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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:  811-04526

 

Name of Registrant:

Vanguard Quantitative 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: September 30

 

Date of reporting period: October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 



Annual Report | September 30, 2016

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund


 

A new format, unwavering commitment

As you begin reading this report, you’ll notice that we’ve made some improvements to the opening sections—based on feedback from you, our clients.

Page 1 starts with a new ”Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance,” a concise, handy summary of how your fund performed during the period.

In the renamed ”Chairman’s Perspective,” Bill McNabb will focus on enduring principles and investment insights.

We’ve modified some tables, and eliminated some redundancy, but we haven’t removed any information.

At Vanguard, we’re always looking for better ways to communicate and to help you make sound investment decisions. Thank you for entrusting your assets to us.

Contents  
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 3
Advisors’ Report. 6
Fund Profile. 11
Performance Summary. 13
Financial Statements. 15
Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns. 38
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 39
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements. 41
Glossary. 43

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice.
Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the
risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.
See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.
About the cover: No matter what language you speak, Vanguard has one consistent message and set of principles. Our primary
focus is on you, our clients. We conduct our business with integrity as a faithful steward of your assets. This message is shown
translated into seven languages, reflecting our expanding global presence.


 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• The fund returned nearly 15% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2016. It trailed its benchmark’s 15.43% return but exceeded the 12.38% average return of its peers.

• All industry sectors represented in the fund posted positive results. Information technology, the largest sector by assets on average, was the fund’s most significant contributor and the second-leading outperformer, returning about 24%. The advisors’ IT services and software selections were strong subsectors.

• Financial stocks also outperformed the benchmark. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) were one of the best-performing subsectors as investors favored their steady income. Near the end of the period, real estate was designated as a separate sector, the 11th in the benchmark.

• Energy (+11%) and health care (+9%) were relative underperformers.

• Over the past ten years, the fund’s average annual return trailed that of its benchmark index but outdistanced its peer group.

Total Returns: Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016  
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard Growth and Income Fund  
Investor Shares 14.79%
Admiral™ Shares 14.91
S&P 500 Index 15.43
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 12.38
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
Admiral Shares carry lower expenses and are available to investors who meet certain account-balance requirements.

 

Total Returns: Ten Years Ended September 30, 2016  
  Average
  Annual Return
Growth and Income Fund Investor Shares 6.64%
S&P 500 Index 7.24
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 5.89
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

The figures shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. (Current performance may be
lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our
website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so
an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost.

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Expense Ratios      
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group      
  Investor Admiral Peer Group
  Shares Shares Average
Growth and Income Fund 0.34% 0.23% 1.11%

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2016, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, the fund’s expense ratios were 0.34% for Investor Shares and 0.23% for Admiral Shares. The
peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and captures information through year-end
2015.

Peer group: Large-Cap Core Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

If you think you’ve had reason to feel uneasy about the investment environment lately, you’re not imagining things. In just the past few months, we’ve seen economic uncertainty, intense political polarization, and super-low bond yields. Yet at the same time, the stock market kept pushing higher.

In this confusing and sometimes contradictory climate, you may be asking yourself a question that I hear often: How do I make sense of all this, keep investing, and still get a good night’s sleep?

As with any problem, there are multiple ways to go at it. But there’s one approach in particular that is simple, straightforward, and nearly foolproof: Save more money. Not only can saving more give you a greater sense of control over your investment plan, it can help compensate for long-term returns that, in our estimation, could fall short of historical averages.

I love the way one of our investment pros put it. Fran Kinniry this summer told The Wall Street Journal, “Investing is always a partnership between you and the markets.” He explained that the markets carried more than their fair share of the weight for a couple of decades, through the 1990s, providing outsized returns that made the investor’s half of the partnership relatively light work. “But now you are going to have to be the majority partner.”

Sobering? Sure. Hopeless? Definitely not.

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Over the 12 months since last September, U.S. stocks returned 15%, though the rise has not been a one-way ticket straight up. International markets have also posted strong returns, but lower than those of the broad U.S. market. The decision by United Kingdom voters in June to exit the European Union came as a surprise but caused market heartburn for only a few days.

In fixed income, yields remained extremely low—about 1.60% on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note at the end of September, after dipping below 1.40% over the summer. And bond yields in some international markets were negative.

Even this relatively small window of time illustrates a truism of the financial markets: There will always be segments that perform well and others that don’t. Saving more saves you from trying to control the uncontrollable—how economies and the markets perform. And it keeps you in control of one of the most vital parts of your investment program.

Although the “save more” logic is easy to grasp, it’s not always easy to follow. Bills, illness, the loss of a job—these can affect any of us.

But whatever our circumstances, figuring out how to save more is worth the effort. It requires that we make difficult decisions to forgo some consumption today to increase the likelihood of consuming (or consuming more) in the future. This is the very heart of investing. Sacrifices are never fun, so consider carrying them out systematically and in doses that you

Market Barometer      
  Average Annual Total Returns
  Periods Ended September 30, 2016
  One Three Five
  Year Years Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 14.93% 10.78% 16.41%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 15.47 6.71 15.82
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 14.96 10.44 16.36
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 9.62 0.71 6.50
 
Bonds      
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index      
(Broad taxable market) 5.19% 4.03% 3.08%
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index      
(Broad tax-exempt market) 5.58 5.54 4.48
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.20 0.06 0.06
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 1.46% 1.03% 1.25%

 

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can be comfortable with—for instance, gradually getting up to the max in your IRA, or adding a percentage point or so to the amount you stash in your employer’s retirement plan. As a point of reference, we generally suggest that investors strive for a retirement savings rate of 12%–15%, including any employer contributions.

If you need more convincing about the wisdom of the “save more” course of action, it might be helpful to examine your alternatives. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it hits on a few of the big ones, and none are without risk.

• Reach for yield. With yields so low on many types of bonds, it’s tempting to find the corners of the fixed income market where payouts are juicier. But with the juice comes considerable risk. You need to be aware that you’d be taking on more risk—and how much more.

• Go all-in on a hot-performing asset class or fund. By now, you know better than that, right?

• Sit tight. This approach isn’t a terrible idea; it’s better than panicking and deciding to just “do something,” particularly if that means changing your approach in response to the market’s movements.

Here’s the inescapably challenging part of your partnership with the markets: In the short run, your “partner” is fickle, emotional, and wildly unpredictable. But in the long run, your partner is mostly rational and extremely helpful.

The best way to minimize your vulnerability to the market’s mood swings, and to maximize the benefit of your partner’s longer-term strengths, is to expect less and save more. Maybe the markets will deliver better-than-expected returns. Maybe they’ll be consistent with our more modest expectations. In either case, a higher savings rate can help put you in a better position to reach your goals.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 18, 2016

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Advisors’ Report

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund’s Investor Shares returned 14.79% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2016. The Admiral Shares returned 14.91%. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index returned 15.43%, and the average return of large-capitalization core funds was 12.38%.

Your fund is managed by three independent advisors, a strategy that enhances the fund’s diversification by providing exposure to distinct yet complementary investment approaches. It is not uncommon for different advisors to have different views about individual securities or the broader investment environment. (Note: The fund will mark the 30th anniversary of its inception on December 10, 2016.)

The advisors, the percentage of fund assets each manages, and brief descriptions of their investment strategies are presented in the table below. The advisors have also prepared a discussion of the investment environment that existed during the fiscal year and of how the portfolio’s positioning reflects this assessment. (Please note that Los Angeles Capital’s discussion refers to industry sectors as defined by Russell classifications, rather than by the Global

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund Investment Advisors
 
  Fund Assets Managed  
Investment Advisor % $ Million Investment Strategy
D. E. Shaw Investment 33 2,198 Employs quantitative models that seek to capture
Management, L.L.C.     predominantly bottom-up stock-specific return
      opportunities. The portfolio’s sector weights, size, and
      style characteristics may differ modestly from the
      benchmark in a risk-controlled manner.
Los Angeles Capital 33 2,172 Employs a quantitative model that emphasizes stocks
      with characteristics investors are currently seeking and
      underweights stocks with characteristics investors are
      currently avoiding. The portfolio’s sector weights, size,
      and style characteristics may differ modestly from the
      benchmark in a risk-controlled manner.
Vanguard Quantitative Equity 32 2,143 Employs a quantitative fundamental management
Group     approach, using models that assess valuation, growth
      prospects, management decisions, market sentiment,
      and earnings and balance-sheet quality of companies
      as compared with their peers.
Cash Investments 2 121 These short-term reserves are invested by Vanguard in
      equity index products to simulate investments in
      stocks. Each advisor also may maintain a modest cash
      position.

 

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Industry Classification Standard used elsewhere in this report.) These comments were prepared on October 18, 2016.

D. E. Shaw Investment
Management, L.L.C.

Portfolio Managers:

Anne Dinning, Ph.D., Managing Director
and Chief Investment Officer

Philip Kearns, Ph.D., Managing Director

The S&P 500 fluctuated significantly during the period, first gaining 10% by early November before more than erasing that gain by mid-February, and then mounting a sustained rally to return just over 15% by the fiscal year’s end. In the United States, two events seemed to occupy investors for a good portion of the period: U.S. Federal Reserve rate hikes (both actual and anticipated) and Brexit—the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union. After much anticipation, the Fed raised interest rates in mid-December, with little apparent impact on equity markets. In contrast, global equity markets did react to the surprising results of the Brexit vote, albeit briefly. The MSCI World Index fell a little over 7% in two days, only to completely recover within two weeks.

Global equity markets exhibited mixed performances in local currencies, with negative returns from the Nikkei 225 and the Euro Stoxx 50, while the FTSE 100 returned more than 18%. The FTSE 100 performance is perhaps surprising given the volatility around Brexit and the uncertainty that lies ahead for the United Kingdom and Europe.

Within capital markets, Brexit’s impact thus far has been most discernible in the foreign exchange market. Following the vote in June, the British pound fell about 11% against the U.S. dollar in only two days and was down about 14% for the 12 months. Expressed in U.S. dollar terms, the FTSE 100’s performance was far less impressive, returning only 1.5% for the period.

While we actively monitor market activity, we generally do not make portfolio decisions based on a subjective analysis of the investment environment, except to try to mitigate new risk factors that we identify. We found no such risks during the period.

Our quantitative investment process deploys models that seek to forecast individual stock returns while limiting overweightings to industries, sectors, and common risk factors. The resulting portfolio may exhibit small to moderate overweightings to industries, sectors, and risk factors as a byproduct of our focus on bottom-up stock selection. We therefore generally attribute our performance to three major sources: bottom-up stock selection; exposure to industry groups; and risk factors such as value, growth, and market capitalization.

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Our performance during the period was driven mostly by stock selection, followed by exposure to fundamental risk factors. Exposure to certain industry groups detracted from relative performance, most notably an overweight exposure to biotechnology companies. Among fundamental risk factors, overweight exposure to small-cap stocks helped relative performance, while underweight exposure to dividend-paying stocks detracted somewhat.

The three largest stock contributors to our relative performance were overweightings in Amazon.com and AT&T and an underweight position in Bank of America. The three largest stock detractors from relative performance were an underweight position in Facebook, an initial underweight and subsequent overweight position in McDonald’s, and an overweight position in Bristol-Myers Squibb.

In our view, the U.S. economy appears to be stable and showing small signs of strength. Recent employment reports have been reasonably strong, but so far not enough to prompt the Fed to increase the pace of rate hikes. Globally, many economies are still struggling to recover from the financial crisis, with monetary stimulus via bond purchasing programs driving many developed-market government interest rates into negative territory. At the end of the period, Japan, Germany, and Switzerland all showed negative yields for maturities up to 10 years and, in the case of Switzerland, beyond. The U.S. presidential election in the short term and the effects of Brexit in the longer term could become significant drivers of global markets.

Los Angeles Capital

Portfolio Managers:

Thomas D. Stevens, CFA,
Chairman and Principal

Hal W. Reynolds, CFA,
Chief Investment Officer and Principal

Against a backdrop of slowing growth rates, declining corporate profits, and a rise in global populism, the S&P 500 Index rose 15.43% for the period. For only the third time in the last ten years, value stocks outperformed growth stocks. While all sectors advanced over the period, telecommunications, materials, and capital goods were particularly strong while growth-oriented cyclicals and biotechnology underperformed. Despite a considerable rise in commodity prices from January lows, long-term interest rates remained historically low, propelling investors toward equity securities in search of both current yield and capital appreciation. Today’s equity market faces a number of potential challenges, including muted earnings growth, extended valuations, the prospect of higher interest rates, and growing trade uncertainty following Brexit and opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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An analysis of our equity factors over the trailing year shows that while riskier factors such as financial risk gained momentum, quality still prevailed, with analyst insight, yield, earnings quality, and profit margin all outperforming. Despite a reversal in the third quarter, low-volatility stocks outperformed for the year as investor interest in low-volatility assets remained strong globally. Notably, one-year and three-year momentum were both negative as yesterday’s winners underperformed. The portfolio’s tilt toward higher-yielding, low-volatility stocks with strong analyst insight added value over the period. The commodities-linked energy and materials sectors both rebounded after sustained losses. Within the portfolio, an overweight to materials added value while an underweight to capital goods detracted.

Over the period, the portfolio shifted out of retail and finance and into technology and energy. The portfolio reduced its exposure to momentum factors and generally increased its exposure to value factors, with yield and book-to-price measures both increasing notably. Today, the portfolio is positioned away from larger-cap companies and toward higher-yielding companies with favorable valuations. The portfolio is overweight the technology and energy sectors and underweight retail, internet, and capital goods.

Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group

Portfolio Managers:

Michael R. Roach, CFA

James P. Stetler, Principal

Binbin Guo, Principal, Head of Equity
Research and Portfolio Strategies

Growth around the globe remains subdued. The International Monetary Fund estimated global growth at 2.9% in the first half of 2016. The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.4% in the second quarter of 2016, an increase from an earlier estimate. This reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures, exports, and nonresidential fixed investments.

Brexit is still unfolding, as the long-term arrangements between the United Kingdom and the European Union will be uncertain for some time. There was also a partial recovery in commodity prices. After hitting a 10-year low in January 2016, oil prices rallied by 50 percent to $45 in August, mostly due to production outages.

We regularly point out that while it’s important to understand how overall portfolio performance is affected by the macro factors described above,

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our approach emphasizes specific stock fundamentals. We use a strict quantitative process to compare all stocks in our investment universe within the same industry group to identify those with characteristics that we believe will outperform over the long run. We believe that attractive stocks exhibit five key characteristics: 1) healthy balance sheets and steady cash-flow generation; 2) effective use of capital, with sound investment policies that favor internal funding over external funding; 3) consistent earnings growth, with the ability to grow earnings year after year; 4) strong market sentiment; and 5) reasonable valuation (we strive to avoid overpriced stocks). The interaction of these characteristics generates an opinion on all the stocks in our universe as our model seeks to capitalize on investor biases across the market.

Our portfolio focuses on the attractive stocks from the model that we expect to exhibit future outperformance over time. However, as with any investment management process, there will be periods when our model does not perform as expected. Unfortunately, over the current annual period, the stocks that outperformed had characteristics that our model did not pursue. While we are disappointed with the performance results, it is important to remind our investors that through different market environments, we maintain our commitment to invest in stocks with solid fundamentals that we believe will outperform in the long run.

Our strongest results were in the financial sector, and our worst performance was in energy. In financials, the largest contributors came from overweight positions in Navient and Nasdaq. In addition, we benefited from underweighting or avoiding poorly performing stocks such as Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs. Within energy, our overweight positions in Ensco and Noble and underweight positions in Exxon Mobil did not perform as expected.

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Growth and Income Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2016

Share-Class Characteristics  
 
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VQNPX VGIAX
Expense Ratio1 0.34% 0.23%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.83% 1.94%

 

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
      U.S.
      Total
      Market
    S&P 500 FA
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 1,074 505 3,850
Median Market Cap $44.6B $81.0B $51.8B
Price/Earnings Ratio 20.4x 22.2x 23.7x
Price/Book Ratio 2.8x 2.9x 2.8x
Return on Equity 16.6% 17.5% 16.6%
Earnings Growth      
Rate 7.1% 7.3% 7.6%
Dividend Yield 2.2% 2.1% 2.0%
Foreign Holdings 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 96%
Short-Term Reserves 0.3%

 

Volatility Measures    
    DJ
    U.S. Total
  S&P 500 Market
  Index FA Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.99
Beta 0.97 0.95
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Apple Inc. Technology  
  Hardware, Storage &  
  Peripherals 2.6%
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals 1.9
Microsoft Corp. Systems Software 1.9
Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 1.7
Amazon.com Inc. Internet Retail 1.6
Alphabet Inc. Internet Software &  
  Services 1.4
General Electric Co. Industrial  
  Conglomerates 1.4
AT&T Inc. Integrated  
  Telecommunication  
  Services 1.2
Procter & Gamble Co. Household Products 1.1
Citigroup Inc. Diversified Banks 1.1
Top Ten   15.9%
The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

 

Investment Focus

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2016, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2016, the expense ratios were 0.34% for Investor Shares and 0.23% for Admiral Shares.

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Growth and Income Fund

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
      DJ
      U.S. Total
    S&P 500 Market
  Fund Index FA Index
Consumer      
Discretionary 11.4% 12.5% 12.8%
Consumer Staples 10.5 9.9 8.7
Energy 7.8 7.3 6.7
Financials 12.3 12.8 13.3
Health Care 14.3 14.7 14.2
Industrials 9.6 9.7 10.3
Information      
Technology 21.3 21.2 20.7
Materials 3.5 2.9 3.3
Real Estate 3.5 3.1 4.3
Telecommunication      
Services 2.5 2.6 2.4
Utilities 3.3 3.3 3.3

 

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Growth and Income Fund

Performance Summary

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Cumulative Performance: September 30, 2006, Through September 30, 2016
Initial Investment of $10,000

 

    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2016  
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $10,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  Growth and Income Fund Investor        
  Shares 14.79% 16.80% 6.64% $19,020
•••••••• S&P 500 Index 15.43 16.37 7.24 20,114
– – – – Large-Cap Core Funds Average 12.38 14.49 5.89 17,731
  Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Float Adjusted Index 14.93 16.30 7.49 20,592
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

        Final Value
  One Five Ten of a $50,000
  Year Years Years Investment
Growth and Income Fund Admiral Shares 14.91% 16.93% 6.77% $96,227
S&P 500 Index 15.43 16.37 7.24 100,568
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Float        
Adjusted Index 14.93 16.30 7.49 102,961

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Growth and Income Fund

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2006, Through September 30, 2016


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Growth and Income Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2016

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (97.8%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (11.0%)  
* Amazon.com Inc. 130,421 109,203
  Home Depot Inc. 336,003 43,237
  McDonald’s Corp. 323,122 37,275
  Walt Disney Co. 319,804 29,697
  Target Corp. 323,855 22,242
  Darden Restaurants Inc. 355,448 21,796
  General Motors Co. 630,895 20,044
  Ford Motor Co. 1,599,225 19,303
  Marriott International Inc.    
  Class A 281,731 18,969
  Omnicom Group Inc. 215,102 18,284
  Leggett & Platt Inc. 365,539 16,661
  Comcast Corp. Class A 241,788 16,040
  Time Warner Inc. 181,495 14,449
* Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. 298,607 13,972
  Carnival Corp. 262,350 12,808
^ Nordstrom Inc. 243,117 12,613
  Best Buy Co. Inc. 329,070 12,564
* O’Reilly Automotive Inc. 44,613 12,497
  Kohl’s Corp. 284,570 12,450
  Goodyear Tire & Rubber    
  Co. 376,701 12,167
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 164,331 11,866
* Discovery    
  Communications Inc.    
  Class A 437,303 11,772
* Urban Outfitters Inc. 340,158 11,742
  News Corp. Class B 781,677 11,115
  CBS Corp. Class B 177,781 9,732
  Wyndham Worldwide    
  Corp. 129,750 8,736
  Mattel Inc. 280,254 8,486
  PVH Corp. 75,346 8,326
  Interpublic Group of Cos.    
  Inc. 368,445 8,235
  Ralph Lauren Corp.    
  Class A 80,180 8,109
  L Brands Inc. 111,220 7,871
  NIKE Inc. Class B 149,400 7,866
  TEGNA Inc. 358,175 7,830
  Twenty-First Century    
  Fox Inc. Class A 315,300 7,637
* Charter Communications    
  Inc. Class A 27,200 7,343
  Macy’s Inc. 186,914 6,925
  Viacom Inc. Class B 180,220 6,866
  Yum! Brands Inc. 69,200 6,284
  Gap Inc. 273,090 6,073
* Netflix Inc. 57,800 5,696
  Staples Inc. 619,253 5,295
  TJX Cos. Inc. 69,900 5,227
* Mohawk Industries Inc. 23,080 4,624
  Whirlpool Corp. 26,000 4,216
  Coach Inc. 104,502 3,821
  Signet Jewelers Ltd. 51,060 3,805
* Ulta Salon Cosmetics &    
  Fragrance Inc. 15,100 3,593
* Liberty Global plc 106,385 3,515
  Ross Stores Inc. 52,600 3,382
* TripAdvisor Inc. 51,550 3,257
  Genuine Parts Co. 29,500 2,963
  News Corp. Class A 208,100 2,909
  Tiffany & Co. 39,740 2,886
  Hasbro Inc. 23,627 1,874
  Twenty-First Century Fox    
  Inc. 70,100 1,734
  Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 37,460 1,615
* Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.    
  Class A 3,810 1,614
  Carter’s Inc. 16,400 1,422
  Aramark 35,700 1,358
  Starbucks Corp. 23,709 1,284
  Bloomin’ Brands Inc. 69,700 1,202
  Cable One Inc. 2,055 1,200
  DR Horton Inc. 36,300 1,096
  Graham Holdings Co.    
  Class B 2,254 1,085

 

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Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  BorgWarner Inc. 24,950 878
  H&R Block Inc. 37,250 862
* Discovery Communications    
  Inc. 31,600 831
  VF Corp. 14,500 813
  DeVry Education Group Inc. 31,300 722
  Rent-A-Center Inc. 55,510 702
* Vista Outdoor Inc. 16,400 654
* Express Inc. 54,500 643
  Gannett Co. Inc. 54,195 631
* LKQ Corp. 17,400 617
* Fossil Group Inc. 21,475 596
  Visteon Corp. 7,800 559
* Liberty Ventures Class A 13,500 538
  Restaurant Brands    
  International Inc. 11,100 495
  Hanesbrands Inc. 16,300 412
* Michaels Cos. Inc. 16,000 387
  Dollar General Corp. 4,500 315
  Advance Auto Parts Inc. 2,104 314
* Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. 12,100 311
* DISH Network Corp.    
  Class A 5,600 307
* ServiceMaster Global    
  Holdings Inc. 8,800 296
  La-Z-Boy Inc. 11,900 292
* Denny’s Corp. 23,000 246
* Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. 10,900 243
* Etsy Inc. 16,600 237
* Liberty SiriusXM Group    
  Class C 6,400 214
  Wendy’s Co. 19,200 207
  CST Brands Inc. 3,511 169
* Lumber Liquidators    
  Holdings Inc. 8,500 167
* AutoNation Inc. 3,400 166
  Service Corp. International 5,600 149
* Priceline Group Inc. 100 147
* Liberty Media Group LLC 4,600 129
* Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings    
  Inc. Class A 5,600 122
* Apollo Education Group Inc. 15,000 119
  Aaron’s Inc. 4,500 114
  Chico’s FAS Inc. 9,255 110
* La Quinta Holdings Inc. 9,300 104
* TopBuild Corp. 3,000 100
* Liberty SiriusXM Group    
  Class A 2,882 98
  Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. 3,100 97
* Houghton Mifflin Harcourt    
  Co. 6,600 88
  Garmin Ltd. 1,480 71
  Libbey Inc. 3,900 70
* Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A 1,400 69
* Live Nation Entertainment    
  Inc. 2,500 69
* MSG Networks Inc. 3,600 67
  Sonic Automotive Inc.    
  Class A 2,400 45
  DSW Inc. Class A 2,200 45
* Liberty Global PLC LiLAC 1,600 45
  Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. 2,700 37
* Bravo Brio Restaurant    
  Group Inc. 6,912 33
  Interval Leisure Group Inc. 1,800 31
* Bojangles’ Inc. 1,900 30
* Beazer Homes USA Inc. 2,400 28
* New York & Co. Inc. 12,200 28
* Liberty Global PLC LiLAC    
  Class A 900 25
* Chegg Inc. 3,500 25
* Burlington Stores Inc. 300 24
* MGM Resorts International 900 23
  Cato Corp. Class A 700 23
  Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc. 1,600 23
* Liberty Broadband Corp. 300 21
* TRI Pointe Group Inc. 1,600 21
* Wayfair Inc. 500 20
^,* Sears Holdings Corp. 1,590 18
  Bassett Furniture Industries    
  Inc. 689 16
  HSN Inc. 400 16
* Liberty Braves Group 880 15
* Biglari Holdings Inc. 34 15
  Churchill Downs Inc. 100 15
  GNC Holdings Inc. Class A 700 14
* Murphy USA Inc. 200 14
  SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. 1,024 14
* tronc Inc. 700 12
  Lennar Corp. Class A 276 12
* Scientific Games Corp.    
  Class A 1,000 11
* Groupon Inc. Class A 2,100 11
* Select Comfort Corp. 500 11
* Townsquare Media Inc.    
  Class A 1,084 10
* Caesars Entertainment Corp. 1,300 10
* Liberty Media Group LLC    
  Class A 300 9
* Liberty Interactive Corp.    
  QVC Group Class A 400 8
  Office Depot Inc. 2,200 8
* Monarch Casino & Resort    
  Inc. 300 8
* Regis Corp. 600 7
  Marriott Vacations    
  Worldwide Corp. 100 7
* Tuesday Morning Corp. 1,190 7
* Starz 200 6

 

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Growth and Income Fund

          Market
          Value
        Shares ($000)
* Carrols Restaurant Group Inc. 454 6
* Asbury Automotive Group Inc. 100 6
* Habit Restaurants Inc.        
  Class A     380 5
* Sirius XM Holdings Inc.   1,000 4
* Perry Ellis International Inc.   200 4
* DavidsTea Inc.     200 2
* Ascent Capital Group Inc.      
  Class A     100 2
* Under Armour Inc.     63 2
* Cherokee Inc.     200 2
          726,139
Consumer Staples (10.2%)      
^ Procter & Gamble Co.   800,163 71,815
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   966,146 69,679
  Altria Group Inc.   987,892 62,464
  Coca-Cola Co. 1,362,717 57,670
  PepsiCo Inc.   498,711 54,245
  Philip Morris        
  International Inc.   411,795 40,035
  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   275,931 34,806
  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   429,230 31,823
  General Mills Inc.   448,889 28,675
  ConAgra Foods Inc.   523,364 24,656
  CVS Health Corp.   275,659 24,531
  Kraft Heinz Co.   206,700 18,502
  Kroger Co.   620,159 18,406
  Sysco Corp.   341,939 16,758
  Costco Wholesale Corp. 106,996 16,318
  Dr Pepper Snapple Group      
  Inc.   174,829 15,964
  Campbell Soup Co.   291,744 15,958
  Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 194,783 14,544
  JM Smucker Co.     84,201 11,413
  Clorox Co.     88,637 11,096
  Kellogg Co.   130,869 10,138
  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 124,300 5,242
  Hershey Co.     53,455 5,110
  Constellation Brands Inc.      
  Class A     27,800 4,628
  Walgreens Boots Alliance      
  Inc.     38,400 3,096
  Mondelez International Inc.      
  Class A     65,760 2,887
  Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.   25,630 2,025
  Whole Foods Market Inc.   67,000 1,900
* Monster Beverage Corp.   7,700 1,130
  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.     42,383 895
  Bunge Ltd.     15,100 894
* Sprouts Farmers Market      
  Inc.     15,600 322
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.      
  Class A     3,500 310
* Edgewell Personal Care Co.   2,500 199
* US Foods Holding Corp.   5,000 118
* Adecoagro SA   6,100 70
  John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc. 1,045 54
  Energizer Holdings Inc.   1,000 50
  Lancaster Colony Corp.   300 40
^ Coty Inc. Class A   1,200 28
* Chefs’ Warehouse Inc.   1,598 18
* Central Garden & Pet Co.      
  Class A   700 17
* Smart & Final Stores Inc.   1,198 15
  Coca-Cola European      
  Partners plc   361 14
* USANA Health Sciences Inc. 100 14
  Hormel Foods Corp.   341 13
* Performance Food Group Co. 500 12
  Church & Dwight Co. Inc.   200 10
  Reynolds American Inc.   174 8
* Hain Celestial Group Inc.   200 7
* Natural Grocers by Vitamin      
  Cottage Inc.   200 2
        678,624
Energy (7.6%)      
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 1,262,102 110,156
  Occidental Petroleum      
  Corp.   462,680 33,739
  Chevron Corp.   285,370 29,370
  Schlumberger Ltd.   298,517 23,475
  Apache Corp.   334,451 21,361
  Devon Energy Corp.   483,067 21,308
  ConocoPhillips   484,941 21,080
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp.   331,149 20,982
* FMC Technologies Inc.   695,598 20,638
  Phillips 66   215,268 17,340
* Newfield Exploration Co.   358,992 15,602
* Southwestern Energy Co.  1,003,430 13,888
^,* Transocean Ltd. 1,111,153 11,845
  Ensco plc Class A 1,271,514 10,808
  Marathon Oil Corp.   681,180 10,769
  Williams Cos. Inc.   344,990 10,602
  Cimarex Energy Co.   76,493 10,278
  EOG Resources Inc.   104,261 10,083
  Diamond Offshore      
  Drilling Inc.   562,766 9,910
  Kinder Morgan Inc.   409,580 9,474
  Tesoro Corp.   112,975 8,988
  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   336,294 8,676
  Noble Energy Inc.   229,310 8,196
  Hess Corp.   122,860 6,588
  Murphy Oil Corp.   201,519 6,126
  Valero Energy Corp.   102,900 5,454
  National Oilwell Varco Inc.   132,372 4,863
  Pioneer Natural      
  Resources Co.   21,840 4,055
  ONEOK Inc.   72,116 3,706
  EQT Corp.   44,200 3,210
  Spectra Energy Corp.   67,940 2,904

 

17


 

Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Marathon Petroleum Corp. 61,846 2,510
  Baker Hughes Inc. 45,471 2,295
  Energen Corp. 38,000 2,193
  Range Resources Corp. 28,300 1,097
* Gulfport Energy Corp. 30,600 864
* Kosmos Energy Ltd. 36,500 234
  Oceaneering International    
  Inc. 4,700 129
* Chesapeake Energy Corp. 16,600 104
  Aegean Marine Petroleum    
  Network Inc. 7,500 75
  Archrock Inc. 5,081 67
  Golar LNG Partners LP 3,353 66
  Nabors Industries Ltd. 5,200 63
  Noble Corp. plc 7,229 46
  Frank’s International NV 1,900 25
  Cameco Corp. 2,700 23
* Matrix Service Co. 1,100 21
* Cobalt International Energy    
  Inc. 14,933 19
* Eclipse Resources Corp. 5,400 18
  QEP Resources Inc. 800 16
* Fairmount Santrol Holdings    
  Inc. 1,400 12
  EnLink Midstream LLC 700 12
* TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd.  8,887 11
  CARBO Ceramics Inc. 956 10
  Golar LNG Ltd. 300 6
* Newpark Resources Inc. 600 4
* Denbury Resources Inc. 1,300 4
* Contango Oil & Gas Co. 100 1
      505,399
Financials (12.0%)    
  Citigroup Inc. 1,488,517 70,303
  Wells Fargo & Co. 1,524,904 67,523
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 925,103 61,603
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    
  Class B 268,988 38,861
  Bank of America Corp. 2,239,699 35,051
  American Express Co. 457,361 29,289
  Bank of New York    
  Mellon Corp. 722,165 28,800
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 228,257 26,147
  Prudential Financial Inc. 276,583 22,583
  Aflac Inc. 272,156 19,560
  Chubb Ltd. 148,220 18,624
  S&P Global Inc. 134,116 16,974
  Navient Corp. 1,137,687 16,462
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 159,672 15,930
  SunTrust Banks Inc. 359,990 15,768
  Fifth Third Bancorp 735,796 15,054
  Capital One Financial Corp. 209,300 15,034
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 89,063 14,363
  Discover Financial Services 249,427 14,105
  Aon plc 125,219 14,086
  People’s United Financial    
  Inc. 773,302 12,234
  Unum Group 323,971 11,439
  Cincinnati Financial Corp. 150,140 11,324
  MetLife Inc. 237,644 10,559
  CME Group Inc. 99,400 10,389
  US Bancorp 230,220 9,874
  Willis Towers Watson plc 71,812 9,534
  Intercontinental Exchange    
  Inc. 34,740 9,358
  Moody’s Corp. 85,300 9,236
  PNC Financial Services    
  Group Inc. 102,500 9,234
  BlackRock Inc. 24,980 9,054
  Progressive Corp. 278,775 8,781
  Arthur J Gallagher & Co. 171,070 8,702
  Allstate Corp. 105,100 7,271
  Hartford Financial    
  Services Group Inc. 158,645 6,793
  Synchrony Financial 238,600 6,681
  Leucadia National Corp. 344,896 6,567
  Huntington Bancshares    
  Inc. 635,537 6,266
  Marsh & McLennan Cos.    
  Inc. 77,680 5,224
  Loews Corp. 116,730 4,803
  First Horizon National    
  Corp. 312,770 4,763
  Lincoln National Corp. 95,759 4,499
  Principal Financial Group    
  Inc. 84,869 4,372
  Morgan Stanley 125,080 4,010
  American International    
  Group Inc. 66,700 3,958
  Assurant Inc. 42,614 3,931
  Legg Mason Inc. 114,868 3,846
  Regions Financial Corp. 388,747 3,837
  Voya Financial Inc. 111,156 3,204
  Zions Bancorporation 100,380 3,114
  Torchmark Corp. 35,720 2,282
  KeyCorp 183,841 2,237
  Franklin Resources Inc. 52,572 1,870
  East West Bancorp Inc. 44,400 1,630
  Northern Trust Corp. 15,792 1,074
  FNF Group 28,700 1,059
  Synovus Financial Corp. 31,764 1,033
  Endurance Specialty    
  Holdings Ltd. 15,592 1,021
  Aspen Insurance Holdings    
  Ltd. 19,800 922
  State Street Corp. 11,900 829
* E*TRADE Financial Corp. 28,300 824
  TCF Financial Corp. 52,000 755
  Ares Capital Corp. 46,600 722
  Popular Inc. 18,600 711

 

18


 

Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Signature Bank 5,568 660
  Charles Schwab Corp. 16,900 534
  American Equity Investment    
  Life Holding Co. 28,500 505
  Financial Engines Inc. 16,900 502
  Old Republic International    
  Corp. 23,980 423
  Great Western Bancorp Inc. 12,102 403
  Hancock Holding Co. 12,301 399
  MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 2,300 381
* Flagstar Bancorp Inc. 13,700 380
  WR Berkley Corp. 6,200 358
* Arch Capital Group Ltd. 4,500 357
  RLI Corp. 4,800 328
^ Prospect Capital Corp. 39,700 322
  Assured Guaranty Ltd. 11,499 319
  United Bankshares Inc. 8,400 316
  ProAssurance Corp. 5,055 265
* MGIC Investment Corp. 32,300 258
  Argo Group International    
  Holdings Ltd. 4,500 254
  Invesco Ltd. 7,860 246
  Apollo Investment Corp. 41,089 238
  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. 4,100 223
  XL Group Ltd. 6,500 219
  Wintrust Financial Corp. 3,900 217
  Beneficial Bancorp Inc. 14,700 216
  First American Financial    
  Corp. 4,500 177
  Greenhill & Co. Inc. 6,500 153
  Umpqua Holdings Corp. 8,800 132
  BancorpSouth Inc. 5,300 123
  Kearny Financial Corp. 8,500 116
  Hanover Insurance Group Inc. 1,400 106
  AmTrust Financial Services    
  Inc. 3,274 88
  Federated Investors Inc.    
  Class B 2,900 86
  Nelnet Inc. Class A 2,100 85
  Chimera Investment Corp. 5,300 85
  Prosperity Bancshares Inc. 1,539 84
* Santander Consumer USA    
  Holdings Inc. 6,900 84
  Allied World Assurance Co.    
  Holdings AG 1,981 80
  Trustmark Corp. 2,800 77
  Radian Group Inc. 5,300 72
  Banner Corp. 1,600 70
  Meridian Bancorp Inc. 4,200 65
  WisdomTree Investments    
  Inc. 5,975 61
* Essent Group Ltd. 2,300 61
  Cathay General Bancorp 1,961 60
  UMB Financial Corp. 1,004 60
  FNB Corp. 4,300 53
  Erie Indemnity Co. Class A 500 51
  CNO Financial Group Inc. 3,300 50
  Brookline Bancorp Inc. 3,700 45
* Western Alliance Bancorp 1,200 45
* FNFV Group 3,600 45
* Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. 3,400 41
  First Financial Bancorp 1,427 31
  Employers Holdings Inc. 988 29
  Glacier Bancorp Inc. 1,000 29
  Boston Private Financial    
  Holdings Inc. 2,200 28
  Preferred Bank 788 28
  Heritage Financial Corp. 1,488 27
  BlackRock Capital    
  Investment Corp. 3,216 27
  CBOE Holdings Inc. 400 26
  United Community Banks    
  Inc. 1,200 25
  Two Harbors Investment    
  Corp. 2,900 25
  Fulton Financial Corp. 1,700 25
* NewStar Financial Inc. 2,500 24
  Blackstone Mortgage Trust    
  Inc. Class A 796 23
  M&T Bank Corp. 200 23
  AG Mortgage Investment    
  Trust Inc. 1,405 22
  Arbor Realty Trust Inc. 2,861 21
* World Acceptance Corp. 400 20
  OneBeacon Insurance Group    
  Ltd. Class A 1,362 19
  Central Pacific Financial Corp. 770 19
  Capital Bank Financial Corp. 600 19
  BankFinancial Corp. 1,502 19
  Anworth Mortgage Asset    
  Corp. 3,400 17
  National Bank Holdings Corp.    
  Class A 715 17
  Ladder Capital Corp. 1,200 16
  American Capital Agency    
  Corp. 800 16
  Credicorp Ltd. 100 15
* Stifel Financial Corp. 336 13
  Fifth Street Finance Corp. 2,200 13
  Old National Bancorp 900 13
* KCG Holdings Inc. Class A 800 12
  THL Credit Inc. 1,207 12
  Washington Federal Inc. 425 11
  KCAP Financial Inc. 2,357 11
  TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 300 11
* First BanCorp 2,000 10
* Hope Bancorp Inc. 579 10
  Associated Banc-Corp 500 10
  Comerica Inc. 205 10
  Chemical Financial Corp. 200 9

 

19


 

Growth and Income Fund

        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
  United Financial Bancorp Inc. 600 8
  Southwest Bancorp Inc.   400 8
  Opus Bank   200 7
  West Bancorporation Inc.   352 7
  Newtek Business Services      
  Corp.   400 6
  Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. 200 6
  Garrison Capital Inc.   500 5
  Capital Southwest Corp.   301 4
  MB Financial Inc.   100 4
  MVC Capital Inc.   457 4
* PRA Group Inc.   100 3
  Capitol Federal Financial Inc. 245 3
  Columbia Banking System Inc. 100 3
  Annaly Capital Management    
  Inc.   300 3
  Artisan Partners Asset      
  Management Inc. Class A   100 3
  MFA Financial Inc.   290 2
        797,335
Health Care (14.0%)      
  Johnson & Johnson 1,086,803 128,384
  Pfizer Inc. 1,949,835 66,041
  Merck & Co. Inc.   948,028 59,167
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   976,969 52,678
  Eli Lilly & Co.   640,733 51,425
  Amgen Inc.   217,002 36,198
  Gilead Sciences Inc.   345,520 27,338
  AbbVie Inc.   427,045 26,934
  UnitedHealth Group Inc.   176,470 24,706
* Express Scripts Holding      
  Co.   337,407 23,797
  Agilent Technologies Inc.   499,543 23,523
  Anthem Inc.   175,574 22,001
  McKesson Corp.   131,814 21,980
  Baxter International Inc.   460,334 21,912
  Cardinal Health Inc.   270,270 21,000
  AmerisourceBergen Corp.      
  Class A   259,683 20,977
  Abbott Laboratories   469,286 19,846
* Hologic Inc.   508,655 19,751
* HCA Holdings Inc.   241,925 18,297
  CR Bard Inc.   75,890 17,021
* Biogen Inc.   53,465 16,736
* DaVita Inc.   232,160 15,339
  Zoetis Inc.   289,750 15,070
  Medtronic plc   157,984 13,650
  Zimmer Biomet Holdings      
  Inc.   88,000 11,442
  Cigna Corp.   87,130 11,355
  Thermo Fisher Scientific      
  Inc.   68,675 10,923
  Aetna Inc.   89,588 10,343
* Vertex Pharmaceuticals      
  Inc.   111,556 9,729
* Mettler-Toledo    
  International Inc. 19,500 8,187
  Perrigo Co. plc 87,736 8,101
* Intuitive Surgical Inc. 10,920 7,915
  Stryker Corp. 63,990 7,449
  PerkinElmer Inc. 114,737 6,438
  Quest Diagnostics Inc. 73,780 6,244
* Mallinckrodt plc 84,930 5,926
* Allergan plc 25,070 5,774
  Patterson Cos. Inc. 124,120 5,702
* Boston Scientific Corp. 232,000 5,522
  Humana Inc. 29,300 5,183
  Dentsply Sirona Inc. 83,775 4,979
  Becton Dickinson and Co. 25,922 4,659
* Endo International plc 174,589 3,518
* Alexion Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 25,033 3,068
  Danaher Corp. 28,502 2,234
* Laboratory Corp. of    
  America Holdings 12,800 1,760
* Molina Healthcare Inc. 30,000 1,750
* Celgene Corp. 13,800 1,443
* Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. 24,800 1,256
  Universal Health Services    
  Inc. Class B 9,615 1,185
* WellCare Health Plans Inc. 9,700 1,136
* Quintiles Transnational    
  Holdings Inc. 13,300 1,078
* Mylan NV 27,300 1,041
  Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. 13,200 818
* United Therapeutics Corp. 5,700 673
* VCA Inc. 9,200 644
* Charles River Laboratories    
  International Inc. 7,500 625
* Myriad Genetics Inc. 24,900 512
* IMS Health Holdings Inc. 12,800 401
* Alkermes plc 8,365 393
* OraSure Technologies Inc. 46,700 372
* LivaNova plc 5,100 307
* Varian Medical Systems Inc. 3,066 305
* Acorda Therapeutics Inc. 14,500 303
  Bruker Corp. 12,600 285
  Invacare Corp. 17,600 197
* IDEXX Laboratories Inc. 1,600 180
* PTC Therapeutics Inc. 12,700 178
* Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. 3,317 174
* Momenta Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 14,000 164
* Lexicon Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 8,900 161
* Magellan Health Inc. 2,900 156
* Seres Therapeutics Inc. 11,300 139
* Insulet Corp. 3,000 123
* Rockwell Medical Inc. 15,536 104
* Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. 4,500 102

 

20


 

Growth and Income Fund

        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
* Novavax Inc.   45,600 95
* Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. 25,100 92
* Medicines Co.   2,100 79
* Aratana Therapeutics Inc. 8,400 79
* Triple-S Management Corp.    
  Class B   3,400 75
* Innoviva Inc.   6,500 71
* Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. 4,100 68
* Luminex Corp.   3,000 68
* Chimerix Inc.   12,000 66
^,* MannKind Corp. 101,757 63
* Pain Therapeutics Inc.   60,444 60
* VWR Corp.   2,100 60
* Coherus Biosciences Inc. 2,114 57
* AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2,300 56
* Intrexon Corp.   2,000 56
* AtriCure Inc.   3,405 54
* OvaScience Inc.   7,000 50
* Pacific Biosciences of      
  California Inc.   5,400 48
* Puma Biotechnology Inc. 700 47
* Align Technology Inc.   500 47
* Envision Healthcare      
  Holdings Inc.   2,100 47
* Impax Laboratories Inc.   1,800 43
* Exelixis Inc.   3,300 42
* Regeneron Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc.   100 40
* Omeros Corp.   3,300 37
^,* Organovo Holdings Inc.   9,200 35
* BioTelemetry Inc.   1,800 33
* FibroGen Inc.   1,500 31
* BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. 6,200 27
* Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. 2,719 26
  ResMed Inc.   400 26
* Enzo Biochem Inc.   4,600 23
* NxStage Medical Inc.   900 22
* Esperion Therapeutics Inc. 1,600 22
* Orthofix International NV 500 21
* Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc. 12,800 20
* Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp. 2,000 19
* Alere Inc.   425 18
* Halyard Health Inc.   500 17
* Regulus Therapeutics Inc. 4,700 16
* ArQule Inc.   8,649 15
* Spectrum Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc.   3,300 15
* Xencor Inc.   600 15
* Syneron Medical Ltd.   1,900 14
* Allscripts Healthcare      
  Solutions Inc.   1,000 13
^,* Insys Therapeutics Inc.   1,100 13
* Quorum Health Corp.   1,959 12
* Merit Medical Systems Inc. 500 12
  LeMaitre Vascular Inc.   594 12
* SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1,100 11
* NewLink Genetics Corp. 700 11
* Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 600 10
* NanoString Technologies Inc. 500 10
* Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. 1,100 10
  St. Jude Medical Inc.   118 9
* Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. 6,000 9
* Genomic Health Inc.   300 9
* ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc. 476 7
* Mirati Therapeutics Inc. 855 6
* Cytokinetics Inc.   600 5
* AngioDynamics Inc.   303 5
* Surgical Care Affiliates Inc. 100 5
* GTx Inc.   4,487 4
* Advaxis Inc.   300 3
* HealthStream Inc.   100 3
* Cardiovascular Systems Inc. 41 1
        928,522
Industrials (9.5%)      
  General Electric Co. 3,101,188 91,857
  General Dynamics Corp. 212,550 32,979
  Ingersoll-Rand plc   434,580 29,525
  United Parcel Service Inc.    
  Class B   244,997 26,793
  Raytheon Co.   168,720 22,968
  Stanley Black & Decker    
  Inc.   184,588 22,701
  United Technologies Corp. 199,470 20,266
  Masco Corp.   575,992 19,762
  L-3 Communications      
  Holdings Inc.   127,697 19,248
  Delta Air Lines Inc.   397,057 15,628
  Alaska Air Group Inc.   234,642 15,454
  Waste Management Inc. 227,837 14,527
  Southwest Airlines Co. 341,348 13,275
* Quanta Services Inc.   458,550 12,835
  3M Co.   70,358 12,399
* United Rentals Inc.   156,700 12,299
  Republic Services Inc.      
  Class A   236,597 11,936
  Northrop Grumman Corp. 54,843 11,734
  Pitney Bowes Inc.   645,570 11,724
  Cintas Corp.   101,043 11,377
* United Continental      
  Holdings Inc.   208,423 10,936
  Equifax Inc.   80,440 10,826
  Allison Transmission      
  Holdings Inc.   377,300 10,821
  Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 77,130 10,537
  Caterpillar Inc.   111,604 9,907
  Union Pacific Corp.   101,000 9,851
  Rockwell Automation Inc. 79,801 9,763
  PACCAR Inc.   163,942 9,637
  Eaton Corp. plc   125,293 8,233
  Honeywell International Inc. 68,031 7,932
  Deere & Co.   88,590 7,561

 

21


 

Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Johnson Controls    
  International plc 157,300 7,319
  Emerson Electric Co. 131,400 7,163
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 54,762 6,563
  Boeing Co. 48,575 6,399
  KAR Auction Services Inc. 133,100 5,745
* Spirit AeroSystems    
  Holdings Inc. Class A 118,700 5,287
  American Airlines Group    
  Inc. 122,800 4,496
  Allegion plc 64,327 4,433
  Expeditors International    
  of Washington Inc. 77,307 3,983
  Parker-Hannifin Corp. 29,732 3,732
  Nielsen Holdings plc 66,175 3,545
  Fortive Corp. 68,851 3,505
  Kansas City Southern 33,000 3,080
* Jacobs Engineering Group    
  Inc. 52,959 2,739
* AerCap Holdings NV 67,400 2,594
  BWX Technologies Inc. 63,300 2,429
  Huntington Ingalls    
  Industries Inc. 11,700 1,795
  Fluor Corp. 26,036 1,336
  FedEx Corp. 7,500 1,310
* WABCO Holdings Inc. 9,597 1,090
  MSC Industrial Direct Co.    
  Inc. Class A 14,000 1,028
  Carlisle Cos. Inc. 7,400 759
  Cummins Inc. 5,801 743
  Snap-on Inc. 4,330 658
  Insperity Inc. 8,900 646
* Armstrong World Industries    
  Inc. 15,500 640
* RPX Corp. 54,800 586
* HD Supply Holdings Inc. 16,100 515
* Babcock & Wilcox    
  Enterprises Inc. 31,100 513
* Continental Building    
  Products Inc. 23,200 487
* Moog Inc. Class A 7,800 464
  ManpowerGroup Inc. 4,918 355
  Brady Corp. Class A 10,134 351
  Landstar System Inc. 5,000 340
  Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.    
  NV 11,700 328
  Orbital ATK Inc. 4,300 328
* IHS Markit Ltd. 7,500 282
  Fastenal Co. 6,600 276
  Hubbell Inc. Class B 2,200 237
* SPX Corp. 11,100 224
  Quad/Graphics Inc. 8,200 219
  JB Hunt Transport    
  Services Inc. 2,600 211
* Kratos Defense & Security    
  Solutions Inc. 28,348 195
* DigitalGlobe Inc. 6,900 190
  Knoll Inc. 8,190 187
* JetBlue Airways Corp. 10,800 186
  Watsco Inc. 1,300 183
* Swift Transportation Co. 8,500 182
* Rexnord Corp. 8,500 182
  Covanta Holding Corp. 10,900 168
  Regal Beloit Corp. 2,800 167
* NCI Building Systems Inc. 10,000 146
  Greenbrier Cos. Inc. 3,800 134
  Federal Signal Corp. 9,243 123
  West Corp. 5,100 113
  Albany International Corp. 2,600 110
* Mistras Group Inc. 4,586 108
  Woodward Inc. 1,500 94
  B/E Aerospace Inc. 1,700 88
  KBR Inc. 5,700 86
  Owens Corning 1,600 85
  Textron Inc. 1,700 68
  Kennametal Inc. 2,100 61
* Hub Group Inc. Class A 1,400 57
  RR Donnelley & Sons Co. 3,594 56
* DXP Enterprises Inc. 1,957 55
* MYR Group Inc. 1,600 48
* Armstrong Flooring Inc. 2,400 45
* ARC Document Solutions    
  Inc. 11,400 43
* MFC Bancorp Ltd. 19,117 39
* Masonite International Corp. 600 37
  Barnes Group Inc. 897 36
  CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. 488 34
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 136 33
  Exponent Inc. 600 31
* Navigant Consulting Inc. 1,400 28
  LB Foster Co. Class A 2,100 25
  Joy Global Inc. 800 22
  Heartland Express Inc. 1,086 21
  Triumph Group Inc. 700 20
  Trinity Industries Inc. 800 19
  WW Grainger Inc. 83 19
* Huron Consulting Group Inc. 300 18
  Global Brass & Copper    
  Holdings Inc. 600 17
* TriNet Group Inc. 800 17
  Ennis Inc. 1,000 17
  Aircastle Ltd. 700 14
* Herc Holdings Inc. 400 13
* WageWorks Inc. 211 13
  Hillenbrand Inc. 400 13
  Steelcase Inc. Class A 900 13
* Air Transport Services Group    
  Inc. 800 11
  CSX Corp. 300 9
* Hertz Global Holdings Inc. 200 8
* Civeo Corp. 6,379 7
  Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. 100 6

 

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Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Flowserve Corp. 126 6
  Apogee Enterprises Inc. 127 6
  AMETEK Inc. 100 5
* Saia Inc. 143 4
  EnPro Industries Inc. 73 4
  Matson Inc. 100 4
* Accuride Corp. 1,500 4
* TransUnion 100 3
  Interface Inc. Class A 200 3
* YRC Worldwide Inc. 100 1
      627,764
Information Technology (20.8%)  
  Apple Inc. 1,505,249 170,168
  Microsoft Corp. 2,131,680 122,785
* Facebook Inc. Class A 509,357 65,335
  International Business    
  Machines Corp. 396,241 62,943
  Visa Inc. Class A 741,891 61,354
* Alphabet Inc. Class A 73,465 59,070
  Symantec Corp. 1,848,946 46,409
  QUALCOMM Inc. 637,823 43,691
  Cisco Systems Inc. 1,199,741 38,056
* Alphabet Inc. Class C 43,467 33,786
  Intuit Inc. 283,779 31,219
  Texas Instruments Inc. 440,175 30,891
  Applied Materials Inc. 1,003,502 30,256
  Intel Corp. 737,707 27,848
  Mastercard Inc. 270,360 27,515
  Fidelity National    
  Information Services Inc. 335,190 25,820
  HP Inc. 1,633,417 25,367
* Teradata Corp. 803,570 24,911
  Western Union Co. 1,166,272 24,282
  Accenture plc Class A 191,063 23,342
  Seagate Technology plc 595,654 22,962
* Citrix Systems Inc. 259,671 22,129
  CSRA Inc. 740,341 19,915
* Fiserv Inc. 176,172 17,524
* eBay Inc. 516,432 16,991
  NVIDIA Corp. 243,538 16,687
  Xerox Corp. 1,644,745 16,661
* F5 Networks Inc. 130,322 16,243
  Lam Research Corp. 157,807 14,946
* VeriSign Inc. 183,560 14,362
  NetApp Inc. 398,790 14,285
  Hewlett Packard    
  Enterprise Co. 615,414 14,001
  Motorola Solutions Inc. 177,601 13,547
  Western Digital Corp. 208,142 12,170
  Broadcom Ltd. 68,500 11,818
  Computer Sciences Corp. 216,480 11,302
* Autodesk Inc. 137,710 9,961
  Paychex Inc. 170,867 9,888
  Analog Devices Inc. 143,151 9,226
  TE Connectivity Ltd. 129,207 8,318
  Juniper Networks Inc. 335,448 8,071
* Adobe Systems Inc. 74,230 8,057
* Red Hat Inc. 99,240 8,022
  Xilinx Inc. 136,530 7,419
* Electronic Arts Inc. 78,940 6,741
  Corning Inc. 284,175 6,721
* Cognizant Technology    
  Solutions Corp. Class A 132,700 6,331
  Harris Corp. 68,380 6,264
  Oracle Corp. 152,685 5,997
  CA Inc. 169,580 5,610
  Total System Services Inc. 87,135 4,108
* PayPal Holdings Inc. 85,070 3,485
* Micron Technology Inc. 195,900 3,483
^,* VMware Inc. Class A 41,100 3,015
* salesforce.com Inc. 37,191 2,653
  Microchip Technology Inc. 39,729 2,469
* Alliance Data Systems Corp. 9,380 2,012
* Qorvo Inc. 36,042 2,009
* CoreLogic Inc. 43,800 1,718
* Twitter Inc. 65,700 1,514
  Automatic Data    
  Processing Inc. 13,700 1,208
  FLIR Systems Inc. 32,600 1,024
  IAC/InterActiveCorp 15,697 981
* MicroStrategy Inc. Class A 4,901 821
* Flex Ltd. 56,991 776
* Yahoo! Inc. 17,400 750
  Amdocs Ltd. 12,680 734
* InterXion Holding NV 15,700 569
  Skyworks Solutions Inc. 7,190 547
  Linear Technology Corp. 8,485 503
* Synaptics Inc. 7,600 445
* FireEye Inc. 29,700 437
  Brocade Communications    
  Systems Inc. 46,600 430
  InterDigital Inc. 5,300 420
  Tessera Technologies Inc. 10,600 407
  EarthLink Holdings Corp. 58,800 364
* Genpact Ltd. 14,600 350
  Marvell Technology    
  Group Ltd. 25,200 334
* Sohu.com Inc. 6,900 305
* Cree Inc. 11,200 288
* Photronics Inc. 26,839 277
  Maxim Integrated    
  Products Inc. 6,500 260
* Nuance Communications    
  Inc. 17,051 247
* RetailMeNot Inc. 24,647 244
* WebMD Health Corp. 4,700 234
  NIC Inc. 9,700 228
* Take-Two Interactive    
  Software Inc. 4,600 207
* First Solar Inc. 4,540 179
* CommScope Holding Co.    
  Inc. 5,900 178

 

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Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Bankrate Inc. 20,300 172
* II-VI Inc. 6,934 169
* CommVault Systems Inc. 3,100 165
* NeuStar Inc. Class A 5,500 146
* Blackhawk Network    
  Holdings Inc. 4,564 138
* Keysight Technologies Inc. 4,100 130
* Shutterstock Inc. 2,000 127
* ON Semiconductor Corp. 10,200 126
* Synopsys Inc. 2,100 125
* Kulicke & Soffa Industries    
  Inc. 9,581 124
* Akamai Technologies Inc. 2,100 111
* EchoStar Corp. Class A 2,507 110
* Acxiom Corp. 4,100 109
  Vishay Intertechnology Inc. 7,600 107
* Rudolph Technologies Inc. 5,900 105
* Net 1 UEPS Technologies    
  Inc. 12,100 104
* DHI Group Inc. 11,500 91
* Alpha & Omega    
  Semiconductor Ltd. 3,900 85
* ShoreTel Inc. 10,155 81
* Trimble Navigation Ltd. 2,800 80
* Endurance International    
  Group Holdings Inc. 8,033 70
* Calix Inc. 9,563 70
* Yelp Inc. Class A 1,600 67
* Zynga Inc. Class A 22,600 66
  Teradyne Inc. 3,000 65
* CyberArk Software Ltd. 1,300 64
* InvenSense Inc. 8,400 62
* Cimpress NV 600 61
* Advanced Energy Industries    
  Inc. 1,100 52
* Silicon Laboratories Inc. 800 47
  EVERTEC Inc. 2,800 47
* Sanmina Corp. 1,600 46
* Infoblox Inc. 1,700 45
* Semtech Corp. 1,600 44
* Intralinks Holdings Inc. 4,300 43
* CommerceHub Inc. 2,700 43
* Amkor Technology Inc. 4,300 42
* Rackspace Hosting Inc. 1,300 41
  NVE Corp. 682 40
* Sonus Networks Inc. 5,100 40
* TiVo Corp. 1,900 37
* Blucora Inc. 3,300 37
^ CPI Card Group Inc. 6,100 37
* XO Group Inc. 1,821 35
* TechTarget Inc. 4,200 34
* Lionbridge Technologies Inc. 5,700 28
* Ultratech Inc. 1,107 26
* Progress Software Corp. 900 24
* Web.com Group Inc. 1,400 24
* Angie’s List Inc. 2,300 23
* Zix Corp. 5,500 23
* CommerceHub Inc. Class A 1,350 21
* SunEdison Semiconductor    
  Ltd. 1,694 19
* Orbotech Ltd. 600 18
* Cavium Inc. 301 18
  Daktronics Inc. 1,600 15
* Aspen Technology Inc. 300 14
* A10 Networks Inc. 1,300 14
* Nimble Storage Inc. 1,500 13
  Amphenol Corp. Class A 200 13
* Ixia 1,000 12
* VASCO Data Security    
  International Inc. 700 12
* Carbonite Inc. 778 12
* Brightcove Inc. 900 12
* ACI Worldwide Inc. 600 12
  CDK Global Inc. 200 11
  Cognex Corp. 200 11
* Entegris Inc. 600 10
* Bazaarvoice Inc. 1,700 10
* NCR Corp. 300 10
  Jabil Circuit Inc. 400 9
* comScore Inc. 279 9
* SPS Commerce Inc. 100 7
* ScanSource Inc. 200 7
* Kemet Corp. 2,000 7
* OSI Systems Inc. 100 7
* Anixter International Inc. 100 6
  Plantronics Inc. 100 5
  Comtech    
  Telecommunications Corp. 402 5
* Wix.com Ltd. 110 5
* Care.com Inc. 400 4
* 2U Inc. 100 4
  Convergys Corp. 100 3
  Brooks Automation Inc. 200 3
* Ciber Inc. 1,744 2
* Dell Technologies Inc -    
  VMware Inc 18 1
      1,381,559
Materials (3.5%)    
  Dow Chemical Co. 576,754 29,893
  Air Products & Chemicals    
  Inc. 152,557 22,935
  LyondellBasell Industries    
  NV Class A 271,236 21,878
  Avery Dennison Corp. 267,415 20,802
  Monsanto Co. 199,292 20,368
  Sealed Air Corp. 393,054 18,010
  Praxair Inc. 97,910 11,830
  International Paper Co. 225,646 10,827
  Nucor Corp. 188,969 9,345
  Mosaic Co. 323,760 7,919

 

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Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  PPG Industries Inc. 76,045 7,860
  EI du Pont de Nemours    
  & Co. 97,200 6,510
  CF Industries Holdings Inc. 264,760 6,447
  Eastman Chemical Co. 77,671 5,257
  Vulcan Materials Co. 40,300 4,583
  Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 417,390 4,533
  Sherwin-Williams Co. 14,310 3,959
  Martin Marietta Materials    
  Inc. 11,095 1,987
  Ecolab Inc. 15,166 1,846
  Graphic Packaging    
  Holding Co. 124,300 1,739
  Newmont Mining Corp. 41,500 1,631
  FMC Corp. 31,166 1,507
  WR Grace & Co. 18,400 1,358
  International Flavors &    
  Fragrances Inc. 8,848 1,265
  Celanese Corp. Class A 18,700 1,245
  Barrick Gold Corp. 64,900 1,150
* Crown Holdings Inc. 12,600 719
  Ferroglobe plc 49,224 445
  SunCoke Energy Inc. 29,701 238
* Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 12,100 228
  Reliance Steel &    
  Aluminum Co. 2,900 209
  Southern Copper Corp. 7,000 184
* Berry Plastics Group Inc. 4,100 180
* Owens-Illinois Inc. 6,943 128
  Trinseo SA 2,100 119
* Constellium NV Class A 15,400 111
* Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 3,751 106
  Steel Dynamics Inc. 4,100 102
  Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 1,596 86
  HB Fuller Co. 1,800 84
* Boise Cascade Co. 3,200 81
  Mercer International Inc. 7,600 64
  Valspar Corp. 500 53
  Schweitzer-Mauduit    
  International Inc. 1,200 46
  Orion Engineered    
  Carbons SA 2,088 39
  Olympic Steel Inc. 1,700 38
* Ryerson Holding Corp. 3,200 36
  Olin Corp. 1,500 31
* TimkenSteel Corp. 2,600 27
* Intrepid Potash Inc. 22,100 25
* Coeur Mining Inc. 1,900 22
  Silgan Holdings Inc. 400 20
  KMG Chemicals Inc. 600 17
* Headwaters Inc. 848 14
  PH Glatfelter Co. 640 14
* GCP Applied Technologies Inc.  400 11
  Materion Corp. 299 9
* Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. 2,184 7
* Flotek Industries Inc. 428 6
* Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. 891 5
* Ferro Corp. 95 1
      230,189
Other (0.2%)    
  SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 51,072 11,047
* Safeway Inc. CVR (Casa Ley)    
  Exp. 01/30/2018 75,810 10
* Safeway Inc. CVR (PDC)    
  Exp. 01/30/2017 75,810 4
      11,061
Real Estate (3.4%)    
  Macerich Co. 390,586 31,587
  Prologis Inc. 580,804 31,096
  Crown Castle    
  International Corp. 208,958 19,686
  Public Storage 76,320 17,030
  HCP Inc. 422,612 16,038
  Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. 975,042 15,181
  Kimco Realty Corp. 514,630 14,899
  Equity Residential 184,799 11,888
  Welltower Inc. 111,838 8,362
  Simon Property Group Inc. 30,607 6,336
  Realty Income Corp. 94,198 6,305
  Weyerhaeuser Co. 177,745 5,677
  UDR Inc. 141,460 5,091
  Equity LifeStyle Properties    
  Inc. 61,300 4,731
  Realogy Holdings Corp. 165,500 4,280
  General Growth    
  Properties Inc. 135,330 3,735
  Federal Realty Investment    
  Trust 22,920 3,528
  Digital Realty Trust Inc. 33,200 3,224
  Ventas Inc. 37,547 2,652
  SL Green Realty Corp. 23,700 2,562
  Iron Mountain Inc. 67,590 2,537
  Apartment Investment &    
  Management Co. 54,620 2,508
  Retail Properties of    
  America Inc. 94,400 1,586
* Equity Commonwealth 48,900 1,478
  Boston Properties Inc. 8,562 1,167
  AvalonBay Communities Inc. 5,265 936
  Vornado Realty Trust 8,844 895
  Four Corners Property    
  Trust Inc. 40,604 866
  Paramount Group Inc. 31,426 515
  Brixmor Property Group Inc. 16,200 450
  Columbia Property Trust Inc. 12,200 273
  Brandywine Realty Trust 14,100 220
  Spirit Realty Capital Inc. 13,800 184
  Care Capital Properties Inc. 5,500 157

 

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Growth and Income Fund

        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
  Forest City Realty Trust Inc.    
  Class A   6,000 139
  Post Properties Inc.   1,765 117
  Outfront Media Inc.   4,700 111
  American Assets Trust Inc.   2,203 96
  Apple Hospitality REIT Inc.   3,100 57
  Ryman Hospitality      
  Properties Inc.   1,000 48
  Sun Communities Inc.   600 47
  American Campus      
  Communities Inc.   800 41
  InfraREIT Inc.   2,243 41
  CareTrust REIT Inc.   1,900 28
  Community Healthcare      
  Trust Inc.   900 20
  WP Carey Inc.   300 19
  Empire State Realty Trust Inc. 819 17
  HFF Inc. Class A   600 17
  Taubman Centers Inc.   208 15
  Monogram Residential      
  Trust Inc.   1,400 15
  Essex Property Trust Inc.   57 13
  Washington REIT   300 9
  Hospitality Properties Trust   300 9
  Parkway Properties Inc.   500 8
  National Health Investors Inc. 100 8
  Tier REIT Inc.   500 8
  Global Net Lease Inc.   400 3
  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc. 98 2
        228,548
Telecommunication Services (2.4%)  
  AT&T Inc. 1,880,099 76,351
  Verizon Communications      
  Inc. 1,167,978 60,711
  CenturyLink Inc. 555,021 15,224
* Level 3 Communications      
  Inc. 158,100 7,333
  Frontier Communications      
  Corp. 279,200 1,161
* Zayo Group Holdings Inc.   21,800 648
* SBA Communications      
  Corp. Class A   5,500 617
* Globalstar Inc.   71,000 86
  Telephone & Data      
  Systems Inc.   1,347 37
* United States Cellular Corp. 519 19
  Windstream Holdings Inc.   1,200 12
        162,199
Utilities (3.2%)      
  American Electric Power      
  Co. Inc. 303,996 19,520
  Entergy Corp. 248,922 19,100
  FirstEnergy Corp. 531,374 17,578
  NextEra Energy Inc. 138,920 16,993
  NiSource Inc. 615,342 14,836
  PPL Corp. 399,040 13,795
  CenterPoint Energy Inc. 540,650 12,559
  Sempra Energy 113,210 12,135
  Southern Co. 217,910 11,179
  Edison International 139,975 10,113
  Ameren Corp. 199,749 9,824
  Duke Energy Corp. 119,420 9,558
  NRG Energy Inc. 845,735 9,481
  PG&E Corp. 118,406 7,243
  Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 75,076 5,705
  Dominion Resources Inc. 74,984 5,569
  DTE Energy Co. 38,990 3,652
  Exelon Corp. 109,600 3,649
  AES Corp. 202,831 2,606
  Eversource Energy 42,355 2,295
  SCANA Corp. 18,620 1,347
  Public Service Enterprise    
  Group Inc. 25,430 1,065
  Alliant Energy Corp. 21,700 831
  Avangrid Inc. 8,700 363
  Atlantic Power Corp. 99,700 246
  Atmos Energy Corp. 2,695 201
  WGL Holdings Inc. 2,820 177
  NRG Yield Inc. 6,700 114
* Dynegy Inc. 6,900 85
  Hawaiian Electric    
  Industries Inc. 2,800 84
  ALLETE Inc. 1,301 77
  Vectren Corp. 1,200 60
  New Jersey Resources Corp. 1,700 56
  Chesapeake Utilities Corp. 688 42
  OGE Energy Corp. 1,300 41
  Black Hills Corp. 600 37
  PNM Resources Inc. 1,000 33
  National Fuel Gas Co. 500 27
  ONE Gas Inc. 300 18
  MGE Energy Inc. 300 17
  El Paso Electric Co. 300 14
  Spire Inc. 200 13
  Consolidated Edison Inc. 146 11
  MDU Resources Group Inc. 400 10
      212,359
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $5,544,577)   6,489,698
Temporary Cash Investments (2.4%)1  
Money Market Fund (2.2%)    
2,3 Vanguard Market    
  Liquidity Fund, 0.640%  1,441,460 144,160

 

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Growth and Income Fund

    Face Market
    Amount Value
    ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.2%)
4 Federal Home Loan    
  Bank Discount Notes,    
  0.431%, 1/25/17 6,600 6,593
5 United States Treasury    
  Bill, 0.318%, 10/20/16 6,000 6,000
      12,593
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $156,733)   156,753
Total Investments (100.2%)    
(Cost $5,701,310)   6,646,451
 
      Amount
      ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.2%)  
Other Assets    
Investment in VGI   511
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 52,706
Receivables for Accrued Income   8,695
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 2,310
Other Assets   853
Total Other Assets   65,075
Liabilities    
Payables for Investment Securities  
  Purchased   (52,771)
Collateral for Securities on Loan   (8,671)
Payables to Investment Advisor   (1,523)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (3,173)
Payables to Vanguard   (11,730)
Other Liabilities   (5)
Total Liabilities   (77,873)
Net Assets (100%)   6,633,653
At September 30, 2016, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 5,403,565
Undistributed Net Investment Income 27,778
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 255,837
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 945,141
Futures Contracts 1,332
Net Assets 6,633,653
 
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 66,447,343 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 2,801,145
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Investor Shares $42.16
 
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 55,681,379 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 3,832,508
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Admiral Shares $68.83

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
^ Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $8,443,000.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures
investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 99.7% and 0.5%, respectively, 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.
3 Includes $8,671,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
4 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by the full
faith and credit of the U.S. government.
5 Securities with a value of $5,300,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
CVR—Contingent Value Rights.
REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Growth and Income Fund

Statement of Operations

  Year Ended
  September 30, 2016
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 151,368
Interest2 719
Securities Lending—Net 311
Total Income 152,398
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 7,103
Performance Adjustment (154)
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 5,640
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 3,647
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 503
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 260
Custodian Fees 227
Auditing Fees 41
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 70
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 20
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 9
Total Expenses 17,366
Net Investment Income 135,032
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 298,854
Futures Contracts 17,101
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 315,955
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 409,832
Futures Contracts 3,760
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 413,592
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 864,579
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $11,000.
2 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $686,000 and ($3,000), respectively.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Year Ended September 30,
  2016 2015
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 135,032 109,469
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 315,955 348,167
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 413,592 (438,192)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 864,579 19,444
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (53,764) (50,108)
Admiral Shares (70,386) (57,404)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (152,494) (180,933)
Admiral Shares (181,922) (179,399)
Total Distributions (458,566) (467,844)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (67,371) (82,169)
Admiral Shares 427,504 501,641
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 360,133 419,472
Total Increase (Decrease) 766,146 (28,928)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 5,867,507 5,896,435
End of Period2 6,633,653 5,867,507
1 Includes fiscal 2016 and 2015 short-term gain distributions totaling $65,407,000 and $830,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions
are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $27,778,000 and $16,881,000.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $39.55 $42.69 $36.02 $30.73 $23.86
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income . 852 .729 . 671 . 631 . 549
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 4.813 (.541) 6.639 5.288 6.846
Total from Investment Operations 5.665 .188 7.310 5.919 7.395
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.790) (.724) (. 640) (. 629) (. 525)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (2.265) (2.604)
Total Distributions (3.055) (3.328) (.640) (.629) (.525)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $42.16 $39.55 $42.69 $36.02 $30.73
 
Total Return1 14.79% 0.22% 20.42% 19.54% 31.27%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $2,801 $2,691 $2,979 $2,869 $2,798
Ratio of Total Expenses to          
Average Net Assets2 0.34% 0.34% 0.37% 0.36% 0.36%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.09% 1.70% 1.67% 1.90% 1.94%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 96% 116% 133% 109% 102%

1 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.
2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.02%, 0.01%, and 0.01%.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $64.57 $69.71 $58.82 $50.18 $38.97
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income 1.466 1.272 1.176 1.097 .952
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 7.855 (.897) 10.833 8.633 11.168
Total from Investment Operations 9.321 .375 12.009 9.730 12.120
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.364) (1.264) (1.119) (1.090) (.910)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (3.697) (4.251)
Total Distributions (5.061) (5.515) (1.119) (1.090) (.910)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $68.83 $64.57 $69.71 $58.82 $50.18
 
Total Return1 14.91% 0.31% 20.55% 19.69% 31.40%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $3,833 $3,177 $2,917 $2,157 $1,591
Ratio of Total Expenses to          
Average Net Assets2 0.23% 0.23% 0.26% 0.26% 0.25%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.20% 1.81% 1.78% 2.00% 2.05%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 96% 116% 133% 109% 102%

1 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.
2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.02%, 0.01%, and 0.01%.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Growth and Income 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. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

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 materially 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 board of trustees to represent fair value. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity 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. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

2. 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.

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate settlement values of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets 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 futures gains (losses).

During the year ended September 30, 2016, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 2% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values 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 all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (September 30, 2013–2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

5. 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 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 absence 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 Net Assets for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. 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.

6. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees 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 this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2016, or at any time during the period then ended.

7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. 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.

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B. The investment advisory firms D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C., and Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, 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 fees of D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C., and Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc. are subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the S&P 500 Index for the preceding three years.

Vanguard provides investment advisory services to a portion of the fund as described below; the fund paid Vanguard advisory fees of $1,425,000 for the year ended September 30, 2016.

For the year ended September 30, 2016, the aggregate investment advisory fee paid to all advisors represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.11% of the fund’s average net assets, before a decrease of $154,000 (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 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. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At September 30, 2016, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $511,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.20% of Vanguard’s capitalization. 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 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2016, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 6,489,684 14
Temporary Cash Investments 144,160 12,593
Futures Contracts—Assets1 688
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (5)
Total 6,634,527 12,593 14
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

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E. At September 30, 2016, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2016 1,158 125,087 1,332

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

F. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes. These differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

Certain of the fund’s investments are in securities considered to be passive foreign investment companies, for which any unrealized appreciation and/or realized gains are required to be included in distributable net income for tax purposes. During the year ended September 30, 2016, the fund realized gains on the sale of passive foreign investment companies of $15,000, which have been included in current and prior periods’ taxable income; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income.

The fund used a tax accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of capital shares redeemed during the year as distributions from realized capital gains. Accordingly, the fund has reclassified $16,714,000 from accumulated net realized gains to paid-in capital.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2016, the fund had $52,319,000 of ordinary income and $256,251,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

At September 30, 2016, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $5,713,802,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $932,649,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $1,049,270,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $116,621,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

G. During the year ended September 30, 2016, the fund purchased $5,951,721,000 of investment securities and sold $5,886,853,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

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H. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

  Year Ended September 30,
  2016 2015
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 230,757 5,725 316,336 7,469
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 200,200 4,990 225,186 5,491
Redeemed (498,328) (12,298) (623,691) (14,720)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (67,371) (1,583) (82,169) (1,760)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 543,550 8,207 646,610 9,344
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 235,763 3,601 221,904 3,311
Redeemed (351,809) (5,325) (366,873) (5,305)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 427,504 6,483 501,641 7,350

 

I. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to September 30, 2016, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard Quantitative Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Growth and Income Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vanguard Growth and Income Fund (constituting a separate portfolio of Vanguard Quantitative Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at September 30, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 10, 2016

Special 2016 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Growth and Income Fund

This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, is included pursuant to provisions
of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund distributed $284,987,000 as capital gain dividends (20% rate gain distributions) to
shareholders during the fiscal year.

For nonresident alien shareholders, 100% of short-term capital gain dividends distributed by the fund
are qualified short-term capital gains.

The fund distributed $131,874,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.

For corporate shareholders, 92.7% of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains,
if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.

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Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns

This table presents returns for your fund both before and after taxes. The after-tax returns are shown in two ways: (1) assuming that an investor owned the fund during the entire period and paid taxes on the fund’s distributions, and (2) assuming that an investor paid taxes on the fund’s distributions and sold all shares at the end of each period.

Calculations are based on the highest individual federal income tax and capital gains tax rates in effect at the times of the distributions and the hypothetical sales. State and local taxes were not considered. After-tax returns reflect any qualified dividend income, using actual prior-year figures and estimates for 2016. (In the example, returns after the sale of fund shares may be higher than those assuming no sale. This occurs when the sale would have produced a capital loss. The calculation assumes that the investor received a tax deduction for the loss.)

The table shows returns for Investor Shares only; returns for other share classes will differ. Please note that your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. Also note that if you own the fund in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan, this information does not apply to you. Such accounts are not subject to current taxes.

Finally, keep in mind that a fund’s performance—whether before or after taxes—does not guarantee future results.

Average Annual Total Returns: Growth and Income Fund Investor Shares    
Periods Ended September 30, 2016      
 
  One Five Ten
  Year Years Years
Returns Before Taxes 14.79% 16.80% 6.64%
Returns After Taxes on Distributions 12.62 15.70 5.78
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 9.63 13.49 5.27

 

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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 September 30, 2016      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
Growth and Income Fund 3/31/2016 9/30/2016 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,062.16 $1.86
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,062.81 1.29
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.20 $1.82
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,023.75 1.26

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 0.36% for Investor Shares and 0.25% 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 (183/366).

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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

The board of trustees of Vanguard Growth and Income Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangements with D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. (DESIM), Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc. (LA Capital), and The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Quantitative Equity Group. The board determined that renewing the fund’s advisory arrangements was in the best interest of the fund and its shareholders.

The board based its decision 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 monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year directing 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 monthly reports, which included a Market and Economic Report, a Fund Dashboard Monthly Summary, and a Fund Performance Report.

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 each advisor’s investment management services provided to the fund since 2011, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of each advisor. The board considered the following:

DESIM. Founded in 2005, DESIM is a global investment management and technology development firm. The firm employs quantitative models that seek to capture predominantly “bottom-up” stock-specific return opportunities while aiming to control overall portfolio risk and characteristics, such as size, sector weights, and style, to be similar to those of the benchmark. The firm focuses on return drivers that it considers “idiosyncratic,” or those that other quantitative managers tend to overlook, and de-emphasizes the use of traditional factors such as value, growth, and momentum, as these factors are more subject to crowding from other quantitative managers. DESIM has managed a portion of the fund since 2011.

LA Capital. LA Capital was formed in 2002 from the equity portion of Wilshire Asset Management. The firm employs a controlled, dynamic investment model, gradually assigning new prices to key equity risks as market conditions evolve and investor preferences shift. The price of factor risk evolves over time in a way that can be captured in a model, similar to changes in cost of capital. The model uses more than 50 factors to actively weight stocks, including value, momentum, quality, sector, and market capitalization. The team applies statistical techniques to reduce noise in the factor returns and it looks for velocity and acceleration of the cleansed factor performance over the prior six months. LA Capital has managed a portion of the fund since 2011.

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Vanguard. Vanguard has been managing investments for more than three decades. The Quantitative Equity Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth. Vanguard has managed a portion of the fund since 2011.

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 fund’s investment performance since each advisor began managing the fund in 2011, 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. Information about the fund’s most recent performance can be found in the Performance Summary section of this report.

Cost

The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was well below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expense rate was also well below its peer-group average. Information about the fund’s expense ratio appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements section, which also includes information about the fund’s advisory expense rate.

The board did not consider profitability of DESIM and LA Capital 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 board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique “at-cost” structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees and produces “profits” only in the form of reduced expenses for fund shareholders.

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 DESIM and LA Capital. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets managed by each advisor increase. The board also concluded that the fund’s at-cost arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as the fund’s assets managed by Vanguard increase.

The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangements again after a one-year period.

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Glossary

30-Day SEC Yield. A fund’s 30-day SEC yield is derived using a formula specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the formula, data related to the fund’s security holdings in the previous 30 days are used to calculate the fund’s hypothetical net income for that period, which is then annualized and divided by the fund’s estimated average net assets over the calculation period. For the purposes of this calculation, a security’s income is based on its current market yield to maturity (for bonds), its actual income (for asset-backed securities), or its projected dividend yield (for stocks). Because the SEC yield represents hypothetical annualized income, it will differ—at times significantly—from the fund’s actual experience. As a result, the fund’s income distributions may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC yield.

Beta. A measure of the magnitude of a fund’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of a given market index. The index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 typically would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%. For this report, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index. Note that a fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition). The lower the R-squared, the less correlation there is between the fund and the index, and the less reliable beta is as an indicator of volatility.

Dividend Yield. Dividend income earned by stocks, expressed as a percentage of the aggregate market value (or of net asset value, for a fund). The yield is determined by dividing the amount of the annual dividends by the aggregate value (or net asset value) at the end of the period. For a fund, the dividend yield is based solely on stock holdings and does not include any income produced by other investments.

Earnings Growth Rate. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the past five years for the stocks now in a fund.

Equity Exposure. A measure that reflects a fund’s investments in stocks and stock futures. Any holdings in short-term reserves are excluded.

Expense Ratio. A fund’s total annual operating expenses expressed as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets. The expense ratio includes management and administrative expenses, but does not include the transaction costs of buying and selling portfolio securities.

Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund represented by securities or depositary receipts of companies based outside the United States.

Inception Date. The date on which the assets of a fund (or one of its share classes) are first invested in accordance with the fund’s investment objective. For funds with a subscription period, the inception date is the day after that period ends. Investment performance is measured from the inception date.

Median Market Cap. An indicator of the size of companies in which a fund invests; the midpoint of market capitalization (market price x shares outstanding) of a fund’s stocks, weighted by the proportion of the fund’s assets invested in each stock. Stocks representing half of the fund’s assets have market capitalizations above the median, and the rest are below it.

Price/Book Ratio. The share price of a stock divided by its net worth, or book value, per share. For a fund, the weighted average price/book ratio of the stocks it holds.

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Price/Earnings Ratio. The ratio of a stock’s current price to its per-share earnings over the past year. For a fund, the weighted average P/E of the stocks it holds. P/E is an indicator of market expectations about corporate prospects; the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for a company’s future growth.

R-Squared. A measure of how much of a fund’s past returns can be explained by the returns from the market in general, as measured by a given index. If a fund’s total returns were precisely synchronized with an index’s returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If the fund’s returns bore no relationship to the index’s returns, its R-squared would be 0. For this report, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.

Return on Equity. The annual average rate of return generated by a company during the past five years for each dollar of shareholder’s equity (net income divided by shareholder’s equity). For a fund, the weighted average return on equity for the companies whose stocks it holds.

Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.

Turnover Rate. An indication of the fund’s trading activity. Funds with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and may be more likely to distribute capital gains (which may be taxable to investors). The turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, which have minimal impact on costs.

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them on an at-cost basis.

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 198 Vanguard funds.

The following table provides information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

InterestedTrustee1
F. William McNabb III
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of
the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past
Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the
Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of
the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Group, since January 2010; Director of The Vanguard
Group since 2008; Chief Executive Officer and
President of The Vanguard Group, and of each of
the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing
Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard
Group (1995–2008).
 
IndependentTrustees
Emerson U. Fullwood
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Executive Chief Staff and Marketing
Officer for North America and Corporate Vice President
(retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document manage-
ment products and services); Executive in Residence
and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at
the Rochester Institute of Technology; Lead Director
of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing);
Director of the United Way of Rochester, the University
of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Community
College Foundation, North Carolina A&T University,
and Roberts Wesleyan College.
Rajiv L. Gupta
Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of
Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Tyco
International plc (diversified manufacturing and
services), HP Inc. (printer and personal computer
manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive plc
(automotive components); Senior Advisor at
New Mountain Capital.

 

Amy Gutmann

Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Other Experience: President of the University of
Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne Distinguished
Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and
Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg
School for Communication, with secondary faculty
appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School
of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of
Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the
National Constitution Center; Chair of the Presidential
Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.

 

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Other Experience: Corporate Vice President and
Chief Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008) and
Member of the Executive Committee (1997–2008)
of Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical
devices/consumer products); Director of Skytop
Lodge Corporation (hotels) and the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation; Member of the Advisory
Board of the Institute for Women’s Leadership
at Rutgers University.

 


 

F. Joseph Loughrey
Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer
(retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery);
Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized
consumer services), and of Oxfam America; Director
of SKF AB (industrial machinery), Hyster-Yale Materials
Handling, Inc. (forklift trucks), the Lumina Foundation
for Education, and the V Foundation for Cancer
Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the
College of Arts and Letters and of the Advisory Board
to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both
at the University of Notre Dame.

 

Mark Loughridge

Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology
services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan
Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical
Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.

 

Scott C. Malpass

Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice
President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant
Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of
Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame
403(b) Investment Committee, the Board of Advisors
for Spruceview Capital Partners, and the Investment
Advisory Committee of Major League Baseball; Board
Member of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc., and Catholic
Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisors).

 

André F. Perold

Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and
Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School
(retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Managing
Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment
firm); Director of Rand Merchant Bank; Overseer of
the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

 

Peter F. Volanakis

Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Other Experience: President and Chief Operating
Officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated
(communications equipment); Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Colby-Sawyer College;
Member of the Advisory Board of the Norris
Cotton Cancer Center.
Executive Officers  
Glenn Booraem  
Born 1967. Treasurer Since May 2015. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group,
Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies
served by The Vanguard Group; Controller of each of
the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Group (2010–2015); Assistant Controller of each of
the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Group (2001–2010).

 

Thomas J. Higgins

Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard
Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the
investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Treasurer of each of the investment companies served
by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).

 

Peter Mahoney

 
Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Head of Global Fund Accounting at The
Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the invest-
ment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard
Group (2008–2014).  

 

Anne E. Robinson

 
Born 1970. Secretary Since September 2016. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group,
Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group; Secretary
of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment
companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director
and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing
Corporation; Managing Director and General Counsel
of Global Cards and Consumer Services at Citigroup
(2014–2016); Counsel at American Express (2003–2014).
 
Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam
Mortimer J. Buckley James M. Norris
Kathleen C. Gubanich Thomas M. Rampulla
Martha G. King Glenn W. Reed
John T. Marcante Karin A. Risi
Chris D. McIsaac Michael Rollings
 
Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
John J. Brennan  
Chairman, 1996–2009  
Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
 
Founder  
John C. Bogle  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.
2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.


 

 

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Annual Report | September 30, 2016

Vanguard Structured Equity Funds

Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund


 

A new format, unwavering commitment

As you begin reading this report, you’ll notice that we’ve made some improvements to the opening sections—based on feedback from you, our clients.

Page 1 starts with a new ”Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance,” a concise, handy summary of how your fund performed during the period.

In the renamed ”Chairman’s Perspective,” Bill McNabb will focus on enduring principles and investment insights.

We’ve modified some tables, and eliminated some redundancy, but we haven’t removed any information.

At Vanguard, we’re always looking for better ways to communicate and to help you make sound investment decisions. Thank you for entrusting your assets to us.

Contents  
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 3
Advisor’s Report. 6
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund. 9
Structured Broad Market Fund. 25
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 43
Glossary. 45

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice.
Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the
risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.
See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.
About the cover: No matter what language you speak, Vanguard has one consistent message and set of principles. Our primary
focus is on you, our clients. We conduct our business with integrity as a faithful steward of your assets. This message is shown
translated into seven languages, reflecting our expanding global presence.


 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• The Vanguard Structured Equity Funds trailed their benchmark returns for the 12 months ended September 30, 2016, but outperformed the average returns of their peer groups.

• Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund returned more than 14%. It lagged its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, by about 1 percentage point.

• Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund returned nearly 12%, about 3 percentage points less than its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

• In most cases, sector performance was positive in both funds but below that of the corresponding benchmark sectors. Information technology and real estate companies were among the funds’ strongest performers. Energy and health care were among both funds’ biggest relative detractors.

• On November 17, 2016, the board of trustees for the Structured Broad Market Fund and the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund approved liquidation of each fund effective February 22, 2017. The funds are closed to new investors and new investments. See the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.

Total Returns: Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016  
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund  
Institutional Shares 14.36%
Institutional Plus Shares 14.42
S&P 500 Index 15.43
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 12.38
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.  

 

Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund  
Institutional Shares 11.60%
Institutional Plus Shares 11.66
Russell 3000 Index 14.96
Multi-Cap Core Funds Average 10.97
Multi-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.  
Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares are available to certain institutional investors who meet specific administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

 

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Total Returns: Ten Years Ended September 30, 2016  
  Average
  Annual Return
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund Institutional Shares 7.41%
S&P 500 Index 7.24
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 5.89
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
 
Structured Broad Market Fund Institutional Shares (Returns since inception: 11/30/2006) 7.00%
Russell 3000 Index 6.88
Multi-Cap Core Funds Average 5.32
Multi-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

The figures shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. (Current performance may be
lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our
website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so
an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

If you think you’ve had reason to feel uneasy about the investment environment lately, you’re not imagining things. In just the past few months, we’ve seen economic uncertainty, intense political polarization, and super-low bond yields. Yet at the same time, the stock market kept pushing higher.

In this confusing and sometimes contradictory climate, you may be asking yourself a question that I hear often: How do I make sense of all this, keep investing, and still get a good night’s sleep?

As with any problem, there are multiple ways to go at it. But there’s one approach in particular that is simple, straightforward, and nearly foolproof: Save more money. Not only can saving more give you a greater sense of control over your investment plan, it can help compensate for long-term returns that, in our estimation, could fall short of historical averages.

I love the way one of our investment pros put it. Fran Kinniry this summer told The Wall Street Journal, “Investing is always a partnership between you and the markets.” He explained that the markets carried more than their fair share of the weight for a couple of decades, through the 1990s, providing outsized returns that made the investor’s half of the partnership relatively light work. “But now you are going to have to be the majority partner.”

Sobering? Sure. Hopeless? Definitely not.

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Over the 12 months since last September, U.S. stocks returned 15%, though the rise has not been a one-way ticket straight up. International markets have also posted strong returns, but lower than those of the broad U.S. market. The decision by United Kingdom voters in June to exit the European Union came as a surprise but caused market heartburn for only a few days.

In fixed income, yields remained extremely low—about 1.60% on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note at the end of September, after dipping below 1.40% over the summer. And bond yields in some international markets were negative.

Even this relatively small window of time illustrates a truism of the financial markets: There will always be segments that perform well and others that don’t. Saving more saves you from trying to control the uncontrollable—how economies and the markets perform. And it keeps you in control of one of the most vital parts of your investment program.

Although the “save more” logic is easy to grasp, it’s not always easy to follow. Bills, illness, the loss of a job—these can affect any of us.

But whatever our circumstances, figuring out how to save more is worth the effort. It requires that we make difficult decisions to forgo some consumption today to increase the likelihood of consuming (or consuming more) in the future. This is the very heart of investing. Sacrifices are never fun, so consider carrying them out systematically and in doses that you

Market Barometer      
  Average Annual Total Returns
  Periods Ended September 30, 2016
  One Three Five
  Year Years Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 14.93% 10.78% 16.41%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 15.47 6.71 15.82
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 14.96 10.44 16.36
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 9.62 0.71 6.50
 
Bonds      
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index      
(Broad taxable market) 5.19% 4.03% 3.08%
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index      
(Broad tax-exempt market) 5.58 5.54 4.48
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.20 0.06 0.06
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 1.46% 1.03% 1.25%

 

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can be comfortable with—for instance, gradually getting up to the max in your IRA, or adding a percentage point or so to the amount you stash in your employer’s retirement plan. As a point of reference, we generally suggest that investors strive for a retirement savings rate of 12%–15%, including any employer contributions.

If you need more convincing about the wisdom of the “save more” course of action, it might be helpful to examine your alternatives. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it hits on a few of the big ones, and none are without risk.

• Reach for yield. With yields so low on many types of bonds, it’s tempting to find the corners of the fixed income market where payouts are juicier. But with the juice comes considerable risk. You need to be aware that you’d be taking on more risk—and how much more.

• Go all-in on a hot-performing asset class or fund. By now, you know better than that, right?

• Sit tight. This approach isn’t a terrible idea; it’s better than panicking and deciding to just “do something,” particularly if that means changing your approach in response to the market’s movements.

Here’s the inescapably challenging part of your partnership with the markets: In the short run, your “partner” is fickle, emotional, and wildly unpredictable. But in the long run, your partner is mostly rational and extremely helpful.

The best way to minimize your vulnerability to the market’s mood swings, and to maximize the benefit of your partner’s longer-term strengths, is to expect less and save more. Maybe the markets will deliver better-than-expected returns. Maybe they’ll be consistent with our more modest expectations. In either case, a higher savings rate can help put you in a better position to reach your goals.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 18, 2016

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Advisor’s Report

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund returned 14.36% for Institutional Shares, underperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, by 1.07 percentage points. Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund returned 11.60% for Institutional Shares, underperforming its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, by 3.36 percentage points.

U.S. equities produced strong returns for the 12 months but experienced above-average volatility during the first half of the period. This was reflected in the CBOE Market Volatility Index; the average VIX level was 18.72 during the first half, compared with 14.45 during the second half. The broad U.S. equity market, as represented by the Russell 3000 Index, was up 14.96%, small-capitalization stocks outperformed large-caps by 0.54 percentage point, and value-oriented stocks outpaced their growth counterparts by 2.74 percentage points.

Globally, the U.S. equity market continued to outperform international markets, while emerging markets outpaced developed markets. Within the broad U.S. equity market, all 11 sectors generated positive returns. Information technology, industrial, and consumer staples companies performed the strongest. Although results in telecommunication services, financials, and utilities were still positive, these sectors contributed the least to the broad market return.

Growth around the globe remains subdued. The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 0.8% in the first quarter of 2016 and 1.4% in the second. Positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures, exports, and nonresidential fixed investments were partly offset by declines in private inventory investment and residential fixed investment.

The International Monetary Fund estimated that the global economy grew at an annual rate of 2.9% over the first half of 2016, slightly weaker than in the second half of 2015. Brexit is still unfolding, as the long-term arrangements between the United Kingdom and the European Union will remain uncertain for some time.

Commodity prices also partly recovered. After hitting a ten-year low in January 2016, oil prices rallied by 50% to $45 in August, mostly because of production outages. Nonfuel commodity prices also have increased, with metals prices rising 12% and agricultural commodity prices 9%.

Although it’s important to understand how overall performance is affected by these macroeconomic factors, our approach to investing focuses on specific fundamentals—not technical analysis of stock price movements. We compare all stocks in our investment universe within the same industry group to identify those with characteristics that we believe will outperform over the long run.

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To do this, we use a strict quantitative process that systematically focuses on several key fundamental factors. We believe that attractive stocks exhibit five key characteristics: high quality––healthy balance sheets and steady cash-flow generation; effective use of capital––sound investment policies that favor internal over external funding; consistent earnings growth––the ability to grow earnings year after year; strong market sentiment––market confirmation of our view; and reasonable valuation––avoidance of overpriced stocks.

Using these five themes, we generate a composite rank for all the stocks in our universe each day, seeking to capitalize on investor biases across the market. We monitor our portfolio based on those rankings and adjust when appropriate to maximize expected returns, while minimizing exposure to risks that our research indicates do not improve returns (such as industry selection and other risks relative to our benchmark).

Our portfolio focuses on the attractive stocks from our model that we expect will exhibit future outperformance over time. However, as with any investment management process, there will be periods when our model doesn’t perform as expected. Unfortunately, over the latest fiscal year, the stocks that outperformed had characteristics that our model doesn’t pursue. Although we are disappointed with the performance results, it’s important to remind our investors that we maintain our commitment through different market environments to stocks that have solid fundamentals and that we believe will outperform in the long run.

Among the components of our model, management decisions performed best and sentiment the worst for both the Structured Large-Cap Fund and the Structured Broad Market Fund. We always maintain a positive view on each of our five submodels, but we recently introduced a dynamic weighting process that shifts their relative importance through time. This process successfully underweighted the sentiment component and increased the weight of the management decisions component, which mitigated our under-performance over the period.

Performance was inconsistent across sectors. The Structured Large-Cap Fund produced positive stock selection results in four of the 11 sectors in the benchmark, benefiting the most from strong selection in financials, information technology, and real estate. Our selection was weak in energy, health care, and industrials. The Structured Broad Market Fund produced positive stock selection results in two sectors, real estate and IT; energy, financials, and health care were among the biggest laggards.

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Structured Large-Cap Fund

At the individual stock level, overweight positions in NVIDIA (+181%) and Navient (+35%) contributed significantly. And relative to the benchmark, we benefited from underweighting or avoiding poorly performing stocks such as Wells Fargo (–11%) and American Express (–12%).

Unfortunately, we were not able to avoid all poor performers. Overweight positions in Gilead Sciences (–18%) and Ensco (–26%) detracted from results. Underweighting companies that the fundamentals in our model did not positively identify, such as Chevron (+36%) and UnitedHealth Group (+23%), hurt overall performance relative to our benchmark.

Structured Broad Market Fund

At the individual stock level, overweight positions in Advanced Micro Devices (+301%), Cirrus Logic (+68%) and CoreSite Realty (+48%) helped significantly. We also benefited from underweighting or avoiding poorly performing stocks such as Cognizant Technology Solutions (–23%) and CVS Health (–6%).

Overweight positions in Teekay Tankers (–60%), Santander Consumer USA Holdings (–40%), and Infinity Pharmaceuticals (–82%) significantly hurt relative results. Underweighting companies that the fundamentals in our model did not positively identify, such as Spectra Energy (+71%) and Medtronic (+32%), further reduced performance relative to our benchmark.

We believe that the Structured Large-Cap Equity and Structured Broad Market Funds offer a strong mix of stocks with attractive valuations and growth characteristics relative to their benchmarks. Although we recognize that risk can reward or punish us in the near term, we continue to believe that constructing a portfolio that emphasizes the key fundamentals within our model will benefit investors over the long term.

We thank you for your investment and look forward to the coming fiscal year.

Portfolio Managers:

James P. Stetler, Principal

Michael R. Roach, CFA

Anatoly Shtekhman, CFA

Binbin Guo, Principal, Head of Equity
Research and Portfolio Strategies

Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group

October 20, 2016

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Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2016

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Institutional Institutional
  Shares Plus Shares
Ticker Symbol VSLIX VSLPX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.16%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.85% 1.89%

 

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
      U.S.
      Total
      Market
    S&P 500 FA
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 171 505 3,850
Median Market Cap $30.4B $81.0B $51.8B
Price/Earnings Ratio 17.7x 22.2x 23.7x
Price/Book Ratio 2.7x 2.9x 2.8x
Return on Equity 17.0% 17.5% 16.6%
Earnings Growth      
Rate 8.5% 7.3% 7.6%
Dividend Yield 2.2% 2.1% 2.0%
Foreign Holdings 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 67%
Short-Term      
Reserves -0.1%

 

Volatility Measures    
    DJ
    U.S. Total
  S&P 500 Market
  Index FA Index
R-Squared 0.98 0.98
Beta 1.00 0.98
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Apple Inc. Technology  
  Hardware, Storage &  
  Peripherals 2.7%
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals 2.2
Alphabet Inc. Internet Software &  
  Services 2.2
General Electric Co. Industrial  
  Conglomerates 1.9
Microsoft Corp. Systems Software 1.9
Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 1.4
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Diversified Banks 1.3
Citigroup Inc. Diversified Banks 1.3
Verizon Communications Integrated  
Inc. Telecommunication  
  Services 1.2
Amazon.com Inc. Internet & Direct  
  Marketing Retail 1.2
Top Ten   17.3%
The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

 

Investment Focus

 

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2016. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, the expense ratios were
0.20% for Institutional Shares and 0.16% for Institutional Plus Shares.

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Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
      DJ
      U.S. Total
    S&P 500 Market
  Fund Index FA Index
Consumer      
Discretionary 12.5% 12.5% 12.8%
Consumer Staples 9.8 9.9 8.7
Energy 7.3 7.3 6.7
Financials 12.9 12.8 13.3
Health Care 14.7 14.7 14.2
Industrials 9.8 9.7 10.3
Information      
Technology 21.3 21.2 20.7
Materials 2.9 2.9 3.3
Real Estate 3.0 3.1 4.3
Telecommunication      
Services 2.6 2.6 2.4
Utilities 3.2 3.3 3.3

 

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Performance Summary

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Cumulative Performance: September 30, 2006, Through September 30, 2016
Initial Investment of $5,000,000

 

    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2016  
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $5,000,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  Structured Large-Cap Equity        
  Fund*Institutional Shares 14.36% 17.29% 7.41% $10,219,455
••••••• S&P 500 Index 15.43 16.37 7.24 10,056,827
– – – – Large-Cap Core Funds Average 12.38 14.49 5.89 8,865,689
  Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Float Adjusted Index 14.93 16.30 7.49 10,296,052
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

        Final Value
  One Five Ten of a $200,000,000
  Year Years Years Investment
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund Institutional        
Plus Shares 14.42% 17.36% 7.49% $411,718,229
S&P 500 Index 15.43 16.37 7.24 354,627,557
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Float        
Adjusted Index 14.93 16.30 7.49 411,842,079

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2006, Through September 30, 2016


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Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2016

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (99.7%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (12.5%)  
* Amazon.com Inc. 7,984 6,685
  Target Corp. 58,114 3,991
  Omnicom Group Inc. 41,668 3,542
  Ford Motor Co. 291,975 3,524
  Best Buy Co. Inc. 88,570 3,382
^ Nordstrom Inc. 63,293 3,284
  Carnival Corp. 66,953 3,269
  Marriott International Inc.    
  Class A 47,108 3,172
* Discovery Communications    
  Inc. Class A 117,742 3,170
  Kohl’s Corp. 70,400 3,080
  TEGNA Inc. 140,239 3,066
  Darden Restaurants Inc. 49,972 3,064
* Urban Outfitters Inc. 87,895 3,034
* O’Reilly Automotive Inc. 10,799 3,025
* Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. 62,929 2,944
  Leggett & Platt Inc. 62,779 2,861
  Gap Inc. 125,900 2,800
  News Corp. Class B 174,800 2,486
  Home Depot Inc. 17,444 2,245
  Whirlpool Corp. 12,300 1,994
  Comcast Corp. Class A 28,383 1,883
  Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 47,911 1,547
  Walt Disney Co. 15,234 1,415
  CBS Corp. Class B 13,039 714
  News Corp. Class A 44,600 623
  McDonald’s Corp. 2,085 240
  Foot Locker Inc. 974 66
      71,106
Consumer Staples (9.7%)    
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 86,143 6,213
  Altria Group Inc. 89,704 5,672
^ Procter & Gamble Co. 48,779 4,378
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 32,898 4,150
  General Mills Inc. 61,314 3,917
  Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 51,089 3,815
  ConAgra Foods Inc. 77,316 3,642
  Sysco Corp. 70,750 3,467
  Colgate-Palmolive Co. 41,875 3,104
  Campbell Soup Co. 55,947 3,060
  JM Smucker Co. 22,117 2,998
  Dr Pepper Snapple    
  Group Inc. 29,167 2,663
  Kroger Co. 77,842 2,310
  Coca-Cola Co. 52,614 2,227
  PepsiCo Inc. 18,192 1,979
  Philip Morris    
  International Inc. 17,441 1,696
  CVS Health Corp. 2,002 178
      55,469
Energy (7.3%)    
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 92,630 8,085
  Apache Corp. 62,892 4,017
  Devon Energy Corp. 80,382 3,546
  ONEOK Inc. 68,800 3,536
  Cimarex Energy Co. 24,100 3,238
  Diamond Offshore    
  Drilling Inc. 180,787 3,184
* Southwestern Energy Co. 218,623 3,026
* Newfield Exploration Co. 69,495 3,020
  Chevron Corp. 28,178 2,900
* Transocean Ltd. 264,067 2,815
  Ensco plc Class A 251,615 2,139
  Valero Energy Corp. 21,949 1,163
  Tesoro Corp. 6,202 493
  Schlumberger Ltd. 4,402 346
      41,508
Financials (12.9%)    
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 113,219 7,539
  Citigroup Inc. 152,705 7,212
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    
  Class B 36,705 5,303
  American Express Co. 67,000 4,291

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Prudential Financial Inc. 52,106 4,254
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 34,795 3,986
  Capital One Financial Corp. 53,000 3,807
  Aflac Inc. 52,362 3,763
  Bank of New York    
  Mellon Corp. 90,609 3,613
  Discover Financial Services 62,575 3,539
  Wells Fargo & Co. 79,782 3,533
  Regions Financial Corp. 349,264 3,447
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 33,860 3,378
  Bank of America Corp. 215,673 3,375
  Navient Corp. 224,942 3,255
  Unum Group 91,405 3,228
  Fifth Third Bancorp 152,345 3,117
  SunTrust Banks Inc. 59,646 2,612
  Assurant Inc. 646 60
      73,312
Health Care (14.7%)    
  Johnson & Johnson 107,502 12,699
  Amgen Inc. 35,850 5,980
  Eli Lilly & Co. 65,287 5,240
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 95,990 5,176
* Express Scripts Holding Co. 58,288 4,111
  Baxter International Inc. 79,637 3,791
  Merck & Co. Inc. 59,556 3,717
* HCA Holdings Inc. 46,370 3,507
  Anthem Inc. 27,206 3,409
  Zoetis Inc. 65,272 3,395
* Hologic Inc. 86,943 3,376
* Mettler-Toledo    
  International Inc. 8,000 3,359
  Pfizer Inc. 97,712 3,309
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 69,923 3,293
  AmerisourceBergen Corp.    
  Class A 40,036 3,234
  CR Bard Inc. 13,812 3,098
  PerkinElmer Inc. 53,617 3,008
  McKesson Corp. 16,397 2,734
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 25,124 1,988
  Aetna Inc. 12,657 1,461
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 7,680 1,075
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 6,473 1,030
  Medtronic plc 7,520 650
* Biogen Inc. 2,037 638
  AbbVie Inc. 3,749 236
      83,514
Industrials (9.8%)    
  General Electric Co. 374,822 11,102
  Delta Air Lines Inc. 101,190 3,983
  Northrop Grumman Corp. 17,047 3,647
  Ingersoll-Rand plc 51,800 3,519
* Quanta Services Inc. 123,746 3,464
  Southwest Airlines Co. 89,030 3,462
  Stanley Black & Decker Inc. 27,891 3,430
  L-3 Communications    
  Holdings Inc. 22,096 3,331
* United Rentals Inc. 40,921 3,212
  Masco Corp. 92,543 3,175
  Alaska Air Group Inc. 48,143 3,171
  Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 22,000 3,006
  PACCAR Inc. 46,800 2,751
  Rockwell Automation Inc. 17,200 2,104
  Expeditors International    
  of Washington Inc. 24,600 1,267
  Pitney Bowes Inc. 29,745 540
* Jacobs Engineering    
  Group Inc. 7,650 396
  3M Co. 1,400 247
      55,807
Information Technology (21.2%)  
  Apple Inc. 137,309 15,523
  Microsoft Corp. 184,842 10,647
* Alphabet Inc. Class A 10,509 8,450
* Facebook Inc. Class A 45,581 5,847
  Accenture plc Class A 44,219 5,402
  NVIDIA Corp. 64,802 4,440
  Applied Materials Inc. 137,700 4,152
  Texas Instruments Inc. 59,085 4,147
  HP Inc. 266,990 4,146
* Alphabet Inc. Class C 5,135 3,991
* eBay Inc. 119,000 3,915
  Intuit Inc. 35,237 3,876
  Seagate Technology plc 94,401 3,639
  Lam Research Corp. 36,839 3,489
* Fiserv Inc. 34,150 3,397
* Citrix Systems Inc. 39,725 3,385
  Western Union Co. 161,793 3,369
  Symantec Corp. 132,000 3,313
* F5 Networks Inc. 26,577 3,313
  Xerox Corp. 317,278 3,214
* Teradata Corp. 102,160 3,167
  CSRA Inc. 117,010 3,148
  Computer Sciences Corp. 50,400 2,631
  Hewlett Packard    
  Enterprise Co. 97,870 2,227
  Intel Corp. 55,968 2,113
  Visa Inc. Class A 21,512 1,779
  Cisco Systems Inc. 50,378 1,598
  International Business    
  Machines Corp. 7,312 1,161
  Oracle Corp. 23,888 938
* Electronic Arts Inc. 5,527 472
      120,889
Materials (2.9%)    
  Dow Chemical Co. 90,421 4,687
  LyondellBasell Industries    
  NV Class A 48,629 3,922
  Nucor Corp. 68,900 3,407

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Avery Dennison Corp. 42,271 3,288
  International Paper Co. 18,934 908
  Sherwin-Williams Co. 1,115 309
      16,521
Real Estate (2.9%)    
  Crown Castle    
  International Corp. 38,109 3,590
  Prologis Inc. 64,743 3,466
  HCP Inc. 87,000 3,302
  Macerich Co. 39,355 3,182
  Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. 194,134 3,023
  Realty Income Corp. 2,730 183
      16,746
Telecommunication Services (2.6%)  
  Verizon    
  Communications Inc. 133,662 6,948
  AT&T Inc. 117,056 4,753
  CenturyLink Inc. 116,765 3,203
      14,904
Utilities (3.2%)    
  PPL Corp. 95,824 3,313
  Entergy Corp. 41,720 3,201
  FirstEnergy Corp. 96,528 3,193
  Edison International 44,061 3,183
  NiSource Inc. 128,629 3,101
  AES Corp. 186,500 2,397
      18,388
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $471,397)   568,164
Temporary Cash Investments (0.4%)1  
Money Market Fund (0.3%)    
2,3 Vanguard Market    
  Liquidity Fund, 0.640% 17,737 1,774
 
    Face  
    Amount  
    ($000)  
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)
4,5 Federal Home Loan    
  Bank Discount Notes,    
  0.511%, 10/12/16 100 100
4,5 Federal Home Loan    
  Bank Discount Notes,    
  0.471%, 10/19/16 100 100
      200
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $1,973)   1,974
Total Investments (100.1%)    
(Cost $473,370)   570,138

 

  Amount
  ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.1%)  
Other Assets  
Investments in Vanguard 44
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 307
Receivables for Accrued Income 720
Other Assets 18
Total Other Assets 1,089
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities  
Purchased (1)
Collateral for Securities on Loan (993)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (5)
Payables to Vanguard (512)
Other Liabilities (1)
Total Liabilities (1,512)
Net Assets (100%) 569,715

 

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At September 30, 2016, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 443,038
Undistributed Net Investment Income 7,687
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 22,214
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 96,768
Futures Contracts 8
Net Assets 569,715
 
 
Institutional Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 2,179,041 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 90,367
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Institutional Shares $41.47
 
 
Institutional Plus Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 5,837,263 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 479,348
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Institutional Plus Shares $82.12

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
^ Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $977,000.
1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures
investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 100.0% and 0.1%, respectively,
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.
3 Includes $993,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
4 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by the full
faith and credit of the U.S. government.
5 Securities with a value of $200,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Year Ended
  September 30, 2016
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 12,682
Interest1 8
Securities Lending—Net 62
Total Income 12,752
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 507
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares 83
Management and Administrative—Institutional Plus Shares 276
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares 3
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Plus Shares 5
Custodian Fees 12
Auditing Fees 36
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares 2
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Plus Shares
Total Expenses 924
Net Investment Income 11,828
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 24,594
Futures Contracts 183
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 24,777
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 37,510
Futures Contracts 24
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 37,534
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 74,139
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $6,000 and ($1,000), respectively.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Year Ended September 30,
  2016 2015
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 11,828 11,535
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 24,777 101,772
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 37,534 (100,461)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 74,139 12,846
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Institutional Shares (1,885) (1,797)
Institutional Plus Shares (10,088) (11,950)
Realized Capital Gain    
Institutional Shares (3,050)
Institutional Plus Shares (16,098)
Total Distributions (31,121) (13,747)
Capital Share Transactions    
Institutional Shares (3,614) 31,286
Institutional Plus Shares (14,485) (223,798)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (18,099) (192,512)
Total Increase (Decrease) 24,919 (193,413)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 544,796 738,209
End of Period1 569,715 544,796
1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $7,687,000 and $7,832,000.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

Institutional Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $38.29 $38.88 $32.42 $27.83 $21.49
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income . 838 .7731 .710 .618 .531
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 4.523 (.355) 6.363 4.542 6.306
Total from Investment Operations 5.361 .418 7.073 5.160 6.837
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 833) (1.008) (. 613) (. 570) (. 497)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (1.348)
Total Distributions (2.181) (1.008) (.613) (.570) (.497)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $41.47 $38.29 $38.88 $32.42 $27.83
 
Total Return 14.36% 1.03% 22.08% 18.93% 32.32%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $90 $87 $58 $52 $15
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.20% 0.20% 0.24% 0.24% 0.24%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.10% 1.93% 1.86% 2.09% 2.10%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 67% 73% 68% 62% 64%
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

Institutional Plus Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $75.80 $76.94 $64.10 $55.02 $42.48
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income 1.691 1.5501 1.455 1.207 1.084
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 8.969 (.703) 12.586 9.037 12.466
Total from Investment Operations 10.660 .847 14.041 10.244 13.550
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.672) (1.987) (1.201) (1.164) (1.010)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (2.668)
Total Distributions (4.340) (1.987) (1.201) (1.164) (1.010)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $82.12 $75.80 $76.94 $64.10 $55.02
 
Total Return 14.42% 1.05% 22.17% 19.02% 32.42%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $479 $458 $680 $612 $497
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.16% 0.16% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.14% 1.97% 1.93% 2.16% 2.17%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 67% 73% 68% 62% 64%
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity 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: Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares. Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

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 materially 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 board of trustees to represent fair value. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity 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. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

2. 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.

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate settlement values of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets 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 futures gains (losses).

During the year ended September 30, 2016, 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 aggregate settlement values 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 all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (September 30, 2013–2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

5. 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 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 absence 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 Net Assets for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. 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.

6. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees 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 this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2016, or at any time during the period then ended.

7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. 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.

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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. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At September 30, 2016, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $44,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.02% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

C. 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 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2016, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 568,164
Temporary Cash Investments 1,774 200
Futures Contracts—Assets1 9
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (1)
Total 569,946 200
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At September 30, 2016, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2016 14 1,512 8

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

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E. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes. These differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2016, the fund had $8,121,000 of ordinary income and $22,213,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

At September 30, 2016, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $473,370,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $96,768,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $106,308,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $9,540,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2016, the fund purchased $372,615,000 of investment securities and sold $410,392,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

  Year Ended September 30,
  2016 2015
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Institutional Shares        
Issued 7,965 203 83,381 2,068
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 3,786 97 1,272 33
Redeemed (15,365) (389) (53,367) (1,328)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares (3,614) (89) 31,286 773
Institutional Plus Shares        
Issued 828 10 2,279 28
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 16,131 209
Redeemed (31,444) (423) (226,077) (2,825)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Plus Shares (14,485) (204) (223,798) (2,797)

 

At September 30, 2016, one shareholder was the record or beneficial owner of 84% of the fund’s net assets. In October 2016, such shareholder redeemed $476,000,000 (84% of the fund’s net assets on the redemption date) from the fund. After the redemption, a separate shareholder became the record or beneficial owner of 43% of the fund’s post redemption net assets. If that shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption may result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, lead to the realization of taxable capital gains, or cause the remaining shareholders to receive distributions representing a disproportionate share of the fund’s ordinary income and long-term capital gains.

H. On November 17, 2016, the board of trustees approved the liquidation and dissolution of the fund. In light of the pending liquidation, the fund intends to declare and pay its calendar-year-end distribution earlier than scheduled; such distribution will consist primarily of the ordinary income and long-term capital gains available for distribution at September 30, 2016 (as discussed in Note E).

Management has determined that no other material events or transactions occurred subsequent to September 30, 2016, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2016

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Institutional Institutional
  Shares Plus Shares
Ticker Symbol VSBMX VSBPX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.16%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.91% 1.90%

 

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
      U.S.
      Total
    Russell Market
    3000 FA
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 213 2,955 3,850
Median Market Cap $23.3B $53.8B $51.8B
Price/Earnings Ratio 17.7x 23.6x 23.7x
Price/Book Ratio 2.5x 2.8x 2.8x
Return on Equity 16.0% 16.6% 16.6%
Earnings Growth      
Rate 9.6% 7.6% 7.6%
Dividend Yield 2.2% 2.0% 2.0%
Foreign Holdings 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 78%
Short-Term      
Reserves 0.0%

 

Volatility Measures    
    DJ
  Russell U.S. Total
  3000 Market
  Index FA Index
R-Squared 0.97 0.97
Beta 0.99 0.99
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Alphabet Inc. Internet Software &  
  Services 2.4%
Apple Inc. Technology  
  Hardware, Storage &  
  Peripherals 2.2
Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 2.0
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals 2.0
General Electric Co. Industrial  
  Conglomerates 1.7
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Diversified Banks 1.6
Microsoft Corp. Systems Software 1.4
Merck & Co. Inc. Pharmaceuticals 1.3
Verizon Communications Integrated  
Inc. Telecommunication  
  Services 1.3
Bank of America Corp. Diversified Banks 1.3
Top Ten   17.2%
The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

 

Investment Focus

 

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2016. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, the expense ratios were 0.20% for Institutional Shares and 0.16% for Institutional Plus Shares.

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Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
      DJ
    Russell U.S. Total
    3000 Market
  Fund Index FA Index
Consumer      
Discretionary 12.7% 12.8% 12.8%
Consumer Staples 8.8 8.8 8.7
Energy 6.8 6.7 6.7
Financials 13.4 13.4 13.3
Health Care 14.2 14.1 14.2
Industrials 10.2 10.3 10.3
Information      
Technology 20.6 20.6 20.7
Materials 3.3 3.3 3.3
Real Estate 4.3 4.3 4.3
Telecommunication      
Services 2.4 2.4 2.4
Utilities 3.3 3.3 3.3

 

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Performance Summary

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Cumulative Performance: November 30, 2006, Through September 30, 2016
Initial Investment of $5,000,000


    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2016  
        Since Final Value
    One Five Inception of a $5,000,000
    Year Years (11/30/2006) Investment
  Structured Broad Market        
  Fund*Institutional Shares 11.60% 17.54% 7.00% $9,724,072
••••••• Russell 3000 Index 14.96 16.36 6.88 9,618,582
– – – – Multi-Cap Core Funds Average 10.97 13.82 5.32 8,324,917
  Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Float Adjusted Index 14.93 16.30 6.99 9,716,287
Multi-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the Institutional Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

 

        Final Value
  One Five Ten of a $200,000,000
  Year Years Years Investment
Structured Broad Market Fund Institutional        
Plus Shares 11.66% 17.61% 7.58% $415,359,978
Russell 3000 Index 14.96 16.36 7.37 352,034,495
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Float        
Adjusted Index 14.93 16.30 7.49 411,842,079

 

The fund commenced operations as a registered investment company on October 3, 2006. The fund's performance includes the performance
of a predecessor trust, Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Structured Broad Market Trust, from September 30, 2005, to October 3, 2006.

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): November 30, 2006, Through September 30, 2016


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Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2016

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (99.4%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (12.7%)  
  Home Depot Inc. 41,891 5,391
* Amazon.com Inc. 5,370 4,496
  Target Corp. 45,617 3,133
  Lear Corp. 20,854 2,528
^ Nordstrom Inc. 47,379 2,458
  Marriott International Inc.    
  Class A 35,834 2,413
  Darden Restaurants Inc. 39,339 2,412
* Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. 51,417 2,406
* Liberty SiriusXM Group    
  Class A 70,782 2,405
* Smith & Wesson    
  Holding Corp. 89,580 2,382
  News Corp. Class B 164,695 2,342
  International Game    
  Technology plc 95,562 2,330
  Big Lots Inc. 46,997 2,244
  Comcast Corp. Class A 33,587 2,228
  Children’s Place Inc. 26,600 2,125
  Omnicom Group Inc. 24,568 2,088
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 27,712 2,001
  Carnival Corp. 39,689 1,938
  Regal Entertainment    
  Group Class A 59,517 1,294
* Discovery Communications    
  Inc. Class A 42,120 1,134
* Cooper-Standard Holding Inc. 8,548 845
  Ford Motor Co. 68,992 833
  Sturm Ruger & Co. Inc. 13,039 753
  Walt Disney Co. 7,553 701
  Whirlpool Corp. 2,470 401
* American Axle    
  & Manufacturing    
  Holdings Inc. 20,677 356
  PVH Corp. 3,207 354
  Rent-A-Center Inc. 21,762 275
  Leggett & Platt Inc. 5,539 252
      54,518
Consumer Staples (8.8%)    
  Altria Group Inc. 73,593 4,653
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 60,842 4,388
  ConAgra Foods Inc. 62,127 2,927
  Sysco Corp. 56,868 2,787
  PepsiCo Inc. 25,569 2,781
  Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 36,054 2,692
  Energizer Holdings Inc. 50,295 2,513
^ Procter & Gamble Co. 26,067 2,340
  Dean Foods Co. 142,120 2,331
  Philip Morris    
  International Inc. 23,057 2,242
* Herbalife Ltd. 35,398 2,194
  JM Smucker Co. 16,171 2,192
  Coca-Cola Co. 23,046 975
  SpartanNash Co. 21,408 619
  Universal Corp. 7,338 427
^ Natural Health Trends Corp. 14,014 396
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 2,883 364
  Ingles Markets Inc.    
  Class A 8,326 329
* USANA Health    
  Sciences Inc. 2,235 309
* National Beverage Corp. 5,400 238
      37,697
Energy (6.7%)    
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 100,417 8,764
  Apache Corp. 40,244 2,570
* Newfield Exploration Co. 58,648 2,549
  Rowan Cos. plc    
  Class A 162,224 2,459
^ Ship Finance    
  International Ltd. 160,092 2,358
  Ensco plc Class A 244,125 2,075
  Tesoro Corp. 19,133 1,522
  Chevron Corp. 13,976 1,439
  Valero Energy Corp. 26,740 1,417
  Energen Corp. 15,278 882
  Devon Energy Corp. 19,733 871
^,* EP Energy Corp. Class A 177,337 777
  DHT Holdings Inc. 105,103 440

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Denbury Resources Inc. 88,292 285
  Baker Hughes Inc. 5,110 258
  Diamond Offshore    
  Drilling Inc. 14,187 250
      28,916
Financials (13.3%)    
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 103,714 6,906
  Bank of America Corp. 347,012 5,431
  Citigroup Inc. 105,772 4,996
  American Express Co. 51,626 3,306
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    
  Class B 20,912 3,021
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 25,852 2,961
  Aflac Inc. 39,776 2,859
  Discover Financial Services 48,619 2,749
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 26,662 2,660
  Navient Corp. 173,388 2,509
  MSCI Inc. Class A 28,859 2,422
  Universal Insurance    
  Holdings Inc. 95,617 2,410
  SunTrust Banks Inc. 51,210 2,243
  Prudential Financial Inc. 26,309 2,148
  Wells Fargo & Co. 46,412 2,055
  Assured Guaranty Ltd. 54,111 1,502
  Fifth Third Bancorp 63,170 1,292
  Bank of New York    
  Mellon Corp. 28,307 1,129
* KCG Holdings Inc.    
  Class A 60,557 940
  Regions Financial Corp. 83,159 821
  Nelnet Inc. Class A 17,728 716
* Walker & Dunlop Inc. 22,723 574
  Ally Financial Inc. 29,000 565
  Capital One Financial Corp. 5,712 410
* Flagstar Bancorp Inc. 9,784 272
  Marsh & McLennan    
  Cos. Inc. 3,230 217
      57,114
Health Care (14.1%)    
  Johnson & Johnson 71,358 8,430
  Merck & Co. Inc. 89,421 5,581
  Amgen Inc. 25,951 4,329
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 73,220 3,948
  Eli Lilly & Co. 47,514 3,814
* Express Scripts Holding Co. 44,745 3,156
  Aetna Inc. 26,577 3,068
  Anthem Inc. 23,503 2,945
  Baxter International Inc. 58,537 2,786
* HCA Holdings Inc. 36,745 2,779
  AmerisourceBergen Corp.    
  Class A 31,396 2,536
* WellCare Health Plans Inc. 21,023 2,462
  Pfizer Inc. 71,948 2,437
* PRA Health Sciences Inc. 42,331 2,392
* INC Research Holdings Inc.    
  Class A 53,058 2,365
* Charles River Laboratories    
  International Inc. 25,398 2,117
  McKesson Corp. 9,990 1,666
* Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. 23,700 1,244
* Hologic Inc. 22,278 865
* Quintiles Transnational    
  Holdings Inc. 8,922 723
* Healthways Inc. 19,136 506
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2,516 352
  Medtronic plc 2,617 226
      60,727
Industrials (10.1%)    
  General Electric Co. 251,564 7,451
  L-3 Communications    
  Holdings Inc. 16,844 2,539
  Masco Corp. 73,831 2,533
  Huntington Ingalls    
  Industries Inc. 15,894 2,438
  Owens Corning 45,549 2,432
  Global Brass & Copper    
  Holdings Inc. 83,259 2,405
  Quad/Graphics Inc. 89,424 2,389
  BWX Technologies Inc. 61,630 2,365
  Insteel Industries Inc. 65,173 2,362
* Wabash National Corp. 164,082 2,337
* Hawaiian Holdings Inc. 47,506 2,309
  Delta Air Lines Inc. 54,472 2,144
  SkyWest Inc. 79,548 2,101
* United Rentals Inc. 25,741 2,020
  Alaska Air Group Inc. 24,960 1,644
* Spirit AeroSystems    
  Holdings Inc. Class A 33,187 1,478
* ACCO Brands Corp. 65,835 635
  Southwest Airlines Co. 11,383 443
  Herman Miller Inc. 12,953 370
  Insperity Inc. 4,482 326
  Ennis Inc. 16,006 270
  Briggs & Stratton Corp. 13,098 244
  General Cable Corp. 14,997 225
      43,460
Information Technology (20.5%)  
  Apple Inc. 84,335 9,534
* Alphabet Inc. Class A 8,410 6,762
  Microsoft Corp. 105,293 6,065
  Accenture plc Class A 32,128 3,925
* Alphabet Inc. Class C 4,406 3,425
* Facebook Inc. Class A 25,606 3,284
  NVIDIA Corp. 45,627 3,126
  HP Inc. 187,013 2,904
* Advanced Micro    
  Devices Inc. 379,453 2,622
  Computer Sciences Corp. 47,614 2,486
  Booz Allen Hamilton    
  Holding Corp. Class A 76,569 2,420
* GoDaddy Inc. Class A 69,624 2,404
* Manhattan Associates Inc. 41,514 2,392

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  EarthLink Holdings Corp. 381,214 2,364
* Extreme Networks Inc. 523,510 2,351
  SYNNEX Corp. 20,564 2,347
* Sykes Enterprises Inc. 82,881 2,331
  CSG Systems    
  International Inc. 56,351 2,329
* MaxLinear Inc. 111,124 2,253
  International Business    
  Machines Corp. 13,419 2,132
  CSRA Inc. 66,042 1,777
  CDW Corp. 35,867 1,640
  Texas Instruments Inc. 22,906 1,608
* First Data Corp. Class A 116,556 1,534
* Aspen Technology Inc. 32,749 1,532
* Cirrus Logic Inc. 27,151 1,443
^ Leidos Holdings Inc. 30,683 1,328
* Wix.com Ltd. 26,000 1,129
  Intel Corp. 29,439 1,111
* Teradata Corp. 35,694 1,107
* Sigma Designs Inc. 117,383 914
* NCR Corp. 25,763 829
  Visa Inc. Class A 10,025 829
* TTM Technologies Inc. 71,883 823
  Cisco Systems Inc. 23,383 742
* Tech Data Corp. 5,733 486
  Intuit Inc. 4,293 472
* eBay Inc. 11,927 392
* NeoPhotonics Corp. 23,471 384
  Science Applications    
  International Corp. 3,954 274
  Oracle Corp. 5,406 212
      88,022
Materials (3.3%)    
  Steel Dynamics Inc. 97,575 2,438
  Trinseo SA 42,682 2,414
  Commercial Metals Co. 146,662 2,375
* AK Steel Holding Corp. 462,216 2,233
  Rayonier Advanced    
  Materials Inc. 114,827 1,535
  Dow Chemical Co. 16,291 844
  LyondellBasell Industries    
  NV Class A 9,526 768
* Coeur Mining Inc. 60,189 712
* Ryerson Holding Corp. 44,046 497
  Cabot Corp. 6,059 318
      14,134
Real Estate (4.3%)    
  Hospitality Properties Trust 81,317 2,417
  CBL & Associates    
  Properties Inc. 187,421 2,275
  Government Properties    
  Income Trust 99,530 2,251
  DuPont Fabros    
  Technology Inc. 54,569 2,251
Select Income REIT 80,121 2,155
Lexington Realty Trust 156,828 1,615
Senior Housing    
Properties Trust 67,818 1,540
Washington Prime    
Group Inc. 86,496 1,071
WP Carey Inc. 11,744 758
Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. 35,845 663
Communications Sales    
& Leasing Inc. 13,207 415
VEREIT Inc. 38,431 399
Care Capital Properties Inc. 9,703 277
Ryman Hospitality    
Properties Inc. 4,654 224
    18,311
Telecommunication Services (2.4%)  
Verizon    
Communications Inc. 105,226 5,470
AT&T Inc. 64,521 2,620
CenturyLink Inc. 52,863 1,450
* Cincinnati Bell Inc. 200,505 818
    10,358
Utilities (3.2%)    
Edison International 36,660 2,649
FirstEnergy Corp. 75,103 2,485
Entergy Corp. 32,019 2,457
PPL Corp. 69,492 2,402
NiSource Inc. 98,505 2,375
MDU Resources Group Inc. 40,852 1,039
National Fuel Gas Co. 10,842 586
    13,993
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $347,767)   427,250
Temporary Cash Investments (1.5%)1  
Money Market Fund (1.4%)    
2,3 Vanguard Market    
Liquidity Fund, 0.640% 62,073 6,208
 
  Face  
  Amount  
  ($000)  
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)
4 United States Treasury    
Bill, 0.312%, 12/8/16 200 200
United States Treasury    
Bill, 0.270%, 12/29/16 200 200
    400
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $6,607)   6,608
Total Investments (100.9%)    
(Cost $354,374)   433,858

 

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  Amount
  ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.9%)  
Other Assets  
Investment in Vanguard 39
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 545
Receivables for Accrued Income 549
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 25
Other Assets 4 160
Total Other Assets 1,318
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities  
Purchased (689)
Collateral for Securities on Loan (4,023)
Payables to Vanguard (340)
Other Liabilities (161)
Total Liabilities (5,213)
Net Assets (100%) 429,963
At September 30, 2016, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 291,380
Undistributed Net Investment Income 8,922
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 50,162
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 79,484
Futures Contracts 15
Net Assets 429,963
 
 
Institutional Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,198,051 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 40,380
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Institutional Shares $33.70
 
 
Institutional Plus Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 5,781,842 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 389,583
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Institutional Plus Shares $67.38

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
^ Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $3,857,000.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures
investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 99.9% and 1.0%, respectively,
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.
3 Includes $4,023,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
4 Securities with a value of $200,000 and cash of $146,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Year Ended
  September 30, 2016
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 13,104
Interest1 11
Securities Lending—Net 798
Total Income 13,913
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 495
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares 34
Management and Administrative—Institutional Plus Shares 308
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares 1
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Plus Shares 6
Custodian Fees 11
Auditing Fees 34
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares 1
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Plus Shares 1
Total Expenses 891
Net Investment Income 13,022
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 49,849
Futures Contracts 312
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 50,161
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities (3,724)
Futures Contracts 62
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (3,662)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 59,521
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $9,000 and $0, respectively.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Year Ended September 30,
  2016 2015
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 13,022 10,839
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 50,161 48,798
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (3,662) (44,242)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 59,521 15,395
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Institutional Shares (640) (434)
Institutional Plus Shares (11,581) (9,024)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Institutional Shares (2,234) (3,078)
Institutional Plus Shares (40,149) (61,848)
Total Distributions (54,604) (74,384)
Capital Share Transactions    
Institutional Shares 15,101 1,642
Institutional Plus Shares (140,471) 65,576
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (125,370) 67,218
Total Increase (Decrease) (120,453) 8,229
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 550,416 542,187
End of Period2 429,963 550,416
1 Includes fiscal 2016 and 2015 short-term gain distributions totaling $251,000 and $16,777,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as
ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $8,922,000 and $8,121,000.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

Institutional Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $33.24 $37.28 $32.59 $27.10 $21.03
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .7601 .662 .632 . 573 . 544
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 2.965 .394 5.996 5.492 5.973
Total from Investment Operations 3.725 1.056 6.628 6.065 6.517
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.727) (. 630) (. 564) (. 575) (. 447)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (2.538) (4.466) (1.374)
Total Distributions (3.265) (5.096) (1.938) (.575) (.447)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $33.70 $33.24 $37.28 $32.59 $27.10
 
Total Return 11.60% 2.80% 21.10% 22.85% 31.43%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $40 $25 $26 $16 $7
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.20% 0.20% 0.24% 0.24% 0.24%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.33% 1.86% 1.67% 1.94% 2.19%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 78% 66% 60% 63% 58%
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

Institutional Plus Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $66.43 $74.52 $65.15 $54.17 $42.02
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income 1.5621 1.355 1.303 1.186 1.122
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 5.923 .781 11.981 10.980 11.951
Total from Investment Operations 7.485 2.136 13.284 12.166 13.073
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.463) (1.302) (1.169) (1.186) (.923)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (5.072) (8.924) (2.745)
Total Distributions (6.535) (10.226) (3.914) (1.186) (.923)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $67.38 $66.43 $74.52 $65.15 $54.17
 
Total Return 11.66% 2.84% 21.16% 22.95% 31.56%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $390 $526 $516 $465 $379
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.16% 0.16% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.37% 1.90% 1.74% 2.01% 2.26%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 78% 66% 60% 63% 58%
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

 

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Structured Broad Market 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: Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares. Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

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 materially 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 board of trustees to represent fair value. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity 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. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

2. 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.

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate settlement values of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets 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 futures gains (losses).

During the year ended September 30, 2016, 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 aggregate settlement values 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 all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (September 30, 2013–2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

5. 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 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 absence 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 Net Assets for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. 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.

6. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees 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 this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2016, or at any time during the period then ended.

7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. 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.

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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. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At September 30, 2016, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $39,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.02% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

C. 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 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2016, based on the inputs used to value them.

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 427,250
Temporary Cash Investments 6,208 400
Futures Contracts—Assets1 14
Total 433,472 400
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At September 30, 2016, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2016 23 2,484 15

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

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E. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes. These differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2016, the fund had $9,195,000 of ordinary income and $50,172,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

At September 30, 2016, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $354,374,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $79,484,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $86,074,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $6,590,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2016, the fund purchased $420,489,000 of investment securities and sold $586,651,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

  Year Ended September 30,
  2016 2015
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Institutional Shares        
Issued 16,991 514
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,675 52 1,642 49
Redeemed (3,565) (106)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares 15,101 460 1,642 49
Institutional Plus Shares        
Issued 4,995 87 3,000 45
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 41,158 635 62,576 940
Redeemed (186,624) (2,856)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Plus Shares (140,471) (2,134) 65,576 985

 

At September 30, 2016, one shareholder was the record or beneficial owner of 90% of the fund’s net assets. In October 2016, such shareholder redeemed $219,000,000 (51% of the fund’s net assets on the redemption date) from the fund. If the shareholder were to redeem its remaining investment in the fund, the redemption may result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, lead to the realization of taxable capital gains, or cause the remaining shareholders to receive distributions representing a disproportionate share of the fund’s ordinary income and long-term capital gains.

H. On November 17, 2016, the board of trustees approved the liquidation and dissolution of the fund. In light of the pending liquidation, the fund intends to declare and pay its calendar-year-end distribution earlier than scheduled; such distribution will consist primarily of the ordinary income and long-term capital gains available for distribution at September 30, 2016 (as discussed in Note E).

Management has determined that no other material events or transactions occurred subsequent to September 30, 2016, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard Quantitative Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund and Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund: In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund and Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund (constituting separate portfolios of Vanguard Quantitative Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at September 30, 2016, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

As discussed in Note H to the financial statements, subsequent to year-end, the Board of Trustees approved a plan of liquidation for the Funds on November 17, 2016.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 18, 2016

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Special 2016 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Structured Equity Funds

This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, is included pursuant to provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code.

For nonresident alien shareholders, 100% of short-term capital gain dividends distributed by the
Structured Broad Market Fund are qualified short-term capital gains.

The funds distributed capital gain dividends (from net long-term capital gains) to shareholders during
the fiscal year as follows:

Fund ($000)
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund 19,148
Structured Broad Market Fund 42,132

 

The funds distributed qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year as follows:

 

Fund ($000)
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund 11,973
Structured Broad Market Fund 11,658

 

For corporate shareholders, the percentage of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) that qualifies for the dividends-received deduction is as follows:

 

Fund Percentage
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund 96.6%
Structured Broad Market Fund 77.3

 

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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 September 30, 2016      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
  3/31/2016 9/30/2016 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund      
Institutional Shares $1,000.00 $1,054.95 $1.13
Institutional Plus Shares 1,000.00 1,055.39 0.92
Structured Broad Market Fund      
Institutional Shares $1,000.00 $1,060.42 $1.08
Institutional Plus Shares 1,000.00 1,060.60 0.93
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund      
Institutional Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.90 $1.11
Institutional Plus Shares 1,000.00 1,024.10 0.91
Structured Broad Market Fund      
Institutional Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.95 $1.06
Institutional Plus Shares 1,000.00 1,024.10 0.91

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 Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund, 0.22% for Institutional Shares and 0.18% for Institutional Plus Shares; for the Structured
Broad Market Fund, 0.21% for Institutional Shares and 0.18% for Institutional Plus 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 (183/366).

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Glossary

30-Day SEC Yield. A fund’s 30-day SEC yield is derived using a formula specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the formula, data related to the fund’s security holdings in the previous 30 days are used to calculate the fund’s hypothetical net income for that period, which is then annualized and divided by the fund’s estimated average net assets over the calculation period. For the purposes of this calculation, a security’s income is based on its current market yield to maturity (for bonds), its actual income (for asset-backed securities), or its projected dividend yield (for stocks). Because the SEC yield represents hypothetical annualized income, it will differ—at times significantly—from the fund’s actual experience. As a result, the fund’s income distributions may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC yield.

Beta. A measure of the magnitude of a fund’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of a given market index. The index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 typically would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%. For this report, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index. Note that a fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition). The lower the R-squared, the less correlation there is between the fund and the index, and the less reliable beta is as an indicator of volatility.

Dividend Yield. Dividend income earned by stocks, expressed as a percentage of the aggregate market value (or of net asset value, for a fund). The yield is determined by dividing the amount of the annual dividends by the aggregate value (or net asset value) at the end of the period. For a fund, the dividend yield is based solely on stock holdings and does not include any income produced by other investments.

Earnings Growth Rate. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the past five years for the stocks now in a fund.

Equity Exposure. A measure that reflects a fund’s investments in stocks and stock futures. Any holdings in short-term reserves are excluded.

Expense Ratio. A fund’s total annual operating expenses expressed as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets. The expense ratio includes management and administrative expenses, but does not include the transaction costs of buying and selling portfolio securities.

Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund represented by securities or depositary receipts of companies based outside the United States.

Median Market Cap. An indicator of the size of companies in which a fund invests; the midpoint of market capitalization (market price x shares outstanding) of a fund’s stocks, weighted by the proportion of the fund’s assets invested in each stock. Stocks representing half of the fund’s assets have market capitalizations above the median, and the rest are below it.

Price/Book Ratio. The share price of a stock divided by its net worth, or book value, per share. For a fund, the weighted average price/book ratio of the stocks it holds.

Price/Earnings Ratio. The ratio of a stock’s current price to its per-share earnings over the past year. For a fund, the weighted average P/E of the stocks it holds. P/E is an indicator of market expectations about corporate prospects; the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for a company’s future growth.

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R-Squared. A measure of how much of a fund’s past returns can be explained by the returns from the market in general, as measured by a given index. If a fund’s total returns were precisely synchronized with an index’s returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If the fund’s returns bore no relationship to the index’s returns, its R-squared would be 0. For this report, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.

Return on Equity. The annual average rate of return generated by a company during the past five years for each dollar of shareholder’s equity (net income divided by shareholder’s equity). For a fund, the weighted average return on equity for the companies whose stocks it holds.

Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.

Turnover Rate. An indication of the fund’s trading activity. Funds with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and may be more likely to distribute capital gains (which may be taxable to investors). The turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, which have minimal impact on costs.

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them on an at-cost basis.

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 198 Vanguard funds.

The following table provides information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

InterestedTrustee1
F. William McNabb III
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of
the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past
Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the
Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of
the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Group, since January 2010; Director of The Vanguard
Group since 2008; Chief Executive Officer and
President of The Vanguard Group, and of each of
the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing
Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard
Group (1995–2008).
 
IndependentTrustees
Emerson U. Fullwood
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Executive Chief Staff and Marketing
Officer for North America and Corporate Vice President
(retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document manage-
ment products and services); Executive in Residence
and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at
the Rochester Institute of Technology; Lead Director
of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing);
Director of the United Way of Rochester, the University
of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Community
College Foundation, North Carolina A&T University,
and Roberts Wesleyan College.
Rajiv L. Gupta
Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of
Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Tyco
International plc (diversified manufacturing and
services), HP Inc. (printer and personal computer
manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive plc
(automotive components); Senior Advisor at
New Mountain Capital.

 

Amy Gutmann

Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Other Experience: President of the University of
Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne Distinguished
Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and
Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg
School for Communication, with secondary faculty
appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School
of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of
Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the
National Constitution Center; Chair of the Presidential
Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.

 

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Other Experience: Corporate Vice President and
Chief Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008) and
Member of the Executive Committee (1997–2008)
of Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical
devices/consumer products); Director of Skytop
Lodge Corporation (hotels) and the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation; Member of the Advisory
Board of the Institute for Women’s Leadership
at Rutgers University.

 


 

F. Joseph Loughrey
Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer
(retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery);
Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized
consumer services), and of Oxfam America; Director
of SKF AB (industrial machinery), Hyster-Yale Materials
Handling, Inc. (forklift trucks), the Lumina Foundation
for Education, and the V Foundation for Cancer
Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the
College of Arts and Letters and of the Advisory Board
to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both
at the University of Notre Dame.

 

Mark Loughridge

Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology
services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan
Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical
Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.

 

Scott C. Malpass

Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice
President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant
Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of
Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame
403(b) Investment Committee, the Board of Advisors
for Spruceview Capital Partners, and the Investment
Advisory Committee of Major League Baseball; Board
Member of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc., and Catholic
Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisors).

 

André F. Perold

Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and
Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School
(retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Managing
Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment
firm); Director of Rand Merchant Bank; Overseer of
the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

 

Peter F. Volanakis

Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Other Experience: President and Chief Operating
Officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated
(communications equipment); Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Colby-Sawyer College;
Member of the Advisory Board of the Norris
Cotton Cancer Center.
Executive Officers  
Glenn Booraem  
Born 1967. Treasurer Since May 2015. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group,
Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies
served by The Vanguard Group; Controller of each of
the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Group (2010–2015); Assistant Controller of each of
the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Group (2001–2010).  

 

Thomas J. Higgins

 
Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard
Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the
investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Treasurer of each of the investment companies served
by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).

 

Peter Mahoney

 
Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Head of Global Fund Accounting at The
Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the invest-
ment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard
Group (2008–2014).  

 

Anne E. Robinson

 
Born 1970. Secretary Since September 2016. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group,
Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group; Secretary
of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment
companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director
and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing
Corporation; Managing Director and General Counsel
of Global Cards and Consumer Services at Citigroup
(2014–2016); Counsel at American Express (2003–2014).
 
Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam
Mortimer J. Buckley James M. Norris
Kathleen C. Gubanich Thomas M. Rampulla
Martha G. King Glenn W. Reed
John T. Marcante Karin A. Risi
Chris D. McIsaac Michael Rollings
 
Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
John J. Brennan  
Chairman, 1996–2009  
Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
 
Founder  
John C. Bogle  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.
2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.


 

 

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Item 2: Code of Ethics. The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Ethics was amended during the reporting period covered by this report to make certain technical, non-material changes.

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert. All members of the Audit Committee have been determined by the Registrant’s Board of Trustees to be Audit Committee Financial Experts and to be independent: Rajiv L. Gupta, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, F. Joseph Loughrey, Mark Loughridge, and Peter F. Volanakis.

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

Audit Fees of the Registrant

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $111,000
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015: $101,000

Aggregate Audit Fees of Registered Investment Companies in the Vanguard Group.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $9,629,849
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015: $7,000,200

Includes fees billed in connection with audits of the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc. and Vanguard Marketing Corporation.

(b) Audit-Related Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $2,717,627
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015: $2,899,096

Includes fees billed in connection with assurance and related services provided to the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and Vanguard Marketing Corporation.

(c) Tax Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $254,050
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015: $353,389

Includes fees billed in connection with tax compliance, planning, and advice services provided to the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and Vanguard Marketing Corporation.


 

(d) All Other Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $214,225
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015: $202,313

Includes fees billed for services related to tax reported information provided to the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and Vanguard Marketing Corporation.

(e) (1) Pre-Approval Policies. The policy of the Registrant’s Audit Committee is to consider and, if appropriate, approve before the principal accountant is engaged for such services, all specific audit and non-audit services provided to: the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant. In making a determination, the Audit Committee considers whether the services are consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

     In the event of a contingency situation in which the principal accountant is needed to provide services in between scheduled Audit Committee meetings, the Chairman of the Audit Committee would be called on to consider and, if appropriate, pre-approve audit or permitted non-audit services in an amount sufficient to complete services through the next Audit Committee meeting, and to determine if such services would be consistent with maintaining the accountant’s independence. At the next scheduled Audit Committee meeting, services and fees would be presented to the Audit Committee for formal consideration, and, if appropriate, approval by the entire Audit Committee. The Audit Committee would again consider whether such services and fees are consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

     The Registrant’s Audit Committee is informed at least annually of all audit and non-audit services provided by the principal accountant to the Vanguard complex, whether such services are provided to: the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., or other entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant.

     (2) No percentage of the principal accountant’s fees or services were approved pursuant to the waiver provision of paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) For the most recent fiscal year, over 50% of the hours worked under the principal accountant’s engagement were not performed by persons other than full-time, permanent employees of the principal accountant.

(g) Aggregate Non-Audit Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $468,275
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015: $555,702


 

Includes fees billed for non-audit services provided to the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and Vanguard Marketing Corporation.

(h) For the most recent fiscal year, the Audit Committee has determined that the provision of all non-audit services was consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not Applicable.

Item 6: Investments.

Not Applicable.

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 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: Exhibits.


 

(a) Code of Ethics.
(b) Certifications.

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 QUANTITATIVE FUNDS
 
 
BY: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
F. WILLIAM MCNABB III 
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Date: November 17, 2016

 

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 QUANTITATIVE FUNDS
 
BY: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
F. WILLIAM MCNABB III 
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 

 

Date: November 17, 2016

 

 

VANGUARD QUANTITATIVE FUNDS
 
BY: /s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
  THOMAS J. HIGGINS
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 

 

Date: November 17, 2016

 

* By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson
Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on October 4, 2016 see file Number
33-32548, Incorporated by Reference.