Vanguard Growth and Income Fund DEFA14A Additional proxy soliciting materials

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The Vanguard Funds

Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders

Important Shareholder Information

Your vote is needed to elect fund trustees and to decide on important proposals

Dear Shareholder:

We recently sent you proxy materials concerning important proposals regarding your fund(s), which will be considered at a Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders on November 15, 2017, at the DoubleTree Paradise Valley-Scottsdale, 5401 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85250.

This reminder is being sent to you because you held shares in the fund(s) on the record date of August 16, 2017, and we have not received your vote. Your participation is important. You and your fellow shareholders are electing your fund trustees and voting on proposals designed to help your fund(s) operate more efficiently.

Your vote is critical to this process. Please vote promptly so we can avoid the extra cost of soliciting sufficient votes prior to the shareholder meeting, when voting will conclude.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

Read the enclosed materials and vote using one of these four options:

RMNDLTR 082017

August 16, 2017

Dear Valued Vanguard Shareholder:

We are writing to you as the authorized voting agent for the proxy ballots for your plan’s Vanguard fund holdings. We recently sent you proxy materials concerning important proposals regarding your Vanguard fund(s), which will be considered at a joint special meeting of shareholders on November 15, 2017, at the DoubleTree Paradise Valley-Scottsdale, 5401 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85250.

This notice is being sent to you because there are additional plan holdings that were not included in the original ballots. The enclosed proxy card(s) represent positions for these additional Vanguard funds held as of record date, August 16, 2017. We ask that you vote these ballots in addition to any that you have already received.

We have enclosed the proxy statement for your reference as you consider the proxy proposals. Please read the enclosed materials and vote using one of these four options:

	Vote online: Visit the website noted on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s)
	andfollow the instructions.
	Vote by mail: Mail your signed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) in the postage-paid
	envelope.
	Vote by phone: Call the toll-free number printed on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting
	instructionform(s) and follow the automated instructions. Available 7 days a week, 24 hours a
	day.
	Speak with a Computershare representative: Call 866-963-5746 with any proxy-related
	questions.Representatives can assist with voting and are available Monday through Friday from 9
	a.m. to 11 p.m., Eastern time, and Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., Eastern time.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

The Vanguard Funds

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund (VQNPX) DEFA14AAdditional proxy soliciting materials