251
1 Aozora Bank Ltd.      68,900     1,236
  COMSYS Holdings Corp.      63,900     1,223
  EXEO Group Inc.      65,400     1,213
  Credit Saison Co. Ltd.      87,500     1,212
  Sanwa Holdings Corp.     110,300     1,208
  Taiheiyo Cement Corp.      66,800     1,198
  Kamigumi Co. Ltd.      54,500     1,194
  Daicel Corp.     149,500     1,179
  Tokyo Century Corp.      34,000     1,170
  Hachijuni Bank Ltd.     258,900     1,160
  Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd.      79,800     1,127
  Casio Computer Co. Ltd.     118,000     1,123
  Konica Minolta Inc.     259,100     1,081
  Denka Co. Ltd.      52,400     1,049
  JTEKT Corp.     125,900     1,040
  Pigeon Corp.      62,800       978
  UBE Corp.      61,300       972
  NOK Corp.      71,100       958
  INFRONEER Holdings Inc.     121,000       956
 
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($000)
  DMG Mori Co. Ltd.      59,000       946
  Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.      48,100       918
  Kaneka Corp.      34,400       915
  Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.      99,500       913
  Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc.      81,400       877
  DIC Corp.      46,700       863
  Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd.      94,600       858
  K's Holdings Corp.      92,800       822
  Toda Corp.     139,400       816
  Hirogin Holdings Inc.     163,900       813
  TS Tech Co. Ltd.      59,900       808
  Seven Bank Ltd.     374,900       767
  Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd.     157,400       765
  Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc.     123,100       757
  Daido Steel Co. Ltd.      18,800       724
  Toyo Tire Corp.      60,600       722
  Kokuyo Co. Ltd.      50,400       720
  Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd.      18,300       719
  Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.      41,800       717
  Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd.      29,800       710
  Amano Corp.      33,200       676
  Fuyo General Lease Co. Ltd.       9,200       673
  NHK Spring Co. Ltd.      84,800       629
  AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd.      70,400       627
  Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.      15,600       625
  Aica Kogyo Co. Ltd.      27,200       618
  Kyudenko Corp.      22,300       595
  Canon Marketing Japan Inc.      22,800       570
  Heiwa Corp.      28,800       569
  H.U. Group Holdings Inc.      26,700       540
  Nipro Corp.      70,900       534
  Shikoku Electric Power Co. Inc.      87,200       515
  Toyota Boshoku Corp.      31,100       492
  Lintec Corp.      28,100       470
  Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.      16,700       460
  Itoham Yonekyu Holdings Inc.      75,400       413
  Kandenko Co. Ltd.      49,700       374
  Noevir Holdings Co. Ltd.       8,100       330
  Matsui Securities Co. Ltd.      56,200       322
  Fuji Media Holdings Inc.      32,000       300
        824,529
Kuwait (0.3%)
  National Bank of Kuwait SAKP   4,288,683    14,080
  Mobile Telecommunications Co. KSCP   1,046,878     1,951
  Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC     840,408     1,706
  Gulf Bank KSCP   1,001,539       922
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Humansoft Holding Co. KSC      51,635       658
  Boubyan Petrochemicals Co. KSCP     200,283       534
  Burgan Bank SAK     473,301       334
         20,185
Malaysia (0.7%)
  Malayan Banking Bhd.   4,059,197     7,888
  Public Bank Bhd.   8,132,500     7,102
  CIMB Group Holdings Bhd.   3,879,300     4,407
  Tenaga Nasional Bhd.   1,849,333     3,694
  Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd.   1,633,700     2,600
  CELCOMDIGI Bhd.   2,278,700     2,251
  Axiata Group Bhd.   2,516,400     1,691
  Hong Leong Bank Bhd.     357,700     1,617
  MISC Bhd.     965,644     1,582
  Genting Bhd.   1,354,400     1,431
  Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd.     260,600     1,259
  Gamuda Bhd.   1,284,000     1,196
  Petronas Gas     312,232     1,183
  RHB Bank Bhd.     959,700     1,180
  Maxis Bhd.   1,110,200     1,097
  Sime Darby Bhd.   2,135,700     1,041
  AMMB Holdings Bhd.   1,241,900     1,007
  Genting Malaysia Bhd.   1,645,800     1,002
  Petronas Dagangan Bhd.     148,200       753
  Telekom Malaysia Bhd.     629,500       701
  IJM Corp. Bhd.   1,728,100       606
  Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd.     556,800       416
  YTL Corp. Bhd.   2,370,623       351
  Westports Holdings Bhd.     363,700       288
  British American Tobacco Malaysia Bhd.      87,600       208
  Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd.     704,000       110
  FGV Holdings Bhd.     301,300       101
         46,762
Mexico (1.2%)
  America Movil SAB de CV Series B  16,151,200    17,418
  Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Class O   1,650,100    14,269
  Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV   2,940,235    11,854
  Grupo Mexico SAB de CV Series B   1,804,900     8,875
  Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV Class B     196,100     3,489
  Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV Class B     114,585     3,289
  Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV     299,260     2,471
  Arca Continental SAB de CV     248,100     2,361
  Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV Class B     156,700     1,723
 
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2 Banco del Bajio SA     410,100     1,349
  Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura SAB de CV     126,470     1,315
  Alfa SAB de CV Class A   2,044,000     1,297
  Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV     538,300     1,240
  Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV Class A     463,000     1,050
* Regional SAB de CV     130,200       954
  Qualitas Controladora SAB de CV     103,100       682
  Megacable Holdings SAB de CV     172,500       467
  Alpek SAB de CV     197,800       209
         74,312
Netherlands (1.4%)
  ING Groep NV   2,066,651    25,631
  Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV Class B     545,469    18,756
  Koninklijke Philips NV     506,133    10,685
  Koninklijke KPN NV   1,807,005     6,590
  NN Group NV     159,525     5,949
  Aegon NV     965,697     4,406
1 BE Semiconductor Industries NV      44,282     3,986
2 ABN AMRO Bank NV GDR     227,060     3,639
  ASR Nederland NV      82,433     3,626
  Randstad NV      63,179     3,433
2 Signify NV      71,380     2,384
  Koninklijke Vopak NV Class B      38,153     1,458
1,2 CTP NV      60,408       792
         91,335
New Zealand (0.2%)
  Spark New Zealand Ltd.   1,076,958     3,490
  Meridian Energy Ltd.     720,508     2,440
  Contact Energy Ltd.     442,927     2,148
  Mercury NZ Ltd.     384,291     1,509
  Fletcher Building Ltd.     445,657     1,243
         10,830
Norway (0.9%)
  Equinor ASA     525,285    15,124
  DNB Bank ASA     584,317    10,278
  Norsk Hydro ASA     767,653     5,649
  Mowi ASA     255,009     4,865
  Telenor ASA     362,356     4,522
  Aker BP ASA     172,912     4,134
  Yara International ASA      93,225     3,754
  Orkla ASA     438,413     3,151
  Salmar ASA      39,759     1,766
  Gjensidige Forsikring ASA      95,244     1,659
  Aker ASA Class A      13,582       830
  Leroy Seafood Group ASA     146,012       769
  Var Energi ASA     236,660       621
         57,122
Pakistan (0.0%)
  Fauji Fertilizer Co. Ltd.     361,175       131
  Oil & Gas Development Co. Ltd.     286,603        87
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Pakistan Petroleum Ltd.     300,307        70
            288
Philippines (0.1%)
  International Container Terminal Services Inc.     613,310     2,405
  PLDT Inc.      53,325     1,160
  Manila Electric Co.     150,430       923
  Aboitiz Power Corp.     921,800       634
  Globe Telecom Inc.      17,801       548
  Metro Pacific Investments Corp.   6,424,000       514
  DMCI Holdings Inc.   2,344,500       416
  Semirara Mining & Power Corp. Class A     604,320       295
  LT Group Inc.   1,353,700       249
          7,144
Poland (0.3%)
  Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA     329,315     5,024
  Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA     488,157     3,774
  Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA     316,790     2,919
  Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA      92,010     2,129
  LPP SA         638     1,839
  Santander Bank Polska SA      16,920     1,376
         17,061
Portugal (0.2%)
  EDP - Energias de Portugal SA   1,616,829     8,909
  Galp Energia SGPS SA     287,399     3,473
         12,382
Qatar (0.6%)
  Qatar National Bank QPSC   2,535,998    10,738
  Qatar Islamic Bank SAQ   1,027,807     5,080
  Industries Qatar QSC     917,826     3,234
  Commercial Bank PSQC   1,902,863     3,086
  Masraf Al Rayan QSC   3,506,119     2,474
  Qatar International Islamic Bank QSC     658,401     1,800
  Qatar Gas Transport Co. Ltd.   1,563,427     1,705
  Qatar Fuel QSC     341,182     1,557
  Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Co.   2,443,098     1,337
  Ooredoo QPSC     478,044     1,301
  Qatar Electricity & Water Co. QSC     248,150     1,141
  Barwa Real Estate Co.   1,247,072       861
  Qatar Navigation QSC     297,076       740
  Qatar Aluminum Manufacturing Co.   1,549,915       660
  Doha Bank QPSC   1,390,689       594
  Vodafone Qatar QSC     869,692       411
         36,719
Romania (0.0%)
  Banca Transilvania SA     315,114     1,350
 
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  OMV Petrom SA (XBSE)   9,262,511     1,005
  Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA      27,902       286
          2,641
Russia (0.0%)
3 Inter Rao Ues PJSC  11,522,470        —
*,3 MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC ADR      53,701        —
3 Sberbank of Russia PJSC   3,446,575        —
*,3 Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ADR     132,889        —
3 Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC     482,108        —
*,3 Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC (Registered) GDR     190,781        —
*,3 Magnit PJSC GDR (Registered)      22,311        —
3 MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC      11,458        —
*,3 LUKOIL PJSC ADR      51,350        —
*,3 Gazprom PJSC ADR     748,819        —
*,3 Severstal PAO GDR (Registered)      34,635        —
*,3 Tatneft PJSC ADR      44,997        —
*,3 VTB Bank PJSC GDR (Registered)     802,016        —
*,3 Alrosa PJSC     840,362        —
3 PhosAgro PJSC       7,446        —
3 United Co. Rusal International     796,030        —
3 Unipro PJSC   4,903,000        —
3 Polyus PJSC       9,549        —
3 RusHydro PJSC  41,940,310        —
3 Rostelecom PJSC     343,830        —
3 Tatneft PJSC     243,415        —
3 Novolipetskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PJSC     373,254        —
3 Mobile TeleSystems PJSC      18,732        —
*,3 Magnit PJSC      20,521        —
3 Novatek PJSC     356,672        —
3 Gazprom PJSC   2,023,010        —
3 Mosenergo PJSC   1,739,000        —
3 Transneft PJSC Preference Shares         527        —
*,3 Federal Grid Co.  83,950,000        —
3 Lukoil PJSC      76,646        —
3 Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC     211,479        —
3 Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC     732,540        —
3 Tatneft PJSC Preference Shares      51,803        —
*,3 Sistema PJSFC     903,430        —
3 Severstal PAO PJSC      28,686        —
3 Surgutneftegas PJSC Preference Shares   2,513,070        —
*,3 PhosAgro PJSC GDR          91        —
*,3 PhosAgro PJSC GDR (Registered)      14,173        —
             —
Saudi Arabia (1.5%)
  Saudi National Bank   1,243,256    16,317
2 Saudi Arabian Oil Co.   1,595,946    15,383
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Saudi Basic Industries Corp.     514,006    12,718
  Saudi Telecom Co.   1,023,329    12,317
  Riyad Bank     837,461     6,754
  Saudi British Bank     570,682     5,541
  SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co.     133,747     4,809
  Alinma Bank     559,026     4,759
  Banque Saudi Fransi     336,649     3,493
  Arab National Bank     384,811     2,822
  Sahara International Petrochemical Co.     201,309     2,099
  Yanbu National Petrochemical Co.     160,044     1,922
  Jarir Marketing Co.      33,902     1,479
  Saudi Industrial Investment Group     210,174     1,433
  Bank Al-Jazira     227,474     1,190
  Saudi Investment Bank     270,809     1,189
  Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Co.      25,387       973
  Advanced Petrochemical Co.      69,643       889
  Saudi Cement Co.      43,273       651
  Saudia Dairy & Foodstuff Co.       8,216       611
  Southern Province Cement Co.      42,377       596
  Arabian Centres Co. Ltd.      89,087       517
  United Electronics Co.      23,920       491
  Qassim Cement Co.      26,648       490
  Yanbu Cement Co.      44,557       427
         99,870
Singapore (1.5%)
  DBS Group Holdings Ltd.   1,031,178    25,480
  Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.   2,005,000    18,969
  United Overseas Bank Ltd.     734,145    15,592
  Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.   4,238,088     8,122
  Capitaland Investment Ltd.   1,437,700     4,024
  Keppel Corp. Ltd.     794,912     3,691
  Wilmar International Ltd.   1,181,400     3,490
  Singapore Exchange Ltd.     463,232     3,334
  Genting Singapore Ltd.   3,337,200     2,839
  Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.     881,800     2,401
  Venture Corp. Ltd.     151,100     1,930
  Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.      57,800     1,472
  NetLink NBN Trust   1,719,800     1,129
  ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.   1,228,200     1,100
  Olam Group Ltd.     670,600       809
  Hutchison Port Holdings Trust Class U   2,795,100       530
  StarHub Ltd.     273,500       205
  CapitaLand Ascott Trust      81,967        67
 
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($000)
  Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (XSES)       8,800        17
         95,201
South Africa (1.2%)
  FirstRand Ltd.   2,836,096     9,995
  Gold Fields Ltd.     500,003     7,792
  Standard Bank Group Ltd.     761,168     7,137
  Absa Group Ltd.     472,411     4,596
  Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.     465,849     4,535
  Sasol Ltd.     322,644     4,202
  Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.   1,623,375     3,589
  Shoprite Holdings Ltd.     277,352     3,385
  Sanlam Ltd.     996,397     3,076
  Nedbank Group Ltd.     235,807     2,724
  Bidvest Group Ltd.     193,565     2,652
  Vodacom Group Ltd.     335,308     2,298
  Anglo American Platinum Ltd.      32,433     1,923
  Woolworths Holdings Ltd.     533,088     1,898
  Old Mutual Ltd. (XZIM)   2,531,584     1,610
  NEPI Rockcastle NV     257,100     1,552
1 Exxaro Resources Ltd.     136,820     1,438
  Mr Price Group Ltd.     142,822     1,175
  Multichoice Group     165,812     1,037
  Tiger Brands Ltd.      91,153       988
  Foschini Group Ltd.     180,777       937
  Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.     802,138       910
  Outsurance Group Ltd.     472,964       901
  Investec Ltd.     158,422       871
  Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.      32,438       789
  Netcare Ltd.     864,218       755
  African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.      59,543       748
  Momentum Metropolitan Holdings     709,640       719
  Sappi Ltd.     307,197       699
  AVI Ltd.     186,775       697
  Pick n Pay Stores Ltd.     201,210       477
  Santam Ltd.      22,595       351
  Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd.      38,794       304
         76,760
South Korea (1.6%)
  POSCO Holdings Inc.      42,463    12,017
  Hyundai Motor Co.      71,444    10,583
  Kia Corp.     145,803     9,234
  KB Financial Group Inc.     219,721     8,155
  Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.     281,980     7,382
  Hana Financial Group Inc.     163,142     5,127
  KT&G Corp.      60,663     3,887
  LG Corp.      49,131     3,216
  Woori Financial Group Inc.     362,855     3,191
  Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.      17,306     2,911
  HMM Co. Ltd.     167,222     2,561
  SK Inc.      20,597     2,512
  Hyundai Motor Co. Preference Shares      28,877     2,292
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.      42,415     2,103
  Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.       5,402     2,076
  DB Insurance Co. Ltd.      25,910     1,629
  Hyundai Motor Co. Preference Shares (XKRX)      18,099     1,501
  LG Display Co. Ltd.     125,890     1,403
  S-Oil Corp.      23,561     1,320
  LG Chem Ltd. Preference Shares       4,459     1,305
  HD Hyundai Co. Ltd.      29,032     1,287
  Industrial Bank of Korea     142,017     1,070
  LG Uplus Corp.     124,471     1,027
  Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.       9,257       947
  Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.      33,688       946
  Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.      36,197       919
  Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.      21,487       888
  GS Holdings Corp.      28,665       852
  Fila Holdings Corp.      30,567       840
  BNK Financial Group Inc.     157,605       784
  Hanon Systems      95,566       657
  Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.     122,423       636
  GS Engineering & Construction Corp.      36,211       588
  NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.      79,586       557
  Posco International Corp.      27,005       543
  Cheil Worldwide Inc.      39,145       542
  Doosan Bobcat Inc.      12,756       489
  DL E&C Co. Ltd.      18,163       480
  GS Retail Co. Ltd.      23,008       458
  Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (XKRX) Preference Shares       3,632       454
  DGB Financial Group Inc.      87,894       451
  LOTTE Fine Chemical Co. Ltd.       9,541       438
  S-1 Corp.       9,692       423
  Samsung Card Co. Ltd.      16,454       367
  Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.       6,043       361
  KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co. Ltd.      12,771       342
  Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd. (XKRX) Preference Shares     111,672       307
  Korea Gas Corp.      14,613       293
  DL Holdings Co. Ltd.       7,527       279
  Lotte Corp.      13,296       279
  SSANGYONG C&E Co. Ltd.      63,265       277
  LG H&H Co. Ltd. Preference Shares       1,378       276
  SK Telecom Co. Ltd.       7,667       273
  SK Chemicals Co. Ltd.       5,065       271
  SD Biosensor Inc.      16,839       263
  Hanwha Corp. Preference Shares      11,497       124
 
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($000)
  CJ CheilJedang Corp. Preference Shares         652        71
        104,464
Spain (2.7%)
  Iberdrola SA (XMAD)   3,404,302    44,113
  Banco Santander SA   9,334,361    32,792
  Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA   3,431,205    25,120
  Industria de Diseno Textil SA     598,858    20,587
  Telefonica SA   2,863,807    13,008
  Repsol SA     725,842    10,662
  CaixaBank SA   2,185,965     8,092
  Red Electrica Corp. SA     255,019     4,637
  Endesa SA     180,451     4,048
  ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA     116,896     4,019
  Enagas SA     145,125     2,906
  Naturgy Energy Group SA      83,710     2,606
  Bankinter SA     385,529     2,280
  Mapfre SA     568,337     1,138
        176,008
Sweden (1.4%)
  Volvo AB Class B     861,487    17,713
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Class A     934,663    10,628
  Swedbank AB Class A     574,742     9,987
  Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B   1,718,065     9,459
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB Class A     841,111     7,435
  Boliden AB     156,590     5,596
  H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Class B     374,118     5,485
  SKF AB Class B     221,492     4,012
  Telia Co. AB   1,401,481     3,902
  SSAB AB Class B     506,883     3,426
  Skanska AB Class B     204,091     3,338
  Tele2 AB Class B     313,775     3,334
  Securitas AB Class B     280,278     2,512
  Electrolux AB Class B     122,607     1,849
1 Svenska Handelsbanken AB Class B      28,995       319
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Class C      13,248       169
  Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class A      20,757       127
  SSAB AB Class A      13,756        98
         89,389
Switzerland (6.0%)
  Roche Holding AG     386,926   121,162
  Novartis AG (Registered)   1,136,819   116,290
  Zurich Insurance Group AG      84,669    41,060
  Holcim AG     310,723    20,530
  Swiss Re AG     164,221    16,538
  Partners Group Holding AG      12,838    12,462
* Swiss Life Holding AG (Registered)      17,392    11,480
  Swisscom AG (Registered)      14,464     9,930
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Julius Baer Group Ltd.     120,293     8,620
  SGS SA (Registered)      83,165     7,526
  Baloise Holding AG (Registered)      25,868     4,330
  Swiss Prime Site AG (Registered)      43,063     3,898
  Roche Holding AG (Bearer)       9,611     3,252
  Adecco Group AG (Registered)      89,702     3,086
  PSP Swiss Property AG (Registered)      26,066     3,070
  Helvetia Holding AG (Registered)      19,565     2,927
  Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (Registered)      16,084     1,692
        387,853
Taiwan (4.2%)
  Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.   6,813,000    23,216
  MediaTek Inc.     849,000    18,460
  United Microelectronics Corp.   6,666,000    10,721
  Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.   2,159,000     8,934
  Nan Ya Plastics Corp.   3,205,000     8,146
  Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   4,203,770     8,096
  CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd.  10,344,120     7,625
  Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   5,255,973     7,282
  Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   6,362,525     7,059
  China Steel Corp.   6,989,000     6,629
  Uni-President Enterprises Corp.   2,715,000     6,509
  Formosa Plastics Corp.   2,116,879     6,476
  Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.     784,893     5,716
  First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   5,931,739     5,239
  Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   6,810,690     5,013
  Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   5,744,200     5,007
  ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.   1,510,171     4,965
  Taiwan Cement Corp. (XTAI)   3,596,119     4,537
  Novatek Microelectronics Corp.     326,000     4,457
  Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp.   1,943,000     4,360
  Quanta Computer Inc.   1,510,000     4,228
  Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.   5,784,046     4,130
  China Development Financial Holding Corp.   9,040,000     3,866
  Largan Precision Co. Ltd.      58,000     3,808
  Asustek Computer Inc.     403,268     3,717
  Taishin Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   6,487,788     3,660
 
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($000)
  Yageo Corp.     222,613     3,609
  Sinopac Holdings Co.   6,499,192     3,537
  Unimicron Technology Corp.     721,000     3,426
  Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.     991,000     3,339
  Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank Ltd.   2,133,677     3,227
  Realtek Semiconductor Corp.     272,000     3,190
  E Ink Holdings Inc.     507,000     3,159
  Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.     575,800     3,041
  Accton Technology Corp.     299,000     2,921
  Lite-On Technology Corp. ADR   1,200,194     2,875
  President Chain Store Corp.     321,000     2,828
  Pegatron Corp.   1,167,000     2,663
  Wistron Corp.   1,637,656     2,482
  Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.     917,000     2,356
  Far Eastern New Century Corp.   2,252,000     2,341
  Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.     390,672     2,305
  Formosa Petrochemical Corp.     787,000     2,227
  AU Optronics Corp.   3,934,000     2,185
  Shin Kong Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.   7,760,000     2,121
  Asia Cement Corp.   1,397,000     2,001
  Globalwafers Co. Ltd.     124,000     1,949
  Wiwynn Corp.      50,000     1,903
  Micro-Star International Co. Ltd.     398,000     1,892
  Compal Electronics Inc.   2,393,000     1,867
  Inventec Corp.   1,686,994     1,820
  Eclat Textile Co. Ltd.     113,200     1,803
  Acer Inc.   1,632,000     1,610
  Pou Chen Corp.   1,540,000     1,595
  Teco Electric and Machinery Co. Ltd.   1,087,000     1,565
  Feng TAY Enterprise Co. Ltd.     246,280     1,532
  Synnex Technology International Corp.     752,000     1,517
  ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd. ADR     217,917     1,495
  Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.     519,500     1,472
  Sino-American Silicon Products Inc.     298,000     1,436
  Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd.     365,000     1,330
  Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd.   1,069,994     1,319
  Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp.   1,152,000     1,165
  Powertech Technology Inc.     387,000     1,159
  Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd.     628,190     1,105
  Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd.     348,370     1,101
  Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.     180,967     1,085
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp.     119,000     1,071
  Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd.      78,000       859
  Taiwan Fertilizer Co. Ltd.     437,000       841
  Yulon Motor Co. Ltd.     320,000       841
  Taiwan Glass Industry Corp.     983,000       651
  Taiwan Secom Co. Ltd.     164,000       579
  Formosa Taffeta Co. Ltd.     585,000       539
  Transcend Information Inc.     174,000       402
  Formosa Sumco Technology Corp.      38,000       185
        275,377
Thailand (0.7%)
  PTT PCL   8,121,700     7,393
  Advanced Info Service PCL     634,304     3,982
  PTT Exploration & Production PCL     812,030     3,533
  Siam Cement PCL (Registered)     330,750     3,048
  SCB X PCL Foreign     971,800     2,956
  Kasikornbank PCL NVDR     714,200     2,622
  Krung Thai Bank PCL   3,568,400     1,886
  Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL   2,730,000     1,625
  PTT Global Chemical PCL   1,176,099     1,435
  Bangkok Bank PCL (Registered)     280,100     1,292
  Land & Houses PCL (Registered)   4,481,100     1,288
  Banpu PCL (Registered)   4,317,850     1,155
  TMBThanachart Bank PCL  25,442,500     1,084
  BTS Group Holdings PCL   4,712,000     1,065
  Indorama Ventures PCL   1,013,300     1,012
  Thai Oil PCL     648,140       887
  Ratch Group PCL     709,250       785
  Intouch Holdings PCL Class F     349,541       770
  Siam Cement PCL NDVR      79,400       732
  Electricity Generating PCL     151,800       697
  Thai Union Group PCL Class F   1,575,600       638
  Osotspa PCL     736,300       637
  Srisawad Corp. PCL     350,800       573
  Kasikornbank PCL     147,500       542
  Bangkok Bank PCL NVDR      95,700       441
  IRPC PCL   5,548,800       385
  Intouch Holdings PCL NVDR     153,800       339
  Siam City Cement PCL      57,232       226
  Sri Trang Gloves Thailand PCL     465,800       124
  Land & Houses PCL NVDR     252,900        73
         43,225
 
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($000)
Turkey (0.2%)
  BIM Birlesik Magazalar A/S     255,468     2,053
  KOC Holding A/S     480,748     1,872
  Akbank TAS   1,747,643     1,445
* Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS     769,618     1,313
  Haci Omer Sabanci Holding A/S     601,180     1,182
  Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S     672,187     1,145
  Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A/S      36,275     1,003
  Turkiye Is Bankasi A/S Class C   1,733,296       966
  Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A/S   1,553,323       758
  Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi A/S      68,902       680
  Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A/S     356,844       503
  Coca-Cola Icecek A/S      40,142       486
  Anadolu Efes Biracilik Ve Malt Sanayii A/S     100,724       326
* Turk Telekomunikasyon A/S     290,512       243
2 Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret A/S Class B      37,825       204
  Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri A/S       7,059       203
  Dogus Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret A/S      29,533       186
2 Enerjisa Enerji A/S     125,314       180
* Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi A/S       4,010       173
* Iskenderun Demir ve Celik A/S      91,742       141
  Vestel Beyaz Esya Sanayi ve Ticaret A/S     155,588        85
  Aygaz A/S      25,217        84
         15,231
United Arab Emirates (0.5%)
  First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC   2,514,775     9,724
  Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC   1,667,363     4,006
  Aldar Properties PJSC   2,011,147     2,966
  Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC   1,681,069     2,550
  Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC     812,040     2,516
  Dubai Electricity & Water Authority PJSC   2,973,112     2,009
  Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. for Distribution PJSC   1,663,690     1,990
  ADNOC Drilling Co. PJSC     943,457     1,103
  Dubai Investments PJSC   1,240,500       830
  Borouge plc   1,028,337       740
  Fertiglobe plc     692,068       725
  Air Arabia PJSC   1,206,251       721
  Dana Gas PJSC   2,029,122       495
  Aramex PJSC     445,798       397
         30,772
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
United Kingdom (13.0%)
  Shell plc (XLON)   3,977,088   122,209
  HSBC Holdings plc  11,494,933    82,848
  BP plc  10,106,200    67,802
  Unilever plc (XLON)   1,153,574    64,233
  British American Tobacco plc   1,279,408    47,269
  Glencore plc   7,208,591    42,550
  GSK plc   2,280,695    41,128
  Rio Tinto plc     620,960    39,476
  National Grid plc   2,082,900    29,864
  Lloyds Banking Group plc  38,357,771    23,303
  BAE Systems plc   1,749,255    22,285
  Anglo American plc     689,613    21,250
  Barclays plc   9,002,861    18,135
  Vodafone Group plc  13,441,857    16,145
  Unilever plc     279,987    15,595
  Tesco plc   4,131,812    14,608
  SSE plc     617,760    14,254
  Imperial Brands plc     527,977    13,070
  3i Group plc     544,110    12,106
  NatWest Group plc   3,078,032    10,139
  Legal & General Group plc   3,391,982    10,008
  Aviva plc Class B   1,603,275     8,536
  BT Group plc   3,985,575     7,960
  WPP plc     593,679     6,919
  Smurfit Kappa Group plc     149,033     5,522
  United Utilities Group plc     393,531     5,346
  Severn Trent plc     144,817     5,334
  Centrica plc   3,306,137     4,751
  Admiral Group plc     162,729     4,730
  St. James's Place plc     307,132     4,671
  Mondi plc (XLON)     283,013     4,510
  Kingfisher plc   1,168,748     3,788
  Barratt Developments plc     572,517     3,602
  DCC plc      56,160     3,494
  Coca-Cola HBC AG     113,449     3,463
  J Sainsbury plc     981,097     3,409
  Berkeley Group Holdings plc      60,389     3,380
  Taylor Wimpey plc   2,027,463     3,272
  B&M European Value Retail SA     529,327     3,196
  Phoenix Group Holdings plc     427,997     3,189
  M&G plc   1,226,793     3,171
  Schroders plc     492,320     3,015
  Abrdn plc   1,117,357     2,994
  Persimmon plc     180,555     2,988
  DS Smith plc     741,925     2,897
  Endeavour Mining plc     103,694     2,682
  Intermediate Capital Group plc     158,589     2,604
  Johnson Matthey plc     103,917     2,567
  Hargreaves Lansdown plc     220,116     2,229
  ITV plc   2,146,699     2,185
2 Airtel Africa plc     602,785       910
*,3 Evraz plc     193,110        —
        845,591
Total Common Stocks (Cost $6,253,164) 6,446,695
 
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (2.0%)
Money Market Fund (2.0%)
4,5 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853% (Cost $132,699)   1,327,041          132,691
Total Investments (101.3%) (Cost $6,385,863) 6,579,386
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-1.3%) (85,841)
Net Assets (100%) 6,493,545
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $125,473,000.
2 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 April 30, 2023, the aggregate value was $71,953,000, representing 1.1% of net assets.
3 Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
4 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
5 Collateral of $132,650,000 was received for securities on loan.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
  GDR—Global Depositary Receipt.
  NVDR—Non-Voting Depository Receipt.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
MSCI EAFE Index June 2023 370 39,768 1,629
MSCI Emerging Markets Index June 2023 217 10,679 140
        1,769
    
Forward Currency Contracts
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Counterparty Receive Deliver
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 AUD 4,706 USD 3,164 (43)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 CAD 9,000 USD 6,688 (38)
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 JPY 27,139 USD 201 (1)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 5,308 AUD 8,000 2
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 6 AUD 9
Goldman Sachs International 6/21/23 USD 3,098 BRL 16,335 (145)
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Forward Currency Contracts (continued)
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Counterparty Receive Deliver
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 USD 8,664 CAD 11,720 4
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 6,039 CHF 5,600 (264)
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 7,372 EUR 6,677 (7)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 3,492 EUR 3,258 (108)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 4,560 GBP 3,720 (121)
Bank of Montreal 6/21/23 USD 1,454 GBP 1,212 (71)
Goldman Sachs International 6/21/23 USD 691 HKD 5,401 1
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 12,544 JPY 1,642,460 393
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 USD 1,327 TWD 40,457 3
            403 (798)
AUD—Australian dollar.
BRL—Brazilian real.
CAD—Canadian dollar.
CHF—Swiss franc.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
HKD—Hong Kong dollar.
JPY—Japanese yen.
TWD—Taiwanese dollar.
USD—U.S. dollar.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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International High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value1  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $6,253,164) 6,446,695
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $132,699) 132,691
Total Investments in Securities 6,579,386
Investment in Vanguard 216
Cash 4,243
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 1,500
Cash Collateral Pledged—Forward Currency Contracts 600
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $3,165) 2,864
Receivables for Accrued Income 43,946
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 97
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 15
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 403
Total Assets 6,633,270
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 4,645
Collateral for Securities on Loan 132,650
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 32
Payables to Vanguard 681
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 798
Deferred Foreign Capital Gains Taxes 919
Total Liabilities 139,725
Net Assets 6,493,545
1 Includes $125,473,000 of securities on loan.  
At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 6,377,068
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 116,477
Net Assets 6,493,545
 
ETF Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 94,515,936 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
6,040,737
Net Asset Value Per Share—ETF Shares $63.91
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 14,615,098 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
452,808
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $30.98
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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International High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 128,468
Interest2 167
Securities Lending—Net 542
Total Income 129,177
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 206
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares 4,889
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 419
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares 149
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 12
Custodian Fees 515
Shareholders’ Reports—ETF Shares 127
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 5
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 1
Other Expenses 19
Total Expenses 6,342
Expenses Paid Indirectly (73)
Net Expenses 6,269
Net Investment Income 122,908
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 (44,653)
Futures Contracts 4,323
Forward Currency Contracts (557)
Foreign Currencies 1,651
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (39,236)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2,3 833,909
Futures Contracts 1,320
Forward Currency Contracts (1,188)
Foreign Currencies 464
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 834,505
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 918,177
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $13,649,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $139,000, $21,000, less than $1,000, and ($13,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
3 The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is net of the change in deferred foreign capital gains taxes of $525,000.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  Year Ended
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 122,908   215,954
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (39,236)   (22,768)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 834,505   (919,882)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 918,177   (726,696)
Distributions      
ETF Shares (83,414)   (187,355)
Admiral Shares (7,325)   (20,245)
Total Distributions (90,739)   (207,600)
Capital Share Transactions      
ETF Shares 1,084,226   1,981,919
Admiral Shares (35,791)   114,673
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 1,048,435   2,096,592
Total Increase (Decrease) 1,875,873   1,162,296
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 4,617,672   3,455,376
End of Period 6,493,545   4,617,672
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
ETF Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $54.67 $67.77 $50.47 $61.27 $58.85 $65.69
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 1.318 3.259 2.824 2.076 2.746 2.639
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments2 8.903 (13.260) 16.986 (10.944) 2.302 (7.097)
Total from Investment Operations 10.221 (10.001) 19.810 (8.868) 5.048 (4.458)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.981) (3.099) (2.510) (1.932) (2.628) (2.382)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.981) (3.099) (2.510) (1.932) (2.628) (2.382)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $63.91 $54.67 $67.77 $50.47 $61.27 $58.85
Total Return 18.86% -15.16% 39.55% -14.55% 8.87% -7.03%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $6,041 $4,198 $3,061 $1,325 $1,264 $889
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.22%3 0.22%3 0.22% 0.28%3 0.27% 0.32%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 4.31% 5.24% 4.29% 3.81% 4.59% 4.06%
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 6% 16% 18% 20% 15% 10%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Includes increases from purchase and redemption fees of $0.00, $0.01, $0.00, $0.03, $0.01, and $0.02.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements were 0.22%, 0.22% and 0.27%, respectively.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
Year Ended October 31,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $26.51 $32.85 $24.45 $29.69 $28.52 $31.83
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .619 1.559 1.329 1.034 1.322 1.264
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments2 4.325 (6.398) 8.286 (5.336) 1.120 (3.423)
Total from Investment Operations 4.944 (4.839) 9.615 (4.302) 2.442 (2.159)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.474) (1.501) (1.215) (.938) (1.272) (1.151)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.474) (1.501) (1.215) (.938) (1.272) (1.151)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $30.98 $26.51 $32.85 $24.45 $29.69 $28.52
Total Return3 18.82% -15.11% 39.59% -14.59% 8.83% -7.00%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $453 $420 $395 $267 $199 $181
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.22%4 0.22%4 0.22% 0.28%4 0.27% 0.32%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 4.19% 5.15% 4.19% 3.99% 4.57% 4.06%
Portfolio Turnover Rate5 6% 16% 18% 20% 15% 10%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Includes increases from purchase and redemption fees of $0.00, $0.00, $0.00, $0.01, $0.01, and $0.01.
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 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements were 0.22%, 0.22% and 0.27%, respectively.
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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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: ETF Shares and Admiral Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Nasdaq; they can be purchased and sold through a broker.
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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight 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.
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 index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the stock market, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase futures contracts to immediately invest incoming cash in the market, or sell futures in response to cash outflows, thereby simulating a fully invested position in the underlying index while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The 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. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
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Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 1% and 0% 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 securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. 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 Assets and Liabilities. 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 gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 1% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
5. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
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6. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
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 before the opening of the market 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 Assets and Liabilities for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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 Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program. 
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For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
9. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Fees assessed on capital share transactions are credited to paid-in capital.
Taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the fund's understanding of the applicable countries' tax rules and rates. Deferred foreign capital gains tax, if any, is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains. The fund has filed tax reclaims for previously withheld taxes on dividends earned in certain European Union countries. These filings are subject to various administrative and judicial proceedings within these countries. Amounts related to these reclaims are recorded when there are no significant uncertainties as to the ultimate resolution of proceedings, the likelihood of receipt of these reclaims, and the potential timing of payment. Such tax reclaims and related professional fees, if any, are included in dividend income and other expenses, respectively.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds' Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $216,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.09% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $73,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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.
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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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of April 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks—North and South America 735,266 18,529 753,795
Common Stocks—Other 4,091 5,688,330 479 5,692,900
Temporary Cash Investments 132,691 132,691
Total 872,048 5,706,859 479 6,579,386
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 1,769 1,769
Forward Currency Contracts 403 403
Total 1,769 403 2,172
Liabilities        
Forward Currency Contracts 798 798
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
E. At April 30, 2023, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
    
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Equity
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Unrealized Appreciation—Futures Contracts1 1,769 1,769
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 403 403
Total Assets 1,769 403 2,172
       
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 798 798
Total Liabilities 798 798
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended April 30, 2023, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Equity
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts 4,323 4,323
Forward Currency Contracts (557) (557)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 4,323 (557) 3,766
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts 1,320 1,320
Forward Currency Contracts (1,188) (1,188)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives 1,320 (1,188) 132
F. As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 6,407,814
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 542,099
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (369,153)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 172,946
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $78,299,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
G. During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $1,420,715,000 of investment securities and sold $358,366,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $813,532,000 and $0, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
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H. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
    
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  Year Ended
October 31, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
ETF Shares          
Issued1 1,084,226 17,732   2,022,275 32,224
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions  
Redeemed2   (40,356) (600)
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares 1,084,226 17,732   1,981,919 31,624
Admiral Shares          
Issued1 47,153 1,591   184,464 6,153
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 4,493 158   11,257 386
Redeemed2 (87,437) (2,963)   (81,048) (2,728)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares (35,791) (1,214)   114,673 3,811
1 Includes purchase fees for fiscal 2023 and 2022 of $117,000 and $643,000, respectively (fund totals).
2 Net of redemption fees for fiscal 2023 and 2022 of $69,000 and $174,000, respectively (fund totals).
I. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund’s investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
The use of derivatives may expose the fund to various risks. Derivatives can be highly volatile, and any initial investment is generally small relative to the notional amount so that transactions may be leveraged in terms of market exposure. A relatively small market movement may have a potentially larger impact on derivatives than on standard securities. Leveraged derivatives positions can, therefore, increase volatility. Additional information regarding the fund's use of derivative(s) and the specific risks associated is described under significant accounting policies.
At April 30, 2023, one shareholder was a record or beneficial owner of 26% of the fund’s net assets. If this 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.
J. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements
The board of trustees of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund and Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund has renewed the funds’ investment advisory arrangements with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Equity Index Group. The board determined that continuing each fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decisions upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about each fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the investment management services provided to the funds since their inceptions in 2016; it also took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Equity Index Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements.
Investment performance
The board considered each fund’s performance since their inception in 2016, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with its respective target index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangements should continue.
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Cost
The board concluded that the funds’ expense ratios were below the average expense ratios charged by funds in their respective peer groups and that the funds’ advisory expenses were also below their peer-group averages.
The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that each fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the funds will realize economies of scale as they grow, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangements again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Whitehall Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering the Program for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund and Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund, and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the funds' liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report  |  April 30, 2023
Vanguard Advice Select Global Value Fund

 


 

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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Advice Select Global Value Fund Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,147.30 $2.24
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,022.71 2.11
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 0.42%. 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 (181/365).
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Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
 
United States 52.1%
Japan 9.0
United Kingdom 8.5
France 4.0
Spain 3.6
Ireland 3.4
Hong Kong 3.3
China 2.8
South Korea 2.4
Netherlands 2.0
Canada 1.5
Switzerland 1.4
Sweden 1.2
Belgium 1.0
Norway 1.0
Other 2.8
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (98.7%)
Belgium (1.0%)
UCB SA    69,604   6,470
Brazil (0.5%)
Banco Bradesco SA ADR 1,103,033   3,089
Canada (1.4%)
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.   150,324   9,165
China (2.8%)
*,1 China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp. Ltd. Class H   194,498   4,161
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. Class H   527,127   3,846
* Trip.com Group Ltd.    99,701   3,545
Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd. Class H 1,057,624   3,447
1 CSC Financial Co. Ltd. Class H 2,840,048   2,891
                   17,890
Denmark (0.7%)
* Genmab A/S     9,976   4,100
France (3.9%)
Airbus SE    85,464  11,968
Engie SA   386,029   6,178
Capgemini SE    25,561   4,661
Nexity SA    82,727   2,171
                   24,978
Hong Kong (3.3%)
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.   662,175   7,164
* Sands China Ltd. 1,919,175   6,873
CK Asset Holdings Ltd.   711,906   4,210
1 WH Group Ltd. 4,716,846   2,626
                   20,873
India (0.8%)
Genpact Ltd.   114,349   5,094
Ireland (3.4%)
Bank of Ireland Group plc   833,858   8,640
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
CRH plc   135,425   6,572
* Ryanair Holdings plc ADR    63,487   6,069
                   21,281
Italy (0.8%)
Banca Generali SpA   158,617   5,266
Japan (8.9%)
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.   305,760   7,890
T&D Holdings Inc.   635,376   7,781
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.   227,100   6,930
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.   151,762   5,863
MatsukiyoCocokara & Co.    97,142   5,202
Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc.   260,410   4,844
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.   217,600   4,030
Nabtesco Corp.   152,307   3,671
THK Co. Ltd.   146,700   3,291
TOTO Ltd.    87,540   2,994
Z Holdings Corp. 1,000,560   2,741
SUMCO Corp.    80,989   1,115
                   56,352
Netherlands (2.0%)
* AerCap Holdings NV   116,199   6,549
Aegon NV 1,288,115   5,877
                   12,426
Norway (0.9%)
Equinor ASA ADR   208,281   5,986
Russia (0.0%)
*,2 Sberbank of Russia PJSC    37,200      —
South Korea (2.4%)
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. GDR     6,887   7,198
LG Chem Ltd.    10,238   5,687
Kangwon Land Inc.   165,995   2,351
                   15,236
Spain (3.6%)
Iberdrola SA (XMAD)   932,407  12,082
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          Shares Market
Value

($000)
1 Cellnex Telecom SA   142,423   5,997
Almirall SA   455,844   4,666
                   22,745
Sweden (1.2%)
Sandvik AB   381,414   7,769
Switzerland (1.3%)
Novartis AG ADR    83,098   8,524
United Kingdom (8.4%)
Unilever plc   209,832  11,684
Rio Tinto plc   124,472   7,913
AstraZeneca plc    51,944   7,644
B&M European Value Retail SA 1,143,100   6,901
Haleon plc 1,551,661   6,822
Rentokil Initial plc   586,623   4,670
Mondi plc   277,603   4,424
Admiral Group plc   113,634   3,303
                   53,361
United States (51.4%)
* Alphabet Inc. Class A   177,627  19,067
Microsoft Corp.    34,810  10,696
QUALCOMM Inc.    87,530  10,224
Pfizer Inc.   253,031   9,840
Allstate Corp.    80,520   9,321
Schlumberger NV   188,132   9,284
Halliburton Co.   265,169   8,684
Micron Technology Inc.   126,750   8,158
NXP Semiconductors NV    49,453   8,097
Extra Space Storage Inc.    50,568   7,688
Voya Financial Inc.    99,303   7,595
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.    76,508   7,473
Tyson Foods Inc. Class A   118,709   7,418
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. Class A   130,600   7,355
American Tower Corp.    35,493   7,254
* Centene Corp.   100,844   6,951
American International Group Inc.   125,114   6,636
* Dollar Tree Inc.    43,035   6,615
MetLife Inc.   107,443   6,590
Exelon Corp.   155,101   6,583
Equinix Inc.     9,068   6,566
UDR Inc.   158,071   6,533
PPG Industries Inc.    45,759   6,418
* GoDaddy Inc. Class A    83,737   6,337
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.    25,457   6,308
Quest Diagnostics Inc.    44,948   6,239
Seagate Technology Holdings plc    99,777   5,864
Teleflex Inc.    21,261   5,794
Leidos Holdings Inc.    61,276   5,715
Charles Schwab Corp.   107,857   5,634
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
FMC Corp.    45,531   5,627
M&T Bank Corp.    43,314   5,449
* F5 Inc.    39,328   5,284
* FleetCor Technologies Inc.    24,566   5,255
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.   124,374   5,215
AES Corp.   212,071   5,018
* United Therapeutics Corp.    20,929   4,816
Humana Inc.     8,822   4,680
Electronic Arts Inc.    36,756   4,678
Raymond James Financial Inc.    50,385   4,561
* Avantor Inc.   225,091   4,385
* Salesforce Inc.    21,250   4,215
Globe Life Inc.    38,469   4,175
* CarMax Inc.    57,321   4,014
* Match Group Inc.   107,859   3,980
* Charter Communications Inc. Class A    10,549   3,889
* Airbnb Inc. Class A    32,486   3,888
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.   117,110   3,830
Philip Morris International Inc.    36,770   3,676
Cable One Inc.     4,796   3,637
* Meta Platforms Inc. Class A    13,917   3,345
                  326,554
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $603,766)
627,159
Temporary Cash Investments (1.8%)
Money Market Fund (1.8%)
3 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853%
(Cost $11,836)
  118,383 11,837
Total Investments (100.5%)
(Cost $615,602)
  638,996
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.5%)   (3,423)
Net Assets (100%)   635,573
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
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 April 30, 2023, the aggregate value was $15,675,000, representing 2.5% 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.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
  GDR—Global Depositary Receipt.
 
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $603,766) 627,159
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $11,836) 11,837
Total Investments in Securities 638,996
Investment in Vanguard 21
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $328) 328
Receivables for Accrued Income 1,789
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 2,304
Total Assets 643,438
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 7,116
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 390
Payables to Investment Advisor 307
Payables to Vanguard 52
Total Liabilities 7,865
Net Assets 635,573

At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:

   
Paid-in Capital 601,857
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 33,716
Net Assets 635,573
   
Net Assets  
Applicable to 25,970,106 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
635,573
Net Asset Value Per Share $24.47
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 4,834
Interest2 217
Total Income 5,051
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 473
Performance Adjustment 31
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative 396
Marketing and Distribution 14
Custodian Fees 46
Shareholders’ Reports 4
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Other Expenses 8
Total Expenses 972
Net Investment Income 4,079
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 8,403
Foreign Currencies 4
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 8,407
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 39,739
Foreign Currencies
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 39,739
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 52,225
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $403,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $217,000, less than $1,000, less than $1,000, and less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  November 9,
20211 to
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 4,079   1,615
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 8,407   (1,235)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 39,739   (16,350)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 52,225   (15,970)
Distributions      
Total Distributions (2,521)   (12)
Capital Share Transactions      
Issued 299,343   341,698
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 2,112   12
Redeemed (26,630)   (14,684)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 274,825   327,026
Total Increase (Decrease) 324,529   311,044
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 311,044  
End of Period 635,573   311,044
1 Inception.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
  Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
November 9,
20211 to
October 31,
2022
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
   
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $21.47 $25.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income2 .207 .313
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 2.943 (3.812)
Total from Investment Operations 3.150 (3.499)
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.138) (.031)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.012)
Total Distributions (.150) (.031)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $24.47 $21.47
Total Return3 14.73% -14.01%
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $636 $311
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.42%4 0.40%5
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.70% 1.45%5
Portfolio Turnover Rate 32% 56%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
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 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.01%.
5 Annualized.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Advice Select Global 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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight 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.
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. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
5. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged
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administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
6. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
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. In accordance with the advisory contract entered into with Wellington Management Company llp , beginning February 1, 2023, the investment advisory fee will be subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the MSCI ACWI Value Index  since January 31, 2022. For the  six months ended April 30, 2023, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.20% of the fund’s average net assets, before a net increase of $31,000 (0.01%) 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, distribution, and cash management 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 and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $21,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and less than 0.01% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. 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 Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments as of April 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks—North and South America 338,808 338,808
Common Stocks—Other 32,222 256,129 288,351
Temporary Cash Investments 11,837 11,837
Total 382,867 256,129 638,996
E.  As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 617,068
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 49,338
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (27,410)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 21,928
F.  During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $421,331,000 of investment securities and sold $148,917,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
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G.  Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  November 9,
20211 to
October 31, 2022
  Shares
(000)
  Shares
(000)
Issued 12,503   15,146
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 93   1
Redeemed (1,113)   (660)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 11,483   14,487
1 Inception.
H.  Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental ‎disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global ‎markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Advice Select Global Value Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with Wellington Management Company llp (Wellington Management). The board determined renewing the investment advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the fund and its prospective shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about each fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the investment management services provided to the fund since its inception in 2021; it also took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Wellington Management, an investment management company founded in 1928, is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional investment managers. Wellington Management utilizes a bottom-up, fundamentally driven approach to invest in solid companies whose current fundamentals are depressed relative to longer-term earnings potential. Wellington Management has the ability to seek undervalued stocks across the capitalization spectrum. The investment team has the support of Wellington Management’s global industry analysts in conducting their research-intensive approach. Wellington Management has managed the fund since its inception in 2021.
The board concluded that the advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted approval of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the fund’s performance since its inception in 2021, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark and peer group.
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The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory fee rate was below its peer-group average.
The board did not consider the profitability of Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fee, because Wellington Management is independent of Vanguard and the advisory fee is the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the fund’s advisory fee schedule with Wellington Management. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Whitehall Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Advice Select Global Value Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report  |  April 30, 2023
Vanguard Advice Select International Growth Fund

 


 

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 April 30, 2023      
Advice Select International Growth Fund Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,266.40 $2.30
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,022.76 2.06
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 0.41%. 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 (181/365).
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Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
 
United States 28.0%
Netherlands 18.0
France 11.8
China 10.9
Germany 8.6
Sweden 7.5
Italy 4.5
Denmark 4.2
United Kingdom 2.9
Japan 2.0
Canada 1.6
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (97.9%)
Canada (1.6%)
* Shopify Inc. Class A   146,546   7,100
China (10.7%)
*,1 Meituan Class B 1,182,050  20,202
Tencent Holdings Ltd.   317,700  14,111
* Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.   776,000   8,205
* NIO Inc. ADR   585,878   4,611
                   47,129
Denmark (4.2%)
* Genmab A/S    44,442  18,264
France (11.5%)
Hermes International     9,071  19,694
Kering SA    30,576  19,580
L'Oreal SA    24,007  11,473
                   50,747
Germany (8.4%)
*,1 Delivery Hero SE   478,535  19,127
*,1 Zalando SE   435,980  17,932
                   37,059
Italy (4.4%)
Ferrari NV    69,836  19,460
Japan (1.9%)
M3 Inc.   347,600   8,532
Netherlands (17.7%)
ASML Holding NV    81,950  52,006
*,1 Adyen NV    16,007  25,721
                   77,727
Sweden (7.3%)
* Spotify Technology SA   132,565  17,710
Atlas Copco AB Class B   606,596   7,781
* Kinnevik AB Class B   412,958   6,784
                   32,275
United Kingdom (2.8%)
* Ocado Group plc 1,936,508  12,325
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
United States (27.4%)
* MercadoLibre Inc.    44,528  56,884
* Moderna Inc.   150,515  20,002
NVIDIA Corp.    55,071  15,282
* Illumina Inc.    54,495  11,202
* Tesla Inc.    59,101   9,711
* SolarEdge Technologies Inc.    22,816   6,517
* Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc. Class A   897,944   1,095
                  120,693
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $403,544)
431,311
Temporary Cash Investments (2.4%)
Money Market Fund (2.4%)
2 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853%
(Cost $10,586)
  105,878 10,587
Total Investments (100.3%)
(Cost $414,130)
  441,898
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.3%)   (1,368)
Net Assets (100%)   440,530
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
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 April 30, 2023, the aggregate value was $82,982,000, representing 18.8% of net assets.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $403,544) 431,311
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $10,586) 10,587
Total Investments in Securities 441,898
Investment in Vanguard 15
Cash 72
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $99) 99
Receivables for Accrued Income 435
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 1,641
Total Assets 444,160
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 3,139
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 259
Payables to Investment Advisor 196
Payables to Vanguard 36
Total Liabilities 3,630
Net Assets 440,530

At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:

   
Paid-in Capital 415,773
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 24,757
Net Assets 440,530
   
Net Assets  
Applicable to 27,500,738 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
440,530
Net Asset Value Per Share $16.02
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 829
Non-Cash Dividends 666
Interest2 169
Total Income 1,664
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 357
Performance Adjustment (14)
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative 264
Marketing and Distribution 10
Custodian Fees 35
Shareholders’ Reports 4
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Other Expenses 8
Total Expenses 664
Net Investment Income 1,000
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 (1,405)
Foreign Currencies (44)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (1,449)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 59,296
Foreign Currencies (1)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 59,295
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 58,846
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $143,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $169,000, ($1,000), less than $1,000, and less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  November 9,
20211 to
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income (Loss) 1,000   (46)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (1,449)   (2,515)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 59,295   (31,528)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 58,846   (34,089)
Distributions      
Total Distributions  
Capital Share Transactions      
Issued 205,820   239,368
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions  
Redeemed (19,847)   (9,568)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 185,973   229,800
Total Increase (Decrease) 244,819   195,711
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 195,711  
End of Period 440,530   195,711
1 Inception.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
  Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
November 9,
20211 to
October 31,
2022
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
   
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $12.65 $25.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income (Loss)2 .048 (.009)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 3.322 (12.341)
Total from Investment Operations 3.370 (12.350)
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions
Net Asset Value, End of Period $16.02 $12.65
Total Return3 26.64% -49.40%
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $441 $196
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.41%4 0.42%5
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 0.62% (0.06%)5
Portfolio Turnover Rate 4% 11%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
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 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.01%).
5 Annualized.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Advice Select International Growth 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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight 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.
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. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
5. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged
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administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
6. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
B.  Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd. provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. In accordance with the advisory contract entered into with Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd., beginning February 1, 2023, the investment advisory fee will be subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the MSCI ACWI ex-USA Growth Index since January 31, 2022. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.22% of the fund’s average net assets, before a net decrease of $14,000 (0.01%) 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, distribution, and cash management 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 and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $15,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and less than 0.01% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. 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 Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments as of April 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks—North and South America 127,793 127,793
Common Stocks—Other 22,321 281,197 303,518
Temporary Cash Investments 10,587 10,587
Total 160,701 281,197 441,898
E.  As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 418,135
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 58,341
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (34,578)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 23,763
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $32,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
F.  During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $192,973,000 of investment securities and sold $11,555,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
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G.  Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  November 9,
20211 to
October 31, 2022
  Shares
(000)
  Shares
(000)
Issued 13,311   16,125
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions  
Redeemed (1,281)   (654)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 12,030   15,471
1 Inception.
H.  Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental ‎disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global ‎markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Advice Select International Growth Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd. (Baillie Gifford).  The board determined renewing the fund’s advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about each fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the investment management services provided to the fund since its inception in 2021; it also took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Baillie Gifford—a unit of Baillie Gifford & Co., founded in 1908—is among the largest independently owned investment management firms in the United Kingdom. The advisor utilizes fundamental research to make long-term investments in companies that have above-average growth potential resulting from sustainable competitive advantages, special cultures and management, or competitive strength in underestimated technology shifts. Baillie Gifford believes that equities’ asymmetrical return pattern means that alpha is generated by focusing on the upside and the potential to earn exponential returns rather than being overly concerned with avoiding losing investments. The advisor takes a bottom-up, stock-driven approach to sector and country allocation. Baillie Gifford has advised the fund since its inception in 2021.
The board concluded that the advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the fund’s performance since its inception in 2021, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark and peer group.
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The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory fee rate was also below its peer group average.
The board did not consider the profitability of Baillie Gifford in determining whether to approve the advisory fee, because Baillie Gifford is independent of Vanguard and the advisory fee is the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the fund’s advisory fee schedule with Baillie Gifford. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Whitehall Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Advice Select International Growth Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report  |  April 30, 2023
Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Growth Fund

 


 

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 April 30, 2023      
Advice Select Dividend Growth Fund Beginning
Account Value
10/31/2022
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,070.50 $2.41
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,022.46 2.36
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund's annualized six-month expense ratio for that period is 0.47%. The dollar amounts shown as ”Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (181/365).
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Fund Allocation
As of April 30, 2023
Consumer Discretionary 15.1%
Consumer Staples 15.5
Financials 17.8
Health Care 19.0
Industrials 11.0
Information Technology 10.3
Materials 9.3
Real Estate 2.0
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments. 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.
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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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of April 30, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (95.7%)
Consumer Discretionary (14.5%)
  TJX Cos. Inc. 275,207  21,692
  NIKE Inc. Class B 164,562  20,853
  McDonald's Corp.  55,738  16,485
                 59,030
Consumer Staples (14.8%)
  PepsiCo Inc.  98,954  18,890
  Colgate-Palmolive Co. 215,065  17,162
  Procter & Gamble Co. 106,012  16,578
  Coca-Cola Co. 121,781   7,812
                 60,442
Financials (17.0%)
  Visa Inc. Class A  86,127  20,044
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 102,954  18,551
  Chubb Ltd.  81,005  16,328
  American Express Co.  89,768  14,482
                 69,405
Health Care (18.2%)
  UnitedHealth Group Inc.  37,148  18,280
  Stryker Corp.  58,925  17,657
  Danaher Corp.  63,869  15,131
  Johnson & Johnson  73,400  12,016
  Medtronic plc 123,508  11,233
                 74,317
Industrials (10.6%)
  Honeywell International Inc.  93,891  18,763
  Northrop Grumman Corp.  28,312  13,060
  Union Pacific Corp.  36,266   7,097
  Lockheed Martin Corp.   8,922   4,144
                 43,064
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Information Technology (9.8%)
  Microsoft Corp.  55,579  17,077
  Accenture plc Class A  54,634  15,313
  Texas Instruments Inc.  45,421   7,595
                 39,985
Materials (8.9%)
  Linde plc  52,486  19,391
  Ecolab Inc. 100,039  16,791
                 36,182
Real Estate (1.9%)
  American Tower Corp.  38,145   7,796
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $368,014)
390,221
Temporary Cash Investments (4.7%)
Money Market Fund (4.7%)
1 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.853%
(Cost $19,290)
192,934        19,292
Total Investments (100.4%)
(Cost $387,304)
  409,513
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.4%)   (1,760)
Net Assets (100%)   407,753
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of April 30, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $368,014) 390,221
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $19,290) 19,292
Total Investments in Securities 409,513
Investment in Vanguard 13
Receivables for Accrued Income 427
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 1,541
Total Assets 411,494
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 2,851
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 624
Payables to Investment Advisor 234
Payables to Vanguard 32
Total Liabilities 3,741
Net Assets 407,753

At April 30, 2023, net assets consisted of:

   
Paid-in Capital 387,589
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 20,164
Net Assets 407,753
   
Net Assets  
Applicable to 15,965,386 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
407,753
Net Asset Value Per Share $25.54
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 2,489
Interest1 239
Total Income 2,728
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 364
Performance Adjustment 25
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative 265
Marketing and Distribution 9
Custodian Fees 7
Shareholders’ Reports 4
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Other Expenses 8
Total Expenses 682
Net Investment Income 2,046
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities Sold1 (2,447)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities1 22,096
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 21,695
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $239,000, less than $1,000, less than $1,000, and $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
April 30,
2023
  November 9,
20211 to
October 31,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 2,046   934
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (2,447)   (861)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 22,096   113
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 21,695   186
Distributions      
Total Distributions (1,439)   (274)
Capital Share Transactions      
Issued 193,111   221,568
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,210   248
Redeemed (16,844)   (11,708)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 177,477   210,108
Total Increase (Decrease) 197,733   210,020
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 210,020  
End of Period 407,753   210,020
1 Inception.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
  Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2023
November 9,
20211 to
October 31,
2022
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
   
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $24.00 $25.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income2 .171 .295
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 1.512 (1.187)
Total from Investment Operations 1.683 (.892)
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.133) (.108)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.010)
Total Distributions (.143) (.108)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $25.54 $24.00
Total Return3 7.05% -3.56%
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $408 $210
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.47%4 0.45%5
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.40% 1.28%5
Portfolio Turnover Rate 5% 20%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
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 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.02%.
5 Annualized.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Growth 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 by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value.
2. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
3. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
4. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which 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 either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may
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be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
5. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
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. In accordance with the advisory contract entered into with Wellington Management Company llp , beginning February 1, 2023, the investment advisory fee will be subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index since January 31, 2022. For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.25% of the fund’s average net assets, before a net increase of $25,000 (0.02%) 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 and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At April 30, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $13,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and less than 0.01% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
D.  Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
At April 30, 2023, 100% of the market value of the fund's investments was determined based on Level 1 inputs.
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E.  As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 388,794
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 28,802
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (8,083)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 20,719
F.  During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the fund purchased $181,148,000 of investment securities and sold $14,028,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
G.  Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2023
  November 9,
20211 to
October 31, 2022
  Shares
(000)
  Shares
(000)
Issued 7,848   9,238
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 50   11
Redeemed (684)   (498)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 7,214   8,751
1 Inception.
H.  Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental ‎disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global ‎markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
To the extent the fund’s investment portfolio reflects concentration in a particular market, industry, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of these concentrations and may be subject to increased price volatility and other risks.
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to April 30, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Growth Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with Wellington Management Company llp (Wellington Management).  The board determined renewing the fund’s advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about each fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the investment management services provided to the fund since its inception in 2021; it also took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Wellington Management, an investment management company founded in 1928, is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional investment managers. Wellington Management seeks to invest in select companies with a history of paying a stable or growing dividend and the ability to continue increasing their dividend over the long term. Utilizing fundamental research, Wellington Management focuses on a company’s ability to create value and the ability and willingness to distribute that value to shareholders in a sustainable manner. Valuation is also an important input to the investment process, as Wellington Management seeks to purchase these businesses when short-term dislocations have made the share price attractive. Wellington Management has managed the fund since its inception in 2021.
The board concluded that the advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the fund’s performance since its inception in 2021, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark and peer group.
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The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory fee rate was also below its peer group average.
The board did not consider the profitability of Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fee, because Wellington Management is independent of Vanguard and the advisory fee is the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
 The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the fund’s advisory fee schedule with Wellington Management. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Whitehall Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Growth Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Item 2: Code of Ethics.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

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Item 6: Investments.

 

Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

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 the 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)(1) Not applicable.
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(b) Certifications filed herewith.

 

 

 

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 WHITEHALL FUNDS
     
BY: /s/ MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY*  
  MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY  
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  

 

Date: June 19, 2023

 

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 WHITEHALL FUNDS
     
BY: /s/ MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY*  
  MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY  
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  

 

Date: June 19, 2023

 

  VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS
     
BY: /s/ CHRISTINE BUCHANAN*  
  CHRISTINE BUCHANAN  
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER  

 

Date: June 19, 2023

 

* By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson  

 

Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on March 29, 2023 (see File Number 2-11444), Incorporated by Reference.