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Vanguard Value Index Fund 
 
Summary Prospectus 
 
 
April 28, 2014 
 
 
Signal® Shares for Participants 
 
Vanguard Value Index Fund Signal Shares (VVISX) 
 
 
 
 
The Fund’s statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated 
April 28, 2014, as may be amended or supplemented, are incorporated into and 
made part of this Summary Prospectus by reference. 
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which 
contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find 
the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about the Fund online at 
www.vanguard.com/prospectus. You can also obtain this information at no 
cost by calling 800-523-1188 or by sending an e-mail request to 
online@vanguard.com. 
 
 
 
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or 
passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. 

 


 

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization value stocks.

Fees and Expenses

The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold Signal Shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees   
(Fees paid directly from your investment)   
 
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases  None 
Purchase Fee  None 
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  None 
Redemption Fee  None 
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses   
(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)   
 
Management Fees  0.06% 
12b-1 Distribution Fee  None 
Other Expenses  0.03% 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses  0.09% 

 

Example

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Signal Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the Shares provide a return of 5% a year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. The results apply whether or not you redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years 
$9  $29  $51  $115 

 

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Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in more taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the previous expense example, reduce the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 25%.

Primary Investment Strategies

The Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index, a broadly diversified index predominantly made up of value stocks of large U.S. companies. The Fund attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.

Primary Risks

An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or even long periods. You should expect the Fund’s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range, like the fluctuations of the overall stock market. The Fund is subject to the following risks, which could affect the Fund’s performance:

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

Investment style risk, which is the chance that returns from large-capitalization value stocks will trail returns from the overall stock market. Large-cap value stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better—or worse—than other segments of the stock market or the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

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Annual Total Returns

The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund‘s Signal Shares has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the Signal Shares compare with those of the Fund‘s target index and other comparative indexes, which have investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund. Effective April 17, 2013, the Fund began tracking the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index as its target index. The Fund‘s board of trustees believes that tracking the current index will result in considerable savings for the Fund‘s shareholders over time. Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on our website at vanguard.com/performance or by calling Vanguard toll-free at 800-662-7447.

Annual Total Returns — Vanguard Value Index Fund Signal Shares


During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a calendar quarter was 17.46% (quarter ended September 30, 2009), and the lowest return for a quarter
was –20.43% (quarter ended December 31, 2008).

Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2013     
      Since 
      Inception 
      (Jun. 4, 
  1 Year  5 Years  2007) 
Vanguard Value Index Fund Signal Shares  33.06%  16.26%  3.37% 
Comparative Indexes       
(reflect no deduction for fees or expenses)       
MSCI US Prime Market Value Index  31.88%  16.07%  3.22% 
Spliced Value Index  33.15  16.29  3.37 
CRSP US Large Cap Value Index  33.34     

 

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Investment Advisor

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard)

Portfolio Manager

Gerard C. O’Reilly, Principal of Vanguard. He has managed the Fund since 1994.

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions will be reinvested in additional Fund shares and accumulate on a tax-deferred basis if you are investing through an employer-sponsored retirement or savings plan. You will not owe taxes on these distributions until you begin withdrawals from the plan. You should consult your plan administrator, your plan’s Summary Plan Description, or your tax advisor about the tax consequences of plan withdrawals.

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Fund and its investment advisor do not pay financial intermediaries for sales of Fund shares.

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Vanguard Value Index Fund Signal Shares—Fund Number 1346

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