UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NUMBER: 811-5628 NAME OF REGISTRANT: VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS ADDRESS OF REGISTRANT: PO BOX 2600, VALLEY FORGE, PA 19482 NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: ANNE E. ROBINSON PO 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: JULY 1, 2018 - JUNE 30, 2019 FUND: VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL SHORT-TERM BOND FUND The fund held no securities entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders during the reporting period.
SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of 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 MALVERN FUNDS By: /s/Mortimer J. Buckley Mortimer J. Buckley* Chief Executive Officer, President, and Trustee Date: August 28, 2019 *By: /s/Anne E. Robinson Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on January 18, 2018, see File Number 33-32216. Incorporated by Reference.