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Vanguard® Health Care Fund
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
As of October 31, 2020
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 (97.4%)
Belgium (3.2%)
1 UCB SA 10,238,136 1,011,237
* Argenx SE 1,276,356 318,504
* Galapagos NV (XBRU) 984,983 115,132
* Galapagos NV 190,475 22,623
      1,467,496
Brazil (0.0%)
  Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA 1,699,100 19,470
China (1.0%)
*,2 Wuxi Biologics Cayman Inc. 6,344,000 178,163
2 WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd. Class H 8,198,680 131,083
* Zai Lab Ltd. 862,000 71,718
  Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. Class H 14,799,500 61,077
  Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd. Class H 11,452,000 22,210
*,2 Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc. Class H 112,117 539
      464,790
Denmark (1.7%)
* Genmab A/S 1,953,376 652,477
* Genmab A/S ADR 3,150,246 106,037
      758,514
Hong Kong (0.6%)
* BeiGene Ltd. ADR 950,885 281,956
Japan (9.3%)
1 Eisai Co. Ltd. 17,856,177 1,388,382
  Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. 23,001,390 607,091
  Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 19,628,460 559,906
  Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 12,771,000 492,961
  Astellas Pharma Inc. 35,657,000 488,962
  Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 9,943,216 307,271
  Terumo Corp. 7,859,400 289,257
  Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd. 1,977,800 141,326
      4,275,156
Netherlands (0.9%)
* Koninklijke Philips NV 8,996,518 416,690
Switzerland (4.6%)
  Novartis AG (Registered) 19,912,128 1,551,605
  Roche Holding AG 979,798 314,840
* Alcon Inc. 2,550,401 144,998
  Roche Holding AG (Bearer) 376,066 121,169
      2,132,612

    Shares Market
Value
($000)
United Kingdom (6.3%)
  AstraZeneca plc 23,788,965 2,388,542
  Smith & Nephew plc 13,455,498 233,643
  Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc 6,910,934 224,699
* Abcam plc ADR 2,246,707 42,687
      2,889,571
United States (69.8%)
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 8,871,751 2,707,126
  Pfizer Inc. 72,936,910 2,587,802
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 34,010,542 1,987,916
  Abbott Laboratories 14,223,691 1,495,052
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 3,088,362 1,461,166
  Eli Lilly and Co. 11,071,078 1,444,333
* Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2,556,310 1,389,508
* Boston Scientific Corp. 37,324,719 1,279,118
  Anthem Inc. 4,679,915 1,276,681
  Danaher Corp. 5,108,839 1,172,683
* Biogen Inc. 3,989,586 1,005,655
*,1 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. 8,117,856 998,253
* Incyte Corp. 10,484,320 908,362
  HCA Healthcare Inc. 7,140,216 884,958
* Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. 4,200,114 875,136
*,1,3 Mylan NV 50,185,811 729,702
* Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 9,400,502 673,922
  Humana Inc. 1,655,355 660,950
  Cerner Corp. 9,158,457 641,916
* Centene Corp. 9,573,772 565,810
  Stryker Corp. 2,696,816 544,784
  Baxter International Inc. 6,195,573 480,591
  Medtronic plc 4,699,327 472,611
  Universal Health Services Inc. Class B 3,564,112 390,448
  Merck & Co. Inc. 5,129,201 385,767
* Elanco Animal Health Inc. 11,712,265 363,197
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 3,049,141 311,287
* Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 1,387,554 277,192
*,1 Bluebird Bio Inc. 5,338,722 276,065
*,1 Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. 6,435,516 257,871
*,1 Alkermes plc 13,605,397 221,088
* Seagen Inc. 1,304,756 217,633
*,1 Nektar Therapeutics Class A 13,392,612 212,139
  Teleflex Inc. 652,004 207,487
* Intuitive Surgical Inc. 291,269 194,300
* Illumina Inc. 618,833 181,132
* PPD Inc. 5,428,172 178,478
* Mirati Therapeutics Inc. 734,259 159,437
* Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. 4,337,455 154,630
* Ascendis Pharma A/S ADR 942,809 154,008
* IQVIA Holdings Inc. 950,511 146,369
* PRA Health Sciences Inc. 1,412,629 137,647
* Hologic Inc. 1,827,072 125,739
* Molina Healthcare Inc. 657,961 122,690
* Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. Class A 976,600 113,979
* Envista Holdings Corp. 4,293,467 113,433
* Exact Sciences Corp. 911,215 112,836
  Royalty Pharma plc Class A 3,053,455 112,062
* Penumbra Inc. 414,598 108,223
*,1 Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. Class A 10,902,066 107,712
*,1 Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. 9,845,231 99,240

    Shares Market
Value
($000)
  Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. 895,896 81,589
* Quidel Corp. 286,797 76,945
  Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. 439,900 66,654
* Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. 463,410 62,982
  Encompass Health Corp. 796,710 48,846
* PTC Therapeutics Inc. 868,354 45,319
* Turning Point Therapeutics Inc. 424,352 39,121
* Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc. 9,306,210 38,714
      32,146,294
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $28,962,556)
44,852,549
Temporary Cash Investments (3.0%)
Money Market Fund (0.0%)
4,5 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 0.112% 43,481 4,348
    Face
Amount
($000)
 
Repurchase Agreements (2.6%)
  Bank of America Securities, LLC, 0.090%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $125,601,000, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.000%, 9/1/50, with a value of $128,112,000)
125,600 125,600
  Bank of Nova Scotia, 0.070%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $369,302,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 0.125%–4.375%, 5/31/21–8/15/49, with a value of $376,688,000)
369,300 369,300
  Barclays, 0.070%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $47,100,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 2.750%, 6/30/25, with a value of $48,042,000)
47,100 47,100
  BNP Paribas, 0.080%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $52,100,000, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.316%–6.000%, 7/1/23–4/1/50, Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.500%, 4/1/32, Government National Mortgage Associataion, 2.500%–6.500%, 2/15/32–6/20/50, U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 1.375%–7.875%, 2/15/21–5/15/46 and U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.000%, 3/25/21, with a value of $53,142,000)
52,100 52,100
  Credit Agricole Securities, 0.070%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $48,300,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 3.375%, 5/15/44, with a value of $49,266,000)
48,300 48,300
  HSBC Bank USA, 0.070%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $41,600,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 1.875%–4.625%, 9/30/22–2/15/40, with a value of $42,432,000)
41,600 41,600
  HSBC Bank USA, 0.090%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $161,401,000, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 3.500%–4.500%, 2/1/35–2/1/50 and Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.500%–5.000%, 12/1/25–10/1/50, with a value of $164,628,000)
161,400 161,400
  Naxtixis SA, 0.070%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $208,801,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 0.125%–5.375%, 1/31/21–8/15/45 and U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes/Bonds, 0.125%–1.125%, 1/15/21–2/15/42, with a value of $212,976,000)
208,800 208,800

    Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)
  Nomura International plc, 0.070%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $99,801,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.000%, 11/5/20–4/29/21, with a value of $101,796,000)
99,800 99,800
  RBC Capital Markets LLC, 0.080%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $10,700,000, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.500%, 10/1/50 and Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.000%–4.000%, 5/1/47–8/1/50, with a value of $10,914,000)
10,700 10,700
  Wells Fargo & Co., 0.090%, 11/2/20
(Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $37,300,000, collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.000%, 10/1/50, with a value of $38,046,000)
37,300 37,300
      1,202,000
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.4%)
  U.S. Cash Management Bill,
0.091%, 2/16/21
75,000 74,980
  U.S. Cash Management Bill,
0.103%, 4/6/21
75,000 74,967
      149,947
Total Temporary Cash Investments
(Cost $1,356,294)
1,356,295
Total Investments (100.4%)
(Cost $30,318,850)
46,208,844
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.4%) (168,946)
Net Assets (100%) 46,039,898
Cost is in $000.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of such company.
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 October 31, 2020, the aggregate value was $309,785,000, representing 0.7% of net assets.
3 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $4,122,000.
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 $4,253,000 was received for securities on loan.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
A. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities.
Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value.
Temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services.

B. 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).
C. 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.
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 October 31, 2020, 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 32,165,764 32,165,764
Common Stocks—Other 453,303 12,233,482 12,686,785
Temporary Cash Investments 4,348 1,351,947 1,356,295
Total 32,623,415 13,585,429 46,208,844

E.  Certain of the fund’s investments are in companies that are considered to be affiliated companies of the fund because the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of the company or the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group. Transactions during the period in securities of these companies were as follows:
    Current Period Transactions  
  Jan. 31,
2020
Market
Value
($000)
Purchases
at Cost
($000)
Proceeds
from
Securities
Sold
($000)
Realized
Net
Gain
(Loss)
($000)
Change in
Unrealized
App. (Dep.)
($000)
Income
($000)
Capital Gain
Distributions
Received
($000)
Oct. 31,
2020
Market
Value
($000)
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. 313,603 (55,732) 257,871
Alkermes plc 232,465 3,802 (15,179) 221,088
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. 84,472 14,768 99,240
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1,064,513 168,177 58,180 43,737 998,253
Bluebird Bio Inc. 366,946 38,683 (129,564) 276,065
Eisai Co. Ltd. 1,391,076 47,794 (692) 45,792 12,331 1,388,382
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. Class A 127,468 3,300 (23,056) 107,712
Mylan NV 978,113 68,995 (317,406) 729,702
Nektar Therapeutics Class A 266,379 (54,240) 212,139
Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. NA1 8,333 84,216 (78,477) 108,272
UCB SA 1,060,486 131,275 30,623 51,403 12,679 1,011,237
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 115,658 NA2 NA2 (7) (18) 4,348
Total 6,001,179     9,627 (331,223) 25,010 5,306,037
1 Not applicable—at January 31, 2020, the issuer was not an affiliated company of the fund.
2 Not applicable—purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.