| |
Transaction Fee on Purchases and Sales |
|
Transaction Fee on Reinvested Dividends |
|
| |
Management Fees |
% |
12b-1 Distribution Fee |
|
Other Expenses |
% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses1 |
% |
1 Year |
3 Years |
$ |
$ |
Plain Talk About Fund Expenses |
All funds have operating expenses. These expenses, which are deducted
from a fund’s gross income, are expressed as a percentage of the net assets
of the fund. Assuming that operating expenses remain as stated in the Fees
and Expenses section, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF
Shares’ expense ratio would be 0.08%, or $0.80 per $1,000 of average
net assets. |
Plain Talk About Costs of Investing |
Costs are an important consideration in choosing an ETF. That is because
you, as a shareholder, pay a proportionate share of the costs of operating a
fund and any transaction costs incurred when the fund buys or sells
securities. These costs can erode a substantial portion of the gross income
or the capital appreciation a fund achieves. Even seemingly small differences
in expenses can, over time, have a dramatic effect on a fund’s performance. |
Type of Bond (Maturity) |
After a 1%
Increase |
After a 1%
Decrease |
After a 2%
Increase |
After a 2%
Decrease |
Short-Term (2.5 years) |
$977 |
$1,024 |
$954 |
$1,049 |
Intermediate-Term (10 years) |
922 |
1,086 |
851 |
1,180 |
Long-Term (20 years) |
874 |
1,150 |
769 |
1,328 |
Plain Talk About Bonds and Interest Rates |
As a rule, when interest rates rise, bond prices fall. The opposite is also true:
bond prices go up when interest rates fall. Why do bond prices and interest
rates move in opposite directions? Let’s assume that you hold a bond
offering a 4% yield. A year later, interest rates are on the rise and bonds of
comparable quality and maturity are offered with a 5% yield. With
higher-yielding bonds available, you would have trouble selling your 4% bond
for the price you paid—you would probably have to lower your asking price.
On the other hand, if interest rates were falling and 3% bonds were being
offered, you should be able to sell your 4% bond for more than you paid. |
Plain Talk About Bond Maturities |
A bond is issued with a specific maturity date—the date when the issuer must
pay back the bond’s principal (face value). Bond maturities range from less
than 1 year to more than 30 years. Typically, the longer a bond’s maturity, the
more price risk you, as a bond investor, will face as interest rates rise—but
also the higher the potential yield you could receive. Longer-term bonds are
generally more suitable for investors willing to take a greater risk of price
fluctuations to get higher and more stable interest income. Shorter-term bond
investors should be willing to accept lower yields and greater income
variability in return for less fluctuation in the value of their investment. The
stated maturity of a bond may differ from the effective maturity of a bond,
which takes into consideration that an action such as a call or refunding may
cause bonds to be repaid before their stated maturity dates. |
Plain Talk About Callable Bonds |
Although bonds are issued with clearly defined maturities, in some cases the
bond issuer has a right to call in (redeem) the bond earlier than its maturity
date. When a bond is called, the bondholder may have to replace it with
another bond with a lower yield than the original bond. One way for bond
investors to protect themselves against call risk is to purchase a bond early
in its lifetime, long before its call date. Another way is to buy bonds with lower
coupon rates or interest rates, which make them less likely to be called. |
Plain Talk About Credit Quality |
A bond’s credit quality rating is an assessment of the issuer’s ability to pay
interest on the bond and, ultimately, to repay the principal. The lower the
credit quality, the greater the perceived chance that the bond issuer will
default, or fail to meet its payment obligations. All things being equal, the
lower a bond’s credit quality, the higher its yield should be to compensate
investors for assuming additional risk. |
Plain Talk About Derivatives |
Derivatives can take many forms. Some forms of derivatives—such as
exchange-traded futures and options on securities, commodities, or
indexes—have been trading on regulated exchanges for decades. These
types of derivatives are standardized contracts that can easily be bought and
sold and whose market values are determined and published daily. On the
other hand, non-exchange-traded derivatives—such as certain swap
agreements—tend to be more specialized or complex and may be more
difficult to accurately value. |
Plain Talk About Vanguard’s Unique Corporate Structure |
Vanguard is owned jointly by the funds it oversees and thus indirectly by the
shareholders in those funds. Most other mutual funds are operated by
management companies that are owned by third parties—either public or
private stockholders—and not by the funds they serve. |
Plain Talk About Distributions |
As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund’s income from
interest as well as capital gains from the fund’s sale of investments. Income
consists of interest the fund earns from its money market and bond
investments. The portion of such dividends that is exempt from federal
income tax will be designated as “exempt-interest dividends.” Capital gains
are realized whenever the fund sells securities for higher prices than it paid
for them. These capital gains are either short-term or long-term, depending
on whether the fund held the securities for one year or less or for more than
one year. |
Vanguard Fund |
Inception
Date |
|
Vanguard
Fund Number |
CUSIP
Number |
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt
Bond ETF |
|
|
|
|
ETF Shares |
— |
|
V037 |
922907738 |
B-1 | |
B-3 | |
B-4 | |
B-20 | |
B-21 | |
B-34 | |
B-35 | |
B-36 | |
B-36 | |
B-42 | |
B-42 | |
B-44 |
|
Share Classes1
| ||
Vanguard Fund2
|
Investor |
Admiral |
ETF |
Vanguard Municipal Money Market Fund |
VMSXX |
— |
— |
Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund3
|
VWSTX |
VWSUX |
— |
Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund |
VMLTX |
VMLUX |
— |
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund |
VWITX |
VWIUX |
— |
Vanguard Long-Term Tax-Exempt Fund |
VWLTX |
VWLUX |
— |
Vanguard High-Yield Tax-Exempt Fund |
VWAHX |
VWALX |
— |
Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund |
|
VTEAX |
VTEB4
|
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF |
|
|
VTEI5 |
Name, Year of Birth |
Position(s)
Held With Fund |
Vanguard
Funds’ Trustee/
Officer Since |
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years,
Outside Directorships,
and Other Experience |
Number of
Vanguard Funds
Overseen by
Trustee/Officer |
Interested Trustee1
|
|
|
|
|
Mortimer J. Buckley
(1969) |
Chairman of the
Board, Chief
Executive
Officer, and
President |
January 2018 |
Chairman of the board (2019–present) of Vanguard
and of each of the investment companies served by
Vanguard; chief executive officer (2018–present) of
Vanguard; chief executive officer, president, and
trustee (2018–present) of each of the investment
companies served by Vanguard; president and
director (2017–present) of Vanguard; and president
(2018–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation.
Chief investment officer (2013–2017), managing
director (2002–2017), head of the Retail Investor
Group (2006–2012), and chief information officer
(2001–2006) of Vanguard. Member of the board of
governors of the Investment Company Institute and of
FINRA. |
210 |
1 Mr. Buckley is considered an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act because he is an officer of the Trust. | ||||
Independent Trustees |
|
|
|
|
Tara Bunch
(1962) |
Trustee |
November 2021 |
Head of Global Operations at Airbnb (2020–present).
Vice President of AppleCare (2012–2020). Member of
the board of Out & Equal, the University of California,
Berkeley School of Engineering, and Santa Clara
University’s School of Business. |
210 |
Emerson U. Fullwood
(1948) |
Trustee |
January 2008 |
Executive chief staff and marketing officer for North
America and corporate vice president (retired 2008) of
Xerox Corporation (document management products
and services). Former president of the Worldwide
Channels Group, Latin America, and Worldwide
Customer Service and executive chief staff officer of
Developing Markets of Xerox. Executive in residence
and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at the
Rochester Institute of Technology. Member of the
board of directors of the University of Rochester
Medical Center, the Monroe Community College
Foundation, the United Way of Rochester, North
Carolina A&T University, Roberts Wesleyan College,
and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Trustee of
the University of Rochester. |
210 |
F. Joseph Loughrey
(1949) |
Trustee |
October 2009 |
President and chief operating officer (retired 2009)
and vice chairman of the board (2008–2009) of
Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery). Director of the V
Foundation. Member of the advisory council for the
College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre
Dame. Chairman of the board of Saint Anselm
College. |
210 |
Mark Loughridge
(1953) |
Lead
Independent
Trustee |
March 2012 |
Senior vice president and chief financial officer (retired
2013) of IBM (information technology services).
Fiduciary member of IBM’s Retirement Plan
Committee (2004–2013), senior vice president and
general manager (2002–2004) of IBM Global
Financing, vice president and controller (1998–2002)
of IBM, and a variety of other prior management roles
at IBM. Member of the Council on Chicago Booth. |
210 |
Name, Year of Birth |
Position(s)
Held With Fund |
Vanguard
Funds’ Trustee/
Officer Since |
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years,
Outside Directorships,
and Other Experience |
Number of
Vanguard Funds
Overseen by
Trustee/Officer |
Scott C. Malpass
(1962) |
Trustee |
March 2012 |
Co-founder and managing partner (2022-present) of
Grafton Street Partners (investment advisory firm).
Chief investment officer and vice president of the
University of Notre Dame (retired 2020). Chair of the
board of Catholic Investment Services, Inc.
(investment advisors). Member of the board of
superintendence of the Institute for the Works of
Religion. Member of the Notre Dame 403(b)
Investment Committee and the board of directors of
Paxos Trust Company (finance). |
210 |
Deanna Mulligan
(1963) |
Trustee |
January 2018 |
Chief executive officer of Purposeful (2021–present).
Board chair (2020), chief executive officer
(2011–2020), and president (2010–2019) of The
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Chief
operating officer (2010–2011) and executive vice
president (2008–2010) of Individual Life and Disability
of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.
Director of DuPont. Member of the board of the
Economic Club of New York. Trustee of the
Partnership for New York City (business leadership),
the Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, and the
New York-Presbyterian Hospital. |
210 |
Lubos Pastor
(1974) |
Trustee |
January 2024 |
Charles P. McQuaid Distinguished Service Professor
of Finance (2023-present) at the University of Chicago
Booth School of Business; Charles P. McQuaid
Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago
Booth School of Business (2009-2023). Vice
President at European Finance Association. Member
of the board of the Fama-Miller Center for Research in
Finance. Research Associate at the National Bureau
of Economic Research, and Research Fellow at the
Centre for Economic Policy and Research. Member of
Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) Index
Advisory Council and Advisory Board. |
210 |
André F. Perold
(1952) |
Trustee |
December 2004 |
George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking,
Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (retired
2011). Chief investment officer and partner of
HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment firm).
Board member of RIT Capital Partners (investment
firm). |
210 |
Sarah Bloom Raskin
(1961) |
Trustee |
January 2018 |
Deputy secretary (2014–2017) of the United States
Department of the Treasury. Governor (2010–2014) of
the Federal Reserve Board. Commissioner
(2007–2010) of financial regulation for the State of
Maryland. Colin W. Brown Distinguished Professor of
the Practice, Duke Law School (2021–present);
Rubenstein Fellow, Duke University (2017–2020);
Distinguished Fellow of the Global Financial Markets
Center, Duke Law School (2020–2022); and Senior
Fellow, Duke Center on Risk (2020–present). Partner
of Kaya Partners (climate policy advisory services).
Member of the board of directors of Arcadia (energy
solution technology). |
210 |
Grant Reid
(1959) |
Trustee |
July 2023 |
Chief executive officer and president (2014–2022) and
member of the board of directors (2015–2022) of
Mars, Incorporated (multinational manufacturer).
Member of the board of directors of Marriott
International, Inc. Chair of Agribusiness Task Force,
Sustainable Markets Initiative. |
210 |
Name, Year of Birth |
Position(s)
Held With Fund |
Vanguard
Funds’ Trustee/
Officer Since |
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years,
Outside Directorships,
and Other Experience |
Number of
Vanguard Funds
Overseen by
Trustee/Officer |
David Thomas
(1956) |
Trustee |
July 2021 |
President of Morehouse College (2018–present).
Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at
Harvard University (2017–2018) and Dean
(2011–2016) and Professor of Management at
Georgetown University, McDonough School of
Business (2016–2017). Director of DTE Energy
Company. Trustee of Common Fund. |
210 |
Peter F. Volanakis
(1955) |
Trustee |
July 2009 |
President and chief operating officer (retired 2010) of
Corning Incorporated (communications equipment)
and director of Corning Incorporated (2000–2010) and
Dow Corning (2001–2010). Director (2012) of SPX
Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing). Overseer
of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration,
Dartmouth College (2001–2013). Member of the BMW
Group Mobility Council. |
210 |
Executive Officers |
|
|
|
|
Jacqueline Angell
(1974) |
Chief
Compliance
Officer |
November 2022 |
Principal of Vanguard. Chief compliance officer
(2022–present) of Vanguard and of each of the
investment companies served by Vanguard. Chief
compliance officer (2018–2022) and deputy chief
compliance officer (2017–2019) of State Street. |
210 |
Christine Buchanan
(1970) |
Chief Financial
Officer |
November 2017 |
Principal of Vanguard. Chief financial officer
(2021–present) and treasurer (2017–2021) of each of
the investment companies served by Vanguard.
Partner (2005–2017) at KPMG (audit, tax, and
advisory services). |
210 |
John Galloway
(1973) |
Investment
Stewardship
Officer |
September 2020 |
Principal of Vanguard. Investment stewardship officer
(2020–present) of each of the investment companies
served by Vanguard. Head of Investor Advocacy
(2020–present) and head of Marketing Strategy and
Planning (2017–2020) at Vanguard. Special Assistant
to the President of the United States (2015). |
210 |
Ashley Grim
(1984) |
Treasurer |
February 2022 |
Treasurer (2022–present) of each of the investment
companies served by Vanguard. Fund transfer agent
controller (2019–2022) and director of Audit Services
(2017–2019) at Vanguard. Senior manager
(2015–2017) at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (audit and
assurance, consulting, and tax services). |
210 |
Jodi Miller
(1980) |
Finance Director |
September
2022 |
Principal of Vanguard. Finance director
(2022–present) of each of the investment companies
served by Vanguard. Head of Enterprise Investment
Services (2020–present), Head of Retail Client
Services & Operations (2020–2022), and Head of
Retail Strategic Support (2018–2020) at Vanguard. |
210 |
Anne E. Robinson
(1970) |
Secretary |
September 2016 |
General counsel (2016–present) of Vanguard.
Secretary (2016–present) of Vanguard and of each of
the investment companies served by Vanguard.
Managing director (2016–present) of Vanguard.
Managing director and general counsel of Global
Cards and Consumer Services (2014–2016) at
Citigroup. Counsel (2003–2014) at American Express.
Non-executive director of the board of National Grid
(energy). |
210 |
Name, Year of Birth |
Position(s)
Held With Fund |
Vanguard
Funds’ Trustee/
Officer Since |
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years,
Outside Directorships,
and Other Experience |
Number of
Vanguard Funds
Overseen by
Trustee/Officer |
Michael Rollings
(1963) |
Finance Director |
February 2017 |
Finance director (2017–present) and treasurer (2017)
of each of the investment companies served by
Vanguard. Managing director (2016–present) of
Vanguard. Chief financial officer (2016–present) of
Vanguard. Director (2016–present) of Vanguard
Marketing Corporation. Executive vice president and
chief financial officer (2006–2016) of MassMutual
Financial Group. |
210 |
Trustee |
Aggregate
Compensation From
the Fund1 |
Total Compensation
From All Vanguard
Funds Paid to Trustees2 |
Mortimer J. Buckley |
— |
— |
Tara Bunch |
— |
$330,000 |
Emerson U. Fullwood |
— |
330,000 |
F. Joseph Loughrey |
— |
350,000 |
Mark Loughridge |
— |
400,000 |
Scott C. Malpass |
— |
330,000 |
Deanna Mulligan |
— |
330,000 |
Lubos Pastor3 |
— |
— |
André F. Perold |
— |
330,000 |
Sarah Bloom Raskin |
— |
350,000 |
Grant Reid4 |
— |
188,572 |
David Thomas |
— |
330,000 |
Peter F. Volanakis |
— |
350,000 |
Vanguard Fund |
Trustee |
Dollar Range
of Fund Shares
Owned by Trustee |
Aggregate Dollar Range of
Vanguard Fund Shares
Owned by Trustee |
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF |
Mortimer J. Buckley |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
Tara Bunch |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
Emerson U. Fullwood |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
F. Joseph Loughrey |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
Mark Loughridge |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
Scott C. Malpass |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
Deanna Mulligan |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
Lubos Pastor |
— |
— |
|
André F. Perold |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
Sarah Bloom Raskin |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
Grant Reid |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
David Thomas |
— |
Over $100,000 |
|
Peter F. Volanakis |
— |
Over $100,000 |
Portfolio Manager |
|
No. of
accounts |
Total assets |
No. of accounts with
performance-based
fees |
Total assets in
accounts with
performance-based
fees |
Justin A. Schwartz |
Registered investment companies1 |
2 |
$48B |
0 |
$0 |
|
Other pooled investment vehicles |
0 |
$0 |
0 |
$0 |
|
Other accounts |
0 |
$0 |
0 |
$0 |
(a) |
Articles of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, is filed herewith. |
(b) |
By-Laws, Amended and Restated By-Laws, filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 104, dated February 26, 2021,
is hereby incorporated by reference. |
(c) |
Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holders, reference is made to Articles III and V of the Registrant’s Amended
and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, refer to Exhibit (a) above. |
(d) |
Investment Advisory Contracts, The Vanguard Group, Inc., provides investment advisory services to the Funds
pursuant to the Fifth Amended and Restated Funds’ Service Agreement, refer to Exhibit (h) below. |
(e) |
Underwriting Contracts, not applicable. |
(f) |
Bonus or Profit Sharing Contracts, reference is made to the section entitled “Management of the Funds” in Part B of
this Registration Statement. |
(g) |
|
(h) |
Other Material Contracts, Fifth Amended and Restated Funds’ Service Agreement, filed with Post-Effective
Amendment No. 102, dated February 27, 2020, is hereby incorporated by reference. Form of Fund of Funds
Investment Agreement, filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 105, dated February 25, 2022, is hereby
incorporated by reference. |
(i) |
Legal Opinion, not applicable. |
(j) |
Other Opinions, Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, not applicable. |
(k) |
Omitted Financial Statements, not applicable. |
(l) |
Initial Capital Agreements, not applicable. |
(m) |
Rule 12b-1 Plan, not applicable. |
(n) |
|
(o) |
Reserved. |
(p) |
|
(a) |
Vanguard Marketing Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Vanguard Group, Inc., is the principal
underwriter of each fund within the Vanguard group of investment companies, a family of over 200 funds. |
(b) |
The principal business address of each named director and officer of Vanguard Marketing Corporation is 100
Vanguard Boulevard, Malvern, PA 19355. |
Name |
Positions and Office with Underwriter |
Positions and Office with Funds |
Matthew J. Benchener |
Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
Designee |
None |
Karin A. Risi |
Vice President |
None |
Michael Rollings |
Vice President |
Finance Director |
John E. Bisordi |
General Counsel and Vice President |
None |
Tara Buckley |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary |
None |
Matthew C. Brancato |
Vice President |
None |
Mortimer J. Buckley |
President |
Chief Executive Officer and President |
Beth Morales Singh |
Secretary |
None |
Erica Green |
Chief Compliance Officer |
None |
Sarah Green |
Anti-Money Laundering Officer |
None |
Nitin Tandon |
Chief Information Officer |
None |
Manish Nagar |
Chief Information Security Officer |
None |
Salvatore L. Pantalone |
Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer |
None |
Matthew Tretter |
Principal Operations Officer |
None |
Danielle Corey |
Annuity and Insurance Officer |
None |
Jeff Seglem |
Annuity and Insurance Officer |
None |
Barbara Bock |
Controller |
None |
Jason Botzler |
Vice President |
None |
Jon Cleborne |
Vice President |
None |
Kaitlyn Holmes |
Vice President |
None |
Andrew Kadjeski |
Vice President |
None |
Amy M. Laursen |
Vice President |
None |
Paul M. Jakubowski |
Vice President |
None |
John James |
Vice President |
None |
James D. Martielli |
Vice President |
None |
Armond E. Mosley |
Vice President |
None |
David Petty |
Vice President |
None |
David MacBride |
Vice President |
None |
Massy Williams |
Vice President |
None |
Jacob Buttery |
Assistant Secretary |
None |
Name |
Positions and Office with Underwriter |
Positions and Office with Funds |
Janelle McDonald |
Vice President |
None |
Parks Strobridge |
Vice President |
None |
|
|
|
(c) |
Not applicable. |
Signature |
Title |
Date |
/s/ Mortimer J. Buckley*
Mortimer J. Buckley |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ Tara Bunch*
Tara Bunch |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ Emerson U. Fullwood*
Emerson U. Fullwood |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey*
F. Joseph Loughrey |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ Mark Loughridge*
Mark Loughridge |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ Scott C. Malpass*
Scott C. Malpass |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ Deanna Mulligan*
Deanna Mulligan |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ Lubos Pastor*
Lubos Pastor |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ André F. Perold*
André F. Perold |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin*
Sarah Bloom Raskin |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ Grant Reid*
Grant Reid |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ David Thomas*
David Thomas |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
Signature |
Title |
Date |
/s/ Peter F. Volanakis*
Peter F. Volanakis |
Trustee |
January 26, 2024 |
/s/ Christine Buchanan*
Christine Buchanan |
Chief Financial Officer |
January 26, 2024 |