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: 811-07239
Name of Registrant: | Vanguard Horizon 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, 2019—March 31, 2020
Item 1: Reports to Shareholders
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Semiannual Report | March 31, 2020 |
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See the inside front cover for important information about access to your fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports. |
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Important information about access to shareholder reports
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of your fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent to you by mail, unless you specifically request them. Instead, you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted on the website and will be provided with a link to access the report.
If you have already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and do not need to take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the fund electronically by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you invest directly with the fund, by calling Vanguard at one of the phone numbers on the back cover of this report or by logging on to vanguard.com.
You may elect to receive paper copies of all future shareholder reports free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact the intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies. If you invest directly with the fund, you can call Vanguard at one of the phone numbers on the back cover of this report or log on to vanguard.com. Your election to receive paper copies will apply to all the funds you hold through an intermediary or directly with Vanguard.
Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses | 1 |
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Financial Statements | 4 |
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement | 18 |
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Liquidity Risk Management | 20 |
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.
Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
| Beginning | Ending | Expenses |
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Strategic Equity Fund | 9/30/2019 | 3/31/2020 | Period |
Based on Actual Fund Return | $1,000.00 | $735.21 | $0.74 |
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return | 1,000.00 | 1,024.15 | 0.86 |
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period is 0.17%. 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).
Strategic Equity Fund
Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2020
Communication Services | | | 4.1 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 9.5 | |
Consumer Staples | | | 3.3 | |
Energy | | | 1.8 | |
Financials | | | 13.8 | |
Health Care | | | 15.0 | |
Industrials | | | 14.1 | |
Information Technology | | | 19.6 | |
Materials | | | 5.4 | |
Real Estate | | | 8.4 | |
Utilities | | | 5.0 | |
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS"), except for the "Other" category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided a GICS classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard and Poor’s, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), and is licensed for use by Vanguard. Neither MSCI, S&P nor any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect to such standard or classification (or the results to be obtained by the use thereof), and all such parties hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to any such standard or classification. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall MSCI, S&P, any of its affiliates or any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
Strategic Equity Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2020
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
| | | Market |
| | | Value· |
| | Shares | ($000) |
Common Stocks (99.4%) | | |
Communication Services (4.1%) | |
* | Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. | 366,230 | 43,439 |
*,^ | Match Group Inc. | 450,901 | 29,777 |
*,^ | Discovery Inc. Class A | 1,200,627 | 23,340 |
| New York Times Co. Class A | 612,397 | 18,807 |
* | Bandwidth Inc. Class A | 249,136 | 16,764 |
* | Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One Class C | 447,849 | 12,195 |
* | Discovery Inc. Class C | 660,120 | 11,578 |
| News Corp. Class B | 1,267,597 | 11,396 |
* | MSG Networks Inc. | 929,267 | 9,479 |
| News Corp. Class A | 928,577 | 8,334 |
| Omnicom Group Inc. | 82,007 | 4,502 |
* | Liberty Media Corp-Liberty SiriusXM Class A | 116,232 | 3,683 |
| Cogent Communications Holdings Inc. | 40,975 | 3,359 |
* | EverQuote Inc. Class A | 110,195 | 2,893 |
| | | 199,546 |
Consumer Discretionary (9.5%) | |
| Best Buy Co. Inc. | 754,580 | 43,011 |
| PulteGroup Inc. | 1,261,602 | 28,159 |
* | Planet Fitness Inc. Class A | 575,825 | 28,043 |
| Whirlpool Corp. | 315,483 | 27,068 |
* | NVR Inc. | 8,819 | 22,657 |
* | RH | 217,598 | 21,862 |
| Rent-A-Center Inc. | 1,445,160 | 20,435 |
| H&R Block Inc. | 1,435,885 | 20,217 |
| Wingstop Inc. | 248,640 | 19,817 |
| Gentex Corp. | 869,598 | 19,270 |
| Domino’s Pizza Inc. | 44,105 | 14,293 |
| Autoliv Inc. | 307,483 | 14,147 |
* | Meritage Homes Corp. | 366,567 | 13,383 |
| Bloomin’ Brands Inc. | 1,597,888 | 11,409 |
| Newell Brands Inc. | 814,429 | 10,816 |
| Lithia Motors Inc. Class A | 119,178 | 9,748 |
* | SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. | 861,052 | 9,489 |
* | Taylor Morrison Home Corp. | 774,025 | 8,514 |
* | Murphy USA Inc. | 97,249 | 8,204 |
* | Adient plc | 884,007 | 8,018 |
| DR Horton Inc. | 234,462 | 7,972 |
| Aramark | 389,717 | 7,783 |
* | Stamps.com Inc. | 59,348 | 7,720 |
* | Qurate Retail Group Inc. QVC Group Class A | 1,137,608 | 6,945 |
| Brinker International Inc. | 452,662 | 5,436 |
| Toll Brothers Inc. | 252,546 | 4,862 |
* | AutoNation Inc. | 172,398 | 4,838 |
| Kohl’s Corp. | 321,272 | 4,687 |
* | Under Armour Inc. Class C | 580,441 | 4,678 |
| Brunswick Corp. | 121,261 | 4,289 |
* | LKQ Corp. | 207,459 | 4,255 |
| Big Lots Inc. | 281,741 | 4,006 |
| Pool Corp. | 17,784 | 3,499 |
* | Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. | 422,254 | 3,412 |
* | Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Class A | 4,911 | 3,214 |
| PetMed Express Inc. | 90,237 | 2,597 |
| Aaron’s Inc. | 113,153 | 2,578 |
| Dine Brands Global Inc. | 86,203 | 2,472 |
* | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. | 216,229 | 2,370 |
* | Asbury Automotive Group Inc. | 42,148 | 2,328 |
* | CarMax Inc. | 37,345 | 2,010 |
^ | Dillard’s Inc. Class A | 48,795 | 1,803 |
* | Deckers Outdoor Corp. | 12,413 | 1,663 |
* | Skyline Champion Corp. | 104,977 | 1,646 |
| Macy’s Inc. | 239,024 | 1,174 |
| Group 1 Automotive Inc. | 25,662 | 1,136 |
* | Installed Building Products Inc. | 19,598 | 781 |
| | | 458,714 |
Consumer Staples (3.3%) | | |
| Campbell Soup Co. | 834,944 | 38,541 |
| Bunge Ltd. | 438,434 | 17,989 |
| Coty Inc. Class A | 3,305,989 | 17,059 |
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| Casey’s General Stores Inc. | 125,135 | 16,579 |
* | Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. | 517,148 | 15,080 |
| Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. | 247,059 | 14,107 |
| McCormick & Co. Inc. | 78,212 | 11,044 |
| Ingles Markets Inc. Class A | 211,976 | 7,665 |
| Medifast Inc. | 108,656 | 6,791 |
* | Edgewell Personal Care Co. | 205,919 | 4,959 |
* | Darling Ingredients Inc. | 239,765 | 4,596 |
* | TreeHouse Foods Inc. | 101,743 | 4,492 |
* | USANA Health Sciences Inc. | 21,209 | 1,225 |
| | | 160,127 |
Energy (1.8%) | | |
* | Renewable Energy Group Inc. | 1,005,346 | 20,640 |
| HollyFrontier Corp. | 618,509 | 15,160 |
| Plains GP Holdings LP Class A | 2,430,686 | 13,636 |
*,^ | Southwestern Energy Co. | 7,307,348 | 12,349 |
| Devon Energy Corp. | 1,140,608 | 7,882 |
| Delek US Holdings Inc. | 488,532 | 7,699 |
^ | Range Resources Corp. | 1,649,240 | 3,760 |
*,^ | Denbury Resources Inc. | 12,457,437 | 2,300 |
| Peabody Energy Corp. | 444,806 | 1,290 |
*,^ | California Resources Corp. | 1,103,198 | 1,103 |
| | | 85,819 |
Financials (13.8%) | | |
| MSCI Inc. Class A | 197,925 | 57,192 |
| Primerica Inc. | 390,593 | 34,560 |
| Regions Financial Corp. | 3,568,523 | 32,010 |
| LPL Financial Holdings Inc. | 573,686 | 31,226 |
| Zions Bancorp NA | 1,111,729 | 29,750 |
| Equitable Holdings Inc. | 1,861,635 | 26,901 |
| Walker & Dunlop Inc. | 634,254 | 25,541 |
| Ally Financial Inc. | 1,754,999 | 25,325 |
* | Athene Holding Ltd. Class A | 1,016,981 | 25,241 |
| Voya Financial Inc. | 510,238 | 20,690 |
| MGIC Investment Corp. | 3,205,885 | 20,357 |
| Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 695,147 | 17,928 |
| Comerica Inc. | 603,715 | 17,713 |
| First American Financial Corp. | 391,882 | 16,620 |
| Globe Life Inc. | 213,994 | 15,401 |
| Unum Group | 962,252 | 14,443 |
* | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | 466,476 | 13,276 |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | 875,335 | 12,999 |
| Hanover Insurance Group Inc. | 137,623 | 12,466 |
| FactSet Research Systems Inc. | 46,359 | 12,085 |
| First Horizon National Corp. | 1,443,612 | 11,636 |
| Essent Group Ltd. | 416,037 | 10,958 |
| Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. | 605,931 | 10,858 |
| People’s United Financial Inc. | 896,888 | 9,911 |
* | NMI Holdings Inc. Class A | 851,845 | 9,890 |
^ | Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. | 645,958 | 8,985 |
| Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. | 142,231 | 7,935 |
| Umpqua Holdings Corp. | 700,429 | 7,635 |
| Alleghany Corp. | 13,464 | 7,437 |
| Webster Financial Corp. | 321,622 | 7,365 |
| Lincoln National Corp. | 273,959 | 7,211 |
| Citizens Financial Group Inc. | 366,014 | 6,885 |
| OneMain Holdings Inc | 358,395 | 6,853 |
| Evercore Inc. | 148,570 | 6,843 |
| Huntington Bancshares Inc. | 831,096 | 6,823 |
| Navient Corp. | 850,987 | 6,450 |
* | Brighthouse Financial Inc. | 255,714 | 6,181 |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Class C | 105,415 | 5,864 |
| PacWest Bancorp | 285,029 | 5,108 |
| Everest Re Group Ltd. | 26,179 | 5,037 |
| CIT Group Inc. | 287,039 | 4,954 |
| Erie Indemnity Co. Class A | 30,871 | 4,576 |
| First Hawaiian Inc. | 272,294 | 4,501 |
| Stifel Financial Corp. | 106,635 | 4,402 |
| Nelnet Inc. Class A | 96,700 | 4,391 |
| Interactive Brokers Group Inc. | 89,341 | 3,857 |
| CNO Financial Group Inc. | 279,855 | 3,467 |
| Hancock Whitney Corp. | 145,720 | 2,844 |
| American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | 144,185 | 2,711 |
| First Financial Bankshares Inc. | 81,993 | 2,201 |
| PennyMac Financial Services Inc. | 94,326 | 2,086 |
| Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Class A | 96,947 | 2,083 |
| International Bancshares Corp. | 69,135 | 1,858 |
| TCF Financial Corp. | 61,468 | 1,393 |
| FNB Corp. | 140,633 | 1,036 |
| SEI Investments Co. | 21,555 | 999 |
| | | 664,948 |
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Health Care (14.9%) | | |
* | Veeva Systems Inc. Class A | 374,547 | 58,568 |
| Chemed Corp. | 109,221 | 47,315 |
* | DaVita Inc. | 528,838 | 40,223 |
* | Charles River Laboratories International Inc. | 303,843 | 38,348 |
* | Mettler-Toledo International Inc. | 52,089 | 35,968 |
* | Haemonetics Corp. | 354,286 | 35,308 |
* | PRA Health Sciences Inc. | 422,231 | 35,062 |
* | Novocure Ltd. | 509,443 | 34,306 |
| Universal Health Services Inc. Class B | 335,454 | 33,237 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc. | 854,952 | 33,198 |
* | Henry Schein Inc. | 653,957 | 33,038 |
* | Medpace Holdings Inc. | 404,256 | 29,664 |
| Bruker Corp. | 816,119 | 29,266 |
* | IQVIA Holdings Inc. | 245,394 | 26,468 |
| Agilent Technologies Inc. | 328,371 | 23,518 |
* | Tenet Healthcare Corp. | 1,354,385 | 19,503 |
* | Waters Corp. | 85,991 | 15,655 |
* | Endo International plc | 4,062,600 | 15,032 |
* | Syneos Health Inc. | 363,399 | 14,325 |
| Encompass Health Corp. | 198,629 | 12,718 |
* | United Therapeutics Corp. | 127,744 | 12,113 |
| STERIS plc | 84,847 | 11,876 |
* | Avantor Inc. | 928,183 | 11,593 |
* | ImmunoGen Inc. | 3,328,567 | 11,350 |
* | Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 206,652 | 10,628 |
| Cooper Cos. Inc. | 36,112 | 9,955 |
* | Myriad Genetics Inc. | 554,866 | 7,940 |
* | DexCom Inc. | 15,577 | 4,195 |
* | Quidel Corp. | 41,347 | 4,044 |
* | Molina Healthcare Inc. | 27,492 | 3,841 |
*,^ | Mallinckrodt plc | 1,706,602 | 3,379 |
* | CRISPR Therapeutics AG | 78,665 | 3,336 |
* | Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd. | 95,695 | 3,257 |
* | Insulet Corp. | 18,661 | 3,092 |
* | Alkermes plc | 168,919 | 2,436 |
* | Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. | 39,154 | 1,436 |
* | Amedisys Inc. | 7,466 | 1,370 |
* | Puma Biotechnology Inc. | 129,778 | 1,095 |
* | Select Medical Holdings Corp. | 72,322 | 1,085 |
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Industrials (14.0%) | | |
| WW Grainger Inc. | 187,399 | 46,569 |
| Masco Corp. | 1,086,843 | 37,572 |
| Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. | 1,073,171 | 34,996 |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. | 186,307 | 33,947 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | 418,852 | 33,202 |
| Expeditors International of Washington Inc. | 481,466 | 32,123 |
* | FTI Consulting Inc. | 235,105 | 28,159 |
| Oshkosh Corp. | 421,937 | 27,143 |
| Owens Corning | 671,464 | 26,060 |
* | Copart Inc. | 356,087 | 24,399 |
* | MasTec Inc. | 730,030 | 23,894 |
| Dover Corp. | 237,296 | 19,919 |
* | Meritor Inc. | 1,349,190 | 17,877 |
* | Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. | 426,457 | 17,839 |
* | TriNet Group Inc. | 450,447 | 16,964 |
* | JetBlue Airways Corp. | 1,811,989 | 16,217 |
| HEICO Corp. | 210,716 | 15,722 |
* | HD Supply Holdings Inc. | 552,796 | 15,716 |
| Robert Half International Inc. | 401,789 | 15,168 |
| Nielsen Holdings plc | 1,171,381 | 14,689 |
* | United Rentals Inc. | 135,737 | 13,967 |
| SkyWest Inc. | 483,319 | 12,658 |
| GATX Corp. | 182,208 | 11,399 |
| Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. Class A | 470,969 | 11,270 |
| Armstrong World Industries Inc. | 126,316 | 10,032 |
| Korn Ferry | 387,488 | 9,424 |
| Wabash National Corp. | 1,253,721 | 9,052 |
| Tetra Tech Inc. | 124,187 | 8,770 |
| Landstar System Inc. | 90,682 | 8,693 |
| Alaska Air Group Inc. | 302,282 | 8,606 |
* | AeroVironment Inc. | 131,432 | 8,012 |
| Rush Enterprises Inc. Class A | 214,551 | 6,848 |
| Acuity Brands Inc. | 75,236 | 6,445 |
| KAR Auction Services Inc. | 470,433 | 5,645 |
* | Avis Budget Group Inc. | 330,472 | 4,594 |
| Ennis Inc. | 233,372 | 4,383 |
| CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. | 65,437 | 4,332 |
| Herman Miller Inc. | 192,004 | 4,262 |
| Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. | 84,999 | 3,676 |
| Hubbell Inc. | 31,613 | 3,627 |
* | Builders FirstSource Inc. | 280,069 | 3,425 |
* | TrueBlue Inc. | 243,134 | 3,102 |
* | WESCO International Inc. | 123,102 | 2,813 |
| ManpowerGroup Inc. | 48,628 | 2,577 |
| Quad/Graphics Inc. | 880,627 | 2,219 |
* | Cimpress plc | 30,764 | 1,637 |
* | Atkore International Group Inc. | 71,775 | 1,512 |
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| | Shares | ($000) |
| Pentair plc | 47,662 | 1,418 |
*,^ | Bloom Energy Corp. Class A | 227,521 | 1,190 |
| AGCO Corp. | 23,341 | 1,103 |
* | JELD-WEN Holding Inc. | 104,104 | 1,013 |
| Steelcase Inc. Class A | 78,535 | 775 |
| | | 676,654 |
Information Technology (19.5%) | |
* | Cadence Design Systems Inc. | 868,714 | 57,370 |
* | Fortinet Inc. | 521,178 | 52,728 |
* | Five9 Inc. | 599,312 | 45,823 |
* | Synopsys Inc. | 353,266 | 45,497 |
| Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Class A | 661,005 | 45,371 |
| CDW Corp. | 483,820 | 45,126 |
| Seagate Technology plc | 915,858 | 44,694 |
| Leidos Holdings Inc. | 458,171 | 41,991 |
* | CACI International Inc. Class A | 192,328 | 40,610 |
* | Synaptics Inc. | 621,631 | 35,974 |
* | Paycom Software Inc. | 173,916 | 35,133 |
* | Lattice Semiconductor Corp. | 1,922,427 | 34,258 |
| Jabil Inc. | 1,122,722 | 27,596 |
| Avnet Inc. | 1,083,259 | 27,190 |
* | Zebra Technologies Corp. | 145,495 | 26,713 |
* | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | 500,104 | 22,745 |
* | Box Inc. | 1,596,443 | 22,414 |
* | Teradata Corp. | 1,092,362 | 22,382 |
| ManTech International Corp. Class A | 301,322 | 21,897 |
* | Fair Isaac Corp. | 64,352 | 19,800 |
* | Unisys Corp. | 1,552,634 | 19,175 |
* | Manhattan Associates Inc. | 376,898 | 18,777 |
* | Cirrus Logic Inc. | 281,928 | 18,503 |
| MAXIMUS Inc. | 260,426 | 15,157 |
* | Amkor Technology Inc. | 1,911,046 | 14,887 |
*,^ | SunPower Corp. Class A | 2,799,243 | 14,192 |
| CSG Systems International Inc. | 330,845 | 13,846 |
| Citrix Systems Inc. | 94,487 | 13,375 |
* | Flex Ltd. | 1,578,995 | 13,224 |
* | Inphi Corp. | 149,185 | 11,811 |
* | Verint Systems Inc. | 271,631 | 11,680 |
* | Euronet Worldwide Inc. | 98,717 | 8,462 |
| SYNNEX Corp. | 110,433 | 8,073 |
| Perspecta Inc. | 297,415 | 5,425 |
* | SMART Global Holdings Inc. | 220,556 | 5,359 |
| CDK Global Inc. | 125,742 | 4,131 |
| Alliance Data Systems Corp. | 119,298 | 4,014 |
* | EPAM Systems Inc. | 21,023 | 3,903 |
| DXC Technology Co. | 268,023 | 3,498 |
| Sabre Corp. | 579,394 | 3,436 |
| Science Applications International Corp. | 40,294 | 3,007 |
* | Avaya Holdings Corp. | 343,182 | 2,776 |
* | Paylocity Holding Corp. | 30,727 | 2,714 |
* | Ciena Corp. | 47,706 | 1,899 |
* | ePlus Inc. | 27,556 | 1,726 |
* | Dropbox Inc. Class A | 93,802 | 1,698 |
* | Enphase Energy Inc. | 47,631 | 1,538 |
| | | 941,598 |
Materials (5.3%) | | |
| Ball Corp. | 749,308 | 48,450 |
| Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 367,062 | 32,151 |
| Avery Dennison Corp. | 259,831 | 26,469 |
| Huntsman Corp. | 1,827,200 | 26,367 |
| Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. | 223,538 | 22,890 |
| Sealed Air Corp. | 717,448 | 17,728 |
| Royal Gold Inc. | 173,187 | 15,190 |
| Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 753,460 | 12,945 |
| CF Industries Holdings Inc. | 461,737 | 12,559 |
| Greif Inc. Class A | 369,523 | 11,489 |
* | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | 380,383 | 6,569 |
| Domtar Corp. | 264,928 | 5,733 |
| Warrior Met Coal Inc. | 450,140 | 4,781 |
| PolyOne Corp. | 239,490 | 4,543 |
| Commercial Metals Co. | 274,814 | 4,339 |
* | Element Solutions Inc. | 372,067 | 3,111 |
| Cabot Corp. | 76,540 | 1,999 |
* | Summit Materials Inc. Class A | 63,553 | 953 |
| | | 258,266 |
Real Estate (8.3%) | | |
| Invitation Homes Inc. | 1,599,563 | 34,183 |
| Lexington Realty Trust Class B | 3,325,036 | 33,018 |
| Life Storage Inc. | 315,506 | 29,831 |
| Spirit Realty Capital Inc. | 979,186 | 25,606 |
| Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. | 230,989 | 23,799 |
| Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. | 2,149,104 | 23,468 |
| Brixmor Property Group Inc. | 2,302,129 | 21,870 |
| CyrusOne Inc. | 338,522 | 20,904 |
| Medical Properties Trust Inc. | 1,156,528 | 19,996 |
| Iron Mountain Inc. | 763,227 | 18,165 |
| VEREIT Inc | 3,709,940 | 18,142 |
| Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. | 533,570 | 14,161 |
| Brandywine Realty Trust | 1,250,714 | 13,158 |
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| | | Market |
| | | Value· |
| | Shares | ($000) |
| Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | 1,650,468 | 13,055 |
| Kimco Realty Corp. | 1,234,248 | 11,935 |
| Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc. | 1,034,782 | 10,658 |
| National Health Investors Inc. | 212,851 | 10,540 |
| Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 93,510 | 9,427 |
| SL Green Realty Corp. | 190,599 | 8,215 |
| Service Properties Trust | 1,501,615 | 8,109 |
| American Homes 4 Rent Class A | 234,256 | 5,435 |
| GEO Group Inc. | 347,679 | 4,228 |
| Diversified Healthcare Trust | 1,070,828 | 3,887 |
| Healthcare Trust of America Inc. Class A | 147,583 | 3,583 |
| CoreCivic Inc. | 263,734 | 2,946 |
^ | Washington Prime Group Inc. | 3,014,754 | 2,427 |
| Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. Class A | 134,337 | 2,372 |
^ | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. | 455,433 | 2,277 |
| Macerich Co. | 337,189 | 1,898 |
| MGM Growth Properties LLC Class A | 78,637 | 1,861 |
| EPR Properties | 58,013 | 1,405 |
| Four Corners Property Trust Inc. | 47,515 | 889 |
| Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. | 1,155,426 | 854 |
| | | 402,302 |
Utilities (4.9%) | | |
| AES Corp. | 2,929,455 | 39,841 |
| Ameren Corp. | 497,975 | 36,267 |
| FirstEnergy Corp. | 896,486 | 35,922 |
| NRG Energy Inc. | 1,192,462 | 32,506 |
| Vistra Energy Corp. | 1,999,569 | 31,913 |
| Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 350,718 | 26,581 |
| CMS Energy Corp. | 204,240 | 11,999 |
| Entergy Corp. | 83,426 | 7,840 |
| Portland General Electric Co. | 68,808 | 3,299 |
| MDU Resources Group Inc. | 123,530 | 2,656 |
| IDACORP Inc. | 29,912 | 2,626 |
| Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. | 53,661 | 2,310 |
| American States Water Co. | 24,548 | 2,007 |
| NorthWestern Corp. | 32,444 | 1,941 |
| ALLETE Inc. | 26,320 | 1,597 |
| | | 239,305 |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $5,819,708) | | 4,806,020 |
Temporary Cash Investments (1.8%) | | |
Money Market Fund (1.7%) | | |
1,2 | Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 0.943% | 825,601 | 82,407 |
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| | Face | |
| | Amount | |
| | ($000) | |
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%) | | |
3 | United States Treasury Bill, 1.515%, 4/9/20 | 2,850 | 2,850 |
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $85,334) | | 85,257 |
Total Investments (101.2%) (Cost $5,905,042) | | 4,891,277 |
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-1.2%)2,3 | | (58,232) |
Net Assets (100%) | | 4,833,045 |
Cost rounded to $000.
| · | 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 $54,403,000. |
| 1 | Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield. |
| 2 | Collateral of $63,160,000 was received for securities on loan. |
| 3 | Securities with a value of $2,850,000 and cash of $289,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts. |
| REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust. |
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
| | | | ($000 | ) |
| | | | Value and | |
| | Number of | | Unrealized | |
| | Long (Short) | Notional | Appreciation | |
| Expiration | Contracts | Amount | (Depreciation | ) |
Long Futures Contracts | | | | | |
E-mini S&P 500 Index | June 2020 | 90 | 11,564 | 503 | |
E-mini Russell 2000 Index | June 2020 | 170 | 9,755 | 268 | |
E-mini S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index | June 2020 | 44 | 6,326 | 165 | |
| | | | 936 | |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2020
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) | Amount |
Assets | |
Investments in Securities, at Value | |
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $5,822,557) | 4,808,870 |
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $82,485) | 82,407 |
Total Investments in Securities | 4,891,277 |
Investment in Vanguard | 291 |
Cash | 600 |
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts | 289 |
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold | 1,307 |
Receivables for Accrued Income | 9,060 |
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued | 3,040 |
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts | 43 |
Total Assets | 4,905,907 |
Liabilities | |
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased | 1,361 |
Collateral for Securities on Loan | 63,160 |
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed | 4,551 |
Payables to Vanguard | 3,425 |
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts | 365 |
Total Liabilities | 72,862 |
Net Assets | 4,833,045 |
At March 31, 2020, net assets consisted of: | |
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Paid-in Capital | 5,657,700 |
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) | (824,655) |
Net Assets | 4,833,045 |
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Net Assets | |
Applicable to 212,361,099 outstanding $.001 par value shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) | 4,833,045 |
Net Asset Value Per Share | $22.76 |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
| | Six Months Ended | |
| | March 31, 2020 | |
| | ($000 | ) |
Investment Income | | | |
Income | | | |
Dividends | | 53,276 | |
Interest1 | | 286 | |
Securities Lending—Net | | 1,359 | |
Total Income | | 54,921 | |
Expenses | | | |
The Vanguard Group—Note B | | | |
Investment Advisory Services | | 909 | |
Management and Administrative | | 4,537 | |
Marketing and Distribution | | 399 | |
Custodian Fees | | 20 | |
Shareholders’ Reports | | 40 | |
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses | | 3 | |
Total Expenses | | 5,908 | |
Net Investment Income | | 49,013 | |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | | | |
Investment Securities Sold1 | | 210,186 | |
Futures Contracts | | (12,516 | ) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | | 197,670 | |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | |
Investment Securities1 | | (1,989,083 | ) |
Futures Contracts | | 1,952 | |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | (1,987,131 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | (1,740,448 | ) |
| 1 | Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $265,000, $21,000, and ($88,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Strategic Equity Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | Six Months Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | March 31, | | | September 30, | |
| | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
| | ($000 | ) | | ($000 | ) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Operations | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 49,013 | | | | 101,249 | |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | | | 197,670 | | | | 96,770 | |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | (1,987,131 | ) | | | (666,467 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | | (1,740,448 | ) | | | (468,448 | ) |
Distributions1 | | | | | | | | |
Total Distributions | | | (213,745 | ) | | | (599,518 | ) |
Capital Share Transactions | | | | | | | | |
Issued | | | 334,081 | | | | 756,397 | |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | | | 199,995 | | | | 563,538 | |
Redeemed | | | (845,314 | ) | | | (1,099,829 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | | | (311,238 | ) | | | 220,106 | |
Total Increase (Decrease) | | | (2,265,431 | ) | | | (847,860 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of Period | | | 7,098,476 | | | | 7,946,336 | |
End of Period | | | 4,833,045 | | | | 7,098,476 | |
| 1 | Certain prior period numbers have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Strategic Equity Fund
Financial Highlights
Six Months | | | | | | |
| Ended | | | Year Ended September 30, | |
For a Share Outstanding | March 31, | | | |
Throughout Each Period | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $31.87 | $37.21 | $34.89 | $30.41 | $30.82 | $32.02 | |
Investment Operations | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | .2241 | .4491 | .3921 | .5041 | .624 | .466 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (8.356) | (2.980) | 4.781 | 4.988 | 2.440 | .207 | |
Total from Investment Operations | (8.132) | (2.531) | 5.173 | 5.492 | 3.064 | .673 | |
Distributions | | | | | | | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.444) | (.395) | (.460) | (.509) | (.507) | (.354) | |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (.534) | (2.414) | (2.393) | (.503) | (2.967) | (1.519) | |
Total Distributions | (.978) | (2.809) | (2.853) | (1.012) | (3.474) | (1.873) | |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $22.76 | $31.87 | $37.21 | $34.89 | $30.41 | $30.82 | |
Total Return2 | -26.48% | -5.63% | 15.63% | 18.28% | 10.62% | 2.01% | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $4,833 | $7,098 | $7,946 | $7,051 | $6,046 | $5,739 | |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.21% | |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 1.51% | 1.42% | 1.10% | 1.53% | 2.09% | 1.41% | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 29% | 60% | 82% | 81% | 74% | 70% | |
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
| 1 | Calculated based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | 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. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Strategic Equity Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. Market disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have had a global impact, and uncertainty exists as to the long-term implications. Such disruptions can adversely affect assets of the fund and thus fund performance.
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 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.
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. Any assets pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities 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 gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, 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 the notional amounts 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, 2016–2019), and for the period ended March 31, 2020, 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. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
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 before the opening of the market 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 counter-party’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 event 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 Assets and Liabilities 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 and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $4.3 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 (or an acceptable alternate rate, if necessary), federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
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For the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund did not utilize the credit facility or the Interfund Lending Program.
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 are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. 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.
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 Assets and Liabilities. All other costs of operations payable to Vanguard are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2020, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $291,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.12% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. 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 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of March 31, 2020, based on the inputs used to value them:
| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
| | ($000 | ) | | ($000 | ) | | ($000 | ) | | ($000 | ) |
Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stocks | | 4,806,020 | | | — | | | — | | | 4,806,020 | |
Temporary Cash Investments | | 82,407 | | | 2,850 | | | — | | | 85,257 | |
Total | | 4,888,427 | | | 2,850 | | | — | | | 4,891,277 | |
Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts1 | | 43 | | | — | | | — | | | 43 | |
Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts1 | | 365 | | | — | | | — | | | 365 | |
| 1 | Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period. |
D. As of March 31, 2020, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
| | Amount | |
| | ($000 | ) |
Tax Cost | | 5,905,042 | |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | 642,417 | |
Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | (1,655,246 | ) |
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | (1,012,829 | ) |
E. During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund purchased $1,949,239,000 of investment securities and sold $2,416,845,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
F. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| March 31, 2020 | | | September 30, 2019 | |
| Shares | | | Shares | |
| (000 | ) | | (000 | ) |
Issued | 11,538 | | | 24,126 | |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 6,031 | | | 20,418 | |
Redeemed | (27,948 | ) | | (35,338 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | (10,379 | ) | | 9,206 | |
G. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2020, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Quantitative Equity Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the 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 advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed 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 arrangement. 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 the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Quantitative Equity Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the fund, 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 arrangement should continue.
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 expenses were also well below the peer-group average.
The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Horizon Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from December 1, 2018, through December 31, 2019 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses | 1 |
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Financial Statements | 4 |
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement | 16 |
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Liquidity Risk Management | 18 |
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.
Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
| Beginning | Ending | Expenses |
| Account Value | Account Value | Paid During |
Capital Opportunity Fund | 9/30/2019 | 3/31/2020 | Period |
Based on Actual Fund Return | | | |
Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $894.87 | $2.04 |
Admiral™ Shares | 1,000.00 | 895.22 | 1.71 |
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return | | | |
Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $1,022.85 | $2.17 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,023.20 | 1.82 |
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 0.43% for Investor Shares and 0.36% 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).
Capital Opportunity Fund
Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2020
Communication Services | 4.8% |
Consumer Discretionary | 9.6 |
Energy | 1.4 |
Financials | 6.5 |
Health Care | 36.3 |
Industrials | 12.3 |
Information Technology | 29.1 |
Materials | 0.0 |
Real Estate | 0.0 |
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS"), except for the "Other" category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided a GICS classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard and Poor’s, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), and is licensed for use by Vanguard. Neither MSCI, S&P nor any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect to such standard or classification (or the results to be obtained by the use thereof), and all such parties hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to any such standard or classification. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall MSCI, S&P, any of its affiliates or any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
Capital Opportunity Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2020
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
| | | Market |
| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
Common Stocks (97.2%) | | |
Communication Services (4.7%) | |
* | Alphabet Inc. Class A | 195,817 | 227,530 |
* | Alphabet Inc. Class C | 178,669 | 207,758 |
* | Baidu Inc. ADR | 1,204,200 | 121,371 |
* | Electronic Arts Inc. | 400,000 | 40,068 |
* | Facebook Inc. Class A | 163,200 | 27,222 |
| Walt Disney Co. | 91,000 | 8,791 |
* | Sprint Corp. | 311,000 | 2,681 |
* | Pinterest Inc. Class A | 60,000 | 926 |
* | Madison Square Garden Co. | 3,100 | 655 |
| | | 637,002 |
Consumer Discretionary (9.3%) | |
* | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR | 1,799,000 | 349,869 |
* | Tesla Inc. | 393,566 | 206,229 |
| TJX Cos. Inc. | 3,103,000 | 148,354 |
* | CarMax Inc. | 2,638,597 | 142,036 |
* | Amazon.com Inc. | 71,700 | 139,795 |
| Sony Corp. ADR | 1,498,200 | 88,663 |
| Carnival Corp. | 2,729,045 | 35,941 |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | 939,900 | 30,237 |
| Ross Stores Inc. | 252,500 | 21,960 |
| eBay Inc. | 610,600 | 18,355 |
* | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. | 1,282,000 | 14,051 |
* | Capri Holdings Ltd. | 1,250,000 | 13,487 |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 298,900 | 12,694 |
| Marriott International Inc. Class A | 131,300 | 9,823 |
| Newell Brands Inc. | 500,000 | 6,640 |
| Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | 76,333 | 5,209 |
* | Ulta Beauty Inc. | 23,000 | 4,041 |
| Restaurant Brands International Inc. | 88,500 | 3,543 |
| Lowe’s Cos. Inc. | 34,100 | 2,934 |
| Whirlpool Corp. | 24,800 | 2,128 |
| Gildan Activewear Inc. | 100,000 | 1,276 |
* | Burlington Stores Inc. | 1,950 | 309 |
* | AutoZone Inc. | 220 | 186 |
* | Five Below Inc. | 1,600 | 113 |
| | | 1,257,873 |
Energy (1.3%) | | |
| Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 1,036,373 | 72,702 |
| Hess Corp. | 1,425,474 | 47,468 |
| Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. | 1,260,550 | 21,669 |
| EOG Resources Inc. | 402,121 | 14,444 |
* | Transocean Ltd. | 11,836,496 | 13,730 |
* | Southwestern Energy Co. | 3,500,000 | 5,915 |
| TechnipFMC plc | 446,600 | 3,010 |
| | | 178,938 |
Financials (6.3%) | | |
| E*TRADE Financial Corp. | 3,814,169 | 130,902 |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 1,639,251 | 123,698 |
| Charles Schwab Corp. | 3,310,600 | 111,302 |
| Bank of America Corp. | 5,201,417 | 110,426 |
| Raymond James Financial Inc. | 1,602,770 | 101,295 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 3,492,100 | 100,223 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 743,776 | 66,962 |
| Discover Financial Services | 1,424,108 | 50,798 |
| CME Group Inc. | 146,954 | 25,410 |
| Progressive Corp. | 306,700 | 22,647 |
| Citigroup Inc. | 80,000 | 3,370 |
| LPL Financial Holdings Inc. | 60,000 | 3,266 |
| | | 850,299 |
Health Care (35.3%) | | |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 5,164,118 | 716,366 |
* | Biogen Inc. | 2,035,750 | 644,071 |
| Amgen Inc. | 2,475,499 | 501,858 |
* | BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 5,244,130 | 443,129 |
* | Qiagen NV | 6,721,940 | 279,633 |
* | Seattle Genetics Inc. | 2,387,472 | 275,466 |
Capital Opportunity Fund | | |
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| | | Market |
| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
| Novartis AG ADR | 3,290,200 | 271,277 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 3,507,230 | 195,493 |
| Roche Holding AG | 505,016 | 162,485 |
* | Boston Scientific Corp. | 4,791,776 | 156,356 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 527,564 | 149,617 |
* | Illumina Inc. | 422,070 | 115,276 |
| AstraZeneca plc ADR | 2,296,100 | 102,544 |
* | Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | 535,000 | 100,912 |
* | Elanco Animal Health Inc. | 4,364,816 | 97,728 |
*,^ | BioNTech SE ADR | 1,147,783 | 67,031 |
| PerkinElmer Inc. | 844,990 | 63,611 |
* | Alkermes plc | 3,999,735 | 57,676 |
* | BeiGene Ltd. (XNGS) | 432,321 | 53,223 |
* | LivaNova plc | 1,171,440 | 53,008 |
| Abbott Laboratories | 654,900 | 51,678 |
* | FibroGen Inc. | 1,321,971 | 45,938 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. | 448,400 | 45,324 |
* | Charles River Laboratories International Inc. | 342,000 | 43,164 |
* | Alcon Inc. | 538,940 | 27,389 |
* | BeiGene Ltd. (XHKG) | 2,366,000 | 22,828 |
| Agilent Technologies Inc. | 213,000 | 15,255 |
| Medtronic plc | 157,000 | 14,158 |
1 | Siemens Healthineers AG | 136,900 | 5,292 |
* | ImmunoGen Inc. | 673,127 | 2,295 |
* | Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. | 28,100 | 781 |
| Cerner Corp. | 9,400 | 592 |
| | | 4,781,454 |
Industrials (12.0%) | | |
| Southwest Airlines Co. | 9,308,700 | 331,483 |
| FedEx Corp. | 1,800,374 | 218,313 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | 1,963,619 | 155,656 |
* | United Airlines Holdings Inc. | 4,766,793 | 150,392 |
| Airbus SE | 2,180,000 | 140,571 |
* | Aecom | 4,658,930 | 139,069 |
| Delta Air Lines Inc. | 3,902,510 | 111,339 |
^ | American Airlines Group Inc. | 5,949,300 | 72,522 |
* | JetBlue Airways Corp. | 6,444,050 | 57,674 |
| TransDigm Group Inc. | 114,619 | 36,700 |
| United Technologies Corp. | 345,600 | 32,600 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | 278,600 | 32,329 |
| Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 335,000 | 30,957 |
| IDEX Corp. | 216,730 | 29,932 |
| Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. | 197,400 | 25,911 |
| Textron Inc. | 812,100 | 21,659 |
* | Lyft Inc. Class A | 625,150 | 16,785 |
* | Ryanair Holdings plc ADR | 245,200 | 13,018 |
| Rockwell Automation Inc. | 41,400 | 6,248 |
| | | 1,623,158 |
Information Technology (28.3%) | | |
| Microsoft Corp. | 2,267,900 | 357,671 |
* | Adobe Inc. | 1,025,000 | 326,196 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. | 2,714,150 | 271,225 |
* | Splunk Inc. | 2,001,920 | 252,702 |
* | Micron Technology Inc. | 5,759,800 | 242,257 |
| NetApp Inc. | 5,246,500 | 218,727 |
| QUALCOMM Inc. | 2,842,990 | 192,328 |
| KLA Corp. | 1,149,840 | 165,278 |
| ASML Holding NV | 615,500 | 161,040 |
* | Flex Ltd. | 18,950,502 | 158,711 |
* | Trimble Inc. | 4,295,028 | 136,711 |
* | Descartes Systems Group Inc. | 3,926,965 | 135,048 |
| Universal Display Corp. | 972,864 | 128,204 |
* | Cree Inc. | 3,303,600 | 117,146 |
| Corning Inc. | 5,250,174 | 107,839 |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 379,200 | 99,957 |
| Visa Inc. Class A | 559,600 | 90,163 |
| Entegris Inc. | 1,476,900 | 66,121 |
* | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ADR | 6,397,570 | 51,756 |
* | FormFactor Inc. | 2,398,741 | 48,191 |
| Intuit Inc. | 200,500 | 46,115 |
* | VMware Inc. Class A | 376,600 | 45,606 |
* | PayPal Holdings Inc. | 451,800 | 43,255 |
* | Nuance Communications Inc. | 2,231,400 | 37,443 |
| HP Inc. | 2,154,850 | 37,408 |
| Teradyne Inc. | 642,300 | 34,793 |
*,^ | BlackBerry Ltd. | 8,198,376 | 33,859 |
* | Keysight Technologies Inc. | 371,560 | 31,092 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 3,118,875 | 30,284 |
| Jabil Inc. | 1,204,000 | 29,594 |
| Intel Corp. | 503,400 | 27,244 |
| Apple Inc. | 106,700 | 27,133 |
| Oracle Corp. | 385,000 | 18,607 |
| Nokia Oyj ADR | 4,095,100 | 12,695 |
* | Autodesk Inc. | 61,200 | 9,553 |
* | Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 44,100 | 7,231 |
* | salesforce.com Inc. | 50,000 | 7,199 |
| Plantronics Inc. | 698,800 | 7,030 |
* | Cerence Inc. | 272,800 | 4,201 |
| Western Digital Corp. | 91,700 | 3,817 |
| Analog Devices Inc. | 39,800 | 3,568 |
| Mastercard Inc. Class A | 9,600 | 2,319 |
| Applied Materials Inc. | 10,700 | 490 |
Capital Opportunity Fund | | |
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| | | Market |
| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
* | RingCentral Inc. Class A | 700 | 148 |
* | Okta Inc. | 600 | 73 |
* | Arista Networks Inc. | 150 | 30 |
| | | 3,828,058 |
Materials (0.0%) | | |
| Albemarle Corp. | 400 | 23 |
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Real Estate (0.0%) | | |
| Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. | 10,300 | 1,412 |
Total Common Stocks | | |
(Cost $7,204,027) | | 13,158,217 |
Temporary Cash Investment (3.1%) | |
Money Market Fund (3.1%) | | |
2,3 | Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 0.943% | | |
| (Cost $424,902) | 4,249,124 | 424,402 |
Total Investments (100.3%) | | |
(Cost $7,628,929) | | 13,582,619 |
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.3%)3 | | (39,666) |
Net Assets (100%) | | 13,542,953 |
Cost rounded to $000.
· | 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 $101,770,000. |
1 | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2020, the value of this security represented 0.0% 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 | Collateral of $110,373,000 was received for securities on loan. |
| ADR—American Depositary Receipt. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Capital Opportunity Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2020
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) | Amount |
Assets | |
Investments in Securities, at Value | |
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $7,204,027) | 13,158,217 |
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $424,902) | 424,402 |
Total Investments in Securities | 13,582,619 |
Investment in Vanguard | 735 |
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold | 79,453 |
Receivables for Accrued Income | 17,193 |
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued | 4,789 |
Total Assets | 13,684,789 |
Liabilities | |
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased | 6,999 |
Collateral for Securities on Loan | 110,373 |
Payables for Investment Advisor | 9,766 |
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed | 5,684 |
Payables to Vanguard | 9,014 |
Total Liabilities | 141,836 |
Net Assets | 13,542,953 |
At March 31, 2020, net assets consisted of: | |
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Paid-in Capital | 6,891,268 |
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) | 6,651,685 |
Net Assets | 13,542,953 |
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Investor Shares—Net Assets | |
Applicable to 25,155,811 outstanding $.001 par value shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) | 1,361,787 |
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares | $54.13 |
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Admiral Shares—Net Assets | |
Applicable to 97,440,406 outstanding $.001 par value shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) | 12,181,166 |
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares | $125.01 |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Capital Opportunity Fund
Statement of Operations
| | Six Months Ended | |
| | March 31, 2020 | |
| | | ($000 | ) |
Investment Income | | | | |
Income | | | | |
Dividends1 | | | 103,687 | |
Interest2 | | | 3,578 | |
Securities Lending—Net | | | 3,651 | |
Total Income | | | 110,916 | |
Expenses | | | | |
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B | | | 19,798 | |
The Vanguard Group—Note C | | | | |
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares | | | 1,599 | |
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares | | | 9,378 | |
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares | | | 92 | |
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares | | | 308 | |
Custodian Fees | | | 168 | |
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares | | | 15 | |
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares | | | 31 | |
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses | | | 10 | |
Total Expenses | | | 31,399 | |
Net Investment Income | | | 79,517 | |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Investment Securities Sold2 | | | 703,999 | |
Foreign Currencies | | | (44 | ) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | | | 703,955 | |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | | |
Investment Securities2 | | | (2,339,382 | ) |
Foreign Currencies | | | 169 | |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | (2,339,213 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | | (1,555,741 | ) |
1 | Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $2,478,000. |
2 | Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $3,578,000, ($120,000), and ($575,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Capital Opportunity Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | Six Months Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | March 31, | | | September 30, | |
| | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
| | | ($000 | ) | | | ($000 | ) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Operations | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 79,517 | | | | 151,605 | |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | | | 703,955 | | | | 1,012,978 | |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | (2,339,213 | ) | | | (2,114,366 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | | (1,555,741 | ) | | | (949,783 | ) |
Distributions1 | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | (111,496 | ) | | | (176,547 | ) |
Admiral Shares | | | (986,047 | ) | | | (1,503,798 | ) |
Total Distributions | | | (1,097,543 | ) | | | (1,680,345 | ) |
Capital Share Transactions | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | (61,504 | ) | | | (95,511 | ) |
Admiral Shares | | | (44,631 | ) | | | 591,538 | |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | | | (106,135 | ) | | | 496,027 | |
Total Increase (Decrease) | | | (2,759,419 | ) | | | (2,134,101 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of Period | | | 16,302,372 | | | | 18,436,473 | |
End of Period | | | 13,542,953 | | | | 16,302,372 | |
| 1 | Certain prior period numbers have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Capital Opportunity Fund
Financial Highlights
Investor Shares
Six Months | | | | | | |
| Ended | | | Year Ended September 30, | |
For a Share Outstanding | March 31, | | | |
Throughout Each Period | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $64.38 | $75.87 | $65.51 | $54.99 | $50.25 | $51.42 | |
Investment Operations | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | .2911 | .5491 | .4281 | .4291 | .375 | .349 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (6.163) | (5.116) | 12.957 | 13.136 | 7.090 | .666 | |
Total from Investment Operations | (5.872) | (4.567) | 13.385 | 13.565 | 7.465 | 1.015 | |
Distributions | | | | | | | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.501) | (.473) | (.449) | (.370) | (.299) | (.308) | |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (3.877) | (6.450) | (2.576) | (2.675) | (2.426) | (1.877) | |
Total Distributions | (4.378) | (6.923) | (3.025) | (3.045) | (2.725) | (2.185) | |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $54.13 | $64.38 | $75.87 | $65.51 | $54.99 | $50.25 | |
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Total Return2 | -10.51% | -5.01% | 21.03% | 25.77% | 15.20% | 1.72% | |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $1,362 | $1,684 | $2,065 | $2,182 | $2,134 | $2,283 | |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.43% | 0.44% | 0.43% | 0.44% | 0.45% | 0.45% | |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 0.85% | 0.84% | 0.62% | 0.73% | 0.73% | 0.65% | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 5% | 6% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 7% | |
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
| 1 | Calculated based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | 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. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Capital Opportunity Fund
Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares
Six Months | | | | | | |
| Ended | | | Year Ended September 30, | |
For a Share Outstanding | March 31, | | | |
Throughout Each Period | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $148.73 | $175.34 | $151.28 | $127.00 | $116.06 | $118.79 | |
Investment Operations | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | .7261 | 1.3741 | 1.1031 | 1.0841 | .965 | .916 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (14.220) | (11.834) | 29.937 | 30.333 | 16.366 | 1.504 | |
Total from Investment Operations | (13.494) | (10.460) | 31.040 | 31.417 | 17.331 | 2.420 | |
Distributions | | | | | | | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (1.270) | (1.241) | (1.030) | (.962) | (.791) | (.816) | |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (8.956) | (14.909) | (5.950) | (6.175) | (5.600) | (4.334) | |
Total Distributions | (10.226) | (16.150) | (6.980) | (7.137) | (6.391) | (5.150) | |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $125.01 | $148.73 | $175.34 | $151.28 | $127.00 | $116.06 | |
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Total Return2 | -10.48% | -4.95% | 21.12% | 25.86% | 15.28% | 1.78% | |
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Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $12,181 | $14,618 | $16,372 | $13,621 | $11,593 | $10,579 | |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.36% | 0.37% | 0.36% | 0.37% | 0.38% | 0.38% | |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 0.92% | 0.91% | 0.69% | 0.80% | 0.80% | 0.72% | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 5% | 6% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 7% | |
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
| 1 | Calculated based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | 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. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Capital Opportunity Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Capital Opportunity 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. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors. Market disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have had a global impact, and uncertainty exists as to the long-term implications. Such disruptions can adversely affect assets of the fund and thus fund performance.
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 affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
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, 2016–2019), and for the period ended March 31, 2020, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
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 before the
Capital Opportunity Fund
opening of the market 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 event 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 Assets and Liabilities 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 and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $4.3 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 (or an acceptable alternate rate, if necessary), federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund did not utilize the credit facility or the Interfund Lending Program.
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. 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
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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.
B. PRIMECAP Management Company provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. For the six months ended March 31, 2020, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual rate of 0.23% of the fund’s average net assets.
C. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund 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 Assets and Liabilities. All other costs of operations payable to Vanguard are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2020, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $735,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.29% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. 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 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2020, based on the inputs used to value them:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
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Common Stocks | 12,827,041 | 331,176 | — | 13,158,217 |
Temporary Cash Investments | 424,402 | — | — | 424,402 |
Total | 13,251,443 | 331,176 | — | 13,582,619 |
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E. As of March 31, 2020, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
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Tax Cost | 7,628,929 |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 7,285,354 |
Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (1,331,664) |
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | 5,953,690 |
F. During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund purchased $807,321,000 of investment securities and sold $1,725,115,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
| Six Months Ended | | Year Ended | |
| March 31, 2020 | | September 30, 2019 | |
| Amount | | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | |
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Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Issued | | 92,392 | | | 1,442 | | | 189,938 | | | 2,962 | |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | | 104,117 | | | 1,530 | | | 165,096 | | | 2,846 | |
Redeemed | | (258,013 | ) | | (3,977 | ) | | (450,545 | ) | | (6,862 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares | | (61,504 | ) | | (1,005 | ) | | (95,511 | ) | | (1,054 | ) |
Admiral Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Issued | | 272,105 | | | 1,822 | | | 619,486 | | | 4,131 | |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | | 875,790 | | | 5,574 | | | 1,350,319 | | | 10,083 | |
Redeemed | | (1,192,526 | ) | | (8,241 | ) | | (1,378,267 | ) | | (9,297 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares | | (44,631 | ) | | (845 | ) | | 591,538 | | | 4,917 | |
H. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2020, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with PRIMECAP Management Company (PRIMECAP). The board determined that renewing the fund’s advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the 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 advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed 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 arrangement. 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 the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that PRIMECAP, founded in 1983, is recognized for its long-term approach to growth-equity investing. The portfolio managers are responsible for separate sub-portfolios, and each portfolio manager employs a fundamental, research-driven approach in seeking to identify companies with long-term growth potential that the market has yet to appreciate. The multi-counselor approach that the advisor employs is designed to emphasize individual decision-making and enable the portfolio managers to invest only in their highest-conviction ideas. PRIMECAP’s fundamental research focuses on developing opinions independent from Wall Street’s consensus and maintaining a long-term horizon. PRIMECAP has managed the fund since 1998.
The board concluded that the advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the fund, 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 arrangement should continue.
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 fee rate was also well below the peer-group average.
The board did not consider the profitability of PRIMECAP in determining whether to approve the advisory fee, because PRIMECAP is independent of Vanguard and the advisory fee is the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the fund’s advisory fee schedule. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Horizon Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from December 1, 2018, through December 31, 2019 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Important information about access to shareholder reports
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of your fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent to you by mail, unless you specifically request them. Instead, you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted on the website and will be provided with a link to access the report.
If you have already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and do not need to take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the fund electronically by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you invest directly with the fund, by calling Vanguard at one of the phone numbers on the back cover of this report or by logging on to vanguard.com.
You may elect to receive paper copies of all future shareholder reports free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact the intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies. If you invest directly with the fund, you can call Vanguard at one of the phone numbers on the back cover of this report or log on to vanguard.com. Your election to receive paper copies will apply to all the funds you hold through an intermediary or directly with Vanguard.
Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses | 1 |
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Financial Statements | 4 |
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements | 21 |
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Liquidity Risk Management | 23 |
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.
Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
| Beginning | Ending | Expenses |
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Global Equity Fund | 9/30/2019 | 3/31/2020 | Period |
Based on Actual Fund Return | $1,000.00 | $863.52 | $2.19 |
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return | 1,000.00 | 1,022.65 | 2.38 |
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period is 0.47%. 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).
Global Equity Fund
Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2020
Communication Services | 10.5% |
Consumer Discretionary | 14.7 |
Consumer Staples | 8.4 |
Energy | 1.4 |
Financials | 19.7 |
Health Care | 13.5 |
Industrials | 11.9 |
Information Technology | 14.3 |
Materials | 4.5 |
Real Estate | 0.9 |
Utilities | 0.2 |
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS"), except for the "Other" category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided a GICS classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard and Poor’s, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), and is licensed for use by Vanguard. Neither MSCI, S&P nor any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect to such standard or classification (or the results to be obtained by the use thereof), and all such parties hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to any such standard or classification. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall MSCI, S&P, any of its affiliates or any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
Global Equity Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments—Investments Summary
As of March 31, 2020
This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) four times in each fiscal year. For the second and fourth quarters the complete list of the fund’s holdings is available on vanguard.com and on Form N-CSR, or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third quarters of each fiscal year, the complete list of the fund’s holdings is available as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-CSR and Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
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| | Shares | ($000) | Assets |
Common Stocks | | | |
Australia † | | 49,506 | 0.9% |
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Austria † | | 2,523 | 0.0% |
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Belgium † | | 1,520 | 0.0% |
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Brazil † | | 53,773 | 1.0% |
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Canada | | | |
| Barrick Gold Corp. | 2,158,864 | 39,550 | 0.7% |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (XTSE) | 119,132 | 36,522 | 0.7% |
* | Shopify Inc. | 84,152 | 35,085 | 0.6% |
1 | Canada—Other † | | 59,070 | 1.1% |
| | | 170,227 | 3.1% |
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Chile † | | 5,166 | 0.1% |
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China | | | |
* | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR | 439,524 | 85,479 | 1.6% |
| Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. | 4,853,000 | 47,396 | 0.9% |
* | Autohome Inc. ADR | 204,697 | 14,538 | 0.2% |
1 | China—Other † | | 106,987 | 2.0% |
| | | 254,400 | 4.7% |
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Colombia † | | 2,830 | 0.1% |
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Czech Republic † | | 1,027 | 0.0% |
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1Denmark † | | 44,328 | 0.8% |
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Finland † | | 6,637 | 0.1% |
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France | | | |
| Pernod Ricard SA | 363,628 | 51,612 | 1.0% |
| France—Other † | | 110,237 | 2.0% |
| | | 161,849 | 3.0% |
Germany | | | |
| SAP SE | 437,515 | 48,848 | 0.9% |
| Germany—Other † | | 73,358 | 1.3% |
| | | 122,206 | 2.2% |
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Greece † | | 9,525 | 0.2% |
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Hong Kong | | | |
| AIA Group Ltd. | 6,755,200 | 60,490 | 1.1% |
| Hong Kong—Other † | | 39,908 | 0.7% |
| | | 100,398 | 1.8% |
India | | | |
| Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. | 1,407,799 | 30,386 | 0.6% |
1 | India—Other † | | 51,415 | 0.9% |
| | | 81,801 | 1.5% |
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Indonesia † | | 2,993 | 0.1% |
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Ireland | | | |
| CRH plc | 1,309,111 | 35,523 | 0.6% |
§ | Ireland—Other † | | 31,174 | 0.6% |
| | | 66,697 | 1.2% |
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Italy † | | 6,764 | 0.1% |
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Japan | | | |
| Olympus Corp. | 3,387,900 | 48,838 | 0.9% |
| MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. | 1,643,600 | 45,858 | 0.8% |
| Sysmex Corp. | 464,900 | 33,647 | 0.6% |
| SoftBank Group Corp. | 910,100 | 32,220 | 0.6% |
| SMC Corp. | 74,100 | 31,066 | 0.6% |
| Japan—Other † | | 320,548 | 5.9% |
| | | 512,177 | 9.4% |
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Kenya † | | 1,945 | 0.0% |
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Malaysia † | | 1,233 | 0.0% |
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1Mexico † | | 11,546 | 0.2% |
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Netherlands | | | |
| Unilever NV | 931,919 | 45,805 | 0.9% |
* | Prosus NV | 460,685 | 32,257 | 0.6% |
1 | Netherlands—Other † | | 44,377 | 0.8% |
| | | 122,439 | 2.3% |
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New Zealand † | | 2,280 | 0.0% |
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Norway † | | 27,196 | 0.5% |
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Peru † | | 883 | 0.0% |
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Philippines † | | 168 | 0.0% |
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Poland † | | 1,093 | 0.0% |
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Russia † | | 35,585 | 0.7% |
| | | |
Singapore † | | 29,406 | 0.6% |
| | | |
South Africa | | | |
| Naspers Ltd. | 569,877 | 80,988 | 1.5% |
| South Africa—Other † | | 14,330 | 0.3% |
| | | 95,318 | 1.8% |
South Korea | | | |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 938,035 | 36,472 | 0.7% |
| South Korea—Other † | | 26,608 | 0.5% |
| | | 63,080 | 1.2% |
| | | | |
1Spain † | | 3,508 | 0.1% |
| | | |
Sweden † | | 74,348 | 1.4% |
| | | |
Switzerland | | | |
| Cie Financiere Richemont SA (XVTX) | 648,136 | 34,645 | 0.6% |
| Switzerland—Other † | | 117,005 | 2.2% |
| | | 151,650 | 2.8% |
Taiwan | | | |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR | 837,691 | 40,033 | 0.7% |
| Taiwan—Other † | | 31,879 | 0.6% |
| | | 71,912 | 1.3% |
| | | | |
Thailand † | | 4,845 | 0.1% |
| | | |
Turkey † | | 2,986 | 0.1% |
| | | |
United Kingdom | | | |
| Prudential plc | 5,104,852 | 63,964 | 1.2% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | 400,344 | 30,497 | 0.5% |
1 | United Kingdom—Other † | | 173,117 | 3.2% |
| | | 267,578 | 4.9% |
United States | | | |
Communication Services | | | |
* | Alphabet Inc. Class C | 85,848 | 99,825 | 1.8% |
* | Facebook Inc. Class A | 434,515 | 72,477 | 1.3% |
* | Alphabet Inc. Class A | 49,238 | 57,212 | 1.1% |
| Communication Services—Other † | | 82,306 | 1.5% |
| | | 311,820 | 5.7% |
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| | | |
| | | |
| | | Market | Percentage |
| | | Value• | of Net |
| | Shares | ($000) | Assets |
Consumer Discretionary | | | |
* | Amazon.com Inc. | 65,546 | 127,796 | 2.3% |
* | Booking Holdings Inc. | 31,338 | 42,160 | 0.8% |
| Consumer Discretionary—Other † | | 151,660 | 2.8% |
| | | 321,616 | 5.9% |
Consumer Staples | | | |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 1,105,333 | 38,886 | 0.7% |
| Consumer Staples—Other † | | 130,790 | 2.4% |
| | | 169,676 | 3.1% |
| | | | |
Energy † | | 27,047 | 0.5% |
| | | |
Financials | | | |
| Moody’s Corp. | 360,978 | 76,347 | 1.4% |
* | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 228,521 | 41,781 | 0.8% |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 1,375,769 | 39,485 | 0.7% |
| Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | 461,116 | 37,586 | 0.7% |
* | Markel Corp. | 40,257 | 37,354 | 0.7% |
| Financials—Other † | | 252,030 | 4.6% |
| | | 484,583 | 8.9% |
Health Care | | | |
| Anthem Inc. | 320,017 | 72,657 | 1.3% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 505,421 | 66,276 | 1.2% |
* | Waters Corp. | 268,571 | 48,893 | 0.9% |
| ResMed Inc. | 299,279 | 44,081 | 0.8% |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | 546,316 | 42,033 | 0.8% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 144,556 | 40,996 | 0.8% |
* | Teladoc Health Inc. | 233,641 | 36,217 | 0.7% |
* | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 294,447 | 32,050 | 0.6% |
* | Seattle Genetics Inc. | 269,918 | 31,143 | 0.6% |
| Health Care—Other † | | 88,534 | 1.6% |
| | | 502,880 | 9.3% |
| | | | |
§Industrials † | | 217,717 | 4.0% |
| | | |
Information Technology | | | |
| Microsoft Corp. | 418,229 | 65,959 | 1.2% |
| Mastercard Inc. Class A | 271,166 | 65,503 | 1.2% |
| Oracle Corp. | 1,301,459 | 62,900 | 1.2% |
| Intel Corp. | 873,300 | 47,263 | 0.9% |
| Visa Inc. Class A | 203,354 | 32,764 | 0.6% |
| Texas Instruments Inc. | 323,346 | 32,312 | 0.6% |
| Information Technology—Other † | | 168,967 | 3.1% |
| | | 475,668 | 8.8% |
Materials | | | |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc. | 176,319 | 33,365 | 0.6% |
| Materials—Other † | | 55,212 | 1.0% |
| | | 88,577 | 1.6% |
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| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | Market | Percentage |
| | | Value• | of Net |
| | Shares | ($000) | Assets |
Real Estate † | | | 41,067 | 0.8% |
| | | 2,640,651 | 48.6% |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $5,120,593) | | | 5,265,997 | 96.9% |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| Coupon | | | |
Temporary Cash Investments | | | | |
Money Market Fund | | | | |
2,3 | Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.943% | 1,561,803 | 155,993 | 2.9% |
| | | | | |
4U.S. Government and Agency Obligations † | | | 7,249 | 0.1% |
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $163,370) | | | 163,242 | 3.0% |
5Total Investments (Cost $5,283,963) | | | 5,429,239 | 99.9% |
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net3,4,6 | | | 3,754 | 0.1% |
Net Assets | | | 5,432,993 | 100.0% |
Cost rounded to $000.
| · | See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. |
| * | Non-income-producing security. |
| § | Certain of the fund’s securities are valued using significant unobservable inputs. |
† | Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets. |
1 | Certain of the fund’s securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities was $80,255,000, representing 1.5% 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 | Collateral of $18,256,000 was received for securities on loan. |
4 | Securities with a value of $7,249,000 and cash of $5,112,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts. |
5 | The total value of securities on loan is $15,908,000. |
6 | Cash of $2,470,000 has been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts. ADR—American Depositary Receipt. |
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
| | | | | ($000 | ) |
| | | | | Value and | |
| | Number of | | | Unrealized | |
| | Long (Short | ) | Notional | Appreciation | |
| Expiration | Contracts | | Amount | (Depreciation | ) |
Long Futures Contracts | | | | | | |
E-mini S&P 500 Index | June 2020 | 511 | | 65,656 | 1,533 | |
MSCI Emerging Market Index | June 2020 | 356 | | 15,004 | 1,607 | |
Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index | June 2020 | 413 | | 12,513 | 1,693 | |
Topix Index | June 2020 | 73 | | 9,525 | 508 | |
FTSE 100 Index | June 2020 | 96 | | 6,720 | 654 | |
S&P ASX 200 Index | June 2020 | 41 | | 3,221 | (23 | ) |
| | | | | 5,972 | |
Forward Currency Contracts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Contract | | | | | | Unrealized | | Unrealized | |
| Settlement | | Contract Amount (000) | | Appreciation | | (Depreciation | ) |
Counterparty | Date | | Receive | | Deliver | | ($000 | ) | ($000 | ) |
BNP Paribas | 4/2/20 | EUR | 16,234 | USD | 18,188 | | — | | (282 | ) |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | 7/2/20 | EUR | 14,033 | USD | 15,200 | | 331 | | — | |
Barclays Bank plc | 4/2/20 | JPY | 1,491,609 | USD | 13,821 | | 51 | | — | |
Royal Bank of Canada | 7/2/20 | JPY | 1,491,609 | USD | 13,446 | | 481 | | — | |
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 4/2/20 | GBP | 8,777 | USD | 11,750 | | — | | (848 | ) |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | 7/2/20 | GBP | 8,105 | USD | 9,499 | | 583 | | — | |
BNP Paribas | 4/2/20 | AUD | 6,739 | USD | 4,641 | | — | | (496 | ) |
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 7/2/20 | AUD | 7,426 | USD | 4,409 | | 160 | | — | |
Barclays Bank plc | 4/2/20 | AUD | 687 | USD | 473 | | — | | (50 | ) |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | 4/2/20 | USD | 15,139 | EUR | 14,033 | | — | | (337 | ) |
Royal Bank of Canada | 4/2/20 | USD | 13,368 | JPY | 1,491,609 | | — | | (504 | ) |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | 4/2/20 | USD | 9,483 | GBP | 8,105 | | — | | (585 | ) |
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 4/2/20 | USD | 4,407 | AUD | 7,426 | | — | | (160 | ) |
Goldman Sachs International | 4/2/20 | USD | 2,473 | EUR | 2,202 | | 45 | | — | |
Goldman Sachs International | 4/2/20 | USD | 883 | GBP | 672 | | 49 | | — | |
| | | | | | | 1,700 | | (3,262 | ) |
AUD—Australian dollar.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
JPY—Japanese yen.
USD—U.S. dollar.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2020
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) | Amount | |
Assets | | |
Investments in Securities, at Value | | |
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $5,127,834) | 5,273,246 | |
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $156,129) | 155,993 | |
Total Investments in Securities | 5,429,239 | |
Investment in Vanguard | 297 | |
Cash | 458 | |
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $10,765) | 10,812 | |
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts | 5,112 | |
Cash Collateral Pledged—Forward Currency Contracts | 2,470 | |
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold | 16,200 | |
Receivables for Accrued Income | 16,967 | |
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued | 2,825 | |
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts | 988 | |
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts | 1,700 | |
Total Assets | 5,487,068 | |
Liabilities | | |
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased | 19,282 | |
Collateral for Securities on Loan | 18,256 | |
Payables to Investment Advisor | 3,983 | |
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed | 3,471 | |
Payables to Vanguard | 4,383 | |
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts | 1,438 | |
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts | 3,262 | |
Total Liabilities | 54,075 | |
Net Assets | 5,432,993 | |
At March 31, 2020, net assets consisted of: | | |
| | |
Paid-in Capital | 5,321,665 | |
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) | 111,328 | |
Net Assets | 5,432,993 | |
| | |
Net Assets | | |
Applicable to 217,406,040 outstanding $.001 par value shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) | 5,432,993 | |
Net Asset Value Per Share | $24.99 | |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended | |
| March 31, 2020 | |
| ($000 | ) |
Investment Income | | |
Income | | |
Dividends—Unaffiliated Issuers1 | 47,119 | |
Dividends—Affiliated Issuers | 318 | |
Interest—Unaffiliated Issuers | 59 | |
Interest—Affiliated Issuers | 1,962 | |
Securities Lending—Net | 478 | |
Total Income | 49,936 | |
Expenses | | |
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B | | |
Basic Fee | 7,826 | |
Performance Adjustment | 509 | |
The Vanguard Group—Note C | | |
Management and Administrative | 6,845 | |
Marketing and Distribution | 392 | |
Custodian Fees | 109 | |
Shareholders’ Reports | 33 | |
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses | 5 | |
Total Expenses | 15,719 | |
Net Investment Income | 34,217 | |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | | |
Investment Securities Sold—Unaffiliated Issuers | 10,009 | |
Investment Securities Sold—Affiliated Issuers | (2,653 | ) |
Futures Contracts | (18,789 | ) |
Forward Currency Contracts | 646 | |
Foreign Currencies | 130 | |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (10,657 | ) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | |
Investment Securities—Unaffiliated Issuers | (900,988 | ) |
Investment Securities—Affiliated Issuers | (429 | ) |
Futures Contracts | 6,123 | |
Forward Currency Contracts | (1,222 | ) |
Foreign Currencies | 261 | |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (896,255 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (872,695 | ) |
| 1 | Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $3,001,000. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | | Year Ended | |
| March 31, | | September 30, | |
| 2020 | | 2019 | |
| ($000 | ) | ($000 | ) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net Investment Income | 34,217 | | 141,167 | |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (10,657 | ) | 268,766 | |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (896,255 | ) | (215,960 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (872,695 | ) | 193,973 | |
Distributions1 | | | | |
Total Distributions | (418,327 | ) | (386,944 | ) |
Capital Share Transactions | | | | |
Issued | 443,658 | | 1,495,387 | |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 381,376 | | 360,512 | |
Redeemed | (613,596 | ) | (919,403 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 211,438 | | 936,496 | |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (1,079,584 | ) | 743,525 | |
Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of Period | 6,512,577 | | 5,769,052 | |
End of Period | 5,432,993 | | 6,512,577 | |
1 Certain prior period numbers have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Six Months | | | | | | | | |
| Ended | | | | | Year Ended September 30, | |
For a Share Outstanding | March 31, | | | |
Throughout Each Period | 2020 | | 2019 | | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $30.75 | | $32.62 | | $29.98 | $25.18 | $22.85 | $24.19 | |
Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | .157 | 1 | .700 | 1,2 | .4261 | .3511 | .385 | .373 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (3.946 | ) | (.354 | ) | 2.618 | 4.823 | 2.350 | (1.338) | |
Total from Investment Operations | (3.789 | ) | .346 | | 3.044 | 5.174 | 2.735 | (.965) | |
Distributions | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.742 | ) | (.416 | ) | (.404) | (.374) | (.405) | (.375) | |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (1.229 | ) | (1.800 | ) | — | — | — | — | |
Total Distributions | (1.971 | ) | (2.216 | ) | (.404) | (.374) | (.405) | (.375) | |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $24.99 | | $30.75 | | $32.62 | $29.98 | $25.18 | $22.85 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Return3 | -13.65% | | 2.19% | | 10.22% | 20.85% | 12.11% | -4.09% | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $5,433 | | $6,513 | | $5,769 | $5,387 | $4,515 | $4,144 | |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets4 | 0.47% | | 0.48% | | 0.48% | 0.48% | 0.51% | 0.57% | |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 1.04% | | 2.35%2 | | 1.34% | 1.30% | 1.61% | 1.49% | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 7% | | 49% | | 40% | 47% | 45% | 36% | |
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
| 1 | Calculated based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $.200 and 0.67%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend from Naspers Ltd. in September 2019. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.02%, 0.02%, 0.02%, 0.02%, 0.05%, and 0.08%. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Global Equity Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. Market disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have had a global impact, and uncertainty exists as to the long-term implications. Such disruptions can adversely affect assets of the fund and thus fund performance.
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 affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. 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
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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. Any assets pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities 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 gains (losses) on futures.
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 2% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
4. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any assets pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities 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 gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 2% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
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5. 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, 2016–2019), and for the period ended March 31, 2020, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
6. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
7. 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 before the opening of the market 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 event 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 Assets and Liabilities 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.
8. Credit Facility and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $4.3 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 (or an acceptable alternate rate, if necessary), federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the
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extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund did not utilize the credit facility or the Interfund Lending Program.
9. 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 are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. 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.
Taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the fund’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates. Foreign capital gains tax is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains. The fund has filed tax reclaims for previously withheld taxes on dividends earned in certain European Union countries. These filings are subject to various administrative and judicial proceedings within these countries. Such tax reclaims received during the year, if any, are included in dividend income. No other amounts for additional tax reclaims are reflected in the financial statements due to the uncertainty as to the ultimate resolution of proceedings, the likelihood of receipt of these reclaims, and the potential timing of payment.
B. The investment advisory firms Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd. and Marathon Asset Management LLP 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 Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd. and Marathon Asset Management LLP are subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the MSCI All Country World Index for the preceding three years.
Vanguard manages the cash reserves of the fund as described below.
For the six months ended March 31, 2020, the aggregate investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.23% of the fund’s average net assets, before a net increase of $509,000 (0.02%) 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 corporate management, administrative, marketing, distribution, and cash management 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 Assets and Liabilities. All other costs of operations payable to Vanguard are generally settled twice a month.
Global Equity Fund
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2020, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $297,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.12% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. 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 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of March 31, 2020, based on the inputs used to value them:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
| ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) |
Investments | | | | |
Assets | | | | |
Common Stocks—International | 504,227 | 2,121,119 | — | 2,625,346 |
Common Stocks—United States | 2,640,447 | 204 | — | 2,640,651 |
Temporary Cash Investments | 155,993 | 7,249 | — | 163,242 |
Total | 3,300,667 | 2,128,572 | — | 5,429,239 |
Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | |
Assets | | | | |
Futures Contracts1 | 988 | — | — | 988 |
Forward Currency Contracts | — | 1,700 | — | 1,700 |
Total | 988 | 1,700 | — | 2,688 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Futures Contracts1 | 1,438 | — | — | 1,438 |
Forward Currency Contracts | — | 3,262 | — | 3,262 |
Total | 1,438 | 3,262 | — | 4,700 |
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.
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E. At March 31, 2020, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
| | Foreign | |
| Equity | Exchange | |
| Contracts | Contracts | Total |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) |
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts | 988 | — | 988 |
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts | — | 1,700 | 1,700 |
Total Assets | 988 | 1,700 | 2,688 |
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Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts | 1,438 | — | 1,438 |
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts | — | 3,262 | 3,262 |
Total Liabilities | 1,438 | 3,262 | 4,700 |
Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended March 31, 2020, were:
| | Foreign | |
| Equity | Exchange | |
| Contracts | Contracts | Total |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) |
Futures Contracts | (18,789) | — | (18,789) |
Forward Currency Contracts | — | 646 | 646 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives | (18,789) | 646 | (18,143) |
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Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives | | | |
Futures Contracts | 6,123 | — | 6,123 |
Forward Currency Contracts | — | (1,222) | (1,222) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives | 6,123 | (1,222) | 4,901 |
F. As of March 31, 2020, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
| Amount |
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Tax Cost | 5,290,834 |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 992,453 |
Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (849,638) |
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | 142,815 |
Global Equity Fund
G. During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund purchased $475,291,000 of investment securities and sold $553,521,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
H. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | | Year Ended | |
| March 31, 2020 | | September 30, 2019 | |
| Shares | | Shares | |
| (000 | ) | (000 | ) |
Issued | 14,539 | | 52,576 | |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 12,107 | | 13,666 | |
Redeemed | (21,050 | ) | (31,277 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | 5,596 | | 34,965 | |
I. Transactions during the period in investments where the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group were as follows:
| | | | | Current Period Transactions | |
| Sept. 30, | | Proceeds | Realized | | | | March 31, |
| 2019 | | from | Net | Change in | | Capital Gain | 2020 |
| Market | Purchases | Securities | Gain | Unrealized | Distributions | Market |
| Value | at Cost | Sold | (Loss) | App. (Dep.) | Income | Received | Value |
| ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) |
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | 22,910 | — | 19,998 | (2,653) | (259) | 318 | — | — |
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 291,792 | NA1 | NA1 | — | (170) | 1,962 | — | 155,993 |
Total | 314,702 | | | (2,653) | (429) | 2,280 | — | 155,993 |
1 Not applicable—purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
J. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2020, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements
The board of trustees of Vanguard Global Equity Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangements with Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd. (Baillie Gifford) and Marathon Asset Management LLP (Marathon-London). The board determined that renewing the fund’s advisory arrangements was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decisions 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 that directed 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 decisions.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of each advisor. The board considered the following:
Baillie Gifford. Baillie Gifford—a unit of Baillie Gifford & Co., founded in 1908—is among the largest independently owned investment management firms in the United Kingdom. Baillie Gifford’s investment approach is based on long-term investments in well-managed businesses that enjoy sustainable competitive advantages in their marketplaces. The team invests in four categories of growth stocks: (1) growth stalwarts, or companies with durable franchises; (2) rapid growth, or early stage companies with innovative products or services and a large opportunity for future growth; (3) cyclical growth, or companies highly subject to capital cycles that have strong structural growth prospects and management teams with high capital allocation ability; and (4) latent growth, or companies that are temporarily out of favor but have the ability to accelerate earnings growth over time. Baillie Gifford has managed a portion of the fund since 2008.
Marathon-London. Founded in 1986, Marathon-London employs an investment approach based on the capital cycle: the prospect of high returns will attract excessive capital over the long-term capital cycle of industries, and low returns will lead to capital destruction and industry consolidation. The assessments of how companies respond to the forces of the capital cycle through their capital allocation strategy, coupled with how they are incentivized, are both critical to the investment outcome. Guided by this philosophy, Marathon-London follows a multi-counselor, regional approach whereby individual portfolio managers perform sector analysis and company analysis to construct portfolios. Marathon-London has advised a portion of the fund since its inception in 1995.
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 short- and long-term performance of each advisor’s subportfolio, 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 each advisory arrangement should continue.
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 fee rates were also well below the peer-group average.
The board did not consider the profitability of Baillie Gifford and Marathon-London 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 benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the fund’s advisory fee schedules for Baillie Gifford and Marathon-London. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fees as the fund’s assets managed by each advisor increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangements again after a one-year period.
Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Horizon Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Global Equity Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from December 1, 2018, through December 31, 2019 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Important information about access to shareholder reports
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of your fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent to you by mail, unless you specifically request them. Instead, you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted on the website and will be provided with a link to access the report.
If you have already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and do not need to take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the fund electronically by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you invest directly with the fund, by calling Vanguard at one of the phone numbers on the back cover of this report or by logging on to vanguard.com.
You may elect to receive paper copies of all future shareholder reports free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact the intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies. If you invest directly with the fund, you can call Vanguard at one of the phone numbers on the back cover of this report or log on to vanguard.com. Your election to receive paper copies will apply to all the funds you hold through an intermediary or directly with Vanguard.
Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses | 1 |
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Financial Statements | 4 |
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement | 18 |
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Liquidity Risk Management | 20 |
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.
Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
| Beginning | Ending | Expenses |
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Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund | 9/30/2019 | 3/31/2020 | Period |
Based on Actual Fund Return | $1,000.00 | $716.31 | $1.12 |
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return | 1,000.00 | 1,023.70 | 1.32 |
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period is 0.26%. 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).
Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund
Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2020
Communication Services | | | 3.4 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 8.4 | |
Consumer Staples | | | 4.0 | |
Energy | | | 1.7 | |
Financials | | | 16.6 | |
Health Care | | | 16.7 | |
Industrials | | | 14.7 | |
Information Technology | | | 16.9 | |
Materials | | | 4.4 | |
Real Estate | | | 9.0 | |
Utilities | | | 4.2 | |
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS"), except for the "Other" category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided a GICS classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard and Poor’s, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), and is licensed for use by Vanguard. Neither MSCI, S&P nor any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect to such standard or classification (or the results to be obtained by the use thereof), and all such parties hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to any such standard or classification. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall MSCI, S&P, any of its affiliates or any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2020
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
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| | Shares | ($000) |
Common Stocks (100.5%) | | |
Communication Services (3.4%) | |
* | Zynga Inc. | 1,057,860 | 7,246 |
*,^ | Match Group Inc. | 83,056 | 5,485 |
| Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc. | 875,650 | 3,984 |
* | Glu Mobile Inc. | 530,992 | 3,340 |
* | EverQuote Inc. Class A | 118,361 | 3,107 |
* | MSG Networks Inc. | 169,999 | 1,734 |
* | Bandwidth Inc. Class A | 21,454 | 1,444 |
* | Boingo Wireless Inc. | 127,315 | 1,351 |
* | Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc. | 487,377 | 877 |
*,^ | Gogo Inc. | 257,468 | 546 |
* | Cars.com Inc. | 89,574 | 385 |
*,^ | Frontier Communications Corp. | 848,558 | 323 |
| | | 29,822 |
Consumer Discretionary (8.4%) | |
* | frontdoor Inc. | 184,951 | 6,433 |
* | Meritage Homes Corp. | 132,169 | 4,825 |
* | Rh | 43,844 | 4,405 |
* | Planet Fitness Inc. Class A | 89,111 | 4,340 |
| Rent-A-Center Inc. | 306,828 | 4,339 |
* | TRI Pointe Group Inc. | 397,947 | 3,490 |
* | Taylor Morrison Home Corp. | 314,990 | 3,465 |
| Shoe Carnival Inc. | 156,064 | 3,241 |
* | Asbury Automotive Group Inc. | 55,773 | 3,080 |
| Wingstop Inc. | 38,269 | 3,050 |
* | SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. | 260,298 | 2,868 |
* | 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. Class A | 193,852 | 2,565 |
| Dine Brands Global Inc. | 88,855 | 2,548 |
* | American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. | 602,818 | 2,176 |
* | Gentherm Inc. | 67,726 | 2,127 |
* | Genesco Inc. | 155,277 | 2,071 |
* | Skyline Champion Corp. | 123,692 | 1,939 |
* | TopBuild Corp. | 25,832 | 1,851 |
* | Adient plc | 192,826 | 1,749 |
* | Everi Holdings Inc. | 493,022 | 1,627 |
* | Perdoceo Education Corp. | 129,470 | 1,397 |
| Brunswick Corp. | 39,216 | 1,387 |
| Shutterstock Inc. | 37,805 | 1,216 |
* | Murphy USA Inc. | 13,582 | 1,146 |
*,^ | Mattel Inc. | 125,268 | 1,104 |
* | Universal Electronics Inc. | 20,458 | 785 |
* | Conn’s Inc. | 160,672 | 672 |
* | Zumiez Inc. | 33,446 | 579 |
| Strategic Education Inc. | 3,500 | 489 |
* | M/I Homes Inc. | 27,507 | 455 |
* | Stoneridge Inc. | 27,027 | 453 |
* | Beazer Homes USA Inc. | 66,972 | 431 |
* | Cavco Industries Inc. | 2,890 | 419 |
* | AutoNation Inc. | 14,206 | 399 |
| Bloomin’ Brands Inc. | 45,979 | 328 |
*,^ | GameStop Corp. Class A | 79,625 | 279 |
| Brinker International Inc. | 16,836 | 202 |
| Tupperware Brands Corp. | 123,497 | 200 |
* | Malibu Boats Inc. Class A | 5,709 | 164 |
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Consumer Staples (4.0%) | | |
| John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc. | 71,690 | 6,409 |
| Ingles Markets Inc. | 174,720 | 6,318 |
| Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. | 29,054 | 6,059 |
* | Edgewell Personal Care Co. | 237,399 | 5,717 |
* | TreeHouse Foods Inc. | 74,041 | 3,269 |
^ | B&G Foods Inc. | 128,693 | 2,328 |
* | Darling Ingredients Inc. | 108,880 | 2,087 |
| Medifast Inc. | 26,537 | 1,658 |
* | Performance Food Group Co. | 61,701 | 1,525 |
* | United Natural Foods Inc. | 28,450 | 261 |
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Energy (1.7%) | | |
* | Renewable Energy Group Inc. | 142,726 | 2,930 |
*,^ | W&T Offshore Inc. | 1,510,685 | 2,568 |
* | CONSOL Energy Inc. | 464,410 | 1,714 |
| International Seaways Inc. | 65,489 | 1,564 |
| World Fuel Services Corp. | 55,742 | 1,404 |
^ | Arch Coal Inc. | 47,355 | 1,369 |
^ | Range Resources Corp. | 497,706 | 1,135 |
| CVR Energy Inc. | 54,769 | 905 |
*,^ | Denbury Resources Inc. | 3,777,685 | 697 |
| DMC Global Inc | 20,904 | 481 |
* | REX American Resources Corp. | 6,923 | 322 |
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Financials (16.7%) | | |
| Primerica Inc. | 82,408 | 7,291 |
| Hanover Insurance Group Inc. | 78,789 | 7,137 |
| Umpqua Holdings Corp. | 570,533 | 6,219 |
| Popular Inc. | 176,427 | 6,175 |
| International Bancshares Corp. | 226,652 | 6,092 |
| LPL Financial Holdings Inc. | 107,448 | 5,848 |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. | 102,413 | 5,697 |
| FNB Corp. | 757,605 | 5,584 |
| Radian Group Inc. | 424,589 | 5,498 |
| First Citizens BancShares Inc. Class A | 16,173 | 5,383 |
| Walker & Dunlop Inc. | 122,323 | 4,926 |
| Nelnet Inc. Class A | 106,768 | 4,848 |
| Navient Corp. | 633,463 | 4,802 |
| MGIC Investment Corp. | 696,632 | 4,424 |
* | Enova International Inc. | 302,675 | 4,386 |
* | Mr Cooper Group Inc. | 594,299 | 4,356 |
| CNO Financial Group Inc. | 322,672 | 3,998 |
| Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. | 218,341 | 3,913 |
| OFG Bancorp | 336,741 | 3,765 |
| Hilltop Holdings Inc. | 247,147 | 3,737 |
| Piper Sandler Cos. | 66,406 | 3,358 |
* | NMI Holdings Inc. | 256,009 | 2,972 |
| American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | 156,752 | 2,947 |
| Westamerica Bancorporation | 44,362 | 2,608 |
| Cohen & Steers Inc. | 54,068 | 2,457 |
| Brightsphere Investment Group Inc. | 366,598 | 2,343 |
| OneMain Holdings Inc | 118,004 | 2,256 |
| Banner Corp. | 59,977 | 1,982 |
* | Cannae Holdings Inc. | 52,295 | 1,751 |
| Federated Hermes Inc. | 90,934 | 1,732 |
* | Encore Capital Group Inc. | 73,614 | 1,721 |
| S&T Bancorp Inc. | 61,648 | 1,684 |
*,^ | Benefytt Technologies Inc. Class A | 73,962 | 1,656 |
| Great Western Bancorp Inc. | 79,521 | 1,629 |
| First Hawaiian Inc. | 98,340 | 1,626 |
| Columbia Banking System Inc. | 52,225 | 1,400 |
| Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Class A | 61,242 | 1,316 |
| First Midwest Bancorp Inc. | 97,210 | 1,287 |
| First BanCorp | 219,368 | 1,167 |
* | Palomar Holdings Inc. | 18,982 | 1,104 |
| Cathay General Bancorp | 43,484 | 998 |
| Curo Group Holdings Corp. | 157,144 | 833 |
| National General Holdings Corp. | 47,617 | 788 |
| Employers Holdings Inc. | 17,959 | 727 |
| PennyMac Financial Services Inc. | 16,980 | 375 |
| First Interstate BancSystem Inc. Class A | 11,145 | 321 |
| RLI Corp. | 3,500 | 308 |
| | | 147,425 |
Health Care (16.8%) | | |
* | Novocure Ltd. | 129,258 | 8,704 |
* | Charles River Laboratories International Inc. | 68,599 | 8,658 |
| Bruker Corp. | 217,979 | 7,817 |
* | Medpace Holdings Inc. | 92,664 | 6,800 |
* | Quidel Corp. | 68,450 | 6,695 |
| Encompass Health Corp. | 98,058 | 6,279 |
* | PRA Health Sciences Inc. | 75,197 | 6,244 |
* | STAAR Surgical Co. | 193,192 | 6,232 |
* | Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. | 883,649 | 6,221 |
* | Integer Holdings Corp. | 97,676 | 6,140 |
* | Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 113,830 | 5,854 |
*,^ | Puma Biotechnology Inc. | 599,705 | 5,062 |
* | Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. | 131,870 | 4,837 |
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| | | Market |
| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
*,^ | AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 753,108 | 4,654 |
* | ImmunoGen Inc. | 1,337,504 | 4,561 |
* | Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 426,469 | 4,303 |
*,^ | Esperion Therapeutics Inc. | 132,801 | 4,187 |
* | Haemonetics Corp. | 40,067 | 3,993 |
* | Tenet Healthcare Corp. | 272,042 | 3,917 |
* | Veeva Systems Inc. | 19,154 | 2,995 |
* | MEDNAX Inc. | 230,083 | 2,678 |
* | Lantheus Holdings Inc. | 189,644 | 2,420 |
* | Inovalon Holdings Inc. Class A | 136,596 | 2,276 |
* | CorVel Corp. | 40,904 | 2,230 |
* | Cytokinetics Inc. | 184,175 | 2,171 |
| Patterson Cos. Inc. | 130,746 | 1,999 |
* | NuVasive Inc. | 39,163 | 1,984 |
* | Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 184,864 | 1,915 |
* | Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 721,823 | 1,682 |
*,^ | Mallinckrodt plc | 844,815 | 1,673 |
* | Krystal Biotech Inc. | 37,388 | 1,617 |
* | Pennant Group Inc. | 108,184 | 1,532 |
*,^ | Eidos Therapeutics Inc. | 28,340 | 1,388 |
* | Endo International plc | 277,960 | 1,028 |
* | Voyager Therapeutics Inc. | 102,911 | 942 |
| Ensign Group Inc. | 24,110 | 907 |
* | Denali Therapeutics Inc. | 42,200 | 739 |
* | Retrophin Inc. | 41,066 | 599 |
| US Physical Therapy Inc. | 8,264 | 570 |
*,^ | Acorda Therapeutics Inc. | 610,867 | 570 |
| Computer Programs & Systems Inc. | 23,856 | 531 |
*,^ | Precigen Inc. | 154,971 | 527 |
* | Alkermes plc | 27,352 | 394 |
* | Magellan Health Inc. | 8,134 | 391 |
| Chemed Corp. | 850 | 368 |
* | Teladoc Health Inc. | 2,300 | 357 |
* | Brookdale Senior Living Inc. | 72,617 | 227 |
* | Select Medical Holdings Corp. | 11,158 | 167 |
| | | 148,035 |
Industrials (14.8%) | | |
| Armstrong World Industries Inc. | 93,808 | 7,450 |
* | FTI Consulting Inc. | 61,585 | 7,376 |
* | Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. | 165,725 | 6,932 |
| Tetra Tech Inc. | 93,356 | 6,593 |
| Ennis Inc. | 280,333 | 5,265 |
| Kforce Inc. | 203,413 | 5,201 |
* | MasTec Inc. | 151,994 | 4,975 |
| Rush Enterprises Inc. | 153,400 | 4,896 |
| Triton International Ltd. | 182,017 | 4,709 |
* | Builders FirstSource Inc. | 369,235 | 4,516 |
* | BMC Stock Holdings Inc. | 254,077 | 4,505 |
* | GMS Inc. | 282,052 | 4,437 |
* | Atkore International Group Inc. | 210,466 | 4,434 |
| Terex Corp. | 285,494 | 4,100 |
| EMCOR Group Inc. | 65,102 | 3,992 |
* | WESCO International Inc. | 173,674 | 3,968 |
* | Echo Global Logistics Inc. | 216,550 | 3,699 |
| Landstar System Inc. | 33,240 | 3,186 |
| ArcBest Corp. | 177,981 | 3,118 |
* | Foundation Building Materials Inc. | 271,510 | 2,794 |
| Steelcase Inc. | 278,301 | 2,747 |
| Kaman Corp. | 70,450 | 2,710 |
| Korn Ferry | 103,951 | 2,528 |
| Triumph Group Inc. | 360,673 | 2,438 |
| Oshkosh Corp. | 33,218 | 2,137 |
* | American Woodmark Corp. | 43,988 | 2,004 |
| Acuity Brands Inc. | 23,347 | 2,000 |
* | Herc Holdings Inc. | 97,255 | 1,990 |
| Universal Forest Products Inc. | 39,936 | 1,485 |
| Arcosa Inc. | 37,017 | 1,471 |
| Mueller Industries Inc. | 55,613 | 1,331 |
* | Hub Group Inc. | 28,921 | 1,315 |
| McGrath RentCorp | 24,605 | 1,289 |
| Trinity Industries Inc. | 74,797 | 1,202 |
* | Astronics Corp. | 109,765 | 1,008 |
| Covanta Holding Corp. | 112,116 | 959 |
* | Meritor Inc. | 68,673 | 910 |
| Albany International Corp. | 16,395 | 776 |
| Kelly Services Inc. | 52,919 | 672 |
^ | ADT Inc. | 139,965 | 605 |
| Allegiant Travel Co. | 6,630 | 542 |
| Wabash National Corp. | 69,092 | 499 |
| ABM Industries Inc. | 19,862 | 484 |
| Quad/Graphics Inc. | 135,304 | 341 |
* | Gibraltar Industries Inc. | 6,278 | 269 |
* | Tutor Perini Corp. | 34,120 | 229 |
* | Navistar International Corp. | 7,635 | 126 |
| | | 130,213 |
Information Technology (17.0%) | |
* | CACI International Inc. Class A | 41,638 | 8,792 |
* | Lattice Semiconductor Corp. | 441,310 | 7,864 |
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| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
| ManTech International Corp. | 107,948 | 7,845 |
* | Synaptics Inc. | 120,674 | 6,983 |
| Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. | 101,356 | 6,957 |
* | Cirrus Logic Inc. | 96,073 | 6,305 |
| Jabil Inc. | 255,545 | 6,281 |
| Avnet Inc. | 247,138 | 6,203 |
* | Workiva Inc. | 191,364 | 6,187 |
* | Five9 Inc. | 79,430 | 6,073 |
* | Fabrinet | 106,384 | 5,804 |
* | Unisys Corp. | 455,013 | 5,619 |
| SYNNEX Corp. | 70,703 | 5,168 |
| TTEC Holdings Inc. | 140,326 | 5,153 |
* | Cardtronics plc Class A | 207,188 | 4,334 |
* | Manhattan Associates Inc. | 85,455 | 4,257 |
| Perspecta Inc. | 213,487 | 3,894 |
* | Lumentum Holdings Inc. | 51,228 | 3,775 |
*,^ | SunPower Corp. | 743,701 | 3,771 |
* | Enphase Energy Inc. | 108,255 | 3,496 |
* | Amkor Technology Inc. | 419,270 | 3,266 |
*,^ | Paysign Inc. | 596,701 | 3,079 |
* | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | 67,565 | 3,073 |
* | Avid Technology Inc. | 444,832 | 2,994 |
* | SMART Global Holdings Inc. | 116,532 | 2,832 |
* | Verint Systems Inc. | 55,473 | 2,385 |
* | Diebold Nixdorf Inc. | 658,189 | 2,317 |
| MAXIMUS Inc. | 36,448 | 2,121 |
* | Sykes Enterprises Inc. | 62,324 | 1,690 |
* | Avaya Holdings Corp. | 201,251 | 1,628 |
* | TTM Technologies Inc. | 134,002 | 1,386 |
| Comtech Telecommunications Corp. | 97,892 | 1,301 |
* | Infinera Corp. | 241,704 | 1,281 |
| CSG Systems International Inc. | 26,108 | 1,093 |
* | Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. | 31,076 | 987 |
* | Harmonic Inc. | 124,272 | 716 |
* | Virtusa Corp. | 20,071 | 570 |
* | Model N Inc. | 24,339 | 541 |
| Plantronics Inc. | 52,000 | 523 |
* | Extreme Networks Inc. | 159,392 | 493 |
* | Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. | 35,546 | 491 |
* | Evo Payments Inc. | 28,768 | 440 |
* | NCR Corp. | 8,644 | 153 |
| | | 150,121 |
Materials (4.5%) | | |
| Royal Gold Inc. | 91,511 | 8,027 |
* | Element Solutions Inc. | 819,146 | 6,848 |
| Valvoline Inc. | 375,580 | 4,916 |
* | Verso Corp. | 344,428 | 3,885 |
* | Allegheny Technologies Inc. | 327,279 | 2,782 |
| Commercial Metals Co. | 161,974 | 2,558 |
| Domtar Corp. | 115,432 | 2,498 |
| Boise Cascade Co. | 85,895 | 2,043 |
| Huntsman Corp. | 136,680 | 1,972 |
| Silgan Holdings Inc. | 54,831 | 1,591 |
| Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. | 105,903 | 1,381 |
| Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. | 21,904 | 609 |
* | Forterra Inc. | 67,181 | 402 |
| | | 39,512 |
Real Estate (9.0%) | | |
| GEO Group Inc. | 511,231 | 6,216 |
| CoreCivic Inc. | 513,108 | 5,731 |
| Lexington Realty Trust Class B | 576,651 | 5,726 |
| National Health Investors Inc. | 111,670 | 5,530 |
| Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. | 441,190 | 4,818 |
| Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. | 235,499 | 4,806 |
| Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. | 266,590 | 4,708 |
| EastGroup Properties Inc. | 43,392 | 4,534 |
| Independence Realty Trust Inc. | 362,815 | 3,243 |
| SITE Centers Corp. | 610,730 | 3,182 |
| Life Storage Inc. | 33,142 | 3,133 |
| Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 26,888 | 2,711 |
| Spirit Realty Capital Inc. | 98,230 | 2,569 |
| Brandywine Realty Trust | 218,602 | 2,300 |
| iStar Inc. | 175,271 | 1,860 |
| MGM Growth Properties LLC Class A | 74,776 | 1,770 |
| Retail Properties of America Inc. | 335,489 | 1,734 |
| CyrusOne Inc. | 24,774 | 1,530 |
| American Finance Trust Inc. | 226,037 | 1,413 |
| Global Medical REIT Inc. | 122,785 | 1,243 |
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| |
| | | Market |
| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
| Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc. | 113,004 | 1,164 |
^ | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. | 197,349 | 987 |
| Global Net Lease Inc. | 71,132 | 951 |
| Newmark Group Inc. Class A | 216,487 | 920 |
| Columbia Property Trust Inc. | 70,850 | 886 |
| Summit Hotel Properties Inc. | 199,194 | 841 |
| One Liberty Properties Inc. | 57,432 | 800 |
| Office Properties Income Trust | 28,707 | 782 |
| Service Properties Trust | 134,243 | 725 |
| RPT Realty | 114,868 | 693 |
| Diversified Healthcare Trust | 164,422 | 597 |
| City Office REIT Inc. | 59,087 | 427 |
| RLJ Lodging Trust | 42,561 | 328 |
| RE/MAX Holdings Inc. | 14,909 | 327 |
| New Senior Investment Group Inc. | 89,441 | 229 |
^ | Washington Prime Group Inc. | 215,515 | 173 |
^ | Pennsylvania REIT | 160,010 | 146 |
| | | 79,733 |
Utilities (4.2%) | | |
| PNM Resources Inc. | 190,861 | 7,253 |
| Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. | 166,026 | 7,147 |
| IDACORP Inc. | 74,025 | 6,499 |
| Unitil Corp. | 76,271 | 3,990 |
| Otter Tail Corp. | 74,750 | 3,323 |
| MDU Resources Group Inc. | 107,529 | 2,312 |
| Clearway Energy Inc. Class C | 110,094 | 2,070 |
| American States Water Co. | 13,252 | 1,083 |
| ONE Gas Inc. | 12,145 | 1,016 |
| Black Hills Corp. | 15,467 | 990 |
| NorthWestern Corp. | 14,491 | 867 |
| Portland General Electric Co. | 13,059 | 626 |
| Avista Corp. | 5,473 | 233 |
| | | 37,409 |
Total Common Stocks | | |
(Cost $1,200,946) | | 887,284 |
Temporary Cash Investments (4.0%) | | |
Money Market Fund (3.9%) | | |
1,2 | Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 0.943% | 350,161 | 34,974 |
| | | |
| | Face | |
| | Amount | |
| | ($000) | |
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%) |
3 | United States Treasury Bill 1.515%, 4/9/20 | 500 | 500 |
Total Temporary Cash Investments | |
(Cost $35,510) | | 35,474 |
Total Investments (104.5%) | | |
(Cost $1,236,456) | | 922,758 |
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-4.5%)2,3 | | (39,845) |
Net Assets (100%) | | 882,913 |
Cost rounded to $000.
| · | 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 $28,214,000. |
| 1 | Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield. |
| 2 | Collateral of $32,944,000 was received for securities on loan. |
| 3 | Securities with a value of $500,000 and cash of $103,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts. |
| REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust. |
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | | | |
| | | | ($000) |
| | | | Value and |
| | Number of | | Unrealized |
| | Long (Short) | Notional | Appreciation |
| Expiration | Contracts | Amount | (Depreciation) |
Long Futures Contracts | | | | |
E-mini Russell 2000 Index | June 2020 | 89 | 5,107 | 141 |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2020
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) | Amount |
Assets | |
Investments in Securities, at Value | |
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $1,201,446) | 887,784 |
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $35,010) | 34,974 |
Total Investments in Securities | 922,758 |
Investment in Vanguard | 56 |
Cash | 362 |
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts | 103 |
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold | 5,293 |
Receivables for Accrued Income | 1,555 |
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued | 524 |
Total Assets | 930,651 |
Liabilities | |
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased | 3 |
Collateral for Securities on Loan | 32,944 |
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed | 14,252 |
Payables to Vanguard | 431 |
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts | 108 |
Total Liabilities | 47,738 |
Net Assets | 882,913 |
| |
| |
At March 31, 2020, net assets consisted of: | |
| |
Paid-in Capital | 1,176,513 |
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) | (293,600) |
Net Assets | 882,913 |
| |
Net Assets | |
Applicable to 40,878,747 outstanding $.001 par value shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) | 882,913 |
Net Asset Value Per Share | $21.60 |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| March 31, 2020 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income | |
Income | |
Dividends | 8,097 |
Interest1 | 45 |
Securities Lending—Net | 1,414 |
Total Income | 9,556 |
Expenses | |
The Vanguard Group—Note B | |
Investment Advisory Services | 557 |
Management and Administrative | 1,071 |
Marketing and Distribution | 103 |
Custodian Fees | 11 |
Shareholders’ Reports | 16 |
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses | 1 |
Total Expenses | 1,759 |
Net Investment Income | 7,797 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | |
Investment Securities Sold1 | 30,211 |
Futures Contracts | (2,126) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 28,085 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Investment Securities1 | (391,076) |
Futures Contracts | 351 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (390,725) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (354,843) |
| 1 | Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $42,000, ($1,000), and ($41,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | | Year Ended |
| March 31, | September 30, |
| 2020 | 2019 |
| ($000) | | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | |
Operations | | | |
Net Investment Income | 7,797 | 19,192 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 28,085 | 37,368 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (390,725) | (308,307) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (354,843) | (251,747) |
Distributions1 | | | |
Total Distributions | (58,643) | (153,907) |
Capital Share Transactions | | | |
Issued | 122,998 | 319,383 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 53,758 | 142,242 |
Redeemed | (275,442) | (577,783) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | (98,686) | (116,158) |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (512,172) | (521,812) |
Net Assets | | | |
Beginning of Period | 1,395,085 | 1,916,897 |
End of Period | 882,913 | 1,395,085 |
1 Certain prior period numbers have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Six Months | | | | | | |
| Ended | | | Year Ended September 30, | |
For a Share Outstanding | March 31, | | | |
Throughout Each Period | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $31.41 | $40.21 | $36.99 | $31.45 | $28.95 | $30.91 | |
Investment Operations | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | .1801 | .3931 | .3731 | .4621 | .494 | .368 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (8.623) | (5.888) | 5.294 | 5.545 | 2.682 | .349 | |
Total from Investment Operations | (8.443) | (5.495) | 5.667 | 6.007 | 3.176 | .717 | |
Distributions | | | | | | | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.393) | (.378) | (.394) | (.467) | (.340) | (.246) | |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (.974) | (2.927) | (2.053) | — | (.336) | (2.431) | |
Total Distributions | (1.367) | (3.305) | (2.447) | (.467) | (.676) | (2.677) | |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $21.60 | $31.41 | $40.21 | $36.99 | $31.45 | $28.95 | |
Total Return2 | -28.37% | -12.91% | 16.13% | 19.19% | 11.14% | 2.10% | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $883 | $1,395 | $1,917 | $1,673 | $1,351 | $945 | |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.34% | |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 1.32% | 1.22% | 0.99% | 1.34% | 1.78% | 1.34% | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 31% | 67% | 88% | 91% | 89% | 62% | |
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
| 1 | Calculated based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | 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. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. Market disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have had a global impact, and uncertainty exists as to the long-term implications. Such disruptions can adversely affect assets of the fund and thus fund performance.
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 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.
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. Any assets pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities 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 gains (losses) on futures.
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, 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 the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
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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, 2016–2019), and for the period ended March 31, 2020, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
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 before the opening of the market 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 event 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 Assets and Liabilities 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 and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $4.3 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 (or an acceptable alternate rate, if necessary), federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the
Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund
extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund did not utilize the credit facility or the Interfund Lending Program.
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 are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. 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.
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 Assets and Liabilities. All other costs of operations payable to Vanguard are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2020, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $56,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.02% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. 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 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of March 31, 2020, based on the inputs used to value them:
| Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
| ($000 | ) | ($000 | ) | ($000 | ) | ($000 | ) |
Investments | | | | | | | | |
Assets | | | | | | | | |
Common Stocks | 887,284 | | — | | — | | 887,284 | |
Temporary Cash Investments | 34,974 | | 500 | | — | | 35,474 | |
Total | 922,258 | | 500 | | — | | 922,758 | |
Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | |
Liabilities | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts1 | 108 | | — | | — | | 108 | |
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.
D. As of March 31, 2020, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
| Amount | |
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Tax Cost | 1,236,456 | |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 92,225 | |
Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (405,782 | ) |
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (313,557 | ) |
E. During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the fund purchased $401,493,000 of investment securities and sold $536,250,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
F. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | | Year Ended | |
| March 31, 2020 | | September 30, 2019 | |
| Shares | | Shares | |
| (000 | ) | (000 | ) |
Issued | 4,249 | | 10,044 | |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 1,637 | | 4,946 | |
Redeemed | (9,426 | ) | (18,246 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | (3,540 | ) | (3,256 | ) |
G. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2020, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Quantitative Equity Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the 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 advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed 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 arrangement. 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 the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Quantitative Equity Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the fund, 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 arrangement should continue.
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 expenses were also well below the peer-group average.
The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Horizon Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from December 1, 2018, through December 31, 2019 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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See the inside front cover for important information about access to your fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports. |
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Important information about access to shareholder reports
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of your fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent to you by mail, unless you specifically request them. Instead, you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted on the website and will be provided with a link to access the report.
If you have already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and do not need to take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the fund electronically by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you invest directly with the fund, by calling Vanguard at one of the phone numbers on the back cover of this report or by logging on to vanguard.com.
You may elect to receive paper copies of all future shareholder reports free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact the intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies. If you invest directly with the fund, you can call Vanguard at one of the phone numbers on the back cover of this report or log on to vanguard.com. Your election to receive paper copies will apply to all the funds you hold through an intermediary or directly with Vanguard.
Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses | 1 |
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Financial Statements | 4 |
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement | 16 |
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Liquidity Risk Management | 18 |
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.
Period Ended March 31, 2020
| Beginning | Ending | Expenses |
| Account Value | Account Value | Paid During |
International Core Stock Fund | 10/16/2019 | 3/31/2020 | Period |
Based on Actual Fund Return | | | |
Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $814.88 | $1.92 |
Admiral™ Shares | 1,000.00 | 815.44 | 1.50 |
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return | | | |
Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $1,022.89 | $2.14 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,023.35 | 1.67 |
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the period from inception on October 16, 2019, through March 31, 2020. The fund’s annualized expense ratios for that period are 0.46% for Investor Shares and 0.36% 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 from inception through March 31, 2020, multiplied by the number of days in that period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (168/366).
International Core Stock Fund
Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2020
Communication Services | 6.1% |
Consumer Discretionary | 10.2 |
Consumer Staples | 10.6 |
Energy | 4.0 |
Financials | 20.5 |
Health Care | 11.1 |
Industrials | 14.1 |
Information Technology | 10.0 |
Materials | 5.2 |
Other | 0.0 |
Real Estate | 4.5 |
Utilities | 3.7 |
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments. Sector categories are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS"), except for the "Other" category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided a GICS classification as of the effec-tive reporting period.
The Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard and Poor’s, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), and is licensed for use by Vanguard. Neither MSCI, S&P nor any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect to such standard or classification (or the results to be obtained by the use thereof), and all such parties hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to any such standard or classification. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall MSCI, S&P, any of its affiliates or any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
International Core Stock Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2020
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value• | |
| | Shares | | ($000) | |
Common Stocks (97.7%) | | | | |
Australia (0.9%) | | | | |
| Goodman Group | 187,538 | | 1,375 | |
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Belgium (0.7%) | | | | |
| Ageas | 27,284 | | 1,137 | |
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Brazil (1.2%) | | | | |
| Lojas Renner SA | 161,200 | | 1,041 | |
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA | | | | |
| Preference Shares | 315,900 | | 851 | |
| | | | 1,892 | |
Canada (3.3%) | | | | |
| Barrick Gold Corp. | 119,653 | | 2,199 | |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 43,814 | | 1,789 | |
| Magna International Inc. | 37,717 | | 1,204 | |
| | | | 5,192 | |
China (12.0%) | | | | |
* | Alibaba Group Holding | | | | |
| Ltd. | 196,140 | | 4,753 | |
| Ping An Insurance Group | | | | |
| Co. of China Ltd. | 267,500 | | 2,613 | |
| China Merchants Bank | | | | |
| Co. Ltd. Class H | 535,000 | | 2,394 | |
| China Tower Corp. Ltd. | | | | |
| Class H | 7,962,000 | | 1,769 | |
| China Overseas Land | | | | |
| & Investment Ltd. | 534,000 | | 1,637 | |
| CNOOC Ltd. | 1,511,000 | | 1,570 | |
* | Tencent Music | | | | |
| Entertainment | | | | |
| Group ADR | 141,678 | | 1,425 | |
| CSPC Pharmaceutical | | | | |
| Group Ltd. | 576,000 | | 1,133 | |
| Haier Electronics Group | | | | |
| Co. Ltd. | 406,000 | | 1,072 | |
| China International Travel | | | | |
| Service Corp. Ltd. | | | | |
| Class A (XSSC) | 55,675 | | 521 | |
| China International | | | | |
| Travel Service Corp. | | | | |
| Ltd. Class A (XSHG) | 13,600 | | 127 | |
| | | | 19,014 | |
Denmark (2.0%) | | | | |
| Vestas Wind Systems | | | | |
| A/S | 20,382 | | 1,659 | |
| AP Moller - Maersk A/S | | | | |
| Class B | 1,776 | | 1,574 | |
| | | | 3,233 | |
France (10.9%) | | | | |
| Total SA | 71,992 | | 2,713 | |
| Vinci SA | 28,138 | | 2,299 | |
| Schneider Electric SE | 26,567 | | 2,246 | |
| Pernod Ricard SA | 12,856 | | 1,825 | |
| Airbus SE | 25,360 | | 1,635 | |
| Axa SA | 89,610 | | 1,517 | |
| Engie SA | 147,761 | | 1,513 | |
| Cie Generale des | | | | |
| Etablissements | | | | |
| Michelin SCA | 15,109 | | 1,323 | |
| BNP Paribas SA | 38,333 | | 1,119 | |
| Edenred | 25,422 | | 1,055 | |
| | | | 17,245 | |
Germany (2.7%) | | | | |
| Allianz SE | 12,249 | | 2,086 | |
| Volkswagen AG | | | | |
| Preference Shares | 12,269 | | 1,414 | |
| Rwe AG | 29,876 | | 781 | |
| | | | 4,281 | |
Hong Kong (2.8%) | | | | |
| AIA Group Ltd. | 303,400 | | 2,717 | |
| New World Development | | | | |
| Co. Ltd. | 1,609,000 | | 1,715 | |
| | | | 4,432 | |
India (0.5%) | | | | |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR | 84,993 | | 722 | |
International Core Stock Fund | | | |
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value• | |
| | Shares | | ($000) | |
Indonesia (0.5%) | | | | |
| Bank Mandiri Persero | | | | |
| Tbk PT | 2,608,700 | | 742 | |
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Ireland (0.9%) | | | | |
| Smurfit Kappa Group | | | | |
| plc | 51,784 | | 1,467 | |
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Japan (16.2%) | | | | |
| Eisai Co. Ltd. | 35,000 | | 2,560 | |
| KDDI Corp. | 85,500 | | 2,525 | |
| Ono Pharmaceutical | | | | |
| Co. Ltd. | 109,100 | | 2,507 | |
| Tokio Marine Holdings | | | | |
| Inc. | 54,200 | | 2,480 | |
| ITOCHU Corp. | 113,900 | | 2,357 | |
| Hoya Corp. | 26,400 | | 2,245 | |
| Seven & i Holdings | | | | |
| Co. Ltd. | 63,300 | | 2,090 | |
| Mitsui Fudosan Co. | | | | |
| Ltd. | 119,300 | | 2,066 | |
| Mitsubishi UFJ | | | | |
| Financial Group Inc. | 539,400 | | 2,018 | |
| MS&AD Insurance | | | | |
| Group Holdings Inc. | 66,400 | | 1,853 | |
| FANUC Corp. | 11,800 | | 1,577 | |
| Mitsubishi Heavy | | | | |
| Industries Ltd. | 51,900 | | 1,308 | |
| | | | 25,586 | |
Mexico (2.3%) | | | | |
| Wal-Mart de Mexico | | | | |
| SAB de CV | 910,800 | | 2,140 | |
| America Movil SAB | | | | |
| de CV | 2,574,900 | | 1,525 | |
| | | | 3,665 | |
Netherlands (5.1%) | | | | |
| ASML Holding NV | 12,339 | | 3,253 | |
| Wolters Kluwer NV | 30,262 | | 2,146 | |
| Koninklijke KPN NV | 811,382 | | 1,940 | |
* | AerCap Holdings NV | 33,263 | | 758 | |
| | | | 8,097 | |
New Zealand (0.8%) | | | | |
* | a2 Milk Co. Ltd. | 115,805 | | 1,183 | |
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Other (2.3%) | | | | |
1 | Vanguard FTSE | | | | |
| Developed | | | | |
| Markets ETF | 110,737 | | 3,692 | |
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Russia (1.4%) | | | | |
| Sberbank of Russia | | | | |
| PJSC ADR | 134,200 | | 1,264 | |
| Lukoil Pjsc ADR | 15,300 | | 901 | |
| | | | 2,165 | |
South Africa (0.3%) | | | | |
| Old Mutual Ltd. | 734,775 | | 487 | |
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South Korea (4.4%) | | | | |
| Samsung Electronics | | | | |
| Co. Ltd. | 103,736 | | 4,033 | |
| LG Household & Health | | | | |
| Care Ltd. | 1,772 | | 1,623 | |
| KB Financial Group Inc. | 46,959 | | 1,321 | |
| | | | 6,977 | |
Spain (4.4%) | | | | |
* | Iberdrola SA | 338,434 | | 3,310 | |
| Industria de Diseno | | | | |
| Textil SA | 91,841 | | 2,380 | |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya | | | | |
| Argentaria SA | 380,487 | | 1,178 | |
| | | | 6,868 | |
Sweden (0.9%) | | | | |
| Alfa Laval AB | 79,895 | | 1,368 | |
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Switzerland (6.5%) | | | | |
| Nestle SA | 51,976 | | 5,321 | |
| Novartis AG | 59,614 | | 4,918 | |
| | | | 10,239 | |
Taiwan (5.4%) | | | | |
| Taiwan Semiconductor | | | | |
| Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 440,000 | | 3,961 | |
| MediaTek Inc. | 161,000 | | 1,728 | |
| Uni-President | | | | |
| Enterprises Corp. | 794,000 | | 1,719 | |
| Hon Hai Precision | | | | |
| Industry Co. Ltd. | 450,000 | | 1,036 | |
| | | | 8,444 | |
United Kingdom (9.3%) | | | | |
| AstraZeneca plc | 36,905 | | 3,288 | |
| Experian plc | 80,238 | | 2,230 | |
| BHP Group plc | 134,487 | | 2,087 | |
| Anglo American plc | 110,270 | | 1,933 | |
| London Stock Exchange | | | | |
| Group plc | 20,901 | | 1,870 | |
| Standard Chartered plc | 318,880 | | 1,763 | |
| Compass Group plc | 96,276 | | 1,500 | |
| | | | 14,671 | |
| Total Common Stocks | | | | |
| (Cost $188,049) | | | 154,174 | |
International Core Stock Fund | | |
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| | Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Temporary Cash Investment (0.8%) | |
Money Market Fund (0.8%) | | |
2 Vanguard Market | | |
Liquidity Fund | | |
(Cost $1,308), 0.943% | 13,086 | 1,307 |
Total Investments (98.5%) | | |
(Cost $189,357) | | 155,481 |
Other Assets and Liabilities— | | |
Net (1.5%) | | 2,399 |
Net Assets (100%) | | 157,880 |
Cost rounded to $000.
| • | See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. |
| * | Non-income-producing security. |
| 1 | Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group. |
| 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. |
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
International Core Stock Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2020
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) | Amount |
Assets | |
Investments in Securities, at Value | |
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $184,724) | 150,482 |
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $4,633) | 4,999 |
Total Investments in Securities | 155,481 |
Investment in Vanguard | 8 |
Cash | 5 |
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $135) | 137 |
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold | 2,902 |
Receivables for Accrued Income | 797 |
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued | 243 |
Total Assets | 159,573 |
Liabilities | |
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased | 1,045 |
Payables to Investment Advisor | 85 |
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed | 557 |
Payables to Vanguard | 6 |
Total Liabilities | 1,693 |
Net Assets | 157,880 |
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Paid-in Capital | 195,616 |
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) | (37,736) |
Net Assets | 157,880 |
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Investor Shares—Net Assets | |
Applicable to 4,278,947 outstanding $.001 par value shares of | |
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) | 34,851 |
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares | $8.14 |
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Admiral Shares—Net Assets | |
Applicable to 7,550,281 outstanding $.001 par value shares of | |
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) | 123,029 |
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares | $16.29 |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
International Core Stock Fund
Statement of Operations
| October 1, 20191 to |
| March 31, 2020 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income | |
Income | |
Dividends—Unaffiliated Issuers2 | 1,731 |
Dividends—Affiliated Issuers | 60 |
Interest—Unaffiliated Issuers | — |
Interest—Affiliated Issuers | 46 |
Total Income | 1,837 |
Expenses | |
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B | 146 |
The Vanguard Group—Note C | |
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares | 45 |
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares | 101 |
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares | 2 |
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares | 4 |
Custodian Fees | 13 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares | — |
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares | — |
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses | — |
Total Expenses | 311 |
Expenses Paid Indirectly | (9) |
Net Expenses | 302 |
Net Investment Income | 1,535 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | |
Investment Securities Sold—Unaffiliated Issuers | (5,041) |
Investment Securities Sold—Affiliated Issuers | (80) |
Foreign Currencies | (65) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (5,186) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Investment Securities—Unaffiliated Issuers | (34,242) |
Investment Securities—Affiliated Issuers | 366 |
Foreign Currencies | (7) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (33,883) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (37,534) |
| 1 | Commencement of subscription period for the fund. |
| 2 | Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $187,000. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
International Core Stock Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| October 1, 20191 to |
| | March 31, 2020 |
| | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net Investment Income | 1,535 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (5,186) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (33,883) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (37,534) |
Distributions | | |
Investor Shares | (42) |
Admiral Shares | (160) |
Total Distributions | (202) |
Capital Share Transactions | | |
Investor Shares | 43,164 |
Admiral Shares | 152,452 |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 195,616 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | 157,880 |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of Period | | — |
End of Period | 157,880 |
| 1 | Commencement of subscription period for the fund. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
International Core Stock Fund
Financial Highlights
Investor Shares
| October 1, 20191 to |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period | March 31, 2020 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $10.00 |
Investment Operations | |
Net Investment Income2 | .084 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (1.933) |
Total from Investment Operations | (1.849) |
Distributions | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.011) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — |
Total Distributions | (.011) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $8.14 |
| |
Total Return3 | -18.51% |
| |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $35 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.46%4,5 |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 1.81%4 |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 37% |
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
| 1 | The subscription period for the fund was October 1, 2019, to October 15, 2019, during which time all assets were held in cash. Performance measurement began October 16, 2019, the first business day after the subscription period, at a net asset value of $10.00. |
| 2 | Calculated based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 5 | The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.45%. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
International Core Stock Fund
Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares
| October 1, 20191 to |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period | March 31, 2020 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $20.00 |
Investment Operations | |
Net Investment Income2 | .176 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (3.862) |
Total from Investment Operations | (3.686) |
Distributions | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.024) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — |
Total Distributions | (.024) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $16.29 |
| |
Total Return3 | -18.46% |
| |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $123 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.36%4,5 |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 1.90%4 |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 37% |
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
| 1 | The subscription period for the fund was October 1, 2019, to October 15, 2019, during which time all assets were held in cash. Performance measurement began October 16, 2019, the first business day after the subscription period, at a net asset value of $20.00. |
| 2 | Calculated based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 5 | The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.35%. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
International Core Stock Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard International Core Stock 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. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors.
The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. Market disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have had a global impact, and uncertainty exists as to the long-term implications. Such disruptions can adversely affect assets of the fund and thus fund performance.
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 affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for the period ended March 31, 2020, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
5. Credit Facility and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $4.3 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
International Core Stock Fund
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 (or an acceptable alternate rate, if necessary), federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the period ended March 31, 2020, the fund did not utilize the credit facility or the Interfund Lending Program.
6. 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. 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.
B. Wellington Management Company LLP provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. In accordance with the advisory contract entered into with Wellington Management Company LLP, beginning January 1, 2021, the basic fee will be subject to quarterly adjustments based on the performance relative to the MSCI AC World Index ex USA Index since December 31, 2019. For the period ended March 31, 2020, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.18% of the fund’s average net assets.
C. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund 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 and are generally settled twice a month.
International Core Stock Fund
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2020, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $8,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and less than 0.01% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
D. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the period ended March 31, 2020, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $9,000 (an annual rate of 0.01% of average net assets).
E. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2020, based on the inputs used to value them:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
| ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) |
Investments | | | | |
Assets | | | | |
Common Stocks—North and South America | 10,749 | — | — | 10,749 |
Common Stocks—Other | 6,597 | 136,828 | — | 143,425 |
Temporary Cash Investments | 1,307 | — | — | 1,307 |
Total | 18,653 | 136,828 | — | 155,481 |
F. As of March 31, 2020, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
| Amount |
| ($000) |
Tax Cost | 189,357 |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 2,484 |
Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (36,360) |
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (33,876) |
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G. During the period ended March 31, 2020, the fund purchased $256,130,000 of investment securities and sold $62,962,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
H. Transactions during the period in investments where the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group were as follows:
| | | | | Current Period Transactions | |
| Oct. 1, | | Proceeds | Realized | | | | March 31, |
| 20191 | | from | Net | Change in | | Capital Gain | 2020 |
| Market | Purchases | Securities | Gain | Unrealized | Distributions | Market |
| Value | at Cost | Sold | (Loss) | App. (Dep.) | Income | Received | Value |
| ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) |
Vanguard FTSE | | | | | | | | |
Developed | | | | | | | | |
Markets ETF | — | 26,235 | 22,833 | (77) | 367 | 60 | — | 3,692 |
Vanguard Market | | | | | | | | |
Liquidity Fund | — | NA2 | NA2 | (3) | (1) | 46 | — | 1,307 |
Total | — | | | (80) | 366 | 106 | — | 4,999 |
1 Commencement of subscription period for the fund. | | | | | |
2 Not applicable—purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes. | | | |
I. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
| October 1, 20191 to March 31, 2020 |
| Amount | Shares |
| ($000) | (000) |
Investor Shares | | |
Issued | 60,665 | 6,062 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 34 | 3 |
Redeemed | (17,535) | (1,786) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares | 43,164 | 4,279 |
Admiral Shares | | |
Issued | 196,961 | 9,890 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 125 | 6 |
Redeemed | (44,634) | (2,346) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares | 152,452 | 7,550 |
1 Commencement of subscription period for the fund.
J. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2020, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
Effective May 2019, the board of Vanguard Horizon Funds approved the launch of Vanguard International Core Stock Fund and an investment advisory arrangement with Wellington Management Company LLP (Wellington Management). The fund was launched on October 16, 2019. Since the launch of the fund, the board has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with Wellington Management. The board determined that renewing the fund’s advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the 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 advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed 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 arrangement. 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 the investment management services provided to the fund since its inception in October 2019, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Wellington Management, founded in 1928, is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional investment managers. Wellington Management looks to construct a portfolio that blends growth and value styles to serve as a core holding in a globally balanced portfolio. This actively managed fund offers exposure to developed and emerging non-U.S. markets and is diversified across a range of sectors. Wellington Management has managed the fund since its inception.
The board concluded that the advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
Given that the fund’s inception date is October 16, 2019, it is too soon for the board to assess the fund’s performance versus the benchmark and peer group. However, the board determined that Wellington Management, in its management of other Vanguard funds, has a track record of consistent performance and a disciplined investment process.
Cost
The board concluded that, while the fund had not yet been in existence for a full fiscal year, the fund’s expense ratio was well below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s estimated advisory fee rate was also well below the peer-group average.
The board did not consider the profitability of Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fee, because Wellington Management is independent of Vanguard and the advisory fee is the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the fund’s advisory fee schedule with Wellington Management. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Horizon Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard International Core Stock Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from December 1, 2018, through December 31, 2019 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market |
| | | | Value |
| | | Shares | ($000) |
Common Stocks (96.9%) | |
Australia (0.9%) | |
| Orica Ltd. | | 1,445,901 | 13,535 | |
| Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd. | | 4,081,275 | 4,305 | |
| Brambles Ltd. | | 604,115 | 3,905 | |
| Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. | | 592,558 | 3,198 | |
| Newcrest Mining Ltd. | | 219,215 | 3,010 | |
| QBE Insurance Group Ltd. | | 496,265 | 2,585 | |
| carsales.com Ltd. | | 337,996 | 2,429 | |
| ALS Ltd. | | 614,447 | 2,142 | |
| GUD Holdings Ltd. | | 345,792 | 2,004 | |
| BlueScope Steel Ltd. | | 355,405 | 1,861 | |
| Alumina Ltd. | | 1,951,478 | 1,749 | |
| BHP Group Ltd. | | 94,476 | 1,714 | |
| Metcash Ltd. | | 691,550 | 1,341 | |
| IPH Ltd. | | 260,193 | 1,142 | |
| Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Ltd. | | 1,466,474 | 1,028 | |
| Caltex Australia Ltd. | | 68,389 | 924 | |
| Asaleo Care Ltd. | | 1,266,934 | 781 | |
| GWA Group Ltd. | | 483,945 | 776 | |
| Domain Holdings Australia Ltd. | | 589,010 | 731 | |
| Sigma Healthcare Ltd. | | 869,323 | 346 | |
| 49,506 | |
Austria (0.0%) | |
| Wienerberger AG | | 74,882 | 1,170 | |
| Oesterreichische Post AG | | 23,666 | 844 | |
* | Andritz AG | | 16,233 | 509 | |
| 2,523 | |
Belgium (0.0%) | |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | | 34,408 | 1,520 | |
| |
Brazil (1.0%) | |
| B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao | | 2,488,200 | 17,191 | |
| Banco Bradesco SA Preference Shares | | 3,889,560 | 15,548 | |
| Alpargatas SA Preference Shares | | 1,089,252 | 4,855 | |
| TOTVS SA | | 400,300 | 3,596 | |
| Porto Seguro SA | | 343,242 | 2,967 | |
| Natura & Co. Holding SA | | 593,052 | 2,938 | |
| Ambev SA | | 1,135,271 | 2,604 | |
| MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA | | 928,700 | 2,188 | |
| Itausa - Investimentos Itau SA Preference Shares | | 752,523 | 1,270 | |
* | Embraer SA | | 199,222 | 366 | |
* | LPS Brasil Consultoria de Imoveis SA | | 226,888 | 155 | |
| LOG Commercial Properties e Participacoes SA | | 22,525 | 95 | |
| 53,773 | |
Canada (3.1%) | |
| Barrick Gold Corp. | | 2,158,864 | 39,550 | |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (XTSE) | | 119,132 | 36,522 | |
* | Shopify Inc. Class A | | 84,152 | 35,085 | |
| Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc. (XNYS) | | 439,810 | 15,033 | |
| Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Class A | | 337,986 | 14,982 | |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. | | 27,770 | 8,524 | |
| Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc. (XTSE) | | 205,269 | 7,030 | |
| Gildan Activewear Inc. | | 497,162 | 6,338 | |
*,1 | Spin Master Corp. | | 404,795 | 3,895 | |
^ | PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. | | 618,965 | 3,268 | |
| 170,227 | |
Chile (0.1%) | |
| Quinenco SA | | 1,956,728 | 2,270 | |
* | Cia Sud Americana de Vapores SA | | 60,919,641 | 1,206 | |
| Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA | | 160,122 | 1,096 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
| Enaex SA | | 95,150 | 594 | |
| 5,166 | |
China (4.7%) | |
* | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR | | 439,524 | 85,479 | |
| Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. | | 4,853,000 | 47,396 | |
* | Meituan Dianping Class B | | 1,641,300 | 19,566 | |
| Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. | | 21,130,000 | 17,207 | |
* | Autohome Inc. ADR | | 204,697 | 14,538 | |
* | 58.com Inc. ADR | | 296,254 | 14,433 | |
* | Trip.com Group Ltd. ADR | | 543,765 | 12,751 | |
*,1 | Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co. Ltd. | | 1,184,400 | 10,906 | |
| Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. Class H | | 1,754,000 | 8,866 | |
* | Baidu Inc. ADR | | 67,873 | 6,841 | |
| Yum China Holdings Inc. | | 105,574 | 4,501 | |
| Want Want China Holdings Ltd. | | 6,065,557 | 4,374 | |
| Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp. | | 2,653,608 | 4,314 | |
| China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd. | | 478,000 | 1,648 | |
1 | BAIC Motor Corp. Ltd. Class H | | 2,138,132 | 841 | |
| Ajisen China Holdings Ltd. | | 2,393,000 | 574 | |
* | Goodbaby International Holdings Ltd. | | 1,515,000 | 165 | |
| 254,400 | |
Colombia (0.1%) | |
| Bancolombia SA ADR | | 88,016 | 2,197 | |
| Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Preference Shares | | 2,867,790 | 633 | |
| 2,830 | |
Czech Republic (0.0%) | |
| Komercni banka as | | 54,453 | 1,027 | |
| |
Denmark (0.8%) | |
* | Genmab A/S | | 70,821 | 14,226 | |
| Coloplast A/S Class B | | 53,617 | 7,776 | |
| Novo Nordisk A/S Class B | | 107,325 | 6,409 | |
| Vestas Wind Systems A/S | | 68,834 | 5,601 | |
| GN Store Nord A/S | | 82,176 | 3,643 | |
1 | Orsted A/S | | 26,208 | 2,566 | |
* | Demant A/S | | 92,641 | 2,017 | |
| Carlsberg A/S Class B | | 16,247 | 1,829 | |
* | Danske Bank A/S | | 23,506 | 261 | |
| 44,328 | |
Finland (0.1%) | |
| Tikkurila Oyj | | 273,780 | 3,039 | |
| Sampo Oyj Class A | | 102,499 | 2,957 | |
| Wartsila Oyj Abp | | 87,713 | 641 | |
| 6,637 | |
France (3.0%) | |
| Pernod Ricard SA | | 363,628 | 51,612 | |
| Schneider Electric SE | | 262,015 | 22,146 | |
| Legrand SA | | 325,480 | 20,760 | |
| Bureau Veritas SA | | 1,038,171 | 19,568 | |
* | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | 215,143 | 15,725 | |
| EssilorLuxottica SA | | 128,841 | 13,641 | |
| Edenred | | 70,408 | 2,922 | |
| Eurofins Scientific SE | | 4,727 | 2,307 | |
| BNP Paribas SA | | 64,595 | 1,886 | |
| Airbus SE | | 26,372 | 1,700 | |
| Axa SA | | 96,168 | 1,628 | |
| Teleperformance | | 6,550 | 1,357 | |
| Getlink SE | | 99,220 | 1,200 | |
| ArcelorMittal SA | | 110,760 | 1,046 | |
| Alten SA | | 13,486 | 949 | |
| Thales SA | | 11,096 | 919 | |
| L'Occitane International SA | | 590,130 | 852 | |
| JCDecaux SA | | 31,322 | 557 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
| Quadient | | 18,062 | 317 | |
| Elis SA (XPAR) | | 29,679 | 280 | |
| Vicat SA | | 7,893 | 202 | |
| Imerys SA | | 5,684 | 141 | |
| Elis SA (XLON) | | 14,337 | 134 | |
| 161,849 | |
Germany (2.2%) | |
| SAP SE | | 437,515 | 48,848 | |
| Deutsche Boerse AG | | 170,554 | 23,431 | |
| Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Preference Shares | | 251,007 | 20,076 | |
| Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | | 86,803 | 6,376 | |
* | HelloFresh SE | | 112,348 | 3,669 | |
| Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | | 55,058 | 3,594 | |
| adidas AG | | 14,327 | 3,181 | |
| BASF SE | | 52,198 | 2,440 | |
| Brenntag AG | | 46,934 | 1,705 | |
* | Deutsche Telekom AG | | 127,667 | 1,649 | |
| Volkswagen AG Preference Shares | | 12,931 | 1,490 | |
| Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | | 27,028 | 1,380 | |
| CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA | | 23,218 | 1,062 | |
| Stabilus SA | | 25,861 | 933 | |
| Hannover Rueck SE | | 6,107 | 862 | |
| Gerresheimer AG | | 7,873 | 497 | |
* | Zooplus AG | | 2,996 | 366 | |
| GEA Group AG | | 15,768 | 326 | |
| TUI AG (XETR) | | 72,420 | 321 | |
| 122,206 | |
Greece (0.2%) | |
* | Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA | | 13,389,847 | 5,602 | |
| Jumbo SA | | 212,719 | 2,856 | |
| Fourlis Holdings SA | | 318,893 | 1,067 | |
| 9,525 | |
Hong Kong (1.8%) | |
| AIA Group Ltd. | | 6,755,200 | 60,490 | |
| Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. | | 406,700 | 20,470 | |
| Sands China Ltd. | | 2,375,600 | 8,643 | |
| CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. | | 740,800 | 4,938 | |
| Stella International Holdings Ltd. | | 2,175,673 | 2,285 | |
| Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd. | | 1,108,200 | 882 | |
| Television Broadcasts Ltd. | | 617,600 | 765 | |
* | Esprit Holdings Ltd. | | 8,049,514 | 681 | |
| Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. | | 99,100 | 456 | |
| First Pacific Co. Ltd. | | 2,353,250 | 435 | |
| SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. | | 334,694 | 195 | |
| New World Development Co. Ltd. | | 117,000 | 125 | |
| Texwinca Holdings Ltd. | | 206,823 | 33 | |
| 100,398 | |
India (1.5%) | |
| Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. | | 1,407,799 | 30,386 | |
1 | Reliance Industries Ltd. GDR | | 843,422 | 25,832 | |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR | | 1,763,042 | 14,986 | |
* | Bharti Airtel Ltd. | | 667,601 | 3,891 | |
| Axis Bank Ltd. | | 606,169 | 3,031 | |
| Genpact Ltd. | | 62,327 | 1,820 | |
* | Vodafone Idea Ltd. | | 24,012,068 | 979 | |
| Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd. | | 100,235 | 876 | |
| 81,801 | |
Indonesia (0.1%) | |
| Media Nusantara Citra Tbk PT | | 32,883,450 | 1,817 | |
| United Tractors Tbk PT | | 1,142,434 | 1,176 | |
| 2,993 | |
Ireland (1.2%) | |
| CRH plc | | 1,309,111 | 35,523 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
* | Ryanair Holdings plc ADR | | 388,471 | 20,624 | |
| Bank of Ireland Group plc | | 3,507,524 | 6,538 | |
^ | Flutter Entertainment plc (XLON) | | 29,532 | 2,639 | |
| Irish Continental Group plc | | 200,953 | 707 | |
| Flutter Entertainment plc (XDUB) | | 7,403 | 666 | |
*,§ | Irish Bank Resolution Corp. Ltd. | | 122,273 | — | |
| 66,697 | |
Italy (0.1%) | |
| CNH Industrial NV | | 356,639 | 2,031 | |
| UniCredit SPA | | 169,227 | 1,309 | |
* | Saipem SPA | | 525,588 | 1,267 | |
| Davide Campari-Milano SPA | | 139,003 | 997 | |
| Amplifon SPA | | 34,399 | 699 | |
| Intesa Sanpaolo SPA (Registered) | | 284,696 | 461 | |
| 6,764 | |
Japan (9.4%) | |
| Olympus Corp. | | 3,387,900 | 48,838 | |
| MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. | | 1,643,600 | 45,858 | |
| Sysmex Corp. | | 464,900 | 33,647 | |
| SoftBank Group Corp. | | 910,100 | 32,220 | |
| SMC Corp. | | 74,100 | 31,066 | |
| Advantest Corp. | | 668,800 | 26,638 | |
| KDDI Corp. | | 802,600 | 23,708 | |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. | | 759,800 | 21,829 | |
| CyberAgent Inc. | | 542,100 | 21,010 | |
| Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. | | 434,700 | 19,890 | |
| Toyota Motor Corp. | | 316,800 | 19,092 | |
| Bridgestone Corp. | | 570,300 | 17,457 | |
| Secom Co. Ltd. | | 204,200 | 16,889 | |
| Hoshizaki Corp. | | 182,700 | 13,666 | |
| Sompo Holdings Inc. | | 427,300 | 13,171 | |
| Kyocera Corp. | | 207,000 | 12,215 | |
| Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. | | 246,700 | 5,900 | |
| Sohgo Security Services Co. Ltd. | | 120,100 | 5,830 | |
| Hitachi Ltd. | | 202,000 | 5,803 | |
| Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | | 140,900 | 4,737 | |
| Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 201,400 | 3,978 | |
| USS Co. Ltd. | | 289,500 | 3,970 | |
| Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 118,800 | 3,923 | |
| East Japan Railway Co. | | 39,900 | 3,019 | |
| Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc. | | 253,800 | 3,014 | |
| Kao Corp. | | 36,800 | 2,998 | |
| Resona Holdings Inc. | | 874,800 | 2,623 | |
| Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. | | 175,500 | 2,592 | |
| NTT Data Corp. | | 259,400 | 2,483 | |
| Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 268,500 | 2,100 | |
| West Japan Railway Co. | | 30,100 | 2,059 | |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. | | 78,000 | 1,895 | |
| Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. | | 38,400 | 1,856 | |
| Obayashi Corp. | | 200,400 | 1,701 | |
| Nissan Chemical Corp. | | 46,000 | 1,666 | |
| Fuji Media Holdings Inc. | | 157,900 | 1,568 | |
| Daifuku Co. Ltd. | | 23,100 | 1,448 | |
| TDK Corp. | | 18,700 | 1,438 | |
| SCSK Corp. | | 32,000 | 1,416 | |
| NEC Corp. | | 36,300 | 1,322 | |
| Nomura Holdings Inc. | | 307,600 | 1,298 | |
| Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. | | 25,950 | 1,259 | |
| ITOCHU Corp. | | 60,400 | 1,250 | |
| Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. | | 91,700 | 1,208 | |
| Maeda Corp. | | 164,400 | 1,207 | |
| Inpex Corp. | | 210,100 | 1,179 | |
| MediPal Holdings Corp. | | 62,800 | 1,173 | |
| Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 29,100 | 1,135 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
| Marui Group Co. Ltd. | | 67,800 | 1,134 | |
| Tsumura & Co. | | 43,800 | 1,117 | |
| Alfresa Holdings Corp. | | 60,000 | 1,117 | |
| Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. | | 44,400 | 1,097 | |
| Taiheiyo Cement Corp. | | 64,000 | 1,090 | |
| Nippon Television Holdings Inc. | | 96,870 | 1,079 | |
| Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. | | 88,400 | 1,072 | |
| Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 29,200 | 1,064 | |
| Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. | | 45,000 | 1,060 | |
| Toyota Industries Corp. | | 22,200 | 1,058 | |
| Omron Corp. | | 18,200 | 941 | |
| Oji Holdings Corp. | | 168,500 | 896 | |
| Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. Ltd. | | 23,300 | 885 | |
| Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd. | | 163,300 | 855 | |
| AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd. | | 76,800 | 821 | |
| NET One Systems Co. Ltd. | | 38,700 | 805 | |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | | 26,000 | 792 | |
| Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. | | 74,500 | 778 | |
| Asics Corp. | | 83,400 | 770 | |
| Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. | | 67,800 | 755 | |
| Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd. | | 65,000 | 741 | |
| LIXIL Group Corp. | | 60,100 | 741 | |
| Azbil Corp. | | 28,400 | 734 | |
| Rohm Co. Ltd. | | 13,500 | 733 | |
| Senko Group Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 93,900 | 726 | |
| Casio Computer Co. Ltd. | | 50,400 | 705 | |
| Nintendo Co. Ltd. | | 1,800 | 700 | |
| Nomura Co. Ltd. | | 90,200 | 683 | |
| Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd. | | 14,900 | 680 | |
| Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. | | 50,500 | 666 | |
| Megmilk Snow Brand Co. Ltd. | | 28,900 | 656 | |
| Mitsubishi Corp. | | 31,000 | 656 | |
| Jafco Co. Ltd. | | 24,900 | 647 | |
| SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 16,300 | 645 | |
| Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. | | 30,200 | 608 | |
* | Renesas Electronics Corp. | | 164,100 | 584 | |
| Sawai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | | 10,500 | 563 | |
| Shimizu Corp. | | 71,700 | 558 | |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | | 143,500 | 555 | |
| Persol Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 53,500 | 535 | |
| TechnoPro Holdings Inc. | | 11,300 | 527 | |
| Aeon Delight Co. Ltd. | | 17,100 | 521 | |
| Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. | | 23,600 | 482 | |
| Nippon Steel Corp. | | 53,100 | 453 | |
| Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. | | 97,300 | 428 | |
| Onward Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 92,600 | 407 | |
| Fuji Oil Holdings Inc. | | 14,100 | 339 | |
* | Mitsui E&S Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 50,000 | 240 | |
| Ushio Inc. | | 24,800 | 236 | |
| 512,177 | |
Kenya (0.0%) | |
| East African Breweries Ltd. | | 1,373,697 | 1,945 | |
| |
Malaysia (0.0%) | |
| Sime Darby Bhd. | | 3,131,500 | 1,233 | |
| |
Mexico (0.2%) | |
* | Genomma Lab Internacional SAB de CV Class B | | 6,621,932 | 5,267 | |
| Gentera SAB de CV | | 4,670,905 | 1,784 | |
| Grupo Lala SAB de CV | | 2,400,011 | 1,084 | |
| Grupo Televisa SAB ADR | | 184,527 | 1,070 | |
| Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV | | 1,290,371 | 927 | |
| Industrias Bachoco SAB de CV Class B | | 280,728 | 799 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
1 | Nemak SAB de CV | | 3,663,895 | 615 | |
| 11,546 | |
Netherlands (2.3%) | |
| Unilever NV | | 931,919 | 45,805 | |
* | Prosus NV | | 460,685 | 32,257 | |
1 | Signify NV | | 836,719 | 16,216 | |
*,1 | Just Eat Takeaway (XLON) | | 196,875 | 14,917 | |
| Heineken NV | | 41,373 | 3,511 | |
| Koninklijke Philips NV | | 56,803 | 2,332 | |
| Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | | 98,884 | 2,304 | |
| Koninklijke KPN NV | | 684,118 | 1,636 | |
| ASML Holding NV | | 4,732 | 1,247 | |
| Coca-Cola European Partners plc | | 21,920 | 823 | |
| Boskalis Westminster | | 42,990 | 783 | |
| Randstad NV | | 11,582 | 409 | |
*,1 | Just Eat Takeaway (XAMS) | | 2,633 | 199 | |
| 122,439 | |
New Zealand (0.0%) | |
| Spark New Zealand Ltd. | | 510,010 | 1,241 | |
| Fletcher Building Ltd. | | 448,021 | 932 | |
* | SKY Network Television Ltd. | | 643,791 | 107 | |
| 2,280 | |
Norway (0.5%) | |
| Schibsted ASA Class A | | 550,599 | 10,605 | |
* | Adevinta ASA Class B | | 950,565 | 8,605 | |
| Schibsted ASA Class B | | 300,676 | 5,439 | |
| Equinor ASA | | 144,289 | 1,799 | |
| DNB ASA | | 67,154 | 748 | |
| 27,196 | |
Peru (0.0%) | |
| Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA ADR | | 121,068 | 883 | |
| |
Philippines (0.0%) | |
| Lopez Holdings Corp. | | 3,056,549 | 168 | |
| |
Poland (0.0%) | |
| Eurocash SA | | 267,209 | 1,093 | |
| |
Russia (0.7%) | |
| Sberbank of Russia PJSC ADR | | 1,608,186 | 15,117 | |
* | Mail.Ru Group Ltd. GDR (XLON) | | 471,234 | 7,574 | |
* | Yandex NV Class A | | 83,752 | 2,852 | |
| Alrosa PJSC | | 2,316,506 | 1,865 | |
* | Global Ports Investments plc GDR | | 794,186 | 1,842 | |
| PhosAgro PJSC GDR | | 175,016 | 1,787 | |
| Lukoil PJSC ADR | | 23,975 | 1,413 | |
| Magnit PJSC | | 30,977 | 1,247 | |
| Sberbank of Russia PJSC ADR (XLON) | | 116,233 | 1,095 | |
| Globaltrans Investment plc GDR | | 143,255 | 752 | |
* | Mail.Ru Group Ltd. GDR | | 2,727 | 41 | |
| 35,585 | |
Singapore (0.6%) | |
*,^ | Sea Ltd. ADR | | 420,955 | 18,652 | |
| Great Eastern Holdings Ltd. | | 216,800 | 2,703 | |
| Delfi Ltd. | | 4,943,300 | 2,488 | |
| United Overseas Bank Ltd. | | 155,600 | 2,135 | |
| Genting Singapore Ltd. | | 2,369,000 | 1,148 | |
| Haw Par Corp. Ltd. | | 148,841 | 1,075 | |
| DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | | 73,900 | 964 | |
| United Industrial Corp. Ltd. | | 160,200 | 241 | |
| 29,406 | |
South Africa (1.8%) | |
| Naspers Ltd. | | 569,877 | 80,988 | |
| Tiger Brands Ltd. | | 635,355 | 6,581 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
| Anglo American Platinum Ltd. | | 109,707 | 4,583 | |
| Raubex Group Ltd. | | 1,318,746 | 1,281 | |
| Telkom SA SOC Ltd. | | 800,166 | 911 | |
| Grindrod Ltd. | | 4,803,983 | 821 | |
| Tsogo Sun Gaming Ltd. | | 584,936 | 102 | |
* | Tsogo Sun Hotels Ltd. | | 584,936 | 51 | |
| 95,318 | |
South Korea (1.2%) | |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | | 938,035 | 36,472 | |
| Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. | | 201,001 | 4,702 | |
| SK Hynix Inc. | | 58,970 | 3,987 | |
| LG Corp. | | 71,705 | 3,473 | |
| Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. | | 23,559 | 2,980 | |
| AMOREPACIFIC Group | | 60,607 | 2,736 | |
| Hyundai Motor Co. | | 25,410 | 1,831 | |
| Hana Financial Group Inc. | | 80,163 | 1,508 | |
| S-1 Corp. | | 22,461 | 1,482 | |
* | KT Corp. ADR | | 176,411 | 1,373 | |
| Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. | | 57,894 | 914 | |
| KT Corp. | | 52,767 | 854 | |
| GS Home Shopping Inc. | | 7,253 | 628 | |
| AMOREPACIFIC Group Preference Shares | | 4,993 | 140 | |
| 63,080 | |
Spain (0.1%) | |
| Viscofan SA | | 26,411 | 1,446 | |
^ | Bankia SA | | 561,027 | 612 | |
| Acerinox SA | | 79,683 | 536 | |
* | Ferrovial SA | | 21,392 | 508 | |
1 | Gestamp Automocion SA | | 160,833 | 406 | |
| 3,508 | |
Sweden (1.4%) | |
| Atlas Copco AB Class B | | 874,425 | 25,436 | |
| Epiroc AB Class B | | 1,597,584 | 15,747 | |
* | Svenska Handelsbanken AB Class A | | 1,553,775 | 12,814 | |
* | Spotify Technology SA | | 83,198 | 10,104 | |
| Assa Abloy AB Class B | | 245,577 | 4,585 | |
| Sandvik AB | | 139,407 | 1,961 | |
^ | Swedish Match AB | | 23,387 | 1,324 | |
| Getinge AB | | 57,255 | 1,083 | |
| Nordic Entertainment Group AB Class B | | 34,021 | 708 | |
| Nordea Bank Abp (XHEL) | | 55,192 | 306 | |
* | Modern Times Group MTG AB Class B | | 33,996 | 263 | |
| Nordea Bank Abp (XSTO) | | 2,971 | 17 | |
| 74,348 | |
Switzerland (2.8%) | |
| Cie Financiere Richemont SA (XVTX) | | 648,136 | 34,645 | |
| Nestle SA | | 293,029 | 29,997 | |
| Schindler Holding AG | | 114,700 | 25,094 | |
| Roche Holding AG | | 66,407 | 21,366 | |
| Novartis AG | | 254,462 | 20,993 | |
| Kuehne & Nagel International AG | | 59,862 | 8,154 | |
| Geberit AG | | 9,569 | 4,193 | |
| Adecco Group AG | | 52,738 | 2,078 | |
| Logitech International SA | | 36,497 | 1,563 | |
| Cie Financiere Richemont SA (XJSE) | | 280,421 | 1,524 | |
| Sonova Holding AG | | 7,107 | 1,267 | |
| Helvetia Holding AG | | 5,414 | 463 | |
| UBS Group AG | | 34,200 | 313 | |
| 151,650 | |
Taiwan (1.3%) | |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR | | 837,691 | 40,033 | |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | | 1,391,577 | 12,527 | |
| Yungtay Engineering Co. Ltd. | | 2,390,000 | 4,649 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
| Teco Electric and Machinery Co. Ltd. | | 4,402,190 | 3,497 | |
| Delta Electronics Inc. | | 858,488 | 3,398 | |
| Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | | 659,469 | 2,913 | |
| Merida Industry Co. Ltd. | | 494,547 | 1,809 | |
| Chroma ATE Inc. | | 439,000 | 1,790 | |
* | PChome Online Inc. | | 563,510 | 1,296 | |
| 71,912 | |
Thailand (0.1%) | |
| Kasikornbank PCL (Foreign) | | 1,110,600 | 3,089 | |
* | Major Cineplex Group PCL | | 2,380,500 | 974 | |
| Bangkok Bank PCL (Foreign) | | 178,600 | 553 | |
* | BEC World PCL (Foreign) | | 2,348,800 | 229 | |
| 4,845 | |
Turkey (0.1%) | |
* | Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS | | 1,503,409 | 1,844 | |
* | Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS | | 384,377 | 1,142 | |
| 2,986 | |
United Kingdom (4.9%) | |
| Prudential plc | | 5,104,852 | 63,964 | |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | | 400,344 | 30,497 | |
| BHP Group plc | | 1,321,958 | 20,517 | |
| Spectris plc | | 458,818 | 13,824 | |
| Compass Group plc | | 811,634 | 12,645 | |
| Hays plc | | 6,781,527 | 9,659 | |
| GlaxoSmithKline plc | | 414,699 | 7,782 | |
* | M&G plc | | 5,290,562 | 7,359 | |
| Rightmove plc | | 1,188,374 | 7,167 | |
| Intertek Group plc | | 99,302 | 5,802 | |
| BP plc | | 1,251,319 | 5,132 | |
| HSBC Holdings plc | | 804,800 | 4,544 | |
| WPP plc | | 646,457 | 4,395 | |
| HomeServe plc | | 306,907 | 3,998 | |
| Unilever plc | | 76,421 | 3,854 | |
| RELX plc | | 160,513 | 3,426 | |
| Diageo plc | | 102,567 | 3,252 | |
| Standard Chartered plc | | 555,638 | 3,072 | |
| Experian plc | | 107,355 | 2,984 | |
| 3i Group plc | | 297,786 | 2,885 | |
| Rio Tinto plc | | 62,133 | 2,848 | |
| Bunzl plc | | 126,061 | 2,523 | |
1 | ConvaTec Group plc | | 1,094,369 | 2,516 | |
| Admiral Group plc | | 79,694 | 2,195 | |
| DCC plc | | 32,127 | 2,006 | |
| Carnival plc | | 165,187 | 1,972 | |
| Antofagasta plc | | 206,229 | 1,970 | |
| BAE Systems plc | | 302,571 | 1,944 | |
| Anglo American plc Ordinary Shares | | 105,911 | 1,797 | |
| Tesco plc | | 604,234 | 1,706 | |
| Barclays plc | | 1,477,433 | 1,679 | |
* | Serco Group plc | | 1,085,318 | 1,639 | |
| GVC Holdings plc | | 234,916 | 1,627 | |
| Glencore plc | | 1,030,261 | 1,559 | |
| DS Smith plc | | 447,972 | 1,518 | |
| SSP Group plc | | 380,724 | 1,435 | |
| Lloyds Banking Group plc | | 3,405,970 | 1,332 | |
| IG Group Holdings plc | | 149,595 | 1,284 | |
1 | Auto Trader Group plc | | 208,613 | 1,127 | |
| WH Smith plc | | 76,785 | 1,078 | |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings plc | | 239,646 | 1,013 | |
| ITV plc | | 1,224,721 | 1,005 | |
| G4S plc | | 756,254 | 860 | |
| easyJet plc | | 113,175 | 784 | |
| Inchcape plc | | 146,269 | 781 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
| St. James's Place plc | | 77,993 | 728 | |
| Pets at Home Group plc | | 220,104 | 699 | |
| Smith & Nephew plc | | 37,467 | 660 | |
| Pagegroup plc | | 133,629 | 600 | |
| Close Brothers Group plc | | 40,540 | 564 | |
| British American Tobacco plc | | 15,318 | 522 | |
| Barratt Developments plc | | 94,395 | 510 | |
| Jupiter Fund Management plc | | 199,657 | 489 | |
| Informa plc | | 80,635 | 439 | |
* | Georgia Capital plc | | 80,150 | 425 | |
| Provident Financial plc | | 157,101 | 420 | |
* | Capita plc | | 943,255 | 382 | |
| Euromoney Institutional Investor plc | | 37,223 | 374 | |
| Rotork plc | | 140,586 | 372 | |
| Devro plc | | 183,523 | 370 | |
| Daily Mail & General Trust plc | | 42,730 | 356 | |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | | 18,184 | 334 | |
| InterContinental Hotels Group plc | | 7,703 | 328 | |
| TUI AG (XLON) | | 73,823 | 323 | |
| IMI plc | | 34,262 | 316 | |
| International Personal Finance plc | | 299,788 | 281 | |
| National Express Group plc | | 106,891 | 271 | |
| John Wood Group plc | | 113,270 | 215 | |
| Moneysupermarket.com Group plc | | 44,920 | 167 | |
1 | McCarthy & Stone plc | | 207,706 | 165 | |
| Playtech plc | | 68,753 | 143 | |
| Petrofac Ltd. | | 48,264 | 115 | |
1 | Non-Standard Finance plc | | 419,844 | 54 | |
| 267,578 | |
United States (48.6%) | |
Communication Services (5.7%) | |
* | Alphabet Inc. Class C | | 85,848 | 99,825 | |
* | Facebook Inc. Class A | | 434,515 | 72,477 | |
* | Alphabet Inc. Class A | | 49,238 | 57,212 | |
*,^ | Zillow Group Inc. Class C | | 645,697 | 23,258 | |
* | Netflix Inc. | | 58,008 | 21,782 | |
* | Electronic Arts Inc. | | 146,432 | 14,668 | |
| Omnicom Group Inc. | | 173,113 | 9,504 | |
* | Activision Blizzard Inc. | | 137,719 | 8,191 | |
* | Eventbrite Inc. Class A | | 379,059 | 2,767 | |
| Entercom Communications Corp. Class A | | 1,058,466 | 1,810 | |
* | Zillow Group Inc. Class A | | 9,584 | 326 | |
| 311,820 | |
Consumer Discretionary (5.9%) | |
* | Amazon.com Inc. | | 65,546 | 127,796 | |
* | Booking Holdings Inc. | | 31,338 | 42,160 | |
| Service Corp. International | | 736,089 | 28,788 | |
* | Tesla Inc. | | 54,711 | 28,669 | |
* | CarMax Inc. | | 284,585 | 15,319 | |
* | Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Class A | | 22,388 | 14,651 | |
| TJX Cos. Inc. | | 264,450 | 12,643 | |
* | Chegg Inc. | | 342,197 | 12,244 | |
* | Grubhub Inc. | | 297,636 | 12,123 | |
* | AutoZone Inc. | | 12,409 | 10,498 | |
* | Visteon Corp. | | 154,997 | 7,437 | |
| Harley-Davidson Inc. | | 313,644 | 5,937 | |
* | Ulta Beauty Inc. | | 19,071 | 3,351 | |
| 321,616 | |
Consumer Staples (3.1%) | |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | | 1,105,333 | 38,886 | |
| Bunge Ltd. | | 711,056 | 29,175 | |
| Coca-Cola Co. | | 534,929 | 23,671 | |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | | 185,917 | 20,451 | |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | | 56,761 | 16,184 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | 206,628 | 13,712 | |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | 77,601 | 9,923 | |
| PepsiCo Inc. | | 75,575 | 9,076 | |
| Hershey Co. | | 47,600 | 6,307 | |
| PriceSmart Inc. | | 43,605 | 2,291 | |
| 169,676 | |
Energy (0.5%) | |
| EOG Resources Inc. | | 488,695 | 17,554 | |
| National Oilwell Varco Inc. | | 944,943 | 9,289 | |
| TechnipFMC plc | | 30,723 | 204 | |
| 27,047 | |
Financials (8.9%) | |
| Moody's Corp. | | 360,978 | 76,347 | |
* | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | | 228,521 | 41,781 | |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | | 1,375,769 | 39,485 | |
| Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | | 461,116 | 37,586 | |
* | Markel Corp. | | 40,257 | 37,354 | |
| Travelers Cos. Inc. | | 277,116 | 27,531 | |
| American Express Co. | | 273,420 | 23,407 | |
| US Bancorp | | 607,675 | 20,934 | |
| Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. | | 557,253 | 19,638 | |
| Loews Corp. | | 449,472 | 15,655 | |
| TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. | | 438,892 | 15,212 | |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | 384,380 | 12,946 | |
| Aflac Inc. | | 352,667 | 12,075 | |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | | 859,474 | 11,749 | |
| Interactive Brokers Group Inc. | | 269,439 | 11,632 | |
| First Republic Bank | | 133,664 | 10,998 | |
| Alleghany Corp. | | 19,549 | 10,798 | |
| Willis Towers Watson plc | | 62,614 | 10,635 | |
| Citigroup Inc. | | 231,397 | 9,746 | |
| Chubb Ltd. | | 86,491 | 9,660 | |
* | LendingTree Inc. | | 51,415 | 9,429 | |
| MarketAxess Holdings Inc. | | 23,114 | 7,687 | |
| M&T Bank Corp. | | 43,417 | 4,491 | |
| T. Rowe Price Group Inc. | | 45,278 | 4,421 | |
| Aon plc | | 11,510 | 1,900 | |
| S&P Global Inc. | | 6,066 | 1,486 | |
| 484,583 | |
Health Care (9.3%) | |
| Anthem Inc. | | 320,017 | 72,657 | |
| Johnson & Johnson | | 505,421 | 66,276 | |
* | Waters Corp. | | 268,571 | 48,893 | |
| ResMed Inc. | | 299,279 | 44,081 | |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | | 546,316 | 42,033 | |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | | 144,556 | 40,996 | |
* | Teladoc Health Inc. | | 233,641 | 36,217 | |
* | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | | 294,447 | 32,050 | |
* | Seattle Genetics Inc. | | 269,918 | 31,143 | |
* | Illumina Inc. | | 72,217 | 19,724 | |
| Baxter International Inc. | | 238,681 | 19,378 | |
* | ABIOMED Inc. | | 116,692 | 16,939 | |
* | Novocure Ltd. | | 233,591 | 15,730 | |
* | Myriad Genetics Inc. | | 600,039 | 8,587 | |
* | Globus Medical Inc. | | 192,233 | 8,176 | |
| 502,880 | |
Industrials (4.0%) | |
| CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. | | 370,346 | 24,517 | |
* | Kirby Corp. | | 482,741 | 20,985 | |
* | SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc. | | 258,090 | 19,000 | |
| Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | | 385,593 | 18,559 | |
| United Parcel Service Inc. Class B | | 195,595 | 18,272 | |
* | Axon Enterprise Inc. | | 247,602 | 17,523 | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | Market | |
| | | | Value | |
| | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
| Expeditors International of Washington Inc. | | 249,744 | 16,663 | |
| Union Pacific Corp. | | 114,487 | 16,147 | |
* | Stericycle Inc. | | 307,896 | 14,958 | |
| Fastenal Co. | | 438,746 | 13,711 | |
| United Technologies Corp. | | 130,965 | 12,354 | |
| 3M Co. | | 68,019 | 9,285 | |
| PACCAR Inc. | | 108,032 | 6,604 | |
| Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. | | 71,884 | 4,960 | |
* | NOW Inc. | | 576,802 | 2,976 | |
* | Univar Solutions Inc. | | 112,236 | 1,203 | |
*,§ | Sun-Times Media Group Inc. Class A | | 130,959 | — | |
| 217,717 | |
Information Technology (8.8%) | |
| Microsoft Corp. | | 418,229 | 65,959 | |
| Mastercard Inc. Class A | | 271,166 | 65,503 | |
| Oracle Corp. | | 1,301,459 | 62,900 | |
| Intel Corp. | | 873,300 | 47,263 | |
| Visa Inc. Class A | | 203,354 | 32,764 | |
| Texas Instruments Inc. | | 323,346 | 32,312 | |
| Teradyne Inc. | | 448,839 | 24,314 | |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. | | 232,508 | 22,049 | |
| Paychex Inc. | | 241,472 | 15,193 | |
| Applied Materials Inc. | | 325,396 | 14,910 | |
| Analog Devices Inc. | | 164,430 | 14,741 | |
* | Trade Desk Inc. Class A | | 75,956 | 14,659 | |
| Maxim Integrated Products Inc. | | 283,344 | 13,773 | |
* | PayPal Holdings Inc. | | 138,234 | 13,235 | |
| TE Connectivity Ltd. | | 183,148 | 11,535 | |
| Accenture plc Class A | | 59,141 | 9,655 | |
| Dolby Laboratories Inc. Class A | | 171,436 | 9,294 | |
| Automatic Data Processing Inc. | | 41,040 | 5,609 | |
| 475,668 | |
Materials (1.6%) | |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc. | | 176,319 | 33,365 | |
| Albemarle Corp. | | 368,878 | 20,794 | |
| PPG Industries Inc. | | 188,642 | 15,770 | |
| Linde plc | | 49,520 | 8,567 | |
* | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | | 439,718 | 7,594 | |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | | 368,475 | 2,487 | |
| 88,577 | |
Real Estate (0.8%) | |
| Rayonier Inc. | | 574,376 | 13,527 | |
| Weyerhaeuser Co. | | 733,778 | 12,437 | |
* | Howard Hughes Corp. | | 218,541 | 11,041 | |
^ | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. | | 812,356 | 4,062 | |
| 41,067 | |
| 2,640,651 | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $5,120,593) | 5,265,997 | |
| | |
Vanguard® Global Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020
| | | | | | Market | |
| | | | | | Value | |
| | Coupon | | | Shares | ($000 | ) |
Temporary Cash Investments (3.0%) | | | | | | |
Money Market Fund (2.9%) | | | | | | |
2,3 | Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.943% | | | 1,561,803 | 155,993 | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | Face | | |
| | | Maturity | | Amount | | |
| | | Date | | ($000) | | |
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%) | | | | | | |
4 | United States Treasury Bill | 1.527%–1.541% | 4/30/20 | | 5,750 | 5,750 | |
4 | United States Treasury Bill | 1.551% | 5/14/20 | | 500 | 500 | |
4 | United States Treasury Bill | 0.087% | 9/24/20 | | 1,000 | 999 | |
| | | | | | 7,249 | |
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $163,370) | 163,242 | |
Total Investments (99.9%) (Cost $5,283,963) | 5,429,239 | |
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.1%)3,4,5 | 3,754 | |
Net Assets (100%) | 5,432,993 | |
Cost rounded to $000. |
* | Non-income-producing security. |
^ | Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $15,908,000. |
§ | Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs. |
1 | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities was $80,255,000, representing 1.5% 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 | Collateral of $18,256,000 was received for securities on loan. |
4 | Securities with a value of $7,249,000 and cash of $5,112,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts. |
5 | Cash of $2,470,000 has been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts. |
| ADR—American Depositary Receipt. |
| GDR—Global Depositary Receipt. |
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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: Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 13: Exhibits.
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 HORIZON FUNDS
BY: /s/ MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY*
___________________________
MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Date: May 18, 2020
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 HORIZON FUNDS
BY: /s/ MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY*
___________________________
MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Date: May 18, 2020
VANGUARD HORIZON FUNDS
BY: /s/ JOHN BENDL*
___________________________
JOHN BENDL
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Date: May 18, 2020
* By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson
Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on January 18, 2018 (see file Number 33-32216) and a Power of Attorney filed on October 30, 2019 (see file Number 811-02554), Incorporated by Reference.