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: 811-00121

 

Name of Registrant: Vanguard Wellington Fund
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: November 30

 

Date of reporting period: December 1, 2020—November 30, 2021

 

 

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 

 

Annual Report  |  November 30, 2021
Vanguard Wellington™ Fund

Contents
Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.

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Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance
For the 12 months ended November 30, 2021, Vanguard Wellington Fund returned 17.25% for Admiral Shares and 17.16% for Investor Shares. It beat the 17.04% return of its benchmark index, a 65% stocks/35% bonds composite measure that reflects the fund’s target asset allocation.
The U.S. economy continued to heal. Vaccination programs started to be rolled out shortly after the beginning of the period; some of the hardest-hit sectors such as hospitality, leisure, and travel began to rebound; and more workers returned to the labor force. While stocks turned in an excellent performance, bonds were hurt by the prospect of inflation being less transitory than expected and the Federal Reserve dialing back more of its monetary support.
The stock portfolio lagged the 27.92% return of its benchmark, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Subpar stock selection in consumer discretionary and energy, as well as an underweight to information technology, hurt returns the most. Strong selections in the communication services and financial sectors performed well.
The bond portfolio slightly outpaced its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index, which returned –1.26%. The portfolio benefited from security selection—particularly among industrial issuers—but an underweight to credit spread duration was a primary detractor. Mortgage-backed securities also hurt relative returns.
For the decade ended November 30, 2021, the fund produced an average annual return of 11.23% for Admiral Shares and 11.14% for Investor Shares, compared with the 12.03% return of its expense-free benchmark.
Market Barometer
  Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
  One Year Three Years Five Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 26.67% 20.65% 17.93%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 22.03 14.22 12.14
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 26.34 20.20 17.51
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 9.63 10.38 9.56
Bonds      
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
(Broad taxable market)
-1.15% 5.52% 3.65%
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index
(Broad tax-exempt market)
1.97 5.09 4.38
FTSE Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.05 1.02 1.12
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 6.81% 3.32% 2.86%
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Advisor’s Report
Vanguard Wellington Fund’s Investor Shares returned 17.16% for the 12 months ended November 30, 2021, outpacing the fund’s benchmark, the Wellington Composite Index, which returned 17.04%. The index is weighted 65% large-capitalization stocks (as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index) and 35% high-quality corporate bonds (as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index).
Investment environment
Stocks in the United States generally surpassed international stocks, as measured by the S&P 500, MSCI World, and MSCI EAFE Indexes, which returned 27.92%, 22.31%, and 10.77%, respectively.
In the first and second quarters of 2021, global equities continued to advance amid the accelerating rollout of vaccines and a favorable outlook for economic growth. However, the decline in COVID-19 cases came to a halt midyear, with the rapid spread of the highly infectious Delta variant disrupting plans to lift lockdowns and reopen economies in many countries. Global equities fell for the first time in six quarters during the third quarter of 2021. Markets contended with pandemic uncertainty, moderating economic growth, the imminent prospect of reduced quantitative easing and policy tightening, and persistent supply-chain dislocations that amplified the risk of more sustained inflation.
Broad fixed income markets generated largely negative total returns, driven by
rising U.S. Treasury yields. Yields rose significantly in the first quarter following an improving growth outlook and reinforced reflation narrative, offsetting positive price appreciation from credit spread tightening. Spreads tightened considerably during the first half of the period as vaccination rates increased, economic data improved, and fiscal stimulus continued to be supportive. However, they widened in the second half, driven by increasing inflation risk and concerns over the impact of new variants on the economic recovery.
Global central banks maintained highly accommodative policy stances throughout the fiscal year, although by the end, the synchronized stimulative monetary policies that had been in place since the onset of the pandemic showed signs of divergence.
The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned –1.15%, outperforming the higher-quality credit market as represented by the Bloomberg U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index, which returned –1.26%. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose considerably, beginning the 12-month period at 0.84% and ending at 1.44%.
The fund’s successes
In the stock portfolio, selection in communication services, financials, and utilities contributed to relative returns, as did an overweight to financials. Alphabet, Blackstone, and Charles Schwab were strong contributors. Not holding stocks including Visa and PayPal boosted relative
 
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results, and an underweight to Amazon added to overall performance.
In the fixed income portfolio, most spread sectors did well as COVID-19 vaccination rates increased and economic data recovered. In investment-grade corporates, an underweight to and security selection in industrials, particularly consumer non-cyclical and technology, drove results. Security selection in financials and utilities helped as well.
In noncorporate credit, an overweight to and security selection in taxable municipals led relative returns. Security selection in local agencies and an underweight to supranationals also contributed, as did out-of-benchmark allocations to commercial mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and asset-backed securities. Duration/yield curve positioning was positive, driven by a moderate duration underweight and an underweight to the 20-year portion of the yield curve at the beginning of the period.
The fund’s shortfalls
In the stock portfolio, sector allocation detracted from relative returns, led by the fund’s underweight to information technology and overweight to consumer staples. Security selection in consumer discretionary, energy, and information technology also hurt. Top laggards included Global Payments, Novartis, and Alibaba. We eliminated our position in Alibaba during the period. Not holding NVIDIA and Tesla detracted further.
On the fixed income side, the underweight to credit spread duration was the primary detractor. An out-of-benchmark allocation to MBS, particularly agency MBS, also lagged, as market volatility picked up amid increasing inflation risks and concerns about less supportive monetary policy.
The fund’s positioning
The global economy is at a crossroads. Some believe we are entering a new phase in which demand, and therefore inflation, will be stronger than at any point in the last two decades. Others see this condition as temporary, as supply chains rebuild and post-COVID adjustments take shape. While these debates are worth monitoring, our most differentiated insights and therefore highest conviction are really focused on the company level rather than on macroeconomic forecasts, and we have constructed the portfolio accordingly.
During the year, we initiated new positions in Workday, Amazon, S&P Global, and several other businesses. Workday is a leader in HR cloud solutions, with 60% of the Fortune 500 as customers. We believe the company is in the early stages of delivering the benefits of artificial intelligence and machine learning to its customers. Amazon has clearly demonstrated an ability to grow in all market environments, with resilience across business lines. We believe the company continues to have a long runway for growth, and we were able to initiate a position at an attractive price following a period of significant underperformance.
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S&P Global is a leading data and analytics provider to capital markets worldwide on the verge of a transformational merger with IHS Markit. We believe this will position the business for even stronger growth and returns.
Our largest sector overweight remains financials, as many names continue to look attractive in our intrinsic return framework. The portfolio has stayed underweight to information technology, although we modestly added to the sector over the course of the year by buying competitively advantaged, growing businesses with strong management teams at reasonable valuations.
We are committed to our investment philosophy and process of constructing a portfolio of resilient businesses at reasonable valuations run by management teams likely to make value-enhancing decisions over the long term. Our goal is to deliver a superior rate of economic growth and downside protection in difficult economic and market environments.
On the fixed income side, we hold a modestly pro-risk posture, as growth is likely peaking because of fiscal stimulus and reopening demand. While growth is likely to slow, it should be supported at healthy levels by strong household savings and pent-up demand. Inflation appears to be less transitory because of continued supply chain disruptions globally, lower workforce participation rates, and pressures on wages. We have positioned this portion of the fund with a
modest short-duration posture relative to the benchmark.
The fixed income portfolio has an out-of-benchmark allocation to U.S. government bonds and agency MBS as our liquidity buffer, which should provide downside protection for shareholders if the economic cycle and/or the equity portfolio takes an unfavorable turn. Because of tight risk valuations and continued tail risks to markets, we maintain a robust liquidity profile including 25.26% in cash, U.S. government bonds, and agency MBS.
We also hold out-of-benchmark allocations to high-quality securitized sectors such as traditional asset-backed securities, collateral loan obligations, commercial MBS, and non-agency residential mortgages. We continue to have a positive view of the securitized sector as fundamentals remain strong.
Investment-grade corporate credit is our primary focus. From a sector perspective, we broadly prefer financials over industrials. Within financials, we favor well-capitalized global banks that are limited by regulators in their ability to impair their balance sheets to reward shareholders. In noncorporate credit, we are overweight to taxable municipal bonds, as we think this sector still provides diversification and a broad selection of high-quality issuers that have benefited from fiscal support.
We continue to be disciplined in applying our investment process, which allows us to create a balanced portfolio that we
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believe should perform well in a variety of environments. We remain focused on long-term, low-turnover investing— features that we believe will serve the fund’s shareholders well.
Loren L. Moran, CFA,
Senior Managing Director and
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager
Daniel J. Pozen
Senior Managing Director and
Equity Portfolio Manager
Wellington Management Company llp
December 10, 2021
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About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund‘s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Six Months Ended November 30, 2021      
  Beginning
Account Value
5/31/2021
Ending
Account Value
11/30/2021
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Wellington Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,054.40 $1.24
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,054.70 0.82
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Wellington Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.86 $1.22
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.27 0.81
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 0.24% for Investor Shares and 0.16% 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 (183/365).
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Wellington Fund
Performance Summary
All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.
Cumulative Performance: November 30, 2011, Through November 30, 2021
Initial Investment of $10,000
      Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
    One
Year
Five
Years
Ten
Years
Final Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 Wellington Fund Investor Shares 17.16% 11.94% 11.14% $28,755
 Wellington Composite Index 17.04 13.34 12.03 31,154
 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index -1.15 3.65 3.04 13,488
 Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Float Adjusted Index 26.49 17.49 15.91 43,757
Wellington Composite Index: 65% S&P 500 Index and 35% Bloomberg U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index.
       
    One
Year
Five
Years
Ten
Years
Final Value
of a $50,000
Investment
Wellington Fund Admiral Shares 17.25% 12.03% 11.23% $144,944
Wellington Composite Index 17.04 13.34 12.03 155,770
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index -1.15 3.65 3.04 67,441
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Float Adjusted Index 26.49 17.49 15.91 218,787
See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.
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Wellington Fund
Fund Allocation
As of November 30, 2021
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.5%
Common Stocks 66.4
Corporate Bonds 21.0
Sovereign Bonds 1.0
Taxable Municipal Bonds 1.6
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 8.5
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. The agency and mortgage-backed securities may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
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Wellington Fund
Financial Statements
Schedule of Investments
As of November 30, 2021
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
          Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (66.0%)
Communication Services (8.4%)
* Alphabet Inc. Class A  1,941,770   5,510,646
* Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 10,611,397   3,442,974
Comcast Corp. Class A 21,993,301   1,099,225
Electronic Arts Inc.  3,329,191     413,552
                                         10,466,397
Consumer Discretionary (7.7%)
McDonald's Corp.  8,314,779   2,033,795
* Amazon.com Inc.    565,954   1,984,840
Home Depot Inc.  4,583,420   1,836,164
TJX Cos. Inc. 18,472,078   1,281,962
Starbucks Corp.  8,258,035     905,411
Dollar General Corp.  3,397,999     751,977
* Coupang Inc. Class A  9,961,421     263,978
DR Horton Inc.  2,094,152     204,599
Lennar Corp. Class A  1,904,018     200,017
* Rivian Automotive Inc. Class A    354,769      42,487
                                          9,505,230
Consumer Staples (4.1%)
Procter & Gamble Co. 12,373,565   1,788,970
Sysco Corp. 18,107,775   1,268,269
Nestle SA (Registered)  7,771,740     996,118
Coca-Cola Co. 13,925,459     730,390
Diageo plc  5,499,993     277,575
                                          5,061,322
Energy (2.0%)
TotalEnergies SE 32,813,629   1,509,846
Royal Dutch Shell plc Class A 45,865,451     966,121
Royal Dutch Shell plc Class A (XMEX)  2,607,900      54,555
                                          2,530,522
Financials (10.7%)
Charles Schwab Corp. 38,877,116   3,008,700
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 14,260,014   2,264,918
BlackRock Inc.  1,474,891   1,334,201
Bank of America Corp. 29,482,555   1,311,089
Progressive Corp. 12,627,007   1,173,554
Blackstone Inc.  7,301,910   1,032,855
American Express Co.  6,510,294     991,518
S&P Global Inc.  1,815,068     827,181
Morgan Stanley  6,790,327     643,859
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Value

($000)
Prudential plc 20,926,697     353,478
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.    656,201     250,006
                                         13,191,359
Health Care (9.2%)
Pfizer Inc. 34,912,188   1,875,832
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  3,978,441   1,767,303
HCA Healthcare Inc.  6,341,920   1,430,674
Anthem Inc.  2,576,370   1,046,599
Novartis AG (Registered) 12,852,161   1,024,391
Becton Dickinson & Co.  3,876,623     919,302
AstraZeneca plc ADR 15,451,135     847,186
Humana Inc.  1,945,729     816,642
Danaher Corp.  2,389,686     768,618
Abbott Laboratories  3,836,548     482,523
Baxter International Inc.  5,117,520     381,613
                                         11,360,683
Industrials (6.0%)
Johnson Controls International plc 14,484,407   1,082,854
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 11,823,774     956,780
Trane Technologies plc  4,632,795     864,711
Fortive Corp. 11,528,814     851,634
Deere & Co.  2,401,913     829,957
Illinois Tool Works Inc.  2,961,833     687,590
Union Pacific Corp.  2,284,619     538,348
Northrop Grumman Corp.  1,525,349     532,042
Schneider Electric SE  2,440,941     433,203
Parker-Hannifin Corp.  1,115,978     337,092
* Airbus SE  2,850,137     318,132
                                          7,432,343
Information Technology (14.6%)
Microsoft Corp. 20,719,810   6,849,761
Apple Inc. 18,428,327   3,046,203
Texas Instruments Inc.  8,614,452   1,657,162
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR  8,392,840     983,221
Accenture plc Class A  2,633,121     941,077
* salesforce.com Inc.  2,934,483     836,210
* Workday Inc. Class A  2,937,883     805,656
Marvell Technology Inc.  9,460,262     673,287
Global Payments Inc.  5,368,309     639,044
Cisco Systems Inc.  9,175,839     503,203
Lam Research Corp.    608,990     414,022
KLA Corp.    977,071     398,772
Fidelity National Information Services Inc.  3,440,537     359,536
                                         18,107,154
Real Estate (1.3%)
American Tower Corp.  2,944,348     772,833
Prologis Inc.  3,714,848     560,013
VICI Properties Inc.  8,830,111     240,179
                                          1,573,025
Utilities (2.0%)
Exelon Corp. 26,355,358   1,389,718
Duke Energy Corp. 11,274,218   1,093,712
                                           2,483,430
Total Common Stocks (Cost $44,537,568) 81,711,465
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (8.4%)
U.S. Government Securities (8.1%)
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.125%           4/30/23    224,460     223,583
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.125%           5/15/23    164,470     163,853
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.125%           5/31/23    400,000     398,250
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.625%           6/30/23    119,090     123,202
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.125%           7/31/23     98,000      97,464
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750%           7/31/23    104,000     107,965
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.125%           8/31/23    287,000     285,251
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%           9/30/23      2,530       2,519
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375%          10/31/23     20,000      19,944
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.125%           1/15/24    116,810     115,605
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.125%           2/15/24    117,355     116,071
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%           3/15/24    157,000     155,553
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%           5/15/24     24,315      24,041
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%           6/15/24    386,000     381,296
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750%           6/30/24    316,970     325,092
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375%           8/15/24    305,000     301,807
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375%           9/15/24    108,000     106,768
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625%          10/15/24    610,000     606,950
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000%           2/15/25    244,920     253,339
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125%           2/28/25    198,905     200,210
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%           5/31/25    717,325     699,392
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%           7/31/25    245,975     239,288
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000%           8/15/25     61,860      64,102
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%           8/31/25    125,010     121,455
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375%          11/30/25    208,000     202,345
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375%           1/31/26    936,810     909,584
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750%           3/31/26    107,000     105,395
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750%           4/30/26     89,000      87,596
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625%           5/15/26     78,110      79,843
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750%           5/31/26    281,245     276,675
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750%           8/31/26    175,000     171,855
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875%           9/30/26    254,100     250,844
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125%          10/31/26    174,360     174,115
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000%          11/15/26     30,000      31,238
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250%          11/15/27    183,280     193,647
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625%           5/15/30      8,450       7,932
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125%           2/15/31        690         674
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250%           8/15/31     24,835      24,443
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375%          11/15/31     45,565      45,294
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250%           5/15/41  1,154,810   1,229,512
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750%           8/15/41    661,580     649,486
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875%           2/15/51      4,560       4,636
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000%           8/15/51    321,205     336,412
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875%          11/15/51    121,650     124,045
                                         10,038,571
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.1%)  
2,3 Fannie Mae Pool 1.770%            1/1/36     20,592      20,192
2,3 Fannie Mae Pool 3.070%            2/1/25     11,700      12,297
2,3 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.000%            9/1/22          1           1
2 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.000% 11/15/31–11/15/33      1,133       1,281
2,3,4 UMBS Pool 2.500%    9/1/27–1/25/52    133,055     136,411
2,3 UMBS Pool 3.000%    8/1/42–11/1/46        312         326
2,3 UMBS Pool 3.500%    11/1/45–6/1/46         79          83
                                            170,591
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Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.2%)  
2,3 Fannie Mae REMICS 1.500%  8/25/41–11/25/42     15,634      15,708
2,3 Fannie Mae REMICS 1.700%           6/25/43      2,556       2,573
2,3 Fannie Mae REMICS 2.000%           6/25/44      1,246       1,259
2,3 Fannie Mae REMICS 3.000%   2/25/49–9/25/57     25,727      26,769
2,3 Fannie Mae REMICS 3.500%  4/25/31–11/25/57     92,509      98,079
2,3 Fannie Mae REMICS 4.000%   5/25/31–7/25/53     10,873      11,435
2,3 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.500%          10/15/42      7,222       7,242
2,3 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.750%           3/15/41      7,412       7,451
2,3 Freddie Mac REMICS 2.000%           7/15/31      6,343       6,410
2,3 Freddie Mac REMICS 3.000%          12/15/39         27          26
2,3 Freddie Mac REMICS 3.500%           3/15/31      2,732       2,888
2,3 Freddie Mac REMICS 4.000%  12/15/30–4/15/31     52,052      55,254
2 Ginnie Mae REMICS 1.700%          10/20/45      3,403       3,431
2 Ginnie Mae REMICS 1.800%           5/20/41        908         909
                                             239,434
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $10,388,936) 10,448,596
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.5%)
2,5 Aaset Trust Series 2019-1 3.844%           5/15/39     11,800      11,342
2,5 Affirm Asset Securitization Trust Series 2021-B 1.030%           8/17/26     17,590      17,521
2,5 Affirm Asset Securitization Trust Series 2021-Z1 1.070%           8/15/25     14,431      14,405
2,5,6 Affirm Asset Securitization Trust Series 2021-Z2 1.170%          11/16/26     19,585      19,572
2,5 Aligned Data Centers Issuer LLC Series 2021-1A 1.937%           8/15/46     43,270      42,844
2,5 American Tower Trust 3.070%           3/15/23     43,000      43,107
2,5 Angel Oak Mortgage Trust Series 2019-5 2.593%          10/25/49      4,643       4,635
2,5 Angel Oak Mortgage Trust Series 2019-6 2.620%          11/25/59     10,140      10,266
2,5 Angel Oak Mortgage Trust Series 2021-6 1.458%           9/25/66     30,945      30,725
2,5 Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC Series 2019-2 3.628%           3/25/49      1,585       1,610
2,5 Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC Series 2019-4 2.993%           7/26/49      6,551       6,591
2,5,7 Atlas Senior Loan Fund X Ltd. Series 2018-10A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.090% 1.214%           1/15/31      7,799       7,797
2,5,7 Bain Capital Credit CLO Ltd. Series 2021-3A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.160% 1.346%           7/24/34     11,155      11,159
2,5,7 Barings CLO Ltd. Series 2020-4A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.550% 1.681%           1/20/32     13,600      13,602
2,5,7 Battalion CLO XX Ltd. Series 2021-20A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.750% 1.888%           7/15/34     16,000      15,887
2,5,7 Battalion CLO XXII Ltd. Series 2021-22A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.180% 1.299%           1/20/35     42,990      42,964
2,5,7 BlueMountain CLO XXXI Ltd. Series 2021-31A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.150% 1.274%           4/19/34     30,000      29,991
2,5,7 BlueMountain CLO XXXII Ltd. Series 2021-32A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.170% 1.253%          10/15/34     21,445      21,396
2,5,7 Bristol Park CLO Ltd. Series 2016-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.450% 1.574%           4/15/29     10,000      10,001
2,5,7 BX Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2021-VOLT, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.700% 0.790%           9/15/36     29,050      28,953
2,5,7 BX Trust Series 2021-ARIA, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.899% 0.989%          10/15/36     14,785      14,756
2,5,7 BXHPP Trust Series 2021-FILM, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.650% 0.740%           8/15/36     15,225      15,175
2,5,7 BXHPP Trust Series 2021-FILM, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.900% 0.990%           8/15/36      3,140       3,121
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2,5 Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust Series 2018-2A 3.270%          12/19/22         57          57
2,5 Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust Series 2019-1A 3.967%           4/15/39     23,365      23,285
2,5 CF Hippolyta LLC Series 2021-1A 1.530%           3/15/61     23,894      23,517
2,5 Chesapeake Funding II LLC Series 2018-3A 3.390%           1/15/31      9,603       9,751
2,5,7 CIFC Funding 2021-III Ltd. Series 2021-3A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.700% 1.824%           7/15/36      6,400       6,400
2,5,7 CIFC Funding Ltd. Series 2018-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.000% 1.122%           4/18/31     12,000      11,997
2,5 Cloud Pass-Through Trust Series 2019-1A 3.554%           12/5/22        615         617
2,5 COLT Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2020-1 2.488%           2/25/50      4,488       4,487
2,5,7 Columbia Cent CLO 27 Ltd. Series 2018-27A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.150% 1.274%          10/25/28     16,364      16,364
2,5,7 Columbia Cent CLO 30 Ltd. Series 2020-30A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.750% 1.882%           1/20/34     15,255      15,266
2,5,7 Columbia Cent CLO 31 Ltd. Series 2021-31A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.550% 1.681%           4/20/34     14,400      14,259
2 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2012-CR2 3.147%           8/15/45     18,085      18,204
2,5 DB Master Finance LLC Series 2019-1A 4.021%           5/20/49     13,925      14,459
2,5 Domino's Pizza Master Issuer LLC Series 2021-1A 2.662%           4/25/51     34,954      35,164
2,5 Domino's Pizza Master Issuer LLC Series 2021-1A 3.151%           4/25/51     29,014      29,943
2,5,7 Dryden 87 CLO Ltd. Series 2021-87A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.100% 1.260%           5/20/34     36,675      36,657
2,5 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2018-3 3.380%           5/20/24        397         399
2,5 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2019-1 2.980%          10/20/24      3,725       3,740
2,5 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2019-2 2.290%           2/20/25     12,474      12,586
2,5 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2019-3 2.060%           5/20/25      8,769       8,844
2,3,7 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities Series 2016-C03, 1M USD LIBOR + 5.900% 5.992%          10/25/28      4,757       5,032
2,5 FirstKey Homes Trust Series 2021-SFR1 1.538%           8/17/38     64,899      63,559
2,3 Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K-1512 3.059%           4/25/34      6,000       6,613
2,3 Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K-1513 2.797%           8/25/34      7,500       8,071
2,3 Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K-1521 2.184%           8/25/36     17,705      17,903
2,5 Home Partners of America Trust Series 2021-2 1.901%          12/17/26     36,570      36,435
2,5 Horizon Aircraft Finance II Ltd. Series 2019-1 3.721%           7/15/39     10,274      10,181
2,5 Horizon Aircraft Finance III Ltd. Series 2019-2 3.425%          11/15/39     10,343      10,246
2,5,7 Life Mortgage Trust Series 2021-BMR, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.700% 0.790%           3/15/38      9,305       9,273
2,5 MACH 1 Cayman Ltd. Series 2019-1 3.474%          10/15/39     10,540      10,426
2,5,7 Madison Park Funding XI Ltd. Series 2013-11A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.450% 1.574%           7/23/29      8,550       8,548
2,5,7 Madison Park Funding XIII Ltd. Series 2014-13A, 3M USD LIBOR + 0.950% 1.074%           4/19/30     33,025      33,020
2,5,7 Magnetite VII Ltd. Series 2012-7A, 3M USD LIBOR + 0.800% 0.924%           1/15/28     25,887      25,883
2,5 MAPS Ltd. Series 2019-1A 4.458%           3/15/44      5,960       5,980
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2,5,7 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2018-1A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.490% 0.581%           7/21/24     30,925      31,028
2,5 Mercury Financial Credit Card Master Trust Series 2021-1A 1.540%           3/20/26     33,270      33,303
2,5 New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor LLC Series 2021-1 1.910%          10/20/61    100,980      99,242
2,5 New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor LLC Series 2021-1 2.410%          10/20/61     10,325      10,334
2,5,7 Oaktree CLO Ltd. Series 2021-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.160% 1.284%           7/15/34     29,000      29,020
2,5,7 Octagon 54 Ltd. Series 2021-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.120% 1.253%           7/15/34     35,000      34,940
2,5,7 Octagon Investment Partners 51 Ltd. Series 2021-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.150% 1.281%           7/20/34     30,000      30,000
2,5,7 OHA Credit Funding 3 Ltd. Series 2019-3A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.140% 1.271%            7/2/35     43,800      43,776
2,5 OneMain Direct Auto Receivables Trust Series 2018-1A 3.430%          12/16/24      2,560       2,562
2,5 OneMain Direct Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-1A 0.870%           7/14/28     30,280      29,933
2,5 OneMain Financial Issuance Trust Series 2019-1A 3.480%           2/14/31      9,745       9,755
2,5,7 Regatta VI Funding Ltd. Series 2016-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.160% 1.292%           4/20/34     22,000      22,020
2,5,7 Rockland Park CLO Ltd. Series 2021-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.120% 1.252%           4/20/34     20,000      20,091
2,5,7 Rockland Park CLO Ltd. Series 2021-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.650% 1.781%           4/20/34      9,970      10,005
2,5,7 RR 16 Ltd. Series 2021-16A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.110% 1.234%           7/15/36     26,720      26,674
2,5,7 RR 16 Ltd. Series 2021-16A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.650% 1.774%           7/15/36     15,540      15,589
2,5,7 RR 18 Ltd. Series 2021-18A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.600% 1.684%          10/15/34     30,080      30,034
2,5 Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust Series 2019-B 2.300%           1/20/23      4,417       4,429
2 Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust Series 2019-3 3.500%          10/25/58     34,066      35,315
2,5 SFAVE Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-5AVE 4.144%            1/5/43     27,300      28,988
2,5,7 Shackleton CLO Ltd. Series 2021-16A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.210% 1.332%          10/20/34     24,870      24,874
2,5 SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust Series 2020-1 2.020%           1/25/29      3,122       3,137
2,5 SoFi Professional Loan Program Trust Series 2021-B 1.140%           2/15/47     20,196      19,989
2,5,7 Sound Point CLO XXXI Ltd. Series 2021-3A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.650% 1.781%          10/25/34     11,405      11,326
2,5 START Ireland Series 2019-1 4.089%           3/15/44     12,203      12,227
2,5,7 Symphony CLO XIV Ltd. Series 2014-14A, 3M USD LIBOR + 0.950% 1.077%           7/14/26     15,742      15,743
2,5,7 Symphony CLO XXVIII Ltd. Series 2021-28A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.650% 1.738%          10/23/34     25,350      25,317
2,5 Taco Bell Funding LLC Series 2021-1A 1.946%           8/25/51     39,345      38,675
2,5 Taco Bell Funding LLC Series 2021-1A 2.294%           8/25/51     36,015      35,687
2,5,7 Taconic Park CLO Ltd. Series 2016-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.450% 1.582%           1/20/29     12,291      12,292
2,5 Towd Point Mortgage Trust Series 2016-3 2.250%           4/25/56        125         125
2,5 Vantage Data Centers Issuer LLC Series 2019-1A 3.188%           7/15/44     10,679      10,915
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Value

($000)
2,5 Vantage Data Centers Issuer LLC Series 2021-1A 2.165%          10/15/46     48,430      48,305
2,5 Vantage Data Centers LLC Series 2020-1A 1.645%           9/15/45     29,505      28,933
2,5,7 Venture 43 CLO Ltd. Series 2021-43A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.240% 1.364%           4/15/34      9,500       9,504
2,5,7 Voya CLO Ltd. Series 2014-1A, 3M USD LIBOR + 0.990% 1.112%           4/18/31     20,525      20,519
2,5,7 Voya CLO Ltd. Series 2021-2A, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.150% 1.277%          10/20/34     37,765      37,815
2,5,7 Wellfleet CLO X Ltd. Series 2019-XA, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.750% 1.882%           7/20/32     10,000       9,970
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $1,870,135) 1,866,977
Corporate Bonds (20.9%)
Communications (1.8%)
America Movil SAB de CV 3.125%           7/16/22     84,600      85,928
America Movil SAB de CV 3.625%           4/22/29     26,990      29,306
America Movil SAB de CV 6.125%           3/30/40      7,380      10,429
AT&T Inc. 2.750%            6/1/31     36,795      37,344
AT&T Inc. 4.300%          12/15/42     35,590      40,116
AT&T Inc. 3.650%            6/1/51      8,341       8,655
AT&T Inc. 3.500%           9/15/53     33,515      33,851
AT&T Inc. 3.850%            6/1/60     26,704      27,995
AT&T Inc. 3.500%            2/1/61      9,685       9,485
5 British Telecommunications plc 3.250%           11/8/29     19,060      19,583
Charter Communications Operating LLC 2.800%            4/1/31     32,150      31,836
Charter Communications Operating LLC 2.300%            2/1/32      7,150       6,756
Charter Communications Operating LLC 3.500%            3/1/42     24,235      23,454
Charter Communications Operating LLC 5.375%            5/1/47      3,455       4,159
Charter Communications Operating LLC 5.125%            7/1/49      2,904       3,412
Charter Communications Operating LLC 4.800%            3/1/50      3,777       4,256
Charter Communications Operating LLC 3.700%            4/1/51     17,760      17,303
Charter Communications Operating LLC 3.850%            4/1/61     16,610      15,884
Charter Communications Operating LLC 4.400%           12/1/61     13,740      14,350
Comcast Corp. 3.600%            3/1/24     50,730      53,983
Comcast Corp. 3.375%           2/15/25      2,540       2,694
Comcast Corp. 4.250%           1/15/33     42,890      50,159
Comcast Corp. 4.200%           8/15/34     26,890      31,573
Comcast Corp. 5.650%           6/15/35      4,725       6,268
Comcast Corp. 4.400%           8/15/35     32,325      38,414
Comcast Corp. 6.500%          11/15/35        945       1,360
Comcast Corp. 3.969%           11/1/47      8,452       9,779
Comcast Corp. 4.000%            3/1/48     12,180      14,159
Comcast Corp. 3.999%           11/1/49     23,162      27,028
5 Comcast Corp. 2.887%           11/1/51     67,805      66,694
Comcast Corp. 2.450%           8/15/52     25,780      23,567
Comcast Corp. 4.049%           11/1/52     10,339      12,327
5 Comcast Corp. 2.937%           11/1/56    198,153     192,430
5 Comcast Corp. 2.987%           11/1/63     95,407      92,298
5 Cox Communications Inc. 3.150%           8/15/24      2,503       2,620
5 Cox Communications Inc. 2.600%           6/15/31     17,795      17,862
5 Cox Communications Inc. 4.800%            2/1/35     30,000      35,678
5 Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV 3.600%           1/19/27     10,918      11,775
5 Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV 4.375%           6/21/28     21,754      24,750
Discovery Communications LLC 3.950%           3/20/28     14,288      15,583
Discovery Communications LLC 4.125%           5/15/29     14,172      15,650
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Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Discovery Communications LLC 3.625%           5/15/30     29,710      31,819
Discovery Communications LLC 4.650%           5/15/50     22,028      26,025
Discovery Communications LLC 4.000%           9/15/55     16,442      17,569
NBCUniversal Media LLC 4.450%           1/15/43      6,331       7,704
5 NTT Finance Corp. 1.162%            4/3/26     44,235      43,488
5 NTT Finance Corp. 2.065%            4/3/31      9,445       9,511
5 Ooredoo International Finance Ltd. 2.625%            4/8/31     23,430      23,524
Orange SA 9.000%            3/1/31     20,280      31,170
5 SK Telecom Co. Ltd. 3.750%           4/16/23     11,995      12,465
5 Sky Ltd. 3.750%           9/16/24     45,046      48,148
5 Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC 4.738%           3/20/25     37,857      39,672
Telefonica Emisiones SA 5.213%            3/8/47     19,100      23,922
Telefonica Emisiones SA 5.520%            3/1/49     19,772      25,806
Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP 8.375%           3/15/23      3,925       4,300
T-Mobile USA Inc. 2.050%           2/15/28     24,985      24,596
T-Mobile USA Inc. 3.875%           4/15/30     61,875      67,242
T-Mobile USA Inc. 2.550%           2/15/31      4,750       4,691
T-Mobile USA Inc. 2.250%          11/15/31      4,745       4,559
T-Mobile USA Inc. 4.375%           4/15/40     15,735      17,884
T-Mobile USA Inc. 4.500%           4/15/50     22,950      26,989
T-Mobile USA Inc. 3.300%           2/15/51     19,300      18,876
T-Mobile USA Inc. 3.600%          11/15/60      9,460       9,415
TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp. 4.375%           8/16/41     26,724      32,268
2 TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp. 4.125%            6/1/44     14,185      16,965
Verizon Communications Inc. 4.329%           9/21/28     23,335      26,596
5 Verizon Communications Inc. 2.355%           3/15/32      3,321       3,284
Verizon Communications Inc. 4.812%           3/15/39     85,963     107,913
Verizon Communications Inc. 4.750%           11/1/41      7,750       9,731
Verizon Communications Inc. 4.862%           8/21/46     20,077      26,435
Verizon Communications Inc. 2.987%          10/30/56      9,247       8,953
ViacomCBS Inc. 3.700%            6/1/28     15,190      16,582
Vodafone Group plc 5.000%           5/30/38      1,895       2,366
Vodafone Group plc 5.250%           5/30/48     45,220      58,815
Walt Disney Co. 3.000%           9/15/22     11,891      12,120
Walt Disney Co. 2.650%           1/13/31      3,850       4,003
Walt Disney Co. 3.500%           5/13/40     50,260      55,387
Walt Disney Co. 4.750%           9/15/44      2,358       3,034
Walt Disney Co. 4.750%          11/15/46     14,000      18,446
Walt Disney Co. 2.750%            9/1/49     16,835      16,508
Walt Disney Co. 3.600%           1/13/51     27,250      31,259
Walt Disney Co. 3.800%           5/13/60     28,415      33,656
                                          2,174,449
Consumer Discretionary (0.8%)
Amazon.com Inc. 2.800%           8/22/24     14,010      14,639
Amazon.com Inc. 4.800%           12/5/34     37,370      47,708
Amazon.com Inc. 4.950%           12/5/44     22,605      30,930
Amazon.com Inc. 4.250%           8/22/57     41,385      53,807
2 American Honda Finance Corp. 2.000%           3/24/28     19,250      19,408
AutoZone Inc. 3.700%           4/15/22     46,136      46,315
5 BMW US Capital LLC 0.800%            4/1/24     12,590      12,522
5 BMW US Capital LLC 1.250%           8/12/26     28,900      28,478
5 Daimler Finance North America LLC 3.250%            8/1/24      5,870       6,171
2 Duke University 2.832%           10/1/55     25,700      27,414
2 Emory University 2.143%            9/1/30     25,351      25,813
General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.950%           4/13/24     57,810      60,960
2 Georgetown University 4.315%            4/1/49      5,405       6,865
2 Georgetown University 2.943%            4/1/50      9,430       9,714
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Home Depot Inc. 3.900%           12/6/28     10,250      11,599
Home Depot Inc. 3.300%           4/15/40     18,410      19,992
Home Depot Inc. 4.400%           3/15/45     28,655      36,117
Home Depot Inc. 4.500%           12/6/48     12,215      15,986
5 Hyundai Capital America 0.800%            4/3/23     91,160      91,016
5 Hyundai Capital America 0.875%           6/14/24     49,225      48,580
5 Hyundai Capital America 1.650%           9/17/26     36,480      35,805
2 Johns Hopkins University 4.083%            7/1/53      7,805      10,169
2 Johns Hopkins University 2.813%            1/1/60      6,420       6,604
Leland Stanford Junior University 6.875%            2/1/24     13,685      15,413
2 Leland Stanford Junior University 7.650%           6/15/26     29,000      35,901
Lowe's Cos. Inc. 3.100%            5/3/27     68,700      73,205
Lowe's Cos. Inc. 6.500%           3/15/29     13,301      17,103
2 McDonald's Corp. 3.250%           6/10/24      5,460       5,757
2 McDonald's Corp. 4.875%           7/15/40     10,000      12,694
2 McDonald's Corp. 4.875%           12/9/45      9,940      12,893
2 McDonald's Corp. 3.625%            9/1/49     37,735      42,149
2 Northeastern University 2.894%           10/1/50      6,995       7,170
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. 4.850%          11/15/48     24,455      33,463
Starbucks Corp. 4.500%          11/15/48     51,181      64,080
2 University of Chicago 2.761%            4/1/45      5,825       5,976
VF Corp. 2.800%           4/23/27     17,615      18,467
VF Corp. 2.950%           4/23/30     37,015      38,595
                                          1,049,478
Consumer Staples (0.7%)
Altria Group Inc. 5.800%           2/14/39     18,665      22,676
Altria Group Inc. 4.500%            5/2/43      5,945       6,288
Altria Group Inc. 3.875%           9/16/46     22,775      22,351
Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 6.500%            1/1/28     19,550      24,038
2 Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 4.700%            2/1/36     35,700      42,947
2 Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 4.900%            2/1/46     39,700      50,416
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 3.750%           7/15/42     19,610      21,437
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 4.500%           3/15/49     35,045      46,736
BAT Capital Corp. 3.557%           8/15/27     63,450      66,538
5 Cargill Inc. 6.875%            5/1/28     19,355      24,422
5 Cargill Inc. 2.125%           4/23/30      5,265       5,273
5 Cargill Inc. 4.760%          11/23/45     28,190      37,685
5 CK Hutchison International 20 Ltd. 3.375%            5/8/50     22,015      24,586
5 Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc 0.800%            5/3/24     32,165      31,684
2 Colgate-Palmolive Co. 7.600%           5/19/25     13,920      16,830
Conagra Brands Inc. 4.600%           11/1/25      7,855       8,706
Conagra Brands Inc. 1.375%           11/1/27     11,765      11,275
Conagra Brands Inc. 5.300%           11/1/38      6,410       8,124
Constellation Brands Inc. 3.750%            5/1/50      2,415       2,683
5 Danone SA 2.947%           11/2/26     30,550      32,110
Diageo Capital plc 2.625%           4/29/23     48,310      49,354
Diageo Capital plc 2.375%          10/24/29     20,000      20,533
Diageo Capital plc 2.000%           4/29/30      5,830       5,798
Diageo Capital plc 2.125%           4/29/32      1,845       1,843
Diageo Investment Corp. 2.875%           5/11/22     26,991      27,266
Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. 2.375%           12/1/29     12,615      12,970
Hormel Foods Corp. 1.700%            6/3/28      8,125       8,067
5 Imperial Brands Finance plc 3.750%           7/21/22     34,745      35,203
Kroger Co. 3.850%            8/1/23     10,770      11,242
Kroger Co. 4.000%            2/1/24     22,290      23,569
McCormick & Co. Inc. 2.500%           4/15/30      3,205       3,248
Molson Coors Beverage Co. 3.500%            5/1/22     16,525      16,726
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Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Molson Coors Beverage Co. 3.000%           7/15/26     54,900      57,594
Philip Morris International Inc. 2.500%           8/22/22     21,645      21,986
Philip Morris International Inc. 3.600%          11/15/23      7,000       7,383
Philip Morris International Inc. 3.375%           8/11/25     14,440      15,385
Philip Morris International Inc. 4.875%          11/15/43      6,185       7,520
5 Sigma Alimentos SA de CV 4.125%            5/2/26     14,750      15,581
                                            848,073
Energy (1.1%)
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 1.749%           8/10/30      7,780       7,480
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 3.060%           6/17/41     20,000      20,169
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 2.772%          11/10/50     11,870      11,168
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 2.939%            6/4/51     30,385      29,468
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 3.001%           3/17/52     68,790      67,421
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 3.379%            2/8/61     12,750      13,178
BP Capital Markets plc 2.500%           11/6/22     22,000      22,403
BP Capital Markets plc 3.994%           9/26/23     16,185      17,081
BP Capital Markets plc 3.814%           2/10/24     38,938      41,117
BP Capital Markets plc 3.506%           3/17/25     50,285      53,541
Chevron Corp. 3.191%           6/24/23     25,330      26,163
ConocoPhillips Co. 4.950%           3/15/26      4,385       4,953
5 Coterra Energy Inc. 4.375%            6/1/24     31,555      33,576
5 Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Inc. 3.000%          11/15/29     19,580      20,544
5 Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Inc. 4.800%           11/1/43      4,185       5,162
5 Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Inc. 4.600%          12/15/44     24,863      30,293
Energy Transfer LP 5.250%           4/15/29     40,000      45,656
Energy Transfer LP 5.350%           5/15/45      3,500       4,055
Energy Transfer LP 5.300%           4/15/47      5,745       6,638
Energy Transfer LP 5.400%           10/1/47        750         886
Energy Transfer LP 5.000%           5/15/50     10,000      11,471
Enterprise Products Operating LLC 5.100%           2/15/45      9,720      12,125
Enterprise Products Operating LLC 4.250%           2/15/48     26,420      29,931
Enterprise Products Operating LLC 3.700%           1/31/51      5,935       6,275
Enterprise Products Operating LLC 3.300%           2/15/53     15,000      15,000
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.726%            3/1/23     11,910      12,184
Exxon Mobil Corp. 3.043%            3/1/26      8,115       8,608
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.275%           8/16/26     36,735      38,013
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.440%           8/16/29     25,195      25,841
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.610%          10/15/30     35,925      37,179
Exxon Mobil Corp. 4.114%            3/1/46     12,060      14,309
5 Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd. 2.160%           3/31/34     47,605      46,314
5 Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd. 2.940%           9/30/40     44,479      43,923
Plains All American Pipeline LP 3.850%          10/15/23     36,775      38,313
5 Schlumberger Holdings Corp. 3.900%           5/17/28     31,025      33,820
5 Schlumberger Investment SA 2.400%            8/1/22     23,925      24,124
Schlumberger Investment SA 3.650%           12/1/23     44,520      46,598
Shell International Finance BV 3.250%           5/11/25     11,051      11,782
Shell International Finance BV 4.125%           5/11/35     43,465      51,021
Shell International Finance BV 5.500%           3/25/40     12,990      17,872
Shell International Finance BV 2.875%          11/26/41     15,000      15,086
Shell International Finance BV 4.375%           5/11/45     96,700     119,209
Shell International Finance BV 3.000%          11/26/51     42,435      43,330
Suncor Energy Inc. 5.950%           12/1/34     20,700      27,053
TotalEnergies Capital International SA 2.700%           1/25/23     36,510      37,363
TotalEnergies Capital International SA 3.750%           4/10/24     41,500      44,095
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 4.875%           1/15/26     47,256      52,845
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 4.100%           4/15/30      7,125       7,923
                                          1,332,559
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Financials (8.4%)
ACE Capital Trust II 9.700%            4/1/30     20,000      29,427
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC 3.000%          10/29/28     15,230      15,336
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC 3.300%           1/30/32     11,930      12,012
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC 3.400%          10/29/33      6,030       6,065
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC 3.850%          10/29/41      7,230       7,457
5 AIA Group Ltd. 3.600%            4/9/29     50,475      55,424
5 AIA Group Ltd. 3.375%            4/7/30     12,460      13,528
2 American Express Credit Corp. 2.700%            3/3/22     54,990      55,203
American International Group Inc. 3.750%           7/10/25      8,990       9,657
American International Group Inc. 4.250%           3/15/29     35,227      40,195
American International Group Inc. 4.700%           7/10/35     16,375      19,759
American International Group Inc. 6.250%            5/1/36      7,775      10,946
American International Group Inc. 4.500%           7/16/44     12,612      15,515
American International Group Inc. 4.800%           7/10/45      7,130       9,232
American International Group Inc. 4.750%            4/1/48     17,010      22,362
American International Group Inc. 4.375%           6/30/50      9,505      11,975
American International Group Inc. 4.375%           1/15/55      4,755       5,982
5 Athene Global Funding 1.000%           4/16/24     22,095      21,971
5 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 2.570%          11/25/35     22,135      21,382
Banco Santander SA 3.125%           2/23/23     28,400      29,183
Banco Santander SA 3.848%           4/12/23     16,400      17,046
Banco Santander SA 1.849%           3/25/26     14,000      13,954
Banco Santander SA 2.749%           12/3/30     15,600      15,252
Banco Santander SA 2.958%           3/25/31     10,000      10,165
2 Bank of America Corp. 4.000%           1/22/25     32,900      35,191
2 Bank of America Corp. 3.500%           4/19/26     10,000      10,767
2 Bank of America Corp. 3.559%           4/23/27     86,705      92,571
2 Bank of America Corp. 3.593%           7/21/28     37,950      40,790
2 Bank of America Corp. 3.419%          12/20/28      8,681       9,249
2 Bank of America Corp. 4.271%           7/23/29     74,365      83,067
2 Bank of America Corp. 3.974%            2/7/30    120,185     132,837
2 Bank of America Corp. 3.194%           7/23/30     35,285      37,241
2 Bank of America Corp. 2.496%           2/13/31     50,870      51,026
Bank of America Corp. 2.572%          10/20/32     17,275      17,376
2 Bank of America Corp. 5.875%            2/7/42      9,965      14,290
Bank of America Corp. 3.311%           4/22/42     55,635      58,942
2 Bank of America Corp. 5.000%           1/21/44     39,433      51,629
2 Bank of America Corp. 3.946%           1/23/49      5,380       6,373
2 Bank of America Corp. 4.330%           3/15/50     78,120      97,960
Bank of America Corp. 2.972%           7/21/52     65,950      67,230
5 Bank of Montreal 2.500%           1/11/22     60,000      60,144
2 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.000%           2/24/25     27,990      29,541
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.700%            8/3/26     63,160      66,053
5 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 1.604%           10/4/26     34,305      34,017
2 Barclays plc 3.932%            5/7/25     55,605      58,737
Barclays plc 2.667%           3/10/32     44,170      43,742
Barclays plc 2.894%          11/24/32     43,865      44,052
Barclays plc 3.330%          11/24/42     37,170      37,718
7 Barclays plc, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.380% 1.535%           5/16/24     36,385      36,893
5 BNP Paribas SA 2.950%           5/23/22      4,105       4,153
2 BNP Paribas SA 3.250%            3/3/23      7,620       7,870
5 BNP Paribas SA 3.800%           1/10/24     25,780      27,149
5 BNP Paribas SA 3.375%            1/9/25     60,670      63,961
5 BNP Paribas SA 2.819%          11/19/25     45,685      47,143
5 BNP Paribas SA 1.323%           1/13/27     18,995      18,508
5 BNP Paribas SA 3.500%          11/16/27     69,325      74,374
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      Coupon Maturity
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($000)
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Value

($000)
5 BNP Paribas SA 2.159%           9/15/29     31,165      30,568
5 BNP Paribas SA 2.871%           4/19/32     23,435      23,766
5 BPCE SA 5.700%          10/22/23      6,225       6,733
BPCE SA 4.000%           4/15/24     30,615      32,674
5 BPCE SA 5.150%           7/21/24     43,790      47,684
5 BPCE SA 2.045%          10/19/27     25,245      25,032
5 BPCE SA 3.500%          10/23/27     64,230      68,070
5 BPCE SA 2.700%           10/1/29     50,000      51,691
5 Brighthouse Financial Global Funding 1.000%           4/12/24      2,425       2,412
5 Brighthouse Financial Global Funding 1.550%           5/24/26     20,210      19,999
5 Brighthouse Financial Global Funding 2.000%           6/28/28     16,275      16,139
5 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.150%            7/8/26     33,885      33,582
7 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 3M USD LIBOR + 0.720% 0.838%           6/16/22     57,780      57,986
Capital One Financial Corp. 3.750%           4/24/24     55,460      58,660
Capital One Financial Corp. 3.200%            2/5/25     24,185      25,478
Charles Schwab Corp. 0.750%           3/18/24     30,130      30,009
Charles Schwab Corp. 3.200%            3/2/27     19,665      21,156
Charles Schwab Corp. 2.000%           3/20/28     27,375      27,688
Chubb Corp. 6.000%           5/11/37     50,000      71,905
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 3.350%           5/15/24     22,345      23,623
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 4.350%           11/3/45     29,835      38,117
Citigroup Inc. 4.500%           1/14/22     33,920      34,084
Citigroup Inc. 0.981%            5/1/25     32,820      32,591
Citigroup Inc. 1.462%            6/9/27     66,630      65,357
Citigroup Inc. 4.125%           7/25/28     14,550      15,990
2 Citigroup Inc. 3.520%          10/27/28     72,550      77,646
Citigroup Inc. 6.625%           6/15/32     45,000      60,232
Citigroup Inc. 2.520%           11/3/32     25,750      25,753
2 Citigroup Inc. 3.878%           1/24/39     37,030      42,121
Citigroup Inc. 2.904%           11/3/42     19,370      19,269
2 Comerica Bank 2.500%           7/23/24     27,415      28,417
5 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.688%           3/11/31     74,015      73,258
5 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 1.106%           2/24/27     46,710      45,527
5 Credit Agricole SA 3.750%           4/24/23     31,675      32,982
5 Credit Agricole SA 3.250%           10/4/24     71,600      75,477
2 Credit Suisse AG 3.625%            9/9/24      4,885       5,197
5 Credit Suisse Group AG 3.574%            1/9/23     20,675      20,733
5 Credit Suisse Group AG 4.207%           6/12/24     12,375      12,931
Credit Suisse Group AG 3.750%           3/26/25     67,850      72,211
5 Credit Suisse Group AG 2.593%           9/11/25     17,585      17,981
5 Credit Suisse Group AG 3.869%           1/12/29     10,980      11,768
5 Credit Suisse Group AG 3.091%           5/14/32     59,185      60,023
5,7 Credit Suisse Group AG, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.240% 1.354%           6/12/24     25,015      25,311
Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd. 3.800%           9/15/22     55,260      56,608
5 Danske Bank A/S 5.000%           1/12/22     21,605      21,706
5 Danske Bank A/S 3.875%           9/12/23     46,290      48,411
5 Danske Bank A/S 5.375%           1/12/24     28,240      30,519
5 Danske Bank A/S 1.621%           9/11/26     28,990      28,675
5 Danske Bank A/S 1.549%           9/10/27     55,460      54,333
5 DNB Bank ASA 1.535%           5/25/27     44,030      43,459
5 DNB Bank ASA 1.605%           3/30/28     45,870      45,029
5 DNB Boligkreditt A/S 2.500%           3/28/22     47,550      47,876
5 Equitable Financial Life Global Funding 1.400%            7/7/25     10,395      10,340
5 Equitable Financial Life Global Funding 1.300%           7/12/26     26,755      26,193
5 Equitable Financial Life Global Funding 1.400%           8/27/27     18,220      17,793
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Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5 Equitable Financial Life Global Funding 1.800%            3/8/28     28,220      27,803
5 Farmers Exchange Capital 7.050%           7/15/28     25,000      30,654
Fifth Third Bancorp 2.550%            5/5/27     19,150      19,809
5 Five Corners Funding Trust 4.419%          11/15/23      5,935       6,314
5 GA Global Funding Trust 1.000%            4/8/24     21,750      21,633
Global Payments Inc. 2.150%           1/15/27     20,910      20,910
Global Payments Inc. 2.900%           5/15/30     14,680      14,888
Globe Life Inc. 7.875%           5/15/23     45,000      49,280
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.750%           1/24/22     40,725      41,044
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.625%           1/22/23     35,320      36,468
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.500%           1/23/25     17,545      18,557
2 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.272%           9/29/25     46,260      48,534
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.850%           1/26/27     17,980      19,294
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 1.431%            3/9/27     71,545      70,170
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 1.542%           9/10/27     97,685      95,662
2 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.691%            6/5/28     15,055      16,214
2 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.814%           4/23/29     23,795      25,906
2 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 4.223%            5/1/29     67,740      75,265
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.800%           3/15/30     19,490      21,366
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 1.992%           1/27/32     30,600      29,222
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.615%           4/22/32     74,125      74,270
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.383%           7/21/32     67,160      66,030
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.650%          10/21/32     14,050      14,110
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.750%           10/1/37     43,995      62,232
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.250%            2/1/41     20,135      29,267
2 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 4.800%            7/8/44     25,675      32,898
5 Guardian Life Global Funding 1.250%           5/13/26      6,735       6,665
HSBC Holdings plc 3.600%           5/25/23     60,200      62,657
HSBC Holdings plc 0.976%           5/24/25     10,150      10,028
HSBC Holdings plc 3.900%           5/25/26     12,085      13,063
HSBC Holdings plc 1.589%           5/24/27     25,850      25,275
HSBC Holdings plc 2.251%          11/22/27     49,725      49,796
2 HSBC Holdings plc 4.041%           3/13/28     21,805      23,599
2 HSBC Holdings plc 4.583%           6/19/29     40,480      45,388
HSBC Holdings plc 2.206%           8/17/29     53,960      52,833
2 HSBC Holdings plc 2.357%           8/18/31     54,320      53,173
HSBC Holdings plc 2.804%           5/24/32     50,910      50,928
HSBC Holdings plc 2.871%          11/22/32     52,995      53,165
HSBC Holdings plc 6.500%            5/2/36     25,000      33,994
HSBC Holdings plc 6.100%           1/14/42     40,665      58,257
HSBC Holdings plc 5.250%           3/14/44     13,210      17,164
7 HSBC Holdings plc, 3M USD LIBOR + 1.000% 1.160%           5/18/24     26,340      26,575
HSBC USA Inc. 3.500%           6/23/24     28,025      29,644
ING Groep NV 3.150%           3/29/22     12,955      13,065
ING Groep NV 3.950%           3/29/27     44,565      48,776
ING Groep NV 1.726%            4/1/27     16,075      15,999
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 1.850%           9/15/32      9,525       8,973
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 2.650%           9/15/40      5,860       5,635
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 3.000%           6/15/50     39,540      39,688
5 JAB Holdings BV 2.200%          11/23/30      9,385       9,203
5 JAB Holdings BV 3.750%           5/28/51     19,275      21,313
5 Jackson National Life Global Funding 3.250%           1/30/24     24,070      25,207
5 Jackson National Life Insurance Co. 8.150%           3/15/27     18,890      24,411
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.375%            5/1/23     15,450      16,002
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.875%            2/1/24     39,000      41,404
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.900%           7/15/25     13,870      15,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.125%          12/15/26     29,835      33,001
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Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.250%           10/1/27     13,420      14,994
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.069%            6/1/29     42,085      41,602
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.452%           12/5/29     64,735      73,607
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.702%            5/6/30     16,000      17,393
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.580%           4/22/32     58,675      59,176
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.109%           4/22/41     19,440      20,248
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.600%           7/15/41     96,000     134,679
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.400%            1/6/42     18,035      24,803
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.157%           4/22/42     50,000      52,215
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.625%           8/16/43     16,100      22,329
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.950%            6/1/45     15,000      19,791
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.964%          11/15/48    159,600     189,751
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.109%           4/22/51     19,885      20,876
5 Liberty Mutual Group Inc. 4.250%           6/15/23      3,160       3,316
5 Liberty Mutual Group Inc. 4.569%            2/1/29     11,170      12,980
5 Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. 7.875%          10/15/26     31,210      38,877
5 LSEGA Financing plc 1.375%            4/6/26     56,790      55,935
5 LSEGA Financing plc 2.000%            4/6/28     24,615      24,426
5 LSEGA Financing plc 2.500%            4/6/31     37,780      38,140
5 Macquarie Group Ltd. 4.150%           3/27/24     49,500      51,514
5 Macquarie Group Ltd. 1.935%           4/14/28     42,835      42,275
5 Macquarie Group Ltd. 2.871%           1/14/33     59,895      60,012
2 Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.900%            2/6/25     24,685      25,993
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 4.375%           3/15/29     23,405      26,695
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 4.900%           3/15/49     10,915      15,021
5 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. 3.200%           12/1/61     30,000      30,384
MetLife Inc. 3.600%           4/10/24     35,035      37,121
MetLife Inc. 4.125%           8/13/42      5,565       6,602
MetLife Inc. 4.875%          11/13/43     17,000      22,396
5 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 2.650%            4/8/22     13,770      13,883
5 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.450%          12/18/26     23,660      25,648
5 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.000%           9/19/27     21,455      22,787
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.623%           7/18/22     67,980      68,883
2 Morgan Stanley 3.875%           4/29/24     97,010     102,975
2 Morgan Stanley 3.700%          10/23/24     29,050      30,959
Morgan Stanley 0.790%           5/30/25     42,545      41,911
2 Morgan Stanley 2.720%           7/22/25     53,860      55,612
2 Morgan Stanley 4.000%           7/23/25     29,455      31,956
2 Morgan Stanley 3.125%           7/27/26     11,435      12,096
2 Morgan Stanley 6.250%            8/9/26     20,000      23,962
Morgan Stanley 3.625%           1/20/27     60,000      64,882
2 Morgan Stanley 3.772%           1/24/29     56,905      62,009
2 Morgan Stanley 2.699%           1/22/31     74,290      76,358
2 Morgan Stanley 1.928%           4/28/32     50,000      47,825
2 Morgan Stanley 2.239%           7/21/32     81,175      79,548
2 Morgan Stanley 2.511%          10/20/32     32,340      32,415
Morgan Stanley 2.484%           9/16/36     34,305      33,097
Morgan Stanley 4.300%           1/27/45     18,360      22,716
Nasdaq Inc. 3.250%           4/28/50      6,670       6,872
5 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.332%           8/21/30     75,550      72,740
5 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.990%           5/21/31     62,492      62,932
5 Nationwide Building Society 3.622%           4/26/23     23,975      24,244
5 Nationwide Financial Services Inc. 3.900%          11/30/49     48,905      58,085
5 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. 4.350%           4/30/50     41,675      48,503
NatWest Group plc 1.642%           6/14/27     29,040      28,570
5 NatWest Markets plc 0.800%           8/12/24     22,050      21,743
5 NBK SPC Ltd. 2.750%           5/30/22     56,530      57,019
5 NBK SPC Ltd. 1.625%           9/15/27     67,900      66,093
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      Coupon Maturity
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Face
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($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5 New York Life Global Funding 2.900%           1/17/24     29,050      30,232
5 New York Life Insurance Co. 5.875%           5/15/33     55,395      73,298
5 New York Life Insurance Co. 3.750%           5/15/50      9,245      10,667
5 New York Life Insurance Co. 4.450%           5/15/69     15,270      19,884
5 Nordea Bank Abp 1.500%           9/30/26     65,800      64,734
5 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. 3.850%           9/30/47     24,134      27,985
5 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. 3.625%           9/30/59      9,324      10,465
5 Pacific Life Global Funding II 1.375%           4/14/26     27,085      27,104
5 Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP 3.450%            7/1/24     16,420      17,296
5 Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP 2.700%           11/1/24     10,220      10,572
5 Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP 3.950%           3/10/25     52,010      55,730
5 Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP 4.450%           1/29/26     16,450      18,133
2 PNC Bank NA 3.300%          10/30/24     18,195      19,337
2 PNC Bank NA 4.200%           11/1/25     16,650      18,380
2 PNC Bank NA 3.100%          10/25/27     41,975      45,210
2 PNC Bank NA 3.250%           1/22/28     60,465      65,417
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 3.900%           4/29/24     41,565      44,223
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 2.550%           1/22/30     54,405      55,974
5 Principal Life Global Funding II 2.500%           9/16/29     25,000      26,181
Prudential plc 3.125%           4/14/30     14,640      15,717
Santander Holdings USA Inc. 3.700%           3/28/22     33,065      33,300
Santander Holdings USA Inc. 3.400%           1/18/23     20,375      20,894
5 Societe Generale SA 3.250%           1/12/22     38,635      38,754
5 Standard Chartered plc 1.214%           3/23/25      6,465       6,419
2 State Street Corp. 2.653%           5/15/23     30,770      31,059
5 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. 0.850%           3/25/24     58,195      57,847
5 Svenska Handelsbanken AB 1.418%           6/11/27     62,395      61,410
5 Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America 4.900%           9/15/44     24,830      32,562
5 Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America 4.270%           5/15/47     42,390      52,017
Truist Bank 2.625%           1/15/22     16,800      16,832
2 Truist Bank 3.300%           5/15/26     12,895      13,763
2 Truist Financial Corp. 2.750%            4/1/22     61,300      61,654
2 Truist Financial Corp. 2.200%           3/16/23     31,045      31,612
2 Truist Financial Corp. 3.700%            6/5/25     49,000      52,945
2 Truist Financial Corp. 1.950%            6/5/30     22,005      21,797
5 UBS AG 1.250%            6/1/26     36,125      35,531
5 UBS Group AG 1.494%           8/10/27     40,005      39,131
5 UBS Group AG 3.126%           8/13/30     16,000      16,775
5 UBS Group AG 2.095%           2/11/32     23,650      22,900
5 UniCredit SpA 1.982%            6/3/27     35,165      34,353
5 UniCredit SpA 3.127%            6/3/32     38,145      37,892
2 US Bancorp 3.700%           1/30/24     52,500      55,519
US Bancorp 2.491%           11/3/36     64,150      63,825
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.500%            3/8/22     10,720      10,809
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.450%           2/13/23     48,895      50,433
Wells Fargo & Co. 4.480%           1/16/24     46,156      49,373
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.750%           1/24/24     50,755      53,518
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 0.805%           5/19/25     13,885      13,741
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.550%           9/29/25     32,170      34,481
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000%           4/22/26     39,405      41,379
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.196%           6/17/27     60,555      64,010
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.879%          10/30/30     15,000      15,579
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.572%           2/11/31     76,020      77,133
Wells Fargo & Co. 5.606%           1/15/44     68,281      92,651
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.650%           11/4/44     10,315      12,647
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.900%          11/17/45     19,160      24,451
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.400%           6/14/46     73,300      88,109
2 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.750%           12/7/46     23,150      29,135
                                         10,458,329
Health Care (2.5%)
AbbVie Inc. 3.450%           3/15/22     18,695      18,761
AbbVie Inc. 3.800%           3/15/25     15,725      16,821
AbbVie Inc. 4.050%          11/21/39     20,255      23,194
AbbVie Inc. 4.850%           6/15/44     18,000      22,751
AbbVie Inc. 4.450%           5/14/46     29,520      35,850
AbbVie Inc. 4.250%          11/21/49     18,435      22,221
2 AdventHealth Obligated Group 2.795%          11/15/51     30,030      30,521
2 Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp. 2.211%           6/15/30      7,210       7,289
2 Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp. 3.008%           6/15/50      8,980       9,535
Aetna Inc. 2.800%           6/15/23     25,660      26,335
5 Alcon Finance Corp. 2.750%           9/23/26      5,830       6,041
5 Alcon Finance Corp. 2.600%           5/27/30      4,690       4,750
5 Alcon Finance Corp. 3.800%           9/23/49     22,830      25,775
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 0.737%           3/15/23     56,400      56,384
Amgen Inc. 2.300%           2/25/31     43,075      42,767
Amgen Inc. 3.150%           2/21/40     29,570      30,272
Amgen Inc. 5.150%          11/15/41     10,583      13,636
Amgen Inc. 2.770%            9/1/53     14,741      13,915
Anthem Inc. 3.300%           1/15/23     42,468      43,700
Anthem Inc. 3.650%           12/1/27     26,975      29,387
Anthem Inc. 4.101%            3/1/28     40,910      45,618
Anthem Inc. 2.550%           3/15/31     35,565      36,257
Anthem Inc. 4.650%           8/15/44      2,876       3,621
2 Ascension Health 2.532%          11/15/29     22,515      23,499
2 Ascension Health 4.847%          11/15/53     23,970      35,674
AstraZeneca plc 4.000%           1/17/29     47,000      53,126
AstraZeneca plc 6.450%           9/15/37     23,385      34,687
Banner Health 2.907%            1/1/42     29,965      30,819
4,5 Baxter International Inc. 2.272%           12/1/28     27,495      27,651
5 Bayer US Finance II LLC 4.250%          12/15/25     46,665      50,850
5 Bayer US Finance LLC 3.375%           10/8/24     33,220      34,840
2 Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc. 3.080%            7/1/51     13,585      14,025
2 Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc. 3.464%            6/1/30     17,085      18,474
2 Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc. 2.095%            6/1/31     11,305      11,171
Boston Scientific Corp. 4.000%            3/1/29      6,810       7,614
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2.750%           2/15/23      4,553       4,663
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 3.400%           7/26/29     31,020      33,964
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 4.125%           6/15/39     17,720      21,038
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 4.550%           2/20/48      7,347       9,492
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 4.250%          10/26/49     20,963      26,196
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2.550%          11/13/50     11,865      11,334
2,4 Cedars-Sinai Health System 2.288%           8/15/31     43,795      44,272
2 Children's Hospital Corp. 2.585%            2/1/50      5,460       5,414
2 Cigna Corp. 3.250%           4/15/25     31,655      33,359
Cigna Corp. 4.375%          10/15/28     18,600      21,103
CommonSpirit Health 2.950%           11/1/22     13,735      13,997
CommonSpirit Health 4.200%            8/1/23      9,885      10,387
CommonSpirit Health 2.760%           10/1/24     29,395      30,456
CommonSpirit Health 3.347%           10/1/29     36,655      39,102
CommonSpirit Health 2.782%           10/1/30     21,827      22,430
2 CommonSpirit Health 4.350%           11/1/42     27,490      31,593
CommonSpirit Health 4.187%           10/1/49     54,248      64,720
CommonSpirit Health 3.910%           10/1/50      5,345       6,151
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($000)
2 Cottage Health Obligated Group 3.304%           11/1/49      9,875      10,962
CVS Health Corp. 4.300%           3/25/28        953       1,073
CVS Health Corp. 4.875%           7/20/35      6,900       8,440
CVS Health Corp. 4.125%            4/1/40     11,570      13,270
CVS Health Corp. 5.125%           7/20/45     31,100      40,838
Dignity Health 3.812%           11/1/24     20,780      22,191
5 EMD Finance LLC 2.950%           3/19/22     23,660      23,660
Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.700%            4/1/24     26,895      28,327
Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.500%            2/1/25     22,335      23,671
Gilead Sciences Inc. 2.600%           10/1/40     20,000      19,130
Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.500%            2/1/45      9,915      12,212
Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.150%            3/1/47     14,930      17,690
Gilead Sciences Inc. 2.800%           10/1/50     48,610      47,267
GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc. 2.800%           3/18/23     31,740      32,577
GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc. 5.375%           4/15/34     45,000      59,871
2 Indiana University Health Inc. Obligated Group 2.852%           11/1/51     12,370      12,751
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 3.150%            5/1/27     14,823      15,879
2 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 2.810%            6/1/41     37,455      38,227
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 4.875%            4/1/42     14,250      19,105
2 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 3.002%            6/1/51     36,720      38,534
2 Mass General Brigham Inc. 3.192%            7/1/49     24,480      26,991
2 Mass General Brigham Inc. 3.342%            7/1/60     32,045      36,082
Medtronic Inc. 3.500%           3/15/25     13,468      14,423
2 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 2.955%            1/1/50     18,985      19,891
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 4.125%            7/1/52     12,320      15,879
2 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 4.200%            7/1/55     10,630      14,227
Merck & Co. Inc. 3.400%            3/7/29     49,240      53,910
Merck & Co. Inc. 4.150%           5/18/43     22,090      26,857
Merck & Co. Inc. 4.000%            3/7/49     52,385      64,706
2 Mercy Health 4.302%            7/1/28     20,339      22,788
Novartis Capital Corp. 3.400%            5/6/24     16,695      17,666
Novartis Capital Corp. 4.400%            5/6/44     25,896      33,310
OhioHealth Corp. 2.297%          11/15/31     26,665      27,071
OhioHealth Corp. 2.834%          11/15/41     16,515      17,082
Pfizer Inc. 3.450%           3/15/29     70,335      77,618
Pfizer Inc. 1.700%           5/28/30      6,065       5,942
Pfizer Inc. 4.100%           9/15/38     53,995      64,649
Pfizer Inc. 2.550%           5/28/40      7,535       7,504
Pfizer Inc. 2.700%           5/28/50      8,330       8,439
2 Piedmont Healthcare Inc. 2.044%            1/1/32      8,825       8,616
2 Piedmont Healthcare Inc. 2.719%            1/1/42      8,830       8,761
Piedmont Healthcare Inc. 2.864%            1/1/52     11,725      11,767
2 Providence St. Joseph Health Obligated Group 2.532%           10/1/29     17,470      18,134
2 Providence St. Joseph Health Obligated Group 3.930%           10/1/48     11,805      14,209
2 Providence St. Joseph Health Obligated Group 2.700%           10/1/51     39,905      39,144
Royalty Pharma plc 3.300%            9/2/40     14,550      14,577
Royalty Pharma plc 3.550%            9/2/50     44,555      44,828
2 Rush Obligated Group 3.922%          11/15/29     11,880      13,367
2 SSM Health Care Corp. 3.823%            6/1/27     34,910      38,560
2 Sutter Health 2.294%           8/15/30     18,345      18,536
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 2.050%           3/31/30     30,355      29,591
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 3.025%            7/9/40     18,255      18,485
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.750%          10/15/28      8,965       8,826
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2.000%          10/15/31     19,335      18,932
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Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Toledo Hospital 5.750%          11/15/38     18,440      21,774
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875%           3/15/22      4,696       4,705
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.100%           3/15/26     15,350      16,377
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.850%           6/15/28     34,565      38,676
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.000%           5/15/30      7,515       7,469
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.625%           7/15/35      9,595      11,961
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.750%           5/15/40      8,505       8,561
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.250%           3/15/43     67,400      82,310
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.750%           7/15/45     24,520      32,373
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.200%           1/15/47      8,620      10,600
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.250%           6/15/48     22,215      27,728
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.450%          12/15/48      4,970       6,393
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.700%           8/15/49     23,160      26,800
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.900%           5/15/50     26,720      27,337
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.250%           5/15/51     10,000      10,869
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.875%           8/15/59      4,125       4,987
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.125%           5/15/60     13,830      14,408
Wyeth LLC 5.950%            4/1/37     25,000      35,494
Zeneca Wilmington Inc. 7.000%          11/15/23     29,000      32,467
                                          3,105,834
Industrials (0.9%)
5 Ashtead Capital Inc. 2.450%           8/12/31     17,915      17,561
5 BAE Systems Holdings Inc. 3.850%          12/15/25     11,010      11,879
5 BAE Systems plc 3.400%           4/15/30      7,335       7,860
Boeing Co. 1.433%            2/4/24     15,490      15,491
Boeing Co. 2.700%            2/1/27     17,155      17,497
Boeing Co. 3.625%            2/1/31     24,800      26,334
Boeing Co. 8.625%          11/15/31      9,460      13,845
Boeing Co. 3.950%            8/1/59     16,150      16,851
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.050%           3/15/22      7,595       7,602
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.000%           3/15/23     21,397      21,908
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.850%            9/1/23     20,891      21,877
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.550%            9/1/44      6,000       7,591
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.150%            4/1/45     13,365      16,312
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.050%           6/15/48      2,715       3,310
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.050%           2/15/51      9,950      10,430
4 Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 2.875%           6/15/52     32,935      33,470
Canadian National Railway Co. 2.450%            5/1/50      6,870       6,457
4 Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 2.450%           12/2/31      8,735       8,843
4 Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 3.100%           12/2/51     16,340      16,823
Carrier Global Corp. 2.722%           2/15/30     15,418      15,735
Caterpillar Inc. 3.400%           5/15/24     14,200      14,969
2 Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust Class A Series 2007-1 5.983%           4/19/22      4,726       4,796
CSX Corp. 4.300%            3/1/48     16,150      19,848
CSX Corp. 3.350%           9/15/49      5,535       5,986
Deere & Co. 7.125%            3/3/31     17,500      24,694
5 ERAC USA Finance LLC 5.625%           3/15/42     21,787      30,176
2 Federal Express Corp. 1998 Pass-Through Trust 6.720%           1/15/22      1,226       1,240
Illinois Tool Works Inc. 3.500%            3/1/24     52,955      55,703
2 John Deere Capital Corp. 3.450%           3/13/25     43,145      46,254
2 Kansas City Southern 4.950%           8/15/45     16,985      22,357
Lockheed Martin Corp. 2.900%            3/1/25     10,450      10,986
Lockheed Martin Corp. 1.850%           6/15/30      1,700       1,683
Lockheed Martin Corp. 4.500%           5/15/36      8,015       9,878
Lockheed Martin Corp. 4.700%           5/15/46     14,370      19,002
Lockheed Martin Corp. 4.090%           9/15/52      5,500       6,874
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Value

($000)
Otis Worldwide Corp. 2.565%           2/15/30      8,000       8,144
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 3.250%           6/14/29      9,650      10,272
2 Parker-Hannifin Corp. 4.450%          11/21/44     17,735      21,635
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 4.125%          11/16/28     16,675      18,769
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 4.450%          11/16/38      9,325      11,398
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 4.500%            6/1/42      8,727      10,831
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 3.750%           11/1/46      5,923       6,703
5 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 3.125%           3/16/24     61,400      64,290
5 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 1.700%           3/11/28     20,360      20,111
5 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 2.150%           3/11/31     35,655      35,591
5 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 4.400%           5/27/45     34,365      44,438
2 Southwest Airlines Co. Pass-Through Trust Series 2007-1 6.150%            8/1/22      3,501       3,558
Teledyne Technologies Inc. 2.250%            4/1/28     37,435      37,690
Teledyne Technologies Inc. 2.750%            4/1/31     41,220      42,020
Union Pacific Corp. 3.700%            3/1/29     17,470      19,387
Union Pacific Corp. 3.250%            2/5/50      5,565       6,037
Union Pacific Corp. 3.799%           10/1/51     38,061      44,862
Union Pacific Corp. 3.839%           3/20/60     29,365      34,837
Union Pacific Corp. 2.973%           9/16/62     22,015      22,180
Union Pacific Corp. 3.750%            2/5/70     10,510      12,231
2 United Airlines Pass-Through Trust Class B Series 2018-1 4.600%            3/1/26      5,665       5,713
                                          1,052,819
Materials (0.0%)
International Paper Co. 4.350%           8/15/48     24,132      30,380
Real Estate (0.5%)
American Tower Corp. 5.000%           2/15/24      2,770       2,993
American Tower Corp. 4.400%           2/15/26      7,315       8,019
American Tower Corp. 3.800%           8/15/29     33,804      36,680
Boston Properties LP 3.125%            9/1/23     13,275      13,718
Boston Properties LP 3.800%            2/1/24      1,750       1,835
Crown Castle International Corp. 3.650%            9/1/27     10,215      10,995
Crown Castle International Corp. 3.800%           2/15/28      8,435       9,189
Crown Castle International Corp. 2.100%            4/1/31     71,340      68,230
CubeSmart LP 2.250%          12/15/28     12,135      12,182
Equinix Inc. 3.000%           7/15/50     34,420      32,957
Healthpeak Properties Inc. 2.125%           12/1/28     30,395      30,405
Healthpeak Properties Inc. 3.000%           1/15/30     31,475      33,132
Realty Income Corp. 3.400%           1/15/28      5,900       6,343
Realty Income Corp. 2.200%           6/15/28     24,400      24,620
Realty Income Corp. 3.250%           1/15/31     12,940      13,904
Realty Income Corp. 2.850%          12/15/32     16,610      17,334
5 SBA Tower Trust 3.448%           3/15/23     23,770      23,963
5 SBA Tower Trust 2.836%           1/15/25     25,075      25,906
5 SBA Tower Trust 1.884%           1/15/26      8,960       8,996
5 SBA Tower Trust 1.631%          11/15/26     19,150      18,798
5 SBA Tower Trust 1.840%           4/15/27     54,190      53,830
5 SBA Tower Trust 2.593%          10/15/31     51,750      52,419
5 Scentre Group Trust 1 4.375%           5/28/30     19,110      22,077
Simon Property Group LP 3.750%            2/1/24      3,265       3,434
Simon Property Group LP 3.375%           10/1/24     10,055      10,628
Simon Property Group LP 2.450%           9/13/29     19,865      20,117
                                            562,704
Technology (1.6%)
Apple Inc. 3.000%            2/9/24     22,535      23,488
Apple Inc. 3.450%            5/6/24     39,950      42,267
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Apple Inc. 2.850%           5/11/24     44,990      46,943
Apple Inc. 3.250%           2/23/26     37,631      40,270
Apple Inc. 2.450%            8/4/26     43,466      45,293
Apple Inc. 3.350%            2/9/27     55,925      60,602
Apple Inc. 3.200%           5/11/27     39,185      42,198
Apple Inc. 2.900%           9/12/27     55,355      58,849
Apple Inc. 3.850%            5/4/43     17,000      20,152
Apple Inc. 4.450%            5/6/44      5,075       6,532
Apple Inc. 3.850%            8/4/46     36,890      44,085
Apple Inc. 2.650%           5/11/50     17,660      17,556
Apple Inc. 2.550%           8/20/60     48,290      45,713
Broadcom Corp. 3.875%           1/15/27     11,385      12,247
Broadcom Inc. 4.250%           4/15/26      3,505       3,828
Broadcom Inc. 4.110%           9/15/28     37,859      41,483
Broadcom Inc. 4.150%          11/15/30      4,480       4,909
5 Broadcom Inc. 2.600%           2/15/33      4,375       4,206
5 Broadcom Inc. 3.419%           4/15/33     10,535      10,870
5 Broadcom Inc. 3.500%           2/15/41     34,030      33,997
5 Broadcom Inc. 3.750%           2/15/51     11,745      12,139
Cisco Systems Inc. 2.500%           9/20/26     15,676      16,505
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 1.650%            3/1/28      8,070       7,799
Fiserv Inc. 3.200%            7/1/26     23,105      24,391
Intel Corp. 2.875%           5/11/24     29,395      30,681
Intel Corp. 4.100%           5/19/46     51,605      62,110
Intel Corp. 4.100%           5/11/47     21,904      26,380
Intel Corp. 3.734%           12/8/47      8,096       9,310
Intel Corp. 3.250%          11/15/49     19,400      20,633
Intel Corp. 3.050%           8/12/51     43,925      45,518
International Business Machines Corp. 3.625%           2/12/24     35,000      36,972
International Business Machines Corp. 3.000%           5/15/24     86,100      90,082
International Business Machines Corp. 3.300%           5/15/26    155,985     167,137
International Business Machines Corp. 3.500%           5/15/29    103,700     112,832
International Business Machines Corp. 5.875%          11/29/32     20,240      26,825
Microsoft Corp. 3.125%           11/3/25     17,700      18,888
Microsoft Corp. 3.500%           2/12/35     23,520      27,018
Microsoft Corp. 3.450%            8/8/36     31,097      35,768
Microsoft Corp. 2.525%            6/1/50    122,844     121,875
Microsoft Corp. 2.921%           3/17/52    123,829     131,614
Oracle Corp. 2.950%          11/15/24     79,830      83,380
Oracle Corp. 1.650%           3/25/26     17,300      17,212
Oracle Corp. 3.250%          11/15/27     97,075     102,757
Oracle Corp. 4.000%          11/15/47     32,175      34,611
Oracle Corp. 3.950%           3/25/51     12,525      13,481
Oracle Corp. 3.850%            4/1/60     18,200      18,957
QUALCOMM Inc. 1.300%           5/20/28     27,474      26,635
QUALCOMM Inc. 2.150%           5/20/30     29,475      29,815
QUALCOMM Inc. 1.650%           5/20/32     41,155      39,100
QUALCOMM Inc. 3.250%           5/20/50     10,605      11,801
                                          2,007,714
Utilities (2.6%)
2 AEP Texas Inc. 4.150%            5/1/49      5,065       5,935
2 AEP Texas Inc. 3.450%           1/15/50     16,810      17,766
Alabama Power Co. 5.700%           2/15/33     15,000      19,579
Alabama Power Co. 3.750%            3/1/45     24,430      27,721
2 Alabama Power Co. 4.300%           7/15/48     28,015      34,743
Ameren Illinois Co. 3.800%           5/15/28     22,215      24,770
Ameren Illinois Co. 6.125%          12/15/28     54,000      64,457
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Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Ameren Illinois Co. 3.700%           12/1/47      5,045       5,917
American Water Capital Corp. 2.950%            9/1/27      9,975      10,557
American Water Capital Corp. 3.750%            9/1/47      1,435       1,640
American Water Capital Corp. 4.200%            9/1/48     30,403      37,291
American Water Capital Corp. 4.150%            6/1/49        850       1,022
American Water Capital Corp. 3.450%            5/1/50      2,280       2,495
Arizona Public Service Co. 3.350%           5/15/50     11,220      11,931
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 2.900%           6/15/50      6,549       6,676
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 6.125%            4/1/36     41,185      56,289
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 5.950%           5/15/37        830       1,137
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 5.150%          11/15/43     10,715      14,064
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 4.250%          10/15/50     15,865      19,552
5 Boston Gas Co. 3.150%            8/1/27      5,385       5,624
5 Boston Gas Co. 3.001%            8/1/29      5,970       6,176
5 Brooklyn Union Gas Co. 3.407%           3/10/26      2,685       2,840
5 Brooklyn Union Gas Co. 4.273%           3/15/48     61,265      72,054
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. 4.000%            4/1/28      8,068       8,947
Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC 3.375%           9/15/29      9,180       9,451
Commonwealth Edison Co. 4.350%          11/15/45     13,610      16,890
Commonwealth Edison Co. 3.650%           6/15/46      6,365       7,348
Commonwealth Edison Co. 4.000%            3/1/48     17,455      20,914
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 4.500%           12/1/45     36,735      44,518
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 3.850%           6/15/46      2,729       3,058
2 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 3.950%            4/1/50      1,690       1,972
4 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 3.200%           12/1/51     22,155      22,500
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 4.625%           12/1/54     66,625      84,568
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 4.500%           5/15/58     22,530      28,360
Delmarva Power & Light Co. 3.500%          11/15/23     11,816      12,356
5 Dominion Energy Inc. 2.450%           1/15/23    111,320     113,429
2 Dominion Energy Inc. 5.250%            8/1/33      5,706       7,046
2 Dominion Energy Inc. 4.600%           3/15/49     27,385      35,070
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. 6.625%            2/1/32      4,886       6,688
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. 5.800%           1/15/33      9,000      11,579
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. 5.300%           5/15/33      1,438       1,849
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. 6.050%           1/15/38     44,155      62,852
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. 5.450%            2/1/41      2,945       4,034
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. 4.600%           6/15/43      7,251       9,060
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. 5.100%            6/1/65     29,850      44,415
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 6.050%           4/15/38      4,000       5,606
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 3.700%           12/1/47     17,085      19,260
Duke Energy Corp. 2.650%            9/1/26     11,775      12,214
Duke Energy Corp. 3.400%           6/15/29     12,030      12,871
Duke Energy Corp. 3.300%           6/15/41     31,380      31,996
Duke Energy Corp. 4.800%          12/15/45     44,700      56,210
Duke Energy Corp. 3.750%            9/1/46      9,940      10,730
Duke Energy Corp. 3.500%           6/15/51     34,035      35,562
Duke Energy Florida LLC 6.350%           9/15/37      8,000      11,601
Duke Energy Florida LLC 6.400%           6/15/38     27,055      39,411
Duke Energy Progress LLC 6.300%            4/1/38     14,705      20,982
Duke Energy Progress LLC 4.100%           3/15/43        615         724
Duke Energy Progress LLC 4.200%           8/15/45     40,400      48,949
2 Duke Energy Progress NC Storm Funding LLC 2.387%            7/1/37     34,870      35,346
5 East Ohio Gas Co. 2.000%           6/15/30      8,960       8,784
5 East Ohio Gas Co. 3.000%           6/15/50     13,050      13,178
Eastern Energy Gas Holdings LLC 3.550%           11/1/23     21,445      22,378
Emera US Finance LP 3.550%           6/15/26     34,050      36,416
Entergy Louisiana LLC 3.120%            9/1/27     14,935      15,871
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Evergy Inc. 2.450%           9/15/24     10,420      10,705
Evergy Kansas Central Inc. 3.250%            9/1/49      9,000       9,646
2 Evergy Metro Inc. 2.250%            6/1/30      5,680       5,700
Evergy Metro Inc. 4.200%           3/15/48      3,419       4,197
2 Eversource Energy 2.900%           10/1/24     17,450      18,159
2 Eversource Energy 3.150%           1/15/25      5,025       5,279
2 Eversource Energy 3.300%           1/15/28     14,410      15,463
Florida Power & Light Co. 5.650%            2/1/35     50,000      66,622
Florida Power & Light Co. 4.950%            6/1/35     10,000      12,906
Florida Power & Light Co. 5.650%            2/1/37      5,000       6,810
Florida Power & Light Co. 5.950%            2/1/38     39,215      55,560
Florida Power & Light Co. 5.690%            3/1/40      4,000       5,732
Florida Power & Light Co. 3.700%           12/1/47     17,370      20,344
Fortis Inc. 3.055%           10/4/26     28,565      29,858
Georgia Power Co. 5.400%            6/1/40      6,665       8,367
2 Georgia Power Co. 4.750%            9/1/40     34,703      41,039
Georgia Power Co. 4.300%           3/15/42      9,934      11,394
Indiana Michigan Power Co. 4.250%           8/15/48     14,980      18,585
5 KeySpan Gas East Corp. 2.742%           8/15/26     25,345      26,081
5 Massachusetts Electric Co. 5.900%          11/15/39     21,565      29,133
5 Metropolitan Edison Co. 4.300%           1/15/29      6,572       7,371
MidAmerican Energy Co. 4.400%          10/15/44      1,050       1,307
MidAmerican Energy Co. 4.250%            5/1/46      5,485       6,884
MidAmerican Energy Co. 4.250%           7/15/49     11,545      14,485
MidAmerican Energy Co. 3.150%           4/15/50     45,450      48,798
5 Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission LLC 4.100%           5/15/28      3,170       3,511
5 Monongahela Power Co. 5.400%          12/15/43      4,570       5,980
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.950%            2/7/24     15,255      15,864
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.850%           1/27/25     40,345      42,185
2 Nevada Power Co. 3.125%            8/1/50     17,790      18,770
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc. 3.250%            4/1/26      9,260       9,800
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc. 3.550%            5/1/27     32,275      34,835
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc. 1.900%           6/15/28     27,465      27,143
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc. 3.500%            4/1/29     14,165      15,359
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc. 2.250%            6/1/30     40,110      39,941
5 Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. 4.278%          12/15/28     35,970      40,084
5 Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. 3.025%           6/27/50     14,840      14,527
NiSource Inc. 5.250%           2/15/43     14,588      19,147
NiSource Inc. 4.800%           2/15/44     10,370      12,886
Northern States Power Co. 6.250%            6/1/36     50,000      71,977
5 Oglethorpe Power Corp. 6.191%            1/1/31     36,565      45,294
Oglethorpe Power Corp. 5.950%           11/1/39      6,075       8,151
Oglethorpe Power Corp. 4.550%            6/1/44      1,825       2,119
Oglethorpe Power Corp. 4.250%            4/1/46     19,060      20,845
Oglethorpe Power Corp. 5.050%           10/1/48      5,640       7,150
Oglethorpe Power Corp. 5.250%            9/1/50     17,220      22,579
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 4.550%           12/1/41      2,675       3,371
5 Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 2.700%          11/15/51     21,180      21,028
PacifiCorp 2.950%            6/1/23     29,675      30,504
PacifiCorp 2.700%           9/15/30      5,025       5,230
PacifiCorp 5.900%           8/15/34     12,500      16,490
PacifiCorp 6.250%          10/15/37     36,635      51,889
PacifiCorp 4.125%           1/15/49      3,611       4,339
PacifiCorp 4.150%           2/15/50     11,625      13,938
PacifiCorp 3.300%           3/15/51     11,806      12,537
2 PG&E Energy Recovery Funding LLC 2.280%           1/15/36      3,775       3,764
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Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
2 PG&E Energy Recovery Funding LLC 2.822%           7/15/46     16,989      17,107
Potomac Electric Power Co. 3.050%            4/1/22      3,765       3,797
Potomac Electric Power Co. 6.500%          11/15/37     25,000      36,625
San Diego Gas & Electric Co. 6.000%            6/1/26      3,600       4,272
2 San Diego Gas & Electric Co. 3.750%            6/1/47      5,390       6,212
San Diego Gas & Electric Co. 4.150%           5/15/48      5,940       7,272
2 SCE Recovery Funding LLC 0.861%          11/15/31      9,867       9,439
2 SCE Recovery Funding LLC 1.942%           5/15/38      3,655       3,511
2 SCE Recovery Funding LLC 2.510%          11/15/43      3,310       3,214
Sempra Energy 2.875%           10/1/22     27,530      27,944
Sempra Energy 3.250%           6/15/27     80,765      85,594
Sempra Energy 6.000%          10/15/39     14,800      20,565
2 Sierra Pacific Power Co. 3.375%           8/15/23     34,040      35,312
Sierra Pacific Power Co. 2.600%            5/1/26      7,857       8,195
2 Southern California Edison Co. 2.400%            2/1/22      4,295       4,302
2 Southern California Edison Co. 3.700%            8/1/25      3,315       3,553
Southern California Edison Co. 6.000%           1/15/34      7,695      10,110
2 Southern California Edison Co. 5.550%           1/15/37     50,475      63,183
2 Southern California Edison Co. 5.950%            2/1/38     40,000      52,357
Southern California Edison Co. 6.050%           3/15/39      1,980       2,648
Southern California Edison Co. 4.000%            4/1/47      6,530       7,291
2 Southern California Edison Co. 4.125%            3/1/48     11,495      13,058
Southern California Edison Co. 3.650%            2/1/50      5,405       5,806
Southern Co. 3.250%            7/1/26     30,885      32,690
Southern Co. 4.400%            7/1/46     41,137      48,700
Southwest Gas Corp. 2.200%           6/15/30      6,310       6,232
Southwestern Electric Power Co. 6.200%           3/15/40      9,800      13,866
Southwestern Public Service Co. 3.700%           8/15/47      3,756       4,321
Union Electric Co. 4.000%            4/1/48     14,316      17,385
2 Virginia Electric & Power Co. 2.750%           3/15/23     34,540      35,206
2 Virginia Electric & Power Co. 3.500%           3/15/27     16,025      17,348
2 Virginia Electric & Power Co. 6.000%           5/15/37      1,740       2,408
Wisconsin Electric Power Co. 5.700%           12/1/36     17,280      22,908
Wisconsin Public Service Corp. 6.080%           12/1/28     45,000      55,279
                                           3,254,601
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $23,945,992) 25,876,940
Sovereign Bonds (1.0%)
2,5 Bermuda 2.375%           8/20/30     17,415      17,229
2,5 Bermuda 3.375%           8/20/50      6,835       6,767
2,5 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.700%           1/30/50     20,705      21,019
2,5 Electricite de France SA 4.875%           9/21/38     69,680      86,078
2,5 Electricite de France SA 4.950%          10/13/45     15,100      19,517
Equinor ASA 2.450%           1/17/23     15,017      15,316
Equinor ASA 2.650%           1/15/24     14,000      14,478
Equinor ASA 3.700%            3/1/24     25,320      26,836
Equinor ASA 3.250%          11/10/24     25,200      26,673
Equinor ASA 2.875%            4/6/25      4,775       5,009
Equinor ASA 3.125%            4/6/30     80,155      86,232
Equinor ASA 2.375%           5/22/30      7,585       7,731
2 International Bank for Reconstruction & Development 4.750%           2/15/35     40,000      53,547
2,5 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.875%            3/4/23     30,195      30,979
2,5 NBN Co. Ltd. 1.625%            1/8/27     26,265      25,906
2,5 NBN Co. Ltd. 2.625%            5/5/31     12,993      13,171
2,5 NBN Co. Ltd. 2.500%            1/8/32     62,667      62,658
2,5 Qatar Energy 2.250%           7/12/31     31,765      31,228
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Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
2,5 Qatar Energy 3.125%           7/12/41     23,200      23,329
2 Republic of Chile 2.550%           1/27/32     35,135      35,002
2 Republic of Chile 2.550%           7/27/33     44,260      43,450
Republic of Chile 3.500%           4/15/53     25,155      25,980
2 Republic of Chile 3.100%           1/22/61     13,390      12,511
2 Republic of Colombia 4.000%           2/26/24     30,240      31,210
2 Republic of Panama 2.252%           9/29/32     51,385      47,920
Republic of Panama 4.500%            4/1/56      2,450       2,618
2 Republic of Panama 3.870%           7/23/60     44,660      43,155
2,5 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 3.500%           4/16/29     28,670      30,506
2,5 State Grid Overseas Investment BVI Ltd. 2.750%            5/4/22     62,480      62,970
2,5 State Grid Overseas Investment BVI Ltd. 3.500%            5/4/27     28,630      31,077
2,5 State of Kuwait 2.750%           3/20/22      4,255       4,282
2,5 State of Qatar 3.875%           4/23/23     56,160      58,526
2,5 State of Qatar 3.375%           3/14/24      3,360       3,527
2,5 State of Qatar 4.400%           4/16/50     14,035      17,215
2,5 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.375%           1/23/23     45,150      46,035
2,5 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 3.625%            8/1/28     36,800      41,373
2,5 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.375%            8/2/41     46,170      46,046
2,5 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.250%            4/6/51     39,210      38,007
2,5 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.500%           10/6/70     22,880      22,373
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $1,163,334) 1,217,486
Taxable Municipal Bonds (1.6%)
Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority Special Obligation Revenue 2.650%            9/1/37      4,935       4,976
Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue (San Francisco Bay Area) 2.574%            4/1/31     14,455      15,233
Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue (San Francisco Bay Area) 6.263%            4/1/49      1,965       3,299
Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue (San Francisco Bay Area) 7.043%            4/1/50     26,165      47,602
Broward County FL Airport System Revenue 3.477%           10/1/43     10,370      11,112
California GO 7.350%           11/1/39     56,970      91,469
California State University Systemwide Revenue 2.719%           11/1/52     12,090      12,421
California State University Systemwide Revenue 2.939%           11/1/52     15,225      15,627
Chicago IL O'Hare International Airport Revenue 6.395%            1/1/40      3,205       4,910
Chicago IL Transit Authority Sales & Transfer Tax Receipts Revenue 6.899%           12/1/40     33,870      48,710
Chicago IL Transit Authority Sales & Transfer Tax Receipts Revenue 6.899%           12/1/40     57,835      83,249
Chicago IL Transit Authority Sales Tax Receipts Revenue 6.200%           12/1/40      2,260       3,172
City of Riverside CA Pension Obligation Bonds 3.857%            6/1/45      8,775       9,622
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Revenue 3.089%           11/1/40      7,405       7,689
Dallas-Fort Worth TX International Airport Revenue 2.843%           11/1/46     18,860      19,200
Florida State Board of Administration Finance Corp. Revenue 1.705%            7/1/27     29,555      29,629
Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency CA Toll Road Revenue 4.094%           1/15/49      5,345       5,791
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8 Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency CA Toll Road Revenue 3.924%           1/15/53     39,440      42,537
Georgia Municipal Electric Power Authority Revenue 6.637%            4/1/57     62,624      97,423
Georgia Water & Wastewater Revenue 2.257%           11/1/35      1,230       1,250
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. California Revenue 2.746%            6/1/34      2,430       2,504
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. California Revenue 3.293%            6/1/42      4,645       4,786
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. California Revenue 3.000%            6/1/46     11,430      11,767
Grand Parkway Transportation Corp. Texas System Toll Revenue 5.184%           10/1/42      5,645       7,776
Grand Parkway Transportation Corp. Texas System Toll Revenue 3.236%           10/1/52     28,900      30,214
Great Lakes Michigan Water Authority Sewage Disposal System Revenue 3.056%            7/1/39      8,495       9,079
Houston TX GO 6.290%            3/1/32     15,875      20,164
Illinois GO 5.100%            6/1/33    126,980     148,462
Illinois Toll Highway Authority Revenue 6.184%            1/1/34     29,200      40,945
Jobs Ohio Beverage System Statewide Liquor Profits Revenue 2.833%            1/1/38      5,480       5,808
Kansas Development Finance Authority Revenue 4.927%           4/15/45      7,745      10,476
9 Kansas Development Finance Authority Revenue 2.774%            5/1/51     15,140      15,482
8 Kansas Development Finance Authority Revenue (Employees Retirement System) 5.501%            5/1/34     50,000      63,029
Louisville & Jefferson County KY Metropolitan Sewer District Sewer & Drainage System Revenue 6.250%           5/15/43     19,000      28,737
Maryland Transportation Authority Facilities Projects Revenue 5.888%            7/1/43     18,985      26,738
Massachusetts GO 2.514%            7/1/41      8,175       8,254
Massachusetts School Building Authority Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue 1.753%           8/15/30     27,675      27,516
Massachusetts School Building Authority Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue 5.715%           8/15/39     22,105      30,840
Massachusetts School Building Authority Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue 3.395%          10/15/40     16,745      17,980
Massachusetts School Building Authority Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue 2.950%           5/15/43     21,350      22,025
Michigan Finance Authority Revenue (Trinity Health Credit Group) 3.084%           12/1/34     11,320      12,208
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Revenue 7.414%            1/1/40     30,285      49,856
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue (Build America Bonds) 6.200%          11/15/26      2,195       2,497
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue (Build America Bonds) 6.814%          11/15/40     27,295      39,399
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue (Climate Bond Certified) 5.175%          11/15/49     23,665      32,949
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue (Dedicated Tax Fund) 7.336%          11/15/39     10,860      17,586
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue (Dedicated Tax Fund) 6.089%          11/15/40     16,085      22,614
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue (Personal Income Tax) 3.110%           2/15/39     21,260      22,876
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($000)
Market
Value

($000)
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue (Personal Income Tax) 3.190%           2/15/43     12,095      13,039
New York State Thruway Authority General Revenue 2.900%            1/1/35     16,730      17,896
New York State Thruway Authority General Revenue 3.500%            1/1/42      9,430      10,014
New York State Urban Development Corp. Revenue (Personal Income Tax) 2.100%           3/15/22     28,840      29,000
North Texas Tollway Authority System Revenue 3.011%            1/1/43      9,145       9,420
North Texas Tollway Authority System Revenue 6.718%            1/1/49     11,035      18,952
Oregon Department of Transportation Highway User Tax Revenue 5.834%          11/15/34     25,930      35,393
9 Oregon GO 3.424%            3/1/60     28,000      29,374
8 Oregon School Boards Association GO 5.528%           6/30/28     50,000      57,729
10 Philadelphia PA Authority for Industrial Development Revenue 6.550%          10/15/28     66,810      85,284
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 5.859%           12/1/24      2,600       2,969
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 4.458%           10/1/62     44,055      60,338
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 4.810%          10/15/65     21,985      31,275
Riverside County CA Pension Obligation Bonds 3.818%           2/15/38      9,585      10,876
Rutgers State University New Jersey Revenue 3.270%            5/1/43     11,960      12,946
Sales Tax Securitization Corp. Illinois Revenue 4.787%            1/1/48     20,690      27,430
San Antonio TX Electric & Gas Systems Revenue 2.905%            2/1/48      8,220       8,465
Texas Transportation Commission GO 2.562%            4/1/42      7,310       7,410
Texas Transportation Commission State Highway Revenue 4.000%           10/1/33     12,640      15,246
University of California Regents Medical Center Pooled Revenue 6.548%           5/15/48     10,400      16,533
University of California Regents Medical Center Pooled Revenue 6.583%           5/15/49     15,150      23,975
University of California Regents Medical Center Pooled Revenue 3.006%           5/15/50     15,445      16,328
University of California Regents Medical Center Pooled Revenue 3.256%           5/15/60     26,520      29,640
University of California Revenue 1.316%           5/15/27     13,075      12,975
University of California Revenue 1.614%           5/15/30     16,140      15,759
University of California Revenue 4.601%           5/15/31     21,975      25,734
University of California Revenue 4.765%           5/15/44      5,980       6,411
University of California Revenue 3.931%           5/15/45     22,370      25,814
Utility Debt Securitization Authority NY Restructuring Bonds 3.435%          12/15/25      7,129       7,288
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $1,657,023) 1,951,001
          Shares  
Temporary Cash Investments (0.6%)
Money Market Fund (0.0%)
11 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 0.077%                        1,437         144
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Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Repurchase Agreements (0.1%)
Bank of America Securities, LLC
(Dated 11/30/21, Repurchase Value $9,400,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note/Bond 2.375%, 4/30/26, with a value of $9,588,000)
0.050%           12/1/21      9,400       9,400
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
(Dated 11/30/21, Repurchase Value $800,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bill 0.000%, 12/2/21–12/9/21, and U.S. Treasury Note/Bond 1.875%, 7/31/26, with a value of $816,000)
0.050%           12/1/21        800         800
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.
(Dated 11/30/21, Repurchase Value $7,200,000, collateralized by Treasury Inflation Indexed Note/Bond 3.625%, 4/15/28, with a value of $7,344,000)
0.050%           12/1/21      7,200       7,200
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
(Dated 11/30/21, Repurchase Value $67,000,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note/Bond 1.625%, 5/15/31, with a value of $68,340,000)
0.050%           12/1/21     67,000      67,000
HSBC Bank USA
(Dated 11/30/21, Repurchase Value $13,300,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note/Bond 2.000%, 10/31/22, with a value of $13,566,000)
0.045%           12/1/21     13,300      13,300
HSBC Bank USA
(Dated 11/30/21, Repurchase Value $300,000, collateralized by Fannie Mae 4.690%, 2/1/49, with a value of $306,000)
0.050%           12/1/21        300         300
Nomura International plc
(Dated 11/30/21, Repurchase Value $64,200,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note/Bond 0.625%–3.125%, 3/31/27–2/15/45, with a value of $65,484,000)
0.050%           12/1/21     64,200      64,200
RBC Capital Markets LLC
(Dated 11/30/21, Repurchase Value $2,700,000, collateralized by Fannie Mae 3.000%, 11/1/50–1/1/60, and Freddie Mac 3.000%–3.500%, 7/1/51–7/2/51, with a value of $2,754,000)
0.050%           12/1/21      2,700       2,700
TD Securities (USA) LLC
(Dated 11/30/21, Repurchase Value $200,000, collateralized by Ginnie Mae 4.000%, 12/20/43, with a value of $204,000)
0.050%           12/1/21        200         200
                                            165,100
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.5%)
United States Treasury Bill 0.054%            1/6/22    200,000     199,990
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
United States Treasury Bill 0.040%           1/11/22    300,000     299,986
United States Treasury Bill 0.041%           1/25/22    120,000     119,992
                                             619,968
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $785,210) 785,212
Total Investments (100.0%) (Cost $84,348,198)   123,857,677
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.0%)   (2,158)
Net Assets (100%)   123,855,519
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Securities with a value of $12,004,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
3 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
4 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of November 30, 2021.
5 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 November 30, 2021, the aggregate value was $8,264,445,000, representing 6.7% of net assets.
6 Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
7 Variable-rate security; rate shown is effective rate at period end. Certain variable-rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.
8 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
9 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Build America Mutual Assurance Co.
10 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
11 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  1M—1-month.
  3M—3-month.
  ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
  GO—General Obligation Bond.
  LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate.
  REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
  UMBS—Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities.
  USD—U.S. Dollar.
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note March 2022 1,640 358,724 740
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note March 2022 4,019 487,900 2,534
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note March 2022 2,027 265,157 3,640
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note March 2022 1,779 261,319 4,542
        11,456
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of November 30, 2021
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $84,348,056) 123,857,533
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $142) 144
Total Investments in Securities 123,857,677
Investment in Vanguard 4,083
Cash 6,831
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $1,666) 1,625
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 128,735
Receivables for Accrued Income 384,213
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 43,247
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 3,540
Total Assets 124,429,951
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 506,432
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 44,816
Payables to Investment Advisor 17,502
Payables to Vanguard 5,682
Total Liabilities 574,432
Net Assets 123,855,519
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)


At November 30, 2021, net assets consisted of:

($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) Amount
Paid-in Capital 75,789,169
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 48,066,350
Net Assets 123,855,519
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 308,449,581 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
15,469,062
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $50.15
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,251,461,132 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
108,386,457
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $86.61
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Year Ended
November 30, 2021
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 1,294,697
Interest2 998,689
Securities Lending—Net 1,027
Total Income 2,294,413
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 91,034
Performance Adjustment (20,833)
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 27,493
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 99,271
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 871
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 2,371
Custodian Fees 452
Auditing Fees 35
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 491
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 429
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 77
Total Expenses 201,691
Net Investment Income 2,092,722
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 8,498,291
Futures Contracts 14,406
Forward Currency Contracts 4,713
Foreign Currencies (3,178)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 8,514,232
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 7,977,032
Futures Contracts 12,609
Foreign Currencies 1,338
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 7,990,979
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 18,597,933
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $38,674,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $0, ($45,000), and $2,000, 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
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
($000)
2020
($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 2,092,722 2,487,549
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 8,514,232 6,632,872
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 7,990,979 1,219,484
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 18,597,933 10,339,905
Distributions    
Investor Shares (1,149,407) (738,980)
Admiral Shares (7,140,083) (4,196,596)
Total Distributions (8,289,490) (4,935,576)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (1,554,501) (2,344,969)
Admiral Shares 3,457,185 (2,092,620)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 1,902,684 (4,437,589)
Total Increase (Decrease) 12,211,127 966,740
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 111,644,392 110,677,652
End of Period 123,855,519 111,644,392
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Investor Shares          
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Year Ended November 30,
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $46.10 $43.72 $41.86 $43.45 $39.23
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income1 .811 .966 1.098 1.083 1.021
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 6.638 3.345 4.269 .100 4.965
Total from Investment Operations 7.449 4.311 5.367 1.183 5.986
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.818) (1.004) (1.099) (1.086) (1.030)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (2.581) (.927) (2.408) (1.687) (.736)
Total Distributions (3.399) (1.931) (3.507) (2.773) (1.766)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $50.15 $46.10 $43.72 $41.86 $43.45
Total Return2 17.16% 10.41% 14.22% 2.80% 15.72%
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $15,469 $15,635 $17,209 $16,438 $18,422
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets3 0.24% 0.24% 0.25% 0.25% 0.25%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.70% 2.28% 2.70% 2.58% 2.50%
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 35% 51% 28% 34% 30%
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.
3 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.02%), (0.02%), (0.00%), (0.01%), and (0.01%).
4 Includes 2%, 3%, 1%, 2%, and 4%, respectively, attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares          
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Year Ended November 30,
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $79.62 $75.51 $72.29 $75.04 $67.75
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income1 1.464 1.720 1.954 1.929 1.824
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 11.461 5.784 7.379 .172 8.572
Total from Investment Operations 12.925 7.504 9.333 2.101 10.396
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.477) (1.794) (1.955) (1.936) (1.836)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (4.458) (1.600) (4.158) (2.915) (1.270)
Total Distributions (5.935) (3.394) (6.113) (4.851) (3.106)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $86.61 $79.62 $75.51 $72.29 $75.04
Total Return2 17.25% 10.50% 14.33% 2.88% 15.81%
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $108,386 $96,009 $93,469 $86,207 $87,136
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets3 0.16% 0.16% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.77% 2.35% 2.78% 2.66% 2.58%
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 35% 51% 28% 34% 30%
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.
3 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.02%), (0.02%), (0.00%), (0.01%), and (0.01%).
4 Includes 2%, 3%, 1%, 2%, and 4%, respectively, attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Wellington 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.
Certain of the fund's investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers' abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. 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. Bonds and 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.
Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral, as furnished by independent pricing services.
Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. 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.
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 futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between
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changes in market values of bonds 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 securities 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 1% and less than 1% 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 securities 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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.
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During the year ended November 30, 2021, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The fund had no open forward currency contracts at November 30, 2021.
5. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them 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. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its MSFTA, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the MSFTA.
6. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund also enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
7. Repurchase Agreements: The fund enters into repurchase agreements with institutional counterparties. Securities pledged as collateral to the fund under repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature, and in the absence of a default, such collateral cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into repurchase agreements only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master repurchase agreements with its counterparties. The master repurchase agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty's default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any
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repurchase agreements with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund. Such action may be subject to legal proceedings, which may delay or limit the disposition of collateral.
8. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
9. 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.
10. 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. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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.
11. Credit Facilities 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 and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes, subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed 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 either 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
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effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread, except that borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternative rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
12. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. 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. Deferred foreign capital gains tax, if any, is accrued daily based upon applicable 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.
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. The basic fee is subject to quarterly adjustments based on the fund's performance relative to the combined index comprising the S&P 500 Index and the Bloomberg Capital U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index for the preceding three years. For the year ended November 30, 2021, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.08% of the fund’s average net assets before a net decrease of $20,833,000 (0.02%) based on performance.
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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.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At November 30, 2021, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $4,083,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 1.63% 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 and derivatives. 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 and derivatives 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 November 30, 2021, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks 75,778,046 5,933,419 81,711,465
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 10,448,596 10,448,596
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1,847,405 19,572 1,866,977
Corporate Bonds 25,876,940 25,876,940
Sovereign Bonds 1,217,486 1,217,486
Taxable Municipal Bonds 1,951,001 1,951,001
Temporary Cash Investments 144 785,068 785,212
Total 75,778,190 48,059,915 19,572 123,857,677
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 11,456 11,456
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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E.  Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the year ended November 30, 2021, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts 14,406 14,406
Forward Currency Contracts 4,713 4,713
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 14,406 4,713 19,119
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts 12,609 12,609
Forward Currency Contracts
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives 12,609 12,609
F.  Permanent differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of net assets are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. As of period end, permanent differences primarily attributable to the accounting for foreign currency transactions and distributions in connection with fund share redemptions were reclassified between the following accounts:
  Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 360,235
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (360,235)
Temporary differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) arise when certain items of income, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The differences are primarily related to the deferral of losses from wash sales; the deferral of losses from straddles; and the recognition of unrealized gains or losses from certain derivative contracts. As of period end, the tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) are detailed in the table as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Undistributed Ordinary Income 2,091,360
Undistributed Long-Term Gains 6,482,888
Capital Loss Carryforwards
Qualified Late-Year Losses
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) 39,492,102
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The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Amount
($000)
2020
Amount
($000)
Ordinary Income* 2,502,914 2,598,283
Long-Term Capital Gains 5,786,576 2,337,293
Total 8,289,490 4,935,576
* Includes short-term capital gains, if any.
As of November 30, 2021, 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 84,369,401
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 40,475,451
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (987,175)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 39,488,276
G.  During the year ended November 30, 2021, the fund purchased $23,705,187,000 of investment securities and sold $29,820,197,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $17,032,527,000 and $12,379,260,000, respectively.
The fund purchased securities from and sold securities to other funds or accounts managed by its investment advisors or their affiliates, in accordance with procedures adopted by the board of trustees in compliance with Rule 17a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. For the year ended November 30, 2021, such purchases were $0 and sales were $115,582,000, resulting in net realized gain of $7,609,000; these amounts, other than temporary cash investments, are included in the purchases and sales of investment securities noted above.
H.  Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021   2020
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
Investor Shares          
Issued 1,621,764 34,004   1,570,553 37,036
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,097,976 24,568   705,545 16,986
Redeemed (4,274,241) (89,265)   (4,621,067) (108,454)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (1,554,501) (30,693)   (2,344,969) (54,432)
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Wellington Fund
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021   2020
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
Admiral Shares          
Issued 8,286,366 100,452   7,817,857 105,629
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 6,612,568 85,613   3,891,977 54,268
Redeemed (11,441,749) (140,499)   (13,802,454) (191,768)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 3,457,185 45,566   (2,092,620) (31,871)
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2021, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Vanguard Wellington Fund
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments of Vanguard Wellington Fund (one of the funds constituting Vanguard Wellington Fund, referred to hereafter as the "Fund”) as of November 30, 2021, the related statement of operations for the year ended November 30, 2021, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended November 30, 2021, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended November 30, 2021 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of November 30, 2021, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended November 30, 2021 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended November 30, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of November 30, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 19, 2022
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in The Vanguard Group of Funds since 1975.
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Special 2021 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Wellington Fund
This information for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2021, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund distributed $6,072,630,000 as capital gain dividend (20% rate gain distributions) to shareholders during the fiscal year.
For nonresident alien shareholders, 100% of short-term capital gain dividends distributed by the funds are qualified short-term capital gains.
The fund distributed $1,320,226,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.
The fund distributed $31,429,000 of qualified business income to shareholders during the fiscal year.
For corporate shareholders, 25.8% of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Wellington Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with Wellington Management Company llp (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 periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
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 Wellington Management, founded in 1928, is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional managers. The portfolio managers leverage tenured teams of equity and fixed income research analysts who conduct detailed fundamental analysis of their respective industries and companies. In managing the equity portion of the fund, the portfolio managers employ bottom-up, fundamental research focusing on high-quality companies with above-average yields, strong balance sheets, sustainable competitive advantages, and attractive valuations. In managing the fixed income portion of the fund, the portfolio managers focus on investment-grade corporate bonds. The firm has advised the fund since its inception in 1929.
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.
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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 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 the 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.
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The People Who Govern Your Fund
The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them.
A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 217 Vanguard funds.
Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. That information, as well as the Vanguard fund count, is as of the date on the cover of this fund report. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.
Interested Trustee1
Mortimer J. Buckley
Born in 1969. Trustee since January 2018. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: chairman of the board (2019–present) of Vanguard and of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard; chief executive officer (2018–present) of Vanguard; chief executive officer, president, and trustee (2018–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard; president and director (2017–present) of Vanguard; and president (2018–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation. Chief investment officer (2013–2017), managing director (2002–2017), head of the Retail Investor Group (2006–2012), and chief information officer (2001–2006) of Vanguard. Chairman of the board (2011–2017) and trustee (2009–2017) of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and trustee (2018–present) and vice chair (2019–present) of The Shipley School.
Independent Trustees
Tara Bunch
Born in 1962. Trustee since November 2021. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: head of global operations at Airbnb (2020–present). Vice president of AppleCare (2012–2020). Member of the board of directors of Out & Equal (2002–2006), the advisory board of the University of California, Berkeley School of Engineering (2020–present), and the advisory board of Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business (2018–present).
Emerson U. Fullwood
Born in 1948. Trustee since January 2008. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: executive chief staff and marketing officer for North America and corporate vice president (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document management products and services). Former president of the Worldwide Channels Group, Latin America, and Worldwide Customer Service and executive chief staff officer of Developing Markets of Xerox. Executive in residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Director of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing). Director of the University of Rochester Medical Center, the Monroe Community College Foundation, the United Way of Rochester, North Carolina A&T University, and Roberts Wesleyan College. Trustee of the University of Rochester.
 
1 Mr. Buckley is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.

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Amy Gutmann
Born in 1949. Trustee since June 2006. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president (2004–present) of the University of Pennsylvania. Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, and professor of communication, Annenberg School for Communication, with secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.
F. Joseph Loughrey
Born in 1949. Trustee since October 2009. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president and chief operating officer (retired 2009) and vice chairman of the board (2008–2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery). Chairman of the board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized consumer services). Director of the V Foundation. Member of the advisory council for the College of Arts and Letters and chair of the advisory board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both at the University of Notre Dame. Chairman of the board of Saint Anselm College.
Mark Loughridge
Born in 1953. Trustee since March 2012. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: senior vice president and chief financial officer (retired 2013) of IBM (information technology services). Fiduciary member of IBM’s Retirement Plan Committee (2004–2013), senior vice president and general manager (2002–2004) of IBM Global Financing, vice president and controller (1998–2002) of IBM, and a variety of other prior management roles at IBM. Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.
Scott C. Malpass
Born in 1962. Trustee since March 2012. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: chief investment officer (retired June 2020) and vice president (retired June 2020) of the University of Notre Dame. Assistant professor (retired June 2020) of finance at the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, and member of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee. Member of the board of Catholic Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisors) and the board of superintendence of the Institute for the Works of Religion.
Deanna Mulligan
Born in 1963. Trustee since January 2018. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: board chair (2020), chief executive officer (2011–2020), and president (2010–2019) of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Chief operating officer (2010–2011) and executive vice president (2008–2010) of Individual Life and Disability of the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Member of the board of the Economic Club of New York. Trustee of the Partnership for New York City (business leadership), Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and the Bruce Museum (arts and science). Member of the Advisory Council for the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
André F. Perold
Born in 1952. Trustee since December 2004. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (retired 2011). Chief investment officer and co-managing partner of HighVista Strategies (private investment firm). Member of the board (2018–present) of RIT Capital Partners (investment firm). Member of the investment committee of Partners Health Care System.
Sarah Bloom Raskin
Born in 1961. Trustee since January 2018. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: deputy secretary (2014–2017) of the United States Department of the Treasury. Governor (2010–2014) of the Federal Reserve Board. Commissioner (2007–2010) of financial regulation for the State of Maryland. Professor (2020–present), Distinguished Fellow of the Global Financial Markets Center (2020–present), and Rubenstein Fellow (2017–2020) at Duke University. Trustee (2017–present) of Amherst College and member of Amherst College Investment Committee (2019–present). Member of the Regenerative Crisis Response Committee (2020–present).
David A. Thomas
Born in 1956. Trustee since July 2021. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president of Morehouse College (2018–present). Professor of business administration, emeritus at Harvard University (2017–2018). Dean (2011–2016) and professor of management (2016–2017) at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. Director of DTE Energy Company (2013–present). Trustee of Common Fund (2019–present).

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Peter F. Volanakis
Born in 1955. Trustee since July 2009. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president and chief operating officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications equipment) and director of Corning Incorporated (2000–2010) and Dow Corning (2001–2010). Director (2012) of SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing). Overseer of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College (2001–2013). Chairman of the board of trustees of Colby-Sawyer College. Member of the BMW Group Mobility Council.
Executive Officers
Christine M. Buchanan
Born in 1970. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Chief financial officer (2021–present) and treasurer (2017–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Partner (2005–2017) at KPMG (audit, tax, and advisory services).
David Cermak
Born in 1960. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Finance director (2019–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Managing director and head (2017–present) of Vanguard Investments Singapore. Managing director and head (2017–2019) of Vanguard Investments Hong Kong. Representative director and head (2014–2017) of Vanguard Investments Japan.
John Galloway
Born in 1973. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Investment stewardship officer (September 2020–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Head of Investor Advocacy (February 2020–present) and head of Marketing Strategy and Planning (2017–2020) at Vanguard. Special assistant to the President of the United States (2015).
Peter Mahoney
Born in 1974. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Controller (2015–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Head of International Fund Services (2008–2014) at Vanguard.
Anne E. Robinson
Born in 1970. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: general counsel (2016–present) of Vanguard. Secretary (2016–present) of Vanguard and of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Managing director (2016–present) of Vanguard. Managing director and general counsel of Global Cards and Consumer Services (2014–2016) at Citigroup. Counsel (2003–2014) at American Express.
Michael Rollings
Born in 1963. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: finance director (2017–present) and treasurer (2017) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Managing director (2016–present) of Vanguard. Chief financial officer (2016–present) of Vanguard. Director (2016–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation. Executive vice president and chief financial officer (2006–2016) of MassMutual Financial Group.
John E. Schadl
Born in 1972. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Chief compliance officer (2019–present) of Vanguard and of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Assistant vice president (2019–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation.
Vanguard Senior Management Team
Matthew Benchener Thomas M. Rampulla
Joseph Brennan Karin A. Risi
Mortimer J. Buckley Anne E. Robinson
Gregory Davis Michael Rollings
John James Nitin Tandon
John T. Marcante Lauren Valente
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Annual Report   |   November 30, 2021
Vanguard U.S. Factor ETFs
Vanguard U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF
Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF
Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF
Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF
Vanguard U.S. Value Factor ETF

Contents
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

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Advisor’s Report

2
About Your Fund’s Expenses

4
U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF

6
U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF

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U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

37
U.S. Multifactor ETF

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U.S. Quality Factor ETF

73
U.S. Value Factor ETF

92
Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance
Vanguard’s six U.S. Factor ETFs posted returns ranging from about 17% to nearly 38% (based on net asset value) for the 12 months ended November 30, 2021. Three of the six ETFs beat the 26.34% return of their benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.
The U.S. Factor ETFs seek to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks that have lower or higher measures of certain factors relative to the broad U.S. equity market.
Vanguard U.S. Value ETF performed best among the group, returning 37.51% based on net asset value.
Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF produced the lowest returns, at 17.22% based on net asset value. Performance was held back as defensive sectors favored by this strategy underperformed as the market recovered over the past 12 months.
All six ETFs regularly use derivatives to hedge portfolio risks. On balance, the ETFs’ holdings in equity index futures contracts contributed to performance.
Market Barometer
  Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
  One Year Three Years Five Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 26.67% 20.65% 17.93%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 22.03 14.22 12.14
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 26.34 20.20 17.51
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 9.63 10.38 9.56
Bonds      
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
(Broad taxable market)
-1.15% 5.52% 3.65%
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index
(Broad tax-exempt market)
1.97 5.09 4.38
FTSE Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.05 1.02 1.12
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 6.81% 3.32% 2.86%
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Advisor’s Report
For the 12 months ended November 30, 2021, Vanguard’s six U.S. Factor ETFs posted returns (based on net asset value) ranging from about 17% for the U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF to nearly 38% for the U.S. Value Factor ETF. Three of the six ETFs outperformed their benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, which returned approximately 26%.
The objective of each U.S. Factor ETF is to create a portfolio that has broad exposure to large-, mid-, and small-capitalization U.S. equities and that has the potential for long-term capital appreciation, subject to rules-based screens as follows:
Vanguard U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF seeks exposure to stocks with lower measures of trading liquidity, such as daily trading volume and its effect on the security’s price.
Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF seeks to build a portfolio of stocks with lower volatility relative to the broad U.S. equity market.
Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF seeks exposure to stocks with relatively strong recent performance as identified by measures such as returns over different periods.
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF seeks exposure to stocks with relatively strong recent performance, strong fundamentals, and low prices relative to fundamentals.
Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF seeks exposure to stocks with strong fundamentals as identified by measures
such as profitability, earnings, and balance-sheet strength.
Vanguard U.S. Value Factor ETF seeks exposure to stocks with lower prices relative to fundamental measures of value such as book/price and earnings/price ratios.
The investment environment
The U.S. economy continued to heal during the fiscal year. COVID-19 vaccination programs started to be rolled out shortly after the beginning of the period. Some of the hardest-hit sectors like hospitality, leisure, and travel began to rebound, and more workers returned to the labor force.
Swift and extensive fiscal and monetary support from policymakers was another key to the rebound. Even amid concerns toward the end of the fiscal year about inflation and the prospect of less accommodative monetary policy, stock returns for the period were excellent. Bonds were hurt by the prospect of inflation being less transitory than expected and the Federal Reserve dialing back some of its monetary support.
For the 12 months, the FTSE Global All Cap Index returned 19.35%. The U.S. stock market returned 27.92%, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, outperforming developed markets outside the United States and especially emerging markets. Large-cap stocks bested small-caps, and growth stocks outpaced value.
 
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The ETFs’ successes and shortfalls
The environment for small-cap and value stocks improved, which helped returns for most of the ETFs for the 12 months. Sector exposure affected the ETFs differently based on the factors each seeks to emphasize:
The U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF was held back on a relative basis by its positions in health care, technology, basic materials, and real estate but posted positive relative results in financials, industrials, telecommunications, and consumer staples.
The U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF was held back in particular by its positions in telecommunications, financials, and consumer discretionary but benefited from its selection in technology and industrials.
The U.S. Momentum Factor ETF was held back by its positions in technology, telecommunications, and financials but benefited most on a relative basis from its positions in consumer discretionary, industrials, and consumer staples.
The U.S. Multifactor ETF benefited most from its positions in consumer discretionary, industrials, and health care but was held back by holdings in technology and real estate.
The U.S. Quality Factor ETF benefited most from its positions in financials, industrials, and consumer discretionary but was held back by holdings in technology, energy, and consumer staples.
The U.S. Value Factor ETF was helped most by its positions in financials, energy, industrials, and consumer discretionary but was held back by holdings in technology, utilities, and telecommunications.
We expect our approach to portfolio construction to produce long-term capital appreciation that reflects the factors emphasized by each of the U.S. Factor ETF portfolios. Results will vary over different periods across the different factors. However, we believe that focusing on the risk-adjusted returns of each portfolio relative to its targeted factors and the benchmark will serve investors well over time.
We thank you for your investment and look forward to serving you in the period ahead.
Antonio Picca, Senior Portfolio Manager,
Head of Factor-Based Strategies
Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group
December 10, 2021
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About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund‘s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Six Months Ended November 30, 2021      
  Beginning
Account Value
5/31/2021
Ending
Account Value
11/30/2021
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF $1,000.00 $997.60 $0.65
U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF $1,000.00 $1,044.70 $0.67
U.S. Momentum Factor ETF $1,000.00 $1,027.10 $0.66
U.S. Multifactor ETF $1,000.00 $1,019.10 $0.91
U.S. Quality Factor ETF $1,000.00 $1,045.70 $0.67
U.S. Value Factor ETF $1,000.00 $987.80 $0.65
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF $1,000.00 $1,024.42 $0.66
U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF $1,000.00 $1,024.42 $0.66
U.S. Momentum Factor ETF $1,000.00 $1,024.42 $0.66
U.S. Multifactor ETF $1,000.00 $1,024.17 $0.91
U.S. Quality Factor ETF $1,000.00 $1,024.42 $0.66
U.S. Value Factor ETF $1,000.00 $1,024.42 $0.66
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The funds' annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.13% for the U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF, 0.13% for the U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF, 0.13% for the U.S. Momentum Factor ETF, 0.18% for the U.S. Multifactor ETF, 0.13% for the U.S. Quality Factor ETF, and 0.13% for the U.S. Value Factor ETF. 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 (183/365).
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U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF
Performance Summary
All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.
Cumulative Performance: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
Initial Investment of $10,000
    Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
 
    One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
Final Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF Net Asset Value 24.89% 12.27% $15,512
  U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF Market Price 24.88 12.28 15,517
 Russell 3000 Index 26.34 17.17 18,243
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
Cumulative Returns of ETF Shares: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
  One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF Market Price 24.88% 55.17%
U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF Net Asset Value 24.89 55.12
Russell 3000 Index 26.34 82.43
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
For the ETF Shares, the market price is determined by the midpoint of the bid-offer spread as of the closing time of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time). The net asset value is also determined as of the NYSE closing time. For more information about how the ETF Shares' market prices have compared with their net asset value, visit vanguard.com, select your ETF, and then select the Price and Performance tab. The ETF premium/discount analysis there shows the percentages of days on which the ETF Shares' market price was above or below the NAV.
See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.
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U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF
Fund Allocation
As of November 30, 2021
Basic Materials 5.2%
Consumer Discretionary 8.5
Consumer Staples 3.3
Energy 2.2
Financials 24.6
Health Care 18.7
Industrials 22.7
Real Estate 0.9
Technology 10.5
Telecommunications 2.0
Utilities 1.4
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided an ICB classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) is owned by FTSE. FTSE does not accept any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising out of any error or omission in the ICB.
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U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF
Financial Statements
Schedule of Investments
As of November 30, 2021
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (99.5%)
Basic Materials (5.1%)
  Ecolab Inc.  1,908      423
  Air Products and Chemicals Inc.    892      256
  Dow Inc.  3,945      217
  Balchem Corp.  1,100      174
  Southern Copper Corp.  2,145      125
  Linde plc    351      112
* RBC Bearings Inc.    504      100
  UFP Industries Inc.  1,187       99
  AdvanSix Inc.  2,001       91
  Timken Co.  1,335       88
  Valvoline Inc.  2,403       82
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.    526       78
  FutureFuel Corp.  9,610       72
  Glatfelter Corp.  3,885       64
  Ryerson Holding Corp.  2,225       52
  Huntsman Corp.  1,308       41
  Chemours Co.  1,336       40
  American Vanguard Corp.  2,694       38
  Royal Gold Inc.    373       37
  Mueller Industries Inc.    654       36
  Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.    242       35
  Stepan Co.    314       35
* Orion Engineered Carbons SA  1,744       31
  Ashland Global Holdings Inc.    287       29
* Clearwater Paper Corp.    690       28
* Energy Fuels Inc.  3,170       28
* Koppers Holdings Inc.    883       27
  Tredegar Corp.  2,431       27
* GCP Applied Technologies Inc.  1,077       25
  Minerals Technologies Inc.    371       24
* Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.  4,307       24
  Avient Corp.    370       20
* Novagold Resources Inc.  2,580       17
  Avery Dennison Corp.     80       16
  Verso Corp. Class A    749       16
  Neenah Inc.    316       15
* Ur-Energy Inc.  6,068        9
         2,631
Consumer Discretionary (8.4%)
  Ross Stores Inc.  2,103      229
* Liberty Media Corp.- Liberty SiriusXM Class C  3,155      154
  AMERCO    212      149
* Terminix Global Holdings Inc.  3,494      130
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Golden Entertainment Inc.  2,713      125
  Pool Corp.    212      117
* Aptiv plc    698      112
* frontdoor Inc.  3,203      111
* Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One Class C  1,788      109
  Movado Group Inc.  2,212       99
  Churchill Downs Inc.    391       88
  Choice Hotels International Inc.    583       84
  Carriage Services Inc. Class A  1,605       83
* Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.  5,038       78
* Vera Bradley Inc.  8,103       77
  Fox Corp. Class B  2,074       70
  Franchise Group Inc.  1,456       70
  Haverty Furniture Cos. Inc.  2,214       66
  Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A    612       64
* Stoneridge Inc.  2,864       63
  Acushnet Holdings Corp.  1,095       60
  Winmark Corp.    237       60
  ViacomCBS Inc. Class A  1,808       60
  Genuine Parts Co.    465       59
  Penske Automotive Group Inc.    577       57
  Rollins Inc.  1,641       55
* Liberty Media Corp.- Liberty Braves Class C  1,949       54
  News Corp. Class A  2,466       53
* Century Casinos Inc.  4,016       52
  Travel + Leisure Co.  1,024       50
* PlayAGS Inc.  6,745       49
  Service Corp. International    740       49
  EW Scripps Co. Class A  2,597       48
  Kimball International Inc. Class B  4,183       43
  National CineMedia Inc. 15,218       43
  Gentex Corp.  1,221       42
* Accel Entertainment Inc. Class A  3,265       42
* Noodles & Co. Class A  3,998       41
* Lands' End Inc.  1,759       40
* MarineMax Inc.    756       40
  Leggett & Platt Inc.    953       39
* Monarch Casino & Resort Inc.    582       39
  Tilly's Inc. Class A  2,593       39
  Cato Corp. Class A  2,280       38
  Global Industrial Co.    950       38
* Arlo Technologies Inc.  4,582       36
  Autoliv Inc.    372       36
* Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.  1,492       34
* IAA Inc.    709       34
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U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Qurate Retail Inc. Series A  4,284       34
* Boston Omaha Corp. Class A  1,145       33
* Chuy's Holdings Inc.  1,141       33
* Duluth Holdings Inc. Class B  2,365       33
* Universal Electronics Inc.    843       31
  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.    388       31
* Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc.  2,135       30
  Del Taco Restaurants Inc.  3,836       29
  Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.  1,287       29
  Scholastic Corp.    768       29
* Mesa Air Group Inc.  4,027       28
* Floor & Decor Holdings Inc. Class A    208       27
  Inter Parfums Inc.    303       27
* Entercom Communications Corp. Class A 11,066       27
* Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.    213       26
* Fox Factory Holding Corp.    143       25
* Thryv Holdings Inc.    629       25
* Bally's Corp.    598       23
* Helen of Troy Ltd.     93       22
* OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.  2,344       22
* National Vision Holdings Inc.    439       21
* PROG Holdings Inc.    457       21
* Lovesac Co.    315       20
  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.    131       20
* Motorcar Parts of America Inc.  1,275       20
* VOXX International Corp. Class A  1,958       20
  Lennar Corp. Class B    196       17
* Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Inc.  1,275       17
* Lazydays Holdings Inc.    855       17
  Carrols Restaurant Group Inc.  5,330       15
* Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc. Class A  6,765       15
* SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc.     62       15
  HNI Corp.    356       14
  Rocky Brands Inc.    391       14
* Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.  4,352       13
* El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.  1,004       13
* Viad Corp.    316       13
* TravelCenters of America Inc.    252       13
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. Class A     36       12
* O'Reilly Automotive Inc.     18       11
* Clean Energy Fuels Corp.  1,405       10
* Grand Canyon Education Inc.    136       10
         4,313
Consumer Staples (3.2%)
  Flowers Foods Inc.  9,610      248
  Brown-Forman Corp. Class A  2,698      177
* Darling Ingredients Inc.  2,223      150
  Colgate-Palmolive Co.  1,839      138
  Philip Morris International Inc.  1,549      133
* Pilgrim's Pride Corp.  3,426       96
  Kimberly-Clark Corp.    643       84
  Weis Markets Inc.  1,325       83
  Seaboard Corp.     20       78
  Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.  2,193       75
  Casey's General Stores Inc.    284       55
  Brown-Forman Corp. Class B    596       42
  Sysco Corp.    583       41
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Andersons Inc.  1,031       35
  Ingredion Inc.    338       32
  ACCO Brands Corp.  3,700       31
  Altria Group Inc.    545       23
* Performance Food Group Co.    542       22
  SpartanNash Co.    885       21
* Mission Produce Inc.  1,202       21
* Post Holdings Inc.    201       19
* Freshpet Inc.    161       17
* Laird Superfood Inc.  1,207       16
  Lancaster Colony Corp.     88       13
  Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.    512       13
         1,663
Energy (2.2%)
  New Fortress Energy Inc. Class A  3,214       80
* Select Energy Services Inc. Class A 12,094       69
* CONSOL Energy Inc.  3,049       67
  Berry Corp.  7,669       62
* Dril-Quip Inc.  3,205       61
  Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Inc. Class A  8,445       58
* Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. Class A  6,171       57
* National Energy Services Reunited Corp.  5,641       56
* Expro Group Holdings NV  3,967       56
* Centrus Energy Corp. Class A    921       51
* RPC Inc. 12,545       51
  Civitas Resources Inc.  1,004       51
* Bristow Group Inc.  1,510       45
  Archrock Inc.  5,642       42
* Newpark Resources Inc. 13,490       37
* Oil States International Inc.  7,322       37
  Texas Pacific Land Corp.     30       36
  EOG Resources Inc.    407       35
  SunCoke Energy Inc.  5,664       34
* Talos Energy Inc.  2,881       29
* MRC Global Inc.  4,001       28
* FTS International Inc. Class A    745       20
* Comstock Resources Inc.  1,791       14
* Par Pacific Holdings Inc.  1,044       14
* DMC Global Inc.    266       10
* Contango Oil & Gas Co.  2,622        9
         1,109
Financials (24.5%)
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.  3,804      624
  Moody's Corp.  1,453      568
  T Rowe Price Group Inc.  2,154      431
  Blackstone Inc.  2,379      336
  Truist Financial Corp.  5,435      322
  Chubb Ltd.  1,652      296
  Intercontinental Exchange Inc.  2,188      286
  Progressive Corp.  2,759      256
  MSCI Inc. Class A    387      244
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4,312      236
  US Bancorp  3,368      186
  BlackRock Inc.    196      177
  PNC Financial Services Group Inc.    860      169
  Prosperity Bancshares Inc.  2,345      167
  CME Group Inc.    744      164
  Erie Indemnity Co. Class A    882      164
  Aon plc Class A (XNYS)    529      156
  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.  3,095      154
 
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U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Primerica Inc.    989      146
  First Citizens BancShares Inc. Class A    179      144
  Brown & Brown Inc.  2,150      138
  SouthState Corp.  1,681      131
* Customers Bancorp Inc.  2,214      128
  S&P Global Inc.    282      128
  East West Bancorp Inc.  1,647      127
  MetLife Inc.  2,153      126
  Morningstar Inc.    400      124
  RLI Corp.  1,182      121
  Stifel Financial Corp.  1,702      121
  American International Group Inc.  2,223      117
  Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.  1,184      113
  Glacier Bancorp Inc.  1,958      106
  Hanmi Financial Corp.  4,715      106
  ConnectOne Bancorp Inc.  3,153      102
  Live Oak Bancshares Inc.  1,130      101
  Universal Insurance Holdings Inc.  6,664      100
  First Financial Bankshares Inc.  1,991       99
  Popular Inc.  1,265       98
  Selective Insurance Group Inc.  1,297       98
  United Bankshares Inc.  2,731       98
* Triumph Bancorp Inc.    759       97
  Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc.  3,500       93
  Kemper Corp.  1,648       91
  Commerce Bancshares Inc.  1,293       90
  Premier Financial Corp.  2,847       84
  Valley National Bancorp  6,143       83
  United Fire Group Inc.  3,797       79
  Trustmark Corp.  2,424       74
  HCI Group Inc.    648       72
  Hanover Insurance Group Inc.    595       72
  Heritage Financial Corp.  3,071       72
* Enstar Group Ltd.    323       72
  Lazard Ltd. Class A  1,680       72
  Old Republic International Corp.  2,931       70
  Janus Henderson Group plc  1,538       66
  B Riley Financial Inc.    839       65
  Provident Financial Services Inc.  2,757       65
  Univest Financial Corp.  2,347       65
  BOK Financial Corp.    616       64
  Western Alliance Bancorp    576       63
  Synovus Financial Corp.  1,373       62
  Washington Trust Bancorp Inc.  1,133       61
  TFS Financial Corp.  3,337       60
* Markel Corp.     49       59
* Nicolet Bankshares Inc.    824       59
  TrustCo Bank Corp. NY  1,818       59
  First American Financial Corp.    782       58
  First Financial Bancorp  2,517       58
  Northfield Bancorp Inc.  3,466       58
  Hope Bancorp Inc.  3,976       57
  First Foundation Inc.  2,194       56
  Globe Life Inc.    643       56
  QCR Holdings Inc.  1,047       56
  ServisFirst Bancshares Inc.    678       54
* Bancorp Inc.  1,876       53
  Central Pacific Financial Corp.  1,965       53
  SLM Corp.  2,955       53
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Class C    425       52
  Jefferies Financial Group Inc.  1,387       52
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  Essent Group Ltd.  1,250       52
  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  3,396       51
  Merchants Bancorp  1,126       51
* Assetmark Financial Holdings Inc.  1,983       50
  Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.    392       49
  Lakeland Financial Corp.    693       49
  Stock Yards Bancorp Inc.    821       49
* Columbia Financial Inc.  2,615       48
  1st Source Corp.  1,009       47
  Tompkins Financial Corp.    605       47
  Cohen & Steers Inc.    510       46
  SEI Investments Co.    771       46
  HomeStreet Inc.    921       45
  Brightsphere Investment Group Inc.  1,508       45
* StoneX Group Inc.    800       45
  Heritage Commerce Corp.  3,998       44
  Nelnet Inc. Class A    505       44
  First Bancorp Inc. (XNMS)  1,112       43
  Park National Corp.    327       43
  Loews Corp.    785       42
  LPL Financial Holdings Inc.    260       41
  Equitable Holdings Inc.  1,317       41
  Interactive Brokers Group Inc. Class A    538       40
  First Bancorp (XNGS)    869       39
  Origin Bancorp Inc.    928       39
  TriCo Bancshares    922       39
  FB Financial Corp.    873       37
  Preferred Bank    537       37
  Towne Bank  1,210       37
  Banner Corp.    621       36
  MGIC Investment Corp.  2,522       36
  Peoples Bancorp Inc.  1,157       36
  Southside Bancshares Inc.    863       35
  Dime Community Bancshares Inc.  1,012       35
  American Financial Group Inc.    253       34
  Curo Group Holdings Corp.  2,029       34
  First Merchants Corp.    824       33
  Reinsurance Group of America Inc.    351       33
* EZCorp. Inc. Class A  4,150       31
  PJT Partners Inc. Class A    405       31
  ProAssurance Corp.  1,340       31
* Focus Financial Partners Inc. Class A    491       30
  Carlyle Group Inc.    542       30
  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.    887       29
  First Busey Corp.  1,136       29
* Finance of America Cos. Inc. Class A  7,173       29
  Northwest Bancshares Inc.  2,089       28
  Safety Insurance Group Inc.    359       28
  Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.    589       28
  Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.    766       28
* Alleghany Corp.     40       26
* SiriusPoint Ltd.  3,340       26
  National Bank Holdings Corp. Class A    587       25
  OceanFirst Financial Corp.  1,201       25
  S&T Bancorp Inc.    839       25
  Unum Group  1,074       25
  Banc of California Inc.  1,226       24
 
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* Enova International Inc.    639       24
  Hamilton Lane Inc. Class A    225       24
  City Holding Co.    271       21
  Kearny Financial Corp.  1,568       20
  Greenhill & Co. Inc.  1,125       19
* Arch Capital Group Ltd.    472       19
  BancFirst Corp.    279       18
  Bank OZK    409       18
  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.    392       18
  Heartland Financial USA Inc.    329       16
  Radian Group Inc.    766       16
* Credit Acceptance Corp.     22       14
  International Bancshares Corp.    327       14
  OFG Bancorp    583       14
  Byline Bancorp Inc.    492       13
  WisdomTree Investments Inc.  2,100       13
  Assured Guaranty Ltd.    275       13
  FNB Corp.    945       11
  Lakeland Bancorp Inc.    631       11
        12,535
Health Care (18.6%)
* Edwards Lifesciences Corp.  4,994      536
  Zoetis Inc.  2,099      466
* IDEXX Laboratories Inc.    639      389
* IQVIA Holdings Inc.  1,486      385
  HCA Healthcare Inc.  1,650      372
  Agilent Technologies Inc.  2,429      367
  Stryker Corp.  1,476      349
  Baxter International Inc.  2,045      152
* Veeva Systems Inc. Class A    479      135
  Ensign Group Inc.  1,697      130
* Neogen Corp.  2,980      120
  Premier Inc. Class A  3,127      116
  Bio-Techne Corp.    243      115
* Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc.  3,859      105
  Bruker Corp.  1,265      102
* Denali Therapeutics Inc.  2,071       96
* AngioDynamics Inc.  3,698       95
* Catalent Inc.    738       95
* Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.  1,483       95
  National HealthCare Corp.  1,474       95
* CureVac NV  1,977       95
* Syneos Health Inc.    941       91
* Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.  1,537       86
* Charles River Laboratories International Inc.    221       81
* CorVel Corp.    431       81
  Chemed Corp.    168       78
  Becton Dickinson and Co.    313       74
* Hanger Inc.  4,415       74
* Acutus Medical Inc. 20,801       69
* Bridgebio Pharma Inc.  1,688       68
* Option Care Health Inc.  2,559       65
* Oak Street Health Inc.  2,073       64
* Stoke Therapeutics Inc.  2,462       61
* Globus Medical Inc. Class A    952       60
* Boston Scientific Corp.  1,560       59
* RadNet Inc.  2,177       59
* Morphic Holding Inc.  1,247       59
* Computer Programs and Systems Inc.  1,965       58
* Accelerate Diagnostics Inc. 11,323       57
* Aligos Therapeutics Inc.  3,715       57
* Inhibrx Inc.  1,395       56
* Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.    730       55
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($000)
* Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.    287       53
* CytoSorbents Corp. 10,764       53
  Atrion Corp.     73       52
* ModivCare Inc.    369       51
* Joint Corp.    629       50
* NGM Biopharmaceuticals Inc.  2,801       50
* Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc.  3,547       50
* Pulse Biosciences Inc.  2,421       49
* Stereotaxis Inc.  8,197       48
* Taysha Gene Therapies Inc.  3,726       48
* Avid Bioservices Inc.  1,523       47
* Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Inc.  7,545       46
* Cogent Biosciences Inc.  5,839       46
* Affimed NV  6,510       44
* BioLife Solutions Inc.  1,121       43
* Blueprint Medicines Corp.    445       43
* Rapt Therapeutics Inc.  1,332       43
* Aspira Women's Health Inc. 20,849       43
* Exelixis Inc.  2,513       42
  LeMaitre Vascular Inc.    870       41
* Omnicell Inc.    233       41
* Kronos Bio Inc.  3,512       41
  Anthem Inc.     98       40
* Evelo Biosciences Inc.  4,586       40
* SOC Telemed Inc. Class A 19,715       40
* Applied Therapeutics Inc.  3,389       39
* 89bio Inc.  2,973       39
* Immunic Inc.  4,542       39
* NeoGenomics Inc.  1,099       38
* Surgery Partners Inc.    867       38
* Cue Biopharma Inc.  3,004       37
* Geron Corp. (XNGS) 25,120       37
* Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc.  1,526       37
* Surmodics Inc.    844       37
* HealthEquity Inc.    660       36
* ICU Medical Inc.    157       36
* Novocure Ltd.    381       36
* Relmada Therapeutics Inc.  1,990       36
* iTeos Therapeutics Inc.  1,034       36
* Vaxcyte Inc.  1,752       36
* Align Technology Inc.     57       35
* Molecular Templates Inc.  8,694       35
* Passage Bio Inc.  4,858       35
* Allovir Inc.  2,023       35
* HealthStream Inc.  1,477       34
* Annexon Inc.  2,058       34
* Orthofix Medical Inc.  1,081       33
* Alphatec Holdings Inc.  2,905       32
* Axogen Inc.  3,340       32
* Heska Corp.    201       32
* Jounce Therapeutics Inc.  4,152       32
* MEI Pharma Inc.  9,512       32
* Arcus Biosciences Inc.    697       31
* MannKind Corp.  6,682       31
* OrthoPediatrics Corp.    564       31
* Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.  1,115       30
* Neoleukin Therapeutics Inc.  5,547       30
* ORIC Pharmaceuticals Inc.  2,188       30
* Praxis Precision Medicines Inc.  1,681       29
* Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc.  6,538       28
* TransMedics Group Inc.  1,274       28
* Prothena Corp. plc    551       28
* Harpoon Therapeutics Inc.  4,575       28
* iCAD Inc.  3,790       28
* DarioHealth Corp.  1,811       28
* SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc.    370       27
 
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* Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc.    373       26
* Natera Inc.    287       26
* Accuray Inc.  5,168       25
* Athersys Inc. 23,540       25
* Fortress Biotech Inc.  8,817       25
* Gossamer Bio Inc.  2,314       25
* Quanterix Corp.    633       25
* SI-BONE Inc.  1,315       25
* Shattuck Labs Inc.  2,829       24
* Antares Pharma Inc.  7,030       23
* Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc.  2,112       23
* DexCom Inc.     39       22
* Avidity Biosciences Inc.  1,008       22
* Keros Therapeutics Inc.    387       22
* Harmony Biosciences Holdings Inc.    654       22
* CryoLife Inc.  1,207       21
* Cymabay Therapeutics Inc.  6,332       21
* Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc.  9,238       21
* Atreca Inc. Class A  5,721       21
* Spero Therapeutics Inc.  1,474       21
* Viemed Healthcare Inc.  4,102       21
* Cutera Inc.    567       20
* Haemonetics Corp.    384       20
* Ideaya Biosciences Inc.    921       20
* Amedisys Inc.    133       19
* SeaSpine Holdings Corp.  1,401       19
* Theravance Biopharma Inc.  2,269       19
* UroGen Pharma Ltd.  1,451       18
* Dyne Therapeutics Inc.  1,201       17
* Gemini Therapeutics Inc.  6,034       17
* Puma Biotechnology Inc.  5,027       16
* Sientra Inc.  3,975       16
* WaVe Life Sciences Ltd.  4,104       16
* Chinook Therapeutics Inc.    973       16
* Nuvation Bio Inc.  1,743       16
* Homology Medicines Inc.  2,925       15
* Natus Medical Inc.    653       15
*,1 PDL BioPharma Inc.  6,046       15
  PerkinElmer Inc.     80       15
* Poseida Therapeutics Inc.  2,126       15
* Rubius Therapeutics Inc.  1,097       14
* BeyondSpring Inc.  1,091       14
* Precigen Inc.  3,581       14
* Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc.    847       14
* Generation Bio Co.    836       14
* Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc.    686       13
* BioDelivery Sciences International Inc.  4,544       13
* Inspire Medical Systems Inc.     59       13
* Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc.  1,442       13
* Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc.  4,831       13
* MiMedx Group Inc.  1,833       13
* Satsuma Pharmaceuticals Inc.  2,759       13
* Olema Pharmaceuticals Inc.  1,521       13
* Meridian Bioscience Inc.    604       12
* Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc.  2,959       12
* Inotiv Inc.    233       12
* IntriCon Corp.    684       11
* Ocular Therapeutix Inc.  1,564       11
* ViewRay Inc.  2,229       11
* CorMedix Inc.  2,023       10
* GlycoMimetics Inc.  5,974       10
* Pliant Therapeutics Inc.    734       10
* Quotient Ltd.  4,713       10
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($000)
* GT Biopharma Inc.  2,547       10
* Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.    457        9
* Solid Biosciences Inc.  5,000        9
* Y-mAbs Therapeutics Inc.    499        9
* Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.     84        9
  Perrigo Co. plc    242        9
* Akouos Inc.  1,145        9
* Avita Medical Inc.    646        9
* Ampio Pharmaceuticals Inc.  7,372        8
* Invacare Corp.  2,489        7
* Trevena Inc. 10,094        7
* TG Therapeutics Inc.    356        5
         9,524
Industrials (22.6%)
  Illinois Tool Works Inc.  2,698      626
  Eaton Corp. plc  2,587      419
  General Dynamics Corp.  2,015      381
  Capital One Financial Corp.  2,484      349
  Emerson Electric Co.  3,866      340
  HEICO Corp. Class A  1,966      244
  Trane Technologies plc  1,211      226
  Accenture plc Class A    613      219
  Automatic Data Processing Inc.    806      186
  Deere & Co.    504      174
  Exponent Inc.  1,492      174
  Helios Technologies Inc.  1,567      157
  Johnson Controls International plc  2,065      154
  Kronos Worldwide Inc. 10,276      144
* Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc.  2,937      137
* Cross Country Healthcare Inc.  5,148      135
* ASGN Inc.  1,110      135
  nVent Electric plc  3,841      134
  Tetra Tech Inc.    702      130
  Regal Rexnord Corp.    812      128
  Curtiss-Wright Corp.    978      123
  Sonoco Products Co.  2,047      119
  Donaldson Co. Inc.  2,080      117
* Paylocity Holding Corp.    465      117
  MSA Safety Inc.    791      113
  Norfolk Southern Corp.    419      111
  ArcBest Corp.  1,014      105
  Nordson Corp.    413      105
* MYR Group Inc.    929      103
  Littelfuse Inc.    335      100
* ACI Worldwide Inc.  3,379       99
  Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.    734       99
* Cornerstone Building Brands Inc.  6,196       97
  John Bean Technologies Corp.    599       95
  Resources Connection Inc.  5,418       93
  Air Lease Corp. Class A  2,214       90
  Douglas Dynamics Inc.  2,192       87
  L3Harris Technologies Inc.    412       86
* Trimble Inc.    989       85
* AECOM  1,224       84
* Covenant Logistics Group Inc. Class A  3,304       83
  Crane Co.    859       83
  Graco Inc.  1,127       82
  Apogee Enterprises Inc.  1,969       81
  BWX Technologies Inc.  1,675       80
  Herc Holdings Inc.    437       75
* Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.  2,294       75
  Northrop Grumman Corp.    213       74
 
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Maximus Inc.    973       73
  TTEC Holdings Inc.    869       73
  Encore Wire Corp.    510       72
  AGCO Corp.    642       71
* Napco Security Technologies Inc.  1,494       69
  EMCOR Group Inc.    573       68
* Teledyne Technologies Inc.    160       67
* Vivint Smart Home Inc.  6,307       67
* BlueLinx Holdings Inc.    916       65
* Willdan Group Inc.  1,619       65
* Ducommun Inc.  1,500       64
* Gates Industrial Corp. plc  3,945       63
* Daseke Inc.  6,362       61
  Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc.    521       60
  MKS Instruments Inc.    384       59
* Sterling Construction Co. Inc.  2,270       59
  CSW Industrials Inc.    484       58
  ITT Inc.    616       58
  REV Group Inc.  3,693       58
  Chase Corp.    579       57
  Valmont Industries Inc.    232       56
  Pactiv Evergreen Inc.  4,475       56
  Cognex Corp.    708       55
  Cass Information Systems Inc.  1,325       53
* DXP Enterprises Inc.  1,922       53
  AptarGroup Inc.    435       52
* Construction Partners Inc. Class A  1,506       52
  Griffon Corp.  1,977       52
* AerCap Holdings NV    923       52
  RPM International Inc.    531       48
* CBIZ Inc.  1,309       47
  Genpact Ltd.    947       46
  Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.  2,972       46
* Teekay Corp. 13,958       46
  Kaman Corp.  1,215       45
  Myers Industries Inc.  2,305       45
  International Seaways Inc.  3,091       45
* Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.  2,978       44
  Kelly Services Inc. Class A  2,626       44
* Atlanticus Holdings Corp.    744       44
  Carrier Global Corp.    785       43
  Franklin Electric Co. Inc.    477       42
  Textron Inc.    593       42
  Woodward Inc.    396       42
* Axon Enterprise Inc.    245       41
* BrightView Holdings Inc.  3,045       41
  EnPro Industries Inc.    399       41
  Xylem Inc.    341       41
* International Money Express Inc.  2,698       41
  Columbus McKinnon Corp.    888       40
  Kforce Inc.    515       40
  Zurn Water Solutions Corp.  1,142       40
  Ennis Inc.  2,030       39
* Thermon Group Holdings Inc.  2,248       39
* US Xpress Enterprises Inc. Class A  4,920       39
  Wabash National Corp.  2,315       39
* Euronet Worldwide Inc.    369       37
* Vectrus Inc.    873       37
  Pentair plc    503       37
* Advantage Solutions Inc.  5,162       37
  Kadant Inc.    155       36
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  AAON Inc.    455       36
  Barrett Business Services Inc.    493       35
* FARO Technologies Inc.    510       35
* Sensata Technologies Holding plc    634       35
* CIRCOR International Inc.  1,247       34
  Hubbell Inc. Class B    175       34
* Modine Manufacturing Co.  3,300       34
* Tutor Perini Corp.  2,593       33
* Byrna Technologies Inc.  2,231       33
  Astec Industries Inc.    507       32
* IES Holdings Inc.    667       32
  Marten Transport Ltd.  1,974       32
  TriMas Corp.    958       32
  Carlisle Cos. Inc.    139       31
  Landstar System Inc.    179       30
  Quanex Building Products Corp.  1,398       30
  Tennant Co.    365       29
* Gibraltar Industries Inc.    411       28
  Watsco Inc.     96       28
* ExlService Holdings Inc.    208       27
  Eagle Materials Inc.    168       26
* Franklin Covey Co.    600       26
* Forrester Research Inc.    438       25
  ManpowerGroup Inc.    273       25
* Astronics Corp.  2,253       24
* Manitowoc Co. Inc.  1,277       24
  McGrath RentCorp.    315       24
* AMN Healthcare Services Inc.    214       24
  Sealed Air Corp.    373       23
* Energy Recovery Inc.  1,054       22
* Ranpak Holdings Corp. Class A    534       21
* SP Plus Corp.    788       21
* Blue Bird Corp.  1,001       20
  DuPont de Nemours Inc.    275       20
  Toro Co.    196       20
  Acuity Brands Inc.     96       19
* Veritiv Corp.    153       19
  Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.    409       18
* Air Transport Services Group Inc.    677       17
* Titan International Inc.  2,504       17
  Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.    122       15
* Commercial Vehicle Group Inc.  1,789       15
  Sherwin-Williams Co.     45       15
  Standex International Corp.    143       15
* TopBuild Corp.     57       15
  Primoris Services Corp.    622       14
  Armstrong World Industries Inc.    117       12
  Mueller Water Products Inc. Class A    873       12
  Park Aerospace Corp.    897       12
* GreenBox POS  2,067       11
* Huron Consulting Group Inc.    220       10
* BM Technologies Inc. (XASE)    367        4
        11,580
Real Estate (0.9%)
  Newmark Group Inc. Class A  6,612      106
  St. Joe Co.  1,732       83
* Cushman & Wakefield plc  4,444       79
* CBRE Group Inc. Class A    472       45
  RE/MAX Holdings Inc. Class A  1,182       33
* Fathom Holdings Inc.  1,315       31
 
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Forestar Group Inc.  1,431       28
* Marcus & Millichap Inc.    624       27
  RMR Group Inc. Class A    429       14
           446
Technology (10.5%)
  Amphenol Corp. Class A  7,407      597
* Synopsys Inc.  1,294      441
  Roper Technologies Inc.    804      373
* Cadence Design Systems Inc.  1,936      344
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A  2,202      172
  TE Connectivity Ltd.    942      145
* Novanta Inc.    750      121
  National Instruments Corp.  2,814      117
* Manhattan Associates Inc.    663      104
  Monolithic Power Systems Inc.    173       96
  Pegasystems Inc.    792       91
  Analog Devices Inc.    473       85
* EPAM Systems Inc.    139       85
  Dolby Laboratories Inc. Class A    971       81
  Science Applications International Corp.    971       81
* Clarivate plc  3,105       72
* Axcelis Technologies Inc.  1,136       70
* Agilysys Inc.  1,577       69
  CDK Global Inc.  1,794       69
* Digimarc Corp.  1,542       66
* Avid Technology Inc.  2,033       65
* Tucows Inc. Class A    795       65
* Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc.  1,651       65
  A10 Networks Inc.  4,155       64
* Globant SA    243       64
  American Software Inc. Class A  2,779       63
* Cohu Inc.  1,910       63
* MaxLinear Inc.    908       61
* Alarm.com Holdings Inc.    723       58
* Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.    524       57
  TD SYNNEX Corp.    544       56
  Sapiens International Corp. NV  1,472       52
* Arrow Electronics Inc.    417       51
* Black Knight Inc.    699       50
* CACI International Inc. Class A    187       49
  CMC Materials Inc.    370       49
* PDF Solutions Inc.  1,567       47
  Power Integrations Inc.    474       47
  PC Connection Inc.  1,047       46
* CEVA Inc.  1,006       44
  Amkor Technology Inc.  1,973       43
* Quantum Corp.  7,909       43
  CTS Corp.  1,216       42
* NCR Corp.  1,041       41
  KLA Corp.     96       39
  Brooks Automation Inc.    333       38
* Veeco Instruments Inc.  1,430       38
  Jabil Inc.    623       36
  Bentley Systems Inc. Class B    742       36
* SPS Commerce Inc.    247       35
* Envestnet Inc.    433       33
  Hackett Group Inc.  1,615       33
  Intuit Inc.     50       33
* comScore Inc.  8,938       31
  Entegris Inc.    215       31
* OneSpan Inc.  1,662       28
* Q2 Holdings Inc.    349       28
* Rimini Street Inc.  4,224       28
* ScanSource Inc.    910       28
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Simulations Plus Inc.    585       28
* Mitek Systems Inc.  1,431       25
* Photronics Inc.  1,798       24
* Mediaalpha Inc. Class A  1,554       24
* eGain Corp.  2,080       22
  Methode Electronics Inc.    482       21
* FormFactor Inc.    445       19
* Kimball Electronics Inc.    913       19
* VirnetX Holding Corp.  6,166       19
* ePlus Inc.    169       18
* IPG Photonics Corp.    108       18
* nLight Inc.    698       17
* Autodesk Inc.     63       16
* SecureWorks Corp. Class A    798       14
* Smith Micro Software Inc.  2,429       13
* TrueCar Inc.  2,756        9
         5,365
Telecommunications (2.0%)
* Liberty Broadband Corp. Class A    967      147
* Liberty Latin America Ltd. Class A  7,641       87
* WideOpenWest Inc.  3,888       72
* US Cellular Corp.  2,290       67
* Iridium Communications Inc.  1,719       66
* Harmonic Inc.  6,088       65
* Clearfield Inc.    963       62
* Liberty Broadband Corp. Class C    395       61
* Telesat Corp.  1,783       55
* Ooma Inc.  2,583       49
  Cable One Inc.     26       46
* Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.  5,876       44
  ADTRAN Inc.  2,093       43
* Digi International Inc.  1,993       43
  Ubiquiti Inc.    109       33
  ATN International Inc.    713       27
* Ribbon Communications Inc.  2,986       16
* CalAmp Corp.  1,066       10
* Casa Systems Inc.  2,014       10
         1,003
Utilities (1.5%)
  Waste Management Inc.  3,653      587
* Stericycle Inc.  1,775      100
* Clean Harbors Inc.    573       58
           745
Total Common Stocks (Cost $38,245) 50,914
 
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U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (0.4%)
Money Market Fund (0.4%)
2 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 0.077% (Cost $188)  1,880         188
Total Investments (99.9%) (Cost $38,433) 51,102
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.1%) 60
Net Assets (100%) 51,162
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
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.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2021 10 228 2
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of November 30, 2021
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $38,245) 50,914
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $188) 188
Total Investments in Securities 51,102
Investment in Vanguard 2
Cash 1
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 20
Receivables for Accrued Income 45
Total Assets 51,170
Liabilities  
Payables to Vanguard 4
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 4
Total Liabilities 8
Net Assets 51,162
At November 30, 2021, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 39,426
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 11,736
Net Assets 51,162
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 465,000 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
51,162
Net Asset Value Per Share $110.02
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF
Statement of Operations
  Year Ended
November 30, 2021
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 702
Interest1
Securities Lending—Net
Total Income 702
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services
Management and Administrative 27
Marketing and Distribution
Custodian Fees 5
Auditing Fees 32
Shareholders’ Reports 1
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Total Expenses 65
Net Investment Income 637
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1,2 1,794
Futures Contracts 52
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 1,846
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 7,658
Futures Contracts (10)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 7,648
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 10,131
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were less than $1,000, less than $1,000, and less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
2 Includes $337,000 of net gain (loss) resulting from in-kind redemptions.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
($000)
2020
($000)
     
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 637 688
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 1,846 (1,914)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 7,648 2,528
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 10,131 1,302
Distributions    
Total Distributions (661) (690)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 6,433 2,195
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (4,935) (3,670)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 1,498 (1,475)
Total Increase (Decrease) 10,968 (863)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 40,194 41,057
End of Period 51,162 40,194
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Year Ended November 30, February 13,
20181 to
November 30,
2018
2021 2020 2019  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $89.32 $86.44 $78.25 $75.00
Investment Operations        
Net Investment Income2 1.374 1.436 1.310 1.010
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 20.757 2.882 8.047 2.834
Total from Investment Operations 22.131 4.318 9.357 3.844
Distributions        
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.431) (1.438) (1.167) (.594)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (1.431) (1.438) (1.167) (.594)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $110.02 $89.32 $86.44 $78.25
Total Return 24.89% 5.38% 12.14% 5.09%
Ratios/Supplemental Data        
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $51 $40 $41 $16
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.13% 0.13% 0.14%3 0.13%4,5
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.28% 1.83% 1.62% 1.58%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 64%6 54%6 49% 20%
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.13%.
4 Annualized.
5 The ratio of total expenses to average net assets before an expense reduction of 0.02% was 0.15%. The fund incurred higher than anticipated expenses, in which Vanguard voluntarily agreed to assume payment of certain expenses. The fund is not obligated to repay this amount to Vanguard.
6 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; they can be purchased and sold through a broker. 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.
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 securities 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 year ended November 30, 2021, 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. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for 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 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. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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 Facilities 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 and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes, subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed 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 either 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, except that borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. 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.
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 and 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 November 30, 2021, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $2,000, representing less than 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.
C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives 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 November 30, 2021, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks 50,899 15 50,914
Temporary Cash Investments 188 188
Total 51,087 15 51,102
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 2 2
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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D. Permanent differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of net assets are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. As of period end, permanent differences primarily attributable to the accounting for in-kind redemptions and passive foreign investment companies were reclassified between the following accounts:
  Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 337
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (337)
Temporary differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) arise when certain items of income, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The differences are primarily related to the deferral of losses from wash sales; the recognition of unrealized gains or losses from certain derivative contracts; the recognition of unrealized gains from passive foreign investment companies; and the classification of securities for tax purposes. As of period end, the tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) are detailed in the table as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Undistributed Ordinary Income 153
Undistributed Long-Term Gains
Capital Loss Carryforwards (1,086)
Qualified Late-Year Losses
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) 12,669
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Amount
($000)
2020
Amount
($000)
Ordinary Income* 661 690
Long-Term Capital Gains
Total 661 690
* Includes short-term capital gains, if any.
As of November 30, 2021, 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 38,432
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 14,230
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (1,561)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 12,669
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E. During the year ended November 30, 2021, the fund purchased $33,968,000 of investment securities and sold $32,426,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $0 and $1,081,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
F. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
    
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Shares
(000)
2020
Shares
(000)
     
Issued 60 25
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (45) (50)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 15 (25)
At November 30, 2021, one shareholder, a subsidiary of Vanguard, was the record or beneficial owner of 46% of the fund’s net assets. If this shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.
G. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2021, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Performance Summary
All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.
Cumulative Performance: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
Initial Investment of $10,000
    Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
 
    One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
Final Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF Net Asset Value 17.22% 10.27% $14,491
  U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF Market Price 17.21 10.27 14,490
 Russell 3000 Index 26.34 17.17 18,243
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
Cumulative Returns of ETF Shares: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
  One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF Market Price 17.21% 44.90%
U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF Net Asset Value 17.22 44.91
Russell 3000 Index 26.34 82.43
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
For the ETF Shares, the market price is determined by the midpoint of the bid-offer spread as of the closing time of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time). The net asset value is also determined as of the NYSE closing time. For more information about how the ETF Shares' market prices have compared with their net asset value, visit vanguard.com, select your ETF, and then select the Price and Performance tab. The ETF premium/discount analysis there shows the percentages of days on which the ETF Shares' market price was above or below the NAV.
See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.
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Fund Allocation
As of November 30, 2021
Basic Materials 1.8%
Consumer Discretionary 12.7
Consumer Staples 6.9
Energy 1.9
Financials 9.1
Health Care 17.2
Industrials 7.2
Real Estate 1.5
Technology 23.9
Telecommunications 8.8
Utilities 9.0
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided an ICB classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) is owned by FTSE. FTSE does not accept any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising out of any error or omission in the ICB.
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Financial Statements
Schedule of Investments
As of November 30, 2021
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (99.5%)
Basic Materials (1.8%)
  Newmont Corp.  8,236      452
  Fastenal Co.  4,340      257
  Balchem Corp.    786      124
           833
Consumer Discretionary (12.7%)
  Costco Wholesale Corp.  1,547      834
  Dollar General Corp.  3,341      739
  Service Corp. International 10,111      669
* Amazon.com Inc.    189      663
  Walmart Inc.  4,295      604
  Electronic Arts Inc.  4,768      592
  Domino's Pizza Inc.  1,076      564
* Walt Disney Co.  1,872      271
* Terminix Global Holdings Inc.  6,395      239
  Target Corp.    937      228
  Murphy USA Inc.    783      136
  Laureate Education Inc. Class A 13,474      135
* Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.    545       94
* QuinStreet Inc.  6,132       94
  Hasbro Inc.    745       72
* Dollar Tree Inc.    184       25
         5,959
Consumer Staples (6.9%)
  Procter & Gamble Co.  5,059      731
  Hershey Co.  3,645      647
  Flowers Foods Inc. 24,762      639
  Colgate-Palmolive Co.  5,196      390
  Mondelez International Inc. Class A  5,089      300
  Church & Dwight Co. Inc.  2,909      260
  Hormel Foods Corp.  5,462      226
  Lancaster Colony Corp.    375       55
  John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc.    117       10
         3,258
Energy (1.9%)
  Williams Cos. Inc. 28,567      766
  Cheniere Energy Inc.  1,270      133
           899
Financials (9.1%)
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.  4,806      788
  Intercontinental Exchange Inc.  5,945      777
  Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.  3,094      522
  CME Group Inc.  1,847      407
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Columbia Financial Inc. 21,545      393
  Waterstone Financial Inc. 18,268      379
  Stock Yards Bancorp Inc.  4,179      250
  Houlihan Lokey Inc. Class A  1,576      171
  Westamerica BanCorp.  2,915      157
  Arthur J Gallagher & Co.    916      149
  HarborOne Bancorp Inc.  7,498      104
  AMERISAFE Inc.  1,163       62
  Bank First Corp.    700       49
  Eastern Bankshares Inc.  1,815       37
* Blue Foundry Bancorp  1,270       18
  Hingham Institution for Savings     30       12
         4,275
Health Care (17.1%)
  Eli Lilly & Co.  3,013      747
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 10,322      711
  Cerner Corp.  9,713      684
  Johnson & Johnson  4,290      669
  Pfizer Inc. 12,443      669
  Merck & Co. Inc.  8,606      645
  Baxter International Inc.  8,416      628
* Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.    984      626
  Amgen Inc.  2,896      576
* HealthStream Inc. 23,872      554
  AbbVie Inc.  3,908      451
  Becton Dickinson and Co.  1,341      318
  Danaher Corp.    955      307
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  3,023      162
  Zoetis Inc.    474      105
* Veeva Systems Inc. Class A    357      101
* Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.    534      100
         8,053
Industrials (7.1%)
  Expeditors International of Washington Inc.  6,176      751
  Accenture plc Class A  1,553      555
  Landstar System Inc.  2,729      460
  Illinois Tool Works Inc.  1,721      400
  Jack Henry & Associates Inc.  1,965      298
  Graco Inc.  3,598      262
  Sonoco Products Co.  4,460      259
* FTI Consulting Inc.  1,019      149
  AptarGroup Inc.  1,228      147
  Toro Co.    792       80
         3,361
Real Estate (1.5%)
* Equity Commonwealth 27,855      709
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Technology (23.8%)
* Adobe Inc.  1,242      832
  Apple Inc.  4,957      819
  Microsoft Corp.  2,432      804
* Alphabet Inc. Class A    277      786
  Oracle Corp.  8,616      782
* Tyler Technologies Inc.  1,501      779
  Texas Instruments Inc.  3,765      724
* TTM Technologies Inc. 51,610      711
* Cadence Design Systems Inc.  3,581      636
* Verint Systems Inc. 11,433      544
  Intuit Inc.    817      533
  Shutterstock Inc.  3,796      433
* Meta Platforms Inc. Class A  1,225      398
* Altair Engineering Inc. Class A  5,252      391
* Super Micro Computer Inc.  9,100      377
* Black Knight Inc.  5,037      360
  Amdocs Ltd.  4,198      293
* Cirrus Logic Inc.  3,398      273
  Citrix Systems Inc.  3,273      263
* PDF Solutions Inc.  2,577       77
  Dolby Laboratories Inc. Class A    856       71
  Analog Devices Inc.    361       65
* Dell Technologies Inc. Class C  1,121       63
  VMware Inc. Class A    493       58
  American Software Inc. Class A  2,452       56
* Rambus Inc.  1,834       49
  NortonLifeLock Inc.  1,606       40
  Intel Corp.    246       12
        11,229
Telecommunications (8.7%)
  Verizon Communications Inc. 15,024      755
* T-Mobile US Inc.  6,689      728
  AT&T Inc. 30,117      688
* Charter Communications Inc. Class A    751      485
  Comcast Corp. Class A  8,090      404
  Cable One Inc.    219      388
* Liberty Broadband Corp. Class A  2,152      326
  Cisco Systems Inc.  3,774      207
* Liberty Broadband Corp. Class C    654      101
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Motorola Solutions Inc.     85       22
  Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.    351        9
         4,113
Utilities (8.9%)
  Republic Services Inc. Class A  6,160      815
  Consolidated Edison Inc.  9,156      711
  WEC Energy Group Inc.  7,372      641
  American Water Works Co. Inc.  3,149      531
  Duke Energy Corp.  4,820      467
  Waste Management Inc.  1,726      277
  CMS Energy Corp.  2,331      137
  American Electric Power Co. Inc.  1,613      131
  NextEra Energy Inc.  1,339      116
  Eversource Energy  1,342      110
  Xcel Energy Inc.  1,474       94
  Ameren Corp.    770       63
  Dominion Energy Inc.    588       42
  DTE Energy Co.    320       35
  American States Water Co.    305       29
         4,199
Total Common Stocks (Cost $39,666) 46,888
Temporary Cash Investments (0.4%)
Money Market Fund (0.4%)
1 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 0.077% (Cost $180)  1,796         179
Total Investments (99.9%) (Cost $39,846) 47,067
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.1%) 62
Net Assets (100%) 47,129
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
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.
 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2021 8 183 7
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of November 30, 2021
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $39,666) 46,888
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $180) 179
Total Investments in Securities 47,067
Investment in Vanguard 2
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 14
Receivables for Accrued Income 52
Total Assets 47,135
Liabilities  
Payables to Vanguard 3
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 3
Total Liabilities 6
Net Assets 47,129
At November 30, 2021, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 48,100
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (971)
Net Assets 47,129
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 470,000 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
47,129
Net Asset Value Per Share $100.28
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Year Ended
November 30, 2021
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 762
Interest1
Securities Lending—Net 1
Total Income 763
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services
Management and Administrative 26
Marketing and Distribution
Custodian Fees 5
Auditing Fees 28
Shareholders’ Reports 5
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Total Expenses 64
Net Investment Income 699
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1,2 6,328
Futures Contracts 58
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 6,386
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 903
Futures Contracts (7)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 896
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 7,981
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were less than $1,000, less than $1,000, and ($2,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
2 Includes $3,441,000 of net gain (loss) resulting from in-kind redemptions.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
($000)
2020
($000)
     
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 699 1,847
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 6,386 (7,471)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 896 688
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 7,981 (4,936)
Distributions    
Total Distributions (905) (2,094)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 1,451 29,188
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (18,000) (56,656)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (16,549) (27,468)
Total Increase (Decrease) (9,473) (34,498)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 56,602 91,100
End of Period 47,129 56,602
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Year Ended November 30, February 13,
20181 to
November 30,
2018
2021 2020 2019  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $87.08 $91.10 $81.69 $75.00
Investment Operations        
Net Investment Income2 1.374 1.779 2.632 1.887
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 13.497 (3.776) 8.996 5.677
Total from Investment Operations 14.871 (1.997) 11.628 7.564
Distributions        
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.671) (2.023) (2.218) (.874)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (1.671) (2.023) (2.218) (.874)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $100.28 $87.08 $91.10 $81.69
Total Return 17.22% -1.99% 14.58% 10.07%
Ratios/Supplemental Data        
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $47 $57 $91 $22
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 0.13%3
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.43% 2.14% 3.05% 2.90%3
Portfolio Turnover Rate 46%4 83%4 23% 5%
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Annualized.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; they can be purchased and sold through a broker. 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.
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 securities 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 year ended November 30, 2021, 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. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for 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 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. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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 Facilities 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 and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes, subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed 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 either 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, except that borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. 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.
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 and 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 November 30, 2021, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $2,000, representing less than 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.
C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
At November 30, 2021, 100% of the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives was determined based on Level 1 inputs.
D. Permanent differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of net assets are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. As of period end, permanent differences primarily attributable to the accounting for in-kind redemptions were reclassified between the following accounts:
  Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 3,441
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (3,441)
Temporary differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) arise when certain items of income, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The differences are primarily related to the deferral of losses from wash sales and the recognition
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of unrealized gains or losses from certain derivative contracts. As of period end, the tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) are detailed in the table as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Undistributed Ordinary Income 131
Undistributed Long-Term Gains
Capital Loss Carryforwards (8,322)
Qualified Late-Year Losses
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) 7,220
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Amount
($000)
2020
Amount
($000)
Ordinary Income* 905 2,094
Long-Term Capital Gains
Total 905 2,094
* Includes short-term capital gains, if any.
As of November 30, 2021, 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 39,847
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 8,693
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (1,473)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 7,220
E. During the year ended November 30, 2021, the fund purchased $24,805,000 of investment securities and sold $40,427,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $0 and $17,977,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
F. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
    
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Shares
(000)
2020
Shares
(000)
     
Issued 15 350
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (195) (700)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding (180) (350)
G. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2021, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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U.S. Momentum Factor ETF
Performance Summary
All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.
Cumulative Performance: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
Initial Investment of $10,000
    Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
 
    One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
Final Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 U.S. Momentum Factor ETF Net Asset Value 25.01% 16.99% $18,140
  U.S. Momentum Factor ETF Market Price 24.99 16.99 18,140
 Russell 3000 Index 26.34 17.17 18,243
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
Cumulative Returns of ETF Shares: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
  One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
U.S. Momentum Factor ETF Market Price 24.99% 81.40%
U.S. Momentum Factor ETF Net Asset Value 25.01 81.40
Russell 3000 Index 26.34 82.43
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
For the ETF Shares, the market price is determined by the midpoint of the bid-offer spread as of the closing time of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time). The net asset value is also determined as of the NYSE closing time. For more information about how the ETF Shares' market prices have compared with their net asset value, visit vanguard.com, select your ETF, and then select the Price and Performance tab. The ETF premium/discount analysis there shows the percentages of days on which the ETF Shares' market price was above or below the NAV.
See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.
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Fund Allocation
As of November 30, 2021
Basic Materials 3.6%
Consumer Discretionary 14.4
Consumer Staples 1.8
Energy 11.6
Financials 22.5
Health Care 16.0
Industrials 14.1
Real Estate 0.7
Technology 13.2
Telecommunications 1.6
Utilities 0.5
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided an ICB classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) is owned by FTSE. FTSE does not accept any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising out of any error or omission in the ICB.
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Financial Statements
Schedule of Investments
As of November 30, 2021
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (99.5%)
Basic Materials (3.5%)
  Nucor Corp.   7,952      845
  Steel Dynamics Inc.  13,050      780
  Olin Corp.   9,136      497
  Albemarle Corp.   1,657      442
  Ryerson Holding Corp.  12,918      303
* TimkenSteel Corp.  20,561      294
  Mosaic Co.   8,164      279
  Verso Corp. Class A  13,057      276
  AdvanSix Inc.   6,056      274
  Avery Dennison Corp.   1,326      272
  Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. Class A   5,465      263
* Intrepid Potash Inc.   5,699      234
*,1 Meta Materials Inc.  57,033      209
* Energy Fuels Inc.  23,908      208
* Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.   8,356      170
* Ur-Energy Inc. 112,849      168
* Uranium Energy Corp.  37,067      145
  Freeport-McMoRan Inc.   3,862      143
  Southern Copper Corp.   2,301      135
  US Steel Corp.   5,668      128
  Tronox Holdings plc Class A   5,639      124
  CF Industries Holdings Inc.   1,813      110
  Chemours Co.   2,543       76
  Hecla Mining Co.  12,473       69
* Amyris Inc.   9,356       64
  Celanese Corp. Class A     355       54
  Commercial Metals Co.   1,709       53
  Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.     349       51
  Valvoline Inc.   1,173       40
  Balchem Corp.     242       38
  Olympic Steel Inc.   1,449       30
         6,774
Consumer Discretionary (14.3%)
* Tesla Inc.   1,411    1,615
  Target Corp.   6,224    1,518
  Ford Motor Co.  69,240    1,329
  eBay Inc.  12,724      858
* Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Class A     476      782
  Macy's Inc.  22,775      649
* Avis Budget Group Inc.   2,317      636
* Crocs Inc.   3,594      590
  Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.  17,585      584
  Lowe's Cos. Inc.   2,079      509
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Tempur Sealy International Inc.  11,169      479
  Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.   3,619      425
* Boot Barn Holdings Inc.   3,456      423
  H&R Block Inc.  16,108      381
  Bath & Body Works Inc.   5,023      377
  AMERCO     527      371
  MGM Resorts International   9,231      365
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. Class A   1,063      353
* AutoNation Inc.   2,807      348
* RH     550      321
* Scientific Games Corp. Class A   4,972      318
  Costco Wholesale Corp.     568      306
* Caesars Entertainment Inc.   3,385      305
* Etsy Inc.   1,108      304
  Williams-Sonoma Inc.   1,546      301
* Genesco Inc.   4,404      278
  Signet Jewelers Ltd.   2,793      271
  Dillard's Inc. Class A     983      269
  Clarus Corp.   9,884      261
* Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.  16,757      261
* Boyd Gaming Corp.   4,442      260
* Chico's FAS Inc.  43,536      249
  Movado Group Inc.   5,432      244
  Shoe Carnival Inc.   6,186      242
* Thryv Holdings Inc.   6,140      240
* BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.   3,618      239
* Golden Entertainment Inc.   5,141      236
* Revolve Group Inc.   2,899      221
* Liquidity Services Inc.   9,692      220
  RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc.   3,458      219
  Entravision Communications Corp. Class A  28,940      215
* iHeartMedia Inc. Class A  10,817      212
* Trade Desk Inc. Class A   2,018      209
* Carvana Co. Class A     732      205
  Fox Corp. Class A   5,563      199
* Capri Holdings Ltd.   3,257      193
  Papa John's International Inc.   1,556      190
* SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc.     755      181
  International Game Technology plc   6,665      180
  A-Mark Precious Metals Inc.   2,585      179
* Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.  57,416      176
  Scholastic Corp.   4,674      176
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* Gannett Co. Inc.  32,686      167
  Dollar General Corp.     734      162
* Full House Resorts Inc.  18,110      162
* Citi Trends Inc.   1,888      160
* Conn's Inc.   7,239      158
1 Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.   6,002      142
* O'Reilly Automotive Inc.     222      142
* Lovesac Co.   2,229      141
* Everi Holdings Inc.   6,728      140
* Deckers Outdoor Corp.     327      133
* AutoZone Inc.      72      131
* Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc.   4,029      131
  Cato Corp. Class A   7,915      130
  Carriage Services Inc. Class A   2,497      129
  Red Rock Resorts Inc. Class A   2,691      128
* YETI Holdings Inc.   1,348      124
* Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. Class A   1,279      122
* General Motors Co.   2,077      120
* Floor & Decor Holdings Inc. Class A     909      117
  Caleres Inc.   4,921      116
* Barnes & Noble Education Inc.  15,811      111
* Century Casinos Inc.   8,222      107
* Lululemon Athletica Inc.     236      107
* Children's Place Inc.   1,193      103
  Hibbett Inc.   1,304      102
  Toll Brothers Inc.   1,607      102
* XPEL Inc.   1,414      102
* Mattel Inc.   4,756      101
  Camping World Holdings Inc. Class A   2,258       99
* MarineMax Inc.   1,830       98
  Nexstar Media Group Inc. Class A     653       98
  Century Communities Inc.   1,355       96
  Thor Industries Inc.     838       89
  Pool Corp.     158       88
  Global Industrial Co.   2,173       87
* Turtle Beach Corp.   3,040       82
* Penn National Gaming Inc.   1,545       79
  John Wiley & Sons Inc. Class A   1,503       78
* Monarch Casino & Resort Inc.   1,117       75
  Franchise Group Inc.   1,545       74
* Fox Factory Holding Corp.     417       73
* Clean Energy Fuels Corp.  10,006       72
* Master Craft Boat Holdings Inc.   2,592       71
  Lennar Corp. Class A     666       70
  Hanesbrands Inc.   4,271       69
  Buckle Inc.   1,441       68
  Activision Blizzard Inc.   1,149       67
* Green Brick Partners Inc.   2,664       66
  Winnebago Industries Inc.     902       65
  Rocky Brands Inc.   1,767       63
* Bally's Corp.   1,615       62
* National Vision Holdings Inc.   1,229       59
  Tractor Supply Co.     263       59
* SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.     975       58
* Wayfair Inc. Class A     234       58
  Interface Inc. Class A   4,017       57
  Churchill Downs Inc.     250       56
* ODP Corp.   1,483       56
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* LGI Homes Inc.     370       53
* Malibu Boats Inc. Class A     768       53
* Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A   1,423       51
  Group 1 Automotive Inc.     260       51
  KB Home   1,280       51
  Kontoor Brands Inc.     951       51
* Coty Inc. Class A   5,172       50
* M/I Homes Inc.     901       50
  Best Buy Co. Inc.     440       47
* Fossil Group Inc.   3,894       47
* Tri Pointe Homes Inc.   1,726       43
* Duluth Holdings Inc. Class B   2,995       42
* AMMO Inc.   6,745       42
* Meritage Homes Corp.     360       41
* Academy Sports & Outdoors Inc.     923       41
* Adient plc     939       40
* Five Below Inc.     191       39
* Sonos Inc.   1,157       37
* Entercom Communications Corp. Class A  14,832       37
* Mesa Air Group Inc.   4,892       35
  Qurate Retail Inc. Series A   4,347       35
  Haverty Furniture Cos. Inc.   1,149       34
  Lithia Motors Inc. Class A     117       34
* CarParts.com Inc.   2,470       31
* Party City Holdco Inc.   5,245       29
        27,318
Consumer Staples (1.8%)
  Albertsons Cos. Inc. Class A  15,228      536
  Philip Morris International Inc.   5,007      430
  Ingles Markets Inc. Class A   5,184      398
* United Natural Foods Inc.   7,184      357
  Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.     414      236
* Celsius Holdings Inc.   3,308      226
* Pilgrim's Pride Corp.   7,443      209
* Beauty Health Co.   4,871      127
* Hostess Brands Inc. Class A   7,437      126
* PLBY Group Inc.   3,187      122
* Freshpet Inc.     852       92
  National Beverage Corp.   1,681       87
  MGP Ingredients Inc.   1,043       81
* Whole Earth Brands Inc.   6,169       65
* 22nd Century Group Inc.  24,075       61
  Medifast Inc.     282       58
  Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.   2,157       54
  Bunge Ltd.     531       46
* Hain Celestial Group Inc.   1,135       45
* Darling Ingredients Inc.     475       32
         3,388
Energy (11.5%)
  ConocoPhillips  24,491    1,718
  EOG Resources Inc.  18,538    1,613
  Schlumberger NV  40,180    1,152
  Exxon Mobil Corp.  16,598      993
  Targa Resources Corp.  15,455      798
  ONEOK Inc.  12,316      737
  Devon Energy Corp.  16,313      686
  Cheniere Energy Inc.   6,224      652
  Williams Cos. Inc.  18,991      509
* Denbury Inc.   6,042      481
  Diamondback Energy Inc.   4,303      459
  Ovintiv Inc. (XNYS)  12,077      420
  Continental Resources Inc.   9,277      411
 
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($000)
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   2,173      387
* Enphase Energy Inc.   1,494      374
  Occidental Petroleum Corp.  12,025      357
* Range Resources Corp.  17,608      344
  Marathon Oil Corp.  21,929      340
  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   5,467      333
* Antero Resources Corp.  18,420      323
  Civitas Resources Inc.   5,529      283
  SM Energy Co.   9,648      280
  Northern Oil and Gas Inc.  12,871      262
  Murphy Oil Corp.   9,729      259
  Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.  36,618      259
* Aemetis Inc.  13,015      244
* Peabody Energy Corp.  24,510      244
  Baker Hughes Co. Class A  10,337      241
  Arch Resources Inc.   2,906      225
  Matador Resources Co.   5,713      224
* Whiting Petroleum Corp.   3,443      223
* CONSOL Energy Inc.   9,952      218
* ChampionX Corp.  10,472      214
  Oasis Petroleum Inc.   1,748      210
* Nabors Industries Ltd. (XNYS)   2,569      209
  Brigham Minerals Inc. Class A   9,949      207
* Centrus Energy Corp. Class A   3,734      207
  Altus Midstream Co. Class A   3,249      206
* Callon Petroleum Co.   4,048      206
  Antero Midstream Corp.  19,718      191
* Laredo Petroleum Inc.   3,233      190
  APA Corp.   7,123      184
  California Resources Corp.   4,537      177
* Earthstone Energy Inc. Class A  17,164      175
  PDC Energy Inc.   3,452      174
  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Class A   9,052      172
* Centennial Resource Development Inc. Class A  27,147      169
* Tellurian Inc.  51,618      168
* Plug Power Inc.   4,197      167
* Comstock Resources Inc.  20,180      163
* W&T Offshore Inc.  46,379      160
* TETRA Technologies Inc.  60,958      159
  Hess Corp.   2,108      157
  Berry Corp.  19,029      155
  Cactus Inc. Class A   4,080      149
* Newpark Resources Inc.  50,914      139
  Helmerich & Payne Inc.   5,961      134
* Ameresco Inc. Class A   1,334      121
* Green Plains Inc.   2,989      116
* Oceaneering International Inc.  10,689      114
* Southwestern Energy Co.  25,243      113
  Halliburton Co.   4,939      107
* Contango Oil & Gas Co.  30,529      106
* NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc.  27,455       99
* Oil States International Inc.  19,439       98
* Gevo Inc.  16,343       94
* RPC Inc.  22,858       92
* FTS International Inc. Class A   3,438       91
* FuelCell Energy Inc.  10,168       88
  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   8,733       84
* National Energy Services Reunited Corp.   6,569       65
* SunPower Corp.   1,805       52
* Renewable Energy Group Inc.     785       38
  Coterra Energy Inc.   1,693       34
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Value

($000)
* Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. Class A   3,091       28
        22,031
Financials (22.4%)
  Blackstone Inc.  14,215    2,011
  Morgan Stanley  19,872    1,884
  Charles Schwab Corp.  23,445    1,814
  Wells Fargo & Co.  37,624    1,798
  American Financial Group Inc.  12,744    1,703
  American International Group Inc.  30,264    1,592
  PNC Financial Services Group Inc.   7,336    1,445
  MSCI Inc. Class A   2,129    1,340
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc.   3,014    1,148
  Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.  11,270    1,075
  T Rowe Price Group Inc.   5,367    1,073
  ServisFirst Bancshares Inc.  13,107    1,054
  Aon plc Class A (XNYS)   3,264      965
  Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.  12,594      832
  First Republic Bank   3,871      812
* Customers Bancorp Inc.  12,703      732
  Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc.  26,550      709
  Western Alliance Bancorp   5,815      638
  Signature Bank   2,063      624
* SVB Financial Group     844      584
  Ally Financial Inc.  12,477      572
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.   3,378      554
* Credit Acceptance Corp.     863      539
  Old Republic International Corp.  20,127      482
  Affiliated Managers Group Inc.   2,716      462
  Bank OZK   9,989      447
  Nasdaq Inc.   2,140      435
  Comerica Inc.   5,036      416
  Citizens Financial Group Inc.   8,386      396
  Chubb Ltd.   2,144      385
  Invesco Ltd.  16,901      377
* Silvergate Capital Corp. Class A   1,820      372
* Bancorp Inc.  12,746      360
  HCI Group Inc.   3,253      359
  East West Bancorp Inc.   4,627      356
  PacWest Bancorp   7,959      356
  Bank of America Corp.   7,964      354
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp.   6,277      344
  Evercore Inc. Class A   2,478      344
  Flushing Financial Corp.  14,516      343
  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   6,699      328
  KKR & Co. Inc.   4,372      325
* Triumph Bancorp Inc.   2,407      307
* Encore Capital Group Inc.   5,212      304
  Navient Corp.  15,386      304
  UMB Financial Corp.   2,912      293
  Jefferies Financial Group Inc.   7,762      292
  Eagle Bancorp Inc.   4,787      270
  BlackRock Inc.     296      268
  Meta Financial Group Inc.   4,471      267
* LendingClub Corp.   8,144      266
* Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.   5,147      263
  Northfield Bancorp Inc.  14,771      249
* World Acceptance Corp.   1,201      247
 
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Value

($000)
  Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.   1,924      242
  Janus Henderson Group plc   5,632      241
* Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.   2,312      219
* MBIA Inc.  18,497      218
  Live Oak Bancshares Inc.   2,393      213
  Towne Bank   6,902      211
  Discover Financial Services   1,950      210
  Tradeweb Markets Inc. Class A   2,159      207
  Prudential Financial Inc.   1,863      191
* EZCorp. Inc. Class A  25,487      189
  Hancock Whitney Corp.   3,906      187
  Regional Management Corp.   3,255      184
* Enova International Inc.   4,263      163
  ConnectOne Bancorp Inc.   4,941      161
  Raymond James Financial Inc.   1,621      159
  BankUnited Inc.   3,943      156
  Byline Bancorp Inc.   6,017      156
  Hanmi Financial Corp.   6,756      152
  Sculptor Capital Management Inc. Class A   7,838      142
  Fifth Third Bancorp   3,309      139
  Houlihan Lokey Inc. Class A   1,216      132
  Cohen & Steers Inc.   1,438      129
  Ares Management Corp. Class A   1,577      128
  Kearny Financial Corp.   9,359      119
  Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.   2,529      119
  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   1,021      116
  Brightsphere Investment Group Inc.   3,762      113
  Curo Group Holdings Corp.   6,543      109
  Cowen Inc. Class A   2,965      105
  First Citizens BancShares Inc. Class A     127      102
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Class C     819      100
  Preferred Bank   1,462      100
  S&P Global Inc.     217       99
  First Bancorp (XNGS)   2,112       94
* Mr Cooper Group Inc.   2,340       92
  Central Pacific Financial Corp.   2,983       80
  Morningstar Inc.     254       79
  QCR Holdings Inc.   1,417       76
  First Financial Bancorp   3,250       75
  Dime Community Bancshares Inc.   2,193       75
  Arthur J Gallagher & Co.     452       74
  Goosehead Insurance Inc. Class A     556       73
  Carlyle Group Inc.   1,270       69
  Kinsale Capital Group Inc.     320       67
  PennyMac Financial Services Inc.     923       58
  MetLife Inc.     964       57
  Hamilton Lane Inc. Class A     529       56
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.     355       56
  HarborOne Bancorp Inc.   3,948       55
  OneMain Holdings Inc.   1,070       53
  US Bancorp     966       53
  Univest Financial Corp.   1,923       53
  Intercontinental Exchange Inc.     378       49
  B Riley Financial Inc.     592       46
  Origin Bancorp Inc.   1,067       45
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Virtus Investment Partners Inc.     134       40
  SLM Corp.   2,074       37
  FirstCash Inc.     435       28
        42,820
Health Care (16.0%)
* Moderna Inc.   7,644    2,694
  HCA Healthcare Inc.   8,128    1,834
  Eli Lilly & Co.   6,083    1,509
* DexCom Inc.   2,554    1,437
  Bruker Corp.   9,817      795
* IDEXX Laboratories Inc.   1,296      788
  Danaher Corp.   2,216      713
* Edwards Lifesciences Corp.   5,659      607
* Shockwave Medical Inc.   3,343      603
* Repligen Corp.   1,960      562
* Inotiv Inc.  10,296      535
* Tenet Healthcare Corp.   6,918      504
* Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.   8,305      465
* OptimizeRx Corp.   6,566      427
* Omnicell Inc.   2,332      413
  Agilent Technologies Inc.   2,481      374
* Align Technology Inc.     590      361
* Intellia Therapeutics Inc.   3,114      358
  Pfizer Inc.   6,612      355
* Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.   3,090      347
* CorVel Corp.   1,753      330
* Apollo Medical Holdings Inc.   3,123      293
*,1 Senseonics Holdings Inc.  92,186      289
  Bio-Techne Corp.     610      288
* Avantor Inc.   7,125      281
* Horizon Therapeutics plc   2,595      269
* Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings     923      263
  ResMed Inc.     992      253
* Joint Corp.   3,111      249
* IQVIA Holdings Inc.     947      245
* Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc.   7,846      245
* Avid Bioservices Inc.   7,912      242
* Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Inc.   2,955      242
* Prothena Corp. plc   4,681      235
* Charles River Laboratories International Inc.     637      233
*,1 Cassava Sciences Inc.   4,347      232
* Dynavax Technologies Corp.  14,305      231
* Anavex Life Sciences Corp.  11,870      230
* Gritstone bio Inc.  17,331      229
  Anthem Inc.     556      226
* Atossa Therapeutics Inc.  97,060      220
* Innoviva Inc.  12,681      212
* Celldex Therapeutics Inc.   5,489      209
* Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.  10,361      199
* BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc.  16,360      197
* Intuitive Surgical Inc.     606      197
* Ocugen Inc.  30,814      195
* AngioDynamics Inc.   7,168      185
* Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.   3,141      176
* Surgery Partners Inc.   3,944      175
* IVERIC bio Inc.  11,868      173
  West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.     384      170
* Morphic Holding Inc.   3,536      169
  Owens & Minor Inc.   4,115      165
* Varex Imaging Corp.   5,721      163
 
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* EyePoint Pharmaceuticals Inc.  10,249      162
* Arvinas Inc.   1,950      147
* Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.     785      144
*,1 Cortexyme Inc.  10,990      143
* PAVmed Inc.  38,559      141
* Cytokinetics Inc.   3,541      139
* Novavax Inc.     665      139
* Fulgent Genetics Inc.   1,491      139
* Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Inc.  23,288      139
* Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc.   9,533      138
* Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc.   1,557      137
* Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.  29,980      137
* Lantheus Holdings Inc.   4,987      134
* STAAR Surgical Co.   1,397      133
* Asensus Surgical Inc.  97,419      131
  Select Medical Holdings Corp.   4,675      126
* Veeva Systems Inc. Class A     440      124
* Evolent Health Inc. Class A   4,625      120
*,1 Greenwich Lifesciences Inc.   3,745      118
* Curis Inc.  23,703      116
* ViewRay Inc.  22,597      116
* DaVita Inc.   1,221      115
*,1 Citius Pharmaceuticals Inc.  67,528      114
* Inspire Medical Systems Inc.     506      113
* Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc.   2,780      113
* VistaGen Therapeutics Inc.  58,490      113
* Natera Inc.   1,165      107
* Beam Therapeutics Inc.   1,322      105
* Catalent Inc.     810      104
* Alkermes plc   4,624      101
* MannKind Corp.  21,693      100
* Aclaris Therapeutics Inc.   7,632       98
* Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.     734       94
* Community Health Systems Inc.   7,759       93
* Insulet Corp.     323       93
* Fate Therapeutics Inc.   1,658       91
* Inhibrx Inc.   2,199       89
  LeMaitre Vascular Inc.   1,861       87
* Heska Corp.     521       84
* Ideaya Biosciences Inc.   3,714       82
* Myriad Genetics Inc.   3,116       81
* Pacific Biosciences of California Inc.   3,450       80
* Alector Inc.   3,610       75
* Masimo Corp.     266       74
* Twist Bioscience Corp.     772       74
* Brookdale Senior Living Inc.  12,205       71
* Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc.  24,604       66
* Kodiak Sciences Inc.     695       64
* AtriCure Inc.     998       63
* R1 RCM Inc.   2,602       62
* RadNet Inc.   2,275       61
* Affimed NV   8,913       61
* MEDNAX Inc.   2,329       57
* Medpace Holdings Inc.     270       56
* Outlook Therapeutics Inc.  37,327       56
* Castle Biosciences Inc.   1,298       54
* SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc.     727       52
* Meridian Bioscience Inc.   2,545       51
* Penumbra Inc.     204       50
* United Therapeutics Corp.     266       50
  Zoetis Inc.     225       50
* ImmunoGen Inc.   7,737       48
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* Rubius Therapeutics Inc.   3,708       46
* Veracyte Inc.   1,112       46
* Novocure Ltd.     489       46
*,1 Retractable Technologies Inc.   5,156       45
  STERIS plc     199       43
* HealthStream Inc.   1,796       42
* Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc.   1,492       41
* TG Therapeutics Inc.   2,650       40
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.      63       40
* Option Care Health Inc.   1,565       40
  Abbott Laboratories     299       38
* Quanterix Corp.     962       38
* LHC Group Inc.     327       37
* Verastem Inc.  13,868       37
* Ampio Pharmaceuticals Inc.  31,519       36
* Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc.   3,223       36
* Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc.  15,558       35
* Cutera Inc.     879       31
* Vericel Corp.     811       30
* ClearPoint Neuro Inc.   2,176       30
* Seelos Therapeutics Inc.  16,831       29
        30,472
Industrials (14.1%)
  Johnson Controls International plc  33,706    2,520
  Capital One Financial Corp.  11,918    1,675
  Carrier Global Corp.  18,163      983
  Deere & Co.   2,619      905
  Eaton Corp. plc   4,462      723
  Automatic Data Processing Inc.   3,113      719
* Square Inc. Class A   3,161      659
  American Express Co.   4,123      628
  General Electric Co.   5,344      508
* Waters Corp.   1,484      487
  Eagle Materials Inc.   3,024      466
  Equifax Inc.   1,658      462
* Generac Holdings Inc.   1,057      445
* Cross Country Healthcare Inc.  16,571      433
* PayPal Holdings Inc.   2,256      417
  Zurn Water Solutions Corp.  11,855      415
  Northrop Grumman Corp.   1,128      393
* Veritiv Corp.   2,997      378
* AMN Healthcare Services Inc.   3,303      377
* Bill.Com Holdings Inc.   1,339      376
* Aspen Aerogels Inc.   6,279      359
* Chart Industries Inc.   2,003      350
  United Parcel Service Inc. Class B   1,722      342
  nVent Electric plc   9,127      318
  General Dynamics Corp.   1,678      317
* WESCO International Inc.   2,557      317
  Pentair plc   4,242      313
  Sealed Air Corp.   4,928      306
  Watts Water Technologies Inc. Class A   1,619      306
* Atkore Inc.   2,817      300
* Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc.   6,315      295
  Robert Half International Inc.   2,646      294
* Trex Co. Inc.   2,131      283
  CRA International Inc.   3,030      279
  Acuity Brands Inc.   1,312      264
  Quanta Services Inc.   2,227      253
  Synchrony Financial   5,602      251
  Herc Holdings Inc.   1,404      239
* Safe Bulkers Inc.  65,656      238
 
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  Accenture plc Class A     659      236
  Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.  14,794      228
* Ranpak Holdings Corp. Class A   5,613      222
  Norfolk Southern Corp.     828      220
* MYR Group Inc.   1,959      217
  Shyft Group Inc.   4,309      209
  EnPro Industries Inc.   1,978      202
* BlueLinx Holdings Inc.   2,534      179
  Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.   4,428      177
  Korn Ferry   2,392      174
  Regal Rexnord Corp.   1,084      171
* TopBuild Corp.     622      168
* Atlanticus Holdings Corp.   2,679      159
  Helios Technologies Inc.   1,577      158
  Costamare Inc.  12,930      155
  Valmont Industries Inc.     638      152
  Carlisle Cos. Inc.     662      149
  Kforce Inc.   1,944      149
  Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.   1,354      136
* Saia Inc.     410      136
* ExlService Holdings Inc.   1,039      135
* Keysight Technologies Inc.     694      135
  Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.     375      133
  Textron Inc.   1,831      130
  Kadant Inc.     479      112
  ArcBest Corp.   1,074      111
  Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.   2,516      109
  Trane Technologies plc     585      109
* NV5 Global Inc.     822      108
  Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.     846      105
* Middleby Corp.     591      103
* Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.   3,137      102
* Builders FirstSource Inc.   1,450      101
  Greenbrier Cos. Inc.   2,493      100
  Maxar Technologies Inc.   3,610       99
* CryoPort Inc.   1,475       98
* Axon Enterprise Inc.     562       95
  AGCO Corp.     751       83
* Paylocity Holding Corp.     317       80
* Cornerstone Building Brands Inc.   4,859       76
* Energy Recovery Inc.   3,545       75
  Ryder System Inc.     877       73
* XPO Logistics Inc.     992       72
* API Group Corp.   3,078       72
* Masonite International Corp.     655       70
* MasTec Inc.     764       70
  Cintas Corp.     162       68
  Mastercard Inc. Class A     214       67
  Pitney Bowes Inc.   9,481       65
  Installed Building Products Inc.     488       63
* Triumph Group Inc.   3,400       57
  Brunswick Corp.     597       56
  MKS Instruments Inc.     359       55
* TrueBlue Inc.   2,130       55
* Construction Partners Inc. Class A   1,466       51
  EMCOR Group Inc.     428       51
* Resideo Technologies Inc.   1,918       50
  Franklin Electric Co. Inc.     535       47
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* Montrose Environmental Group Inc.     642       47
* Titan Machinery Inc.   1,346       45
* Mohawk Industries Inc.     262       44
  Patrick Industries Inc.     558       44
  Exponent Inc.     353       41
* Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A      70       41
* Titan International Inc.   5,223       36
* Teekay Corp.  10,401       35
  Cognex Corp.     429       33
* Commercial Vehicle Group Inc.   3,666       31
* GreenBox POS   5,490       29
        26,857
Real Estate (0.7%)
* Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.   2,528      594
  Newmark Group Inc. Class A  13,001      209
* Radius Global Infrastructure Inc. Class A (XNMS)   8,491      140
  eXp World Holdings Inc.   2,495       92
* Redfin Corp.   2,073       84
* Zillow Group Inc. Class C   1,287       70
* CoStar Group Inc.     736       57
* Realogy Holdings Corp.   3,022       46
* CBRE Group Inc. Class A     400       38
         1,330
Technology (13.1%)
  Oracle Corp.  20,146    1,828
  NVIDIA Corp.   4,728    1,545
* Alphabet Inc. Class C     468    1,333
  Microsoft Corp.   3,682    1,217
  Intuit Inc.   1,844    1,203
  Apple Inc.   6,181    1,022
* Alphabet Inc. Class A     312      885
  Applied Materials Inc.   4,819      709
* Synaptics Inc.   2,371      669
* Fortinet Inc.   1,943      645
* Atlassian Corp. plc Class A   1,712      644
* Cloudflare Inc. Class A   2,907      547
* Gartner Inc.   1,687      527
* Crowdstrike Holdings Inc. Class A   2,211      480
* Asana Inc. Class A   4,315      449
* HubSpot Inc.     535      432
* Perficient Inc.   2,959      405
* Advanced Micro Devices Inc.   2,434      385
* Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A  17,993      372
* EPAM Systems Inc.     581      354
* Rapid7 Inc.   2,715      337
* Teradata Corp.   7,692      334
  Lam Research Corp.     463      315
* Palo Alto Networks Inc.     566      310
* Workiva Inc. Class A   2,218      309
  Entegris Inc.   2,074      303
* Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc.   6,861      269
* Arrow Electronics Inc.   2,081      253
* MicroStrategy Inc. Class A     348      251
* Ziff Davis Inc.   2,167      247
* Zscaler Inc.     705      245
* MongoDB Inc. Class A     484      241
* Rimini Street Inc.  34,798      230
  NortonLifeLock Inc.   9,132      227
* Identiv Inc.   8,554      197
* Digital Turbine Inc.   3,548      188
 
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* DocuSign Inc. Class A     751      185
* Dropbox Inc. Class A   6,969      171
* Datadog Inc. Class A     910      162
* SPS Commerce Inc.   1,108      156
  Teradyne Inc.   1,014      155
* Cadence Design Systems Inc.     870      154
* Ultra Clean Holdings Inc.   2,733      150
* Sitime Corp.     495      148
* Veritone Inc.   5,538      142
* MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. Class H   1,915      138
  KLA Corp.     334      136
* Globant SA     496      131
* Twitter Inc.   2,885      127
* Lattice Semiconductor Corp.   1,629      124
* 3D Systems Corp.   5,450      124
* Avid Technology Inc.   3,824      123
* Mimecast Ltd.   1,514      123
* DXC Technology Co.   4,054      122
  Monolithic Power Systems Inc.     197      109
* Box Inc. Class A   4,559      107
* FormFactor Inc.   2,473      104
  Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A   3,978      102
* IAC/InterActiveCorp.     754      101
* Paycom Software Inc.     226       99
* Atomera Inc.   4,064       98
* Coupa Software Inc.     482       95
  Shutterstock Inc.     827       94
* Sprout Social Inc. Class A     829       93
  Broadcom Inc.     154       85
* Okta Inc.     393       85
* RingCentral Inc. Class A     393       85
  Bentley Systems Inc. Class B   1,738       83
  NetApp Inc.     913       81
* Upwork Inc.   2,046       76
* Domo Inc. Class B   1,034       75
* Manhattan Associates Inc.     476       74
* Ambarella Inc.     386       69
* Qorvo Inc.     446       65
* TechTarget Inc.     674       65
* SecureWorks Corp. Class A   3,472       62
* Avaya Holdings Corp.   3,013       59
* II-VI Inc.     911       57
* Synopsys Inc.     158       54
  Skyworks Solutions Inc.     349       53
* Cerence Inc.     669       50
* Novanta Inc.     298       48
  KBR Inc.   1,052       46
* Unisys Corp.   2,526       46
* Agilysys Inc.     984       43
* CEVA Inc.     935       41
  TD SYNNEX Corp.     355       37
* Magnite Inc.   1,920       34
* LivePerson Inc.     790       30
* Everbridge Inc.     259       29
        25,012
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Telecommunications (1.6%)
  Cisco Systems Inc.   7,506      412
  Motorola Solutions Inc.   1,286      326
* WideOpenWest Inc.  13,361      248
* Calix Inc.   3,583      240
* Arista Networks Inc.   1,899      236
* Charter Communications Inc. Class A     351      227
* IDT Corp. Class B   3,963      215
* Anterix Inc.   3,523      212
* Extreme Networks Inc.  11,912      161
* Globalstar Inc. 104,932      146
* T-Mobile US Inc.   1,223      133
* Gogo Inc.   8,866      114
* Clearfield Inc.   1,328       86
  Ubiquiti Inc.     249       74
* Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.   9,242       69
* Aviat Networks Inc.   1,721       54
  Cable One Inc.      27       48
* Infinera Corp.   5,709       46
* Roku Inc.     137       31
         3,078
Utilities (0.5%)
  Waste Management Inc.   5,264      846
* Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.   1,097       49
           895
Total Common Stocks (Cost $158,132) 189,975
Temporary Cash Investments (1.0%)
Money Market Fund (1.0%)
2,3 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 0.077% (Cost $1,908)  19,077         1,908
Total Investments (100.5%) (Cost $160,040) 191,883
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.5%) (967)
Net Assets (100%) 190,916
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $1,042,000.
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 $1,151,000 was received for securities on loan.
 
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2021 3 685 12
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2021 4 91 4
        16
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of November 30, 2021
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $158,132) 189,975
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $1,908) 1,908
Total Investments in Securities 191,883
Investment in Vanguard 6
Cash 156
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 46
Receivables for Accrued Income 167
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 3,303
Total Assets 195,561
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 3,469
Collateral for Securities on Loan 1,151
Payables to Vanguard 11
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 14
Total Liabilities 4,645
Net Assets 190,916
At November 30, 2021, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 163,272
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 27,644
Net Assets 190,916
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,445,000 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
190,916
Net Asset Value Per Share $132.12
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Year Ended
November 30, 2021
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 1,282
Interest1
Securities Lending—Net 29
Total Income 1,311
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 85
Management and Administrative 21
Marketing and Distribution 3
Custodian Fees 13
Auditing Fees 31
Shareholders’ Reports 5
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Total Expenses 158
Net Investment Income 1,153
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1,2 (49)
Futures Contracts 96
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 47
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 16,403
Futures Contracts
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 16,403
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 17,603
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were less than $1,000, less than $1,000, and less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
2 Includes $2,683,000 of net gain (loss) resulting from in-kind redemptions.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
($000)
2020
($000)
     
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 1,153 278
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 47 4,610
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 16,403 10,414
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 17,603 15,302
Distributions    
Total Distributions (717) (299)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 124,004 25,852
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (8,454) (14,317)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 115,550 11,535
Total Increase (Decrease) 132,436 26,538
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 58,480 31,942
End of Period 190,916 58,480
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Year Ended November 30, February 13,
20181 to
November 30,
2018
2021 2020 2019  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $106.33 $85.18 $76.73 $75.00
Investment Operations        
Net Investment Income2 1.227 .552 .985 .538
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 25.325 21.279 8.336 1.489
Total from Investment Operations 26.552 21.831 9.321 2.027
Distributions        
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.762) (.681) (.871) (.297)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.762) (.681) (.871) (.297)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $132.12 $106.33 $85.18 $76.73
Total Return 25.01% 25.91% 12.25% 2.67%
Ratios/Supplemental Data        
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $191 $58 $32 $33
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 0.13%3
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 0.95% 0.62% 1.24% 0.83%3
Portfolio Turnover Rate 103%4 115%4 118% 53%
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Annualized.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; they can be purchased and sold through a broker. 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.
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 securities 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 year ended November 30, 2021, 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. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for 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 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. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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 Facilities 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 and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes, subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed 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 either 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, except that borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. 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.
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 and 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 November 30, 2021, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $6,000, representing less than 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.
C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
At November 30, 2021, 100% of the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives was determined based on Level 1 inputs.
D. Permanent differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of net assets are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. As of period end, permanent differences primarily attributable to the accounting for in-kind redemptions and passive foreign investment companies were reclassified between the following accounts:
  Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 2,683
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (2,683)
Temporary differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) arise when certain items of income, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The differences are primarily related to the deferral of losses from wash sales; the recognition of
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unrealized gains or losses from certain derivative contracts; and the recognition of unrealized gains from passive foreign investment companies. As of period end, the tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) are detailed in the table as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Undistributed Ordinary Income 523
Undistributed Long-Term Gains
Capital Loss Carryforwards (4,512)
Qualified Late-Year Losses
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) 31,633
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Amount
($000)
2020
Amount
($000)
Ordinary Income* 717 299
Long-Term Capital Gains
Total 717 299
* Includes short-term capital gains, if any.
As of November 30, 2021, 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 160,251
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 37,044
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (5,411)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 31,633
E. During the year ended November 30, 2021, the fund purchased $248,422,000 of investment securities and sold $132,757,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $0 and $8,433,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
The fund purchased securities from and sold securities to other Vanguard funds or accounts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates, in accordance with procedures adopted by the board of trustees in compliance with Rule 17a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. For the year ended November 30, 2021, such purchases were $25,000 and sales were $0, resulting in net realized gain (loss) of $0; these amounts, other than temporary cash investments, are included in the purchases and sales of investment securities noted above.
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F. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
    
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Shares
(000)
2020
Shares
(000)
     
Issued 960 325
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (65) (150)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 895 175
At November 30, 2021, one shareholder was a record or beneficial owner of 27% of the fund’s net assets. If this shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.
G. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2021, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Performance Summary
All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.
Cumulative Performance: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
Initial Investment of $10,000
    Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
 
    One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
Final Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 U.S. Multifactor ETF Net Asset Value 31.43% 10.51% $14,612
  U.S. Multifactor ETF Market Price 31.32 10.52 14,616
 Russell 3000 Index 26.34 17.17 18,243
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
Cumulative Returns of ETF Shares: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
  One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
U.S. Multifactor ETF Market Price 31.32% 46.16%
U.S. Multifactor ETF Net Asset Value 31.43 46.12
Russell 3000 Index 26.34 82.43
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
For the ETF Shares, the market price is determined by the midpoint of the bid-offer spread as of the closing time of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time). The net asset value is also determined as of the NYSE closing time. For more information about how the ETF Shares' market prices have compared with their net asset value, visit vanguard.com, select your ETF, and then select the Price and Performance tab. The ETF premium/discount analysis there shows the percentages of days on which the ETF Shares' market price was above or below the NAV.
See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.
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Fund Allocation
As of November 30, 2021
Basic Materials 4.2%
Consumer Discretionary 19.0
Consumer Staples 5.9
Energy 9.1
Financials 24.6
Health Care 10.6
Industrials 16.0
Real Estate 0.1
Technology 9.2
Telecommunications 1.3
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided an ICB classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) is owned by FTSE. FTSE does not accept any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising out of any error or omission in the ICB.
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Financial Statements
Schedule of Investments
As of November 30, 2021
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (99.5%)
Basic Materials (4.1%)
  Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 21,106      783
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.  2,590      385
  Olin Corp.  6,556      356
  UFP Industries Inc.  3,831      319
  Boise Cascade Co.  4,406      286
  Southern Copper Corp.  4,184      245
  Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. Class A  4,055      195
  Nucor Corp.  1,746      186
  Celanese Corp. Class A  1,190      180
  AdvanSix Inc.  3,926      178
  Verso Corp. Class A  8,134      172
  Steel Dynamics Inc.  2,825      169
  CF Industries Holdings Inc.  2,358      143
  Timken Co.  1,840      121
  International Paper Co.  2,467      112
  Dow Inc.  1,986      109
  Materion Corp.    917       78
  Commercial Metals Co.  2,443       75
  Stepan Co.    631       71
  US Steel Corp.  3,156       71
  Fastenal Co.  1,076       64
  Tredegar Corp.  5,775       63
  LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A    644       56
  Cabot Corp.    908       48
  Olympic Steel Inc.  2,219       45
  Valvoline Inc.  1,053       36
  Worthington Industries Inc.    551       26
         4,572
Consumer Discretionary (19.0%)
  Target Corp.  4,519    1,102
  Ford Motor Co. 34,054      653
  Lowe's Cos. Inc.  2,599      636
  Bath & Body Works Inc.  7,803      586
  eBay Inc.  8,591      580
* AutoNation Inc.  4,199      520
  Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.  4,418      519
  Dillard's Inc. Class A  1,888      517
  Williams-Sonoma Inc.  1,980      386
  Fox Corp. Class A 10,641      380
  H&R Block Inc. 15,743      373
  Macy's Inc. 12,935      369
  Hibbett Inc.  4,349      339
  Omnicom Group Inc.  4,964      334
  Movado Group Inc.  7,137      320
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($000)
  Signet Jewelers Ltd.  3,262      317
  Scholastic Corp.  8,407      316
* Etsy Inc.  1,115      306
  Travel + Leisure Co.  6,043      297
* Citi Trends Inc.  3,210      272
  International Game Technology plc  9,667      261
  Whirlpool Corp.  1,106      241
  Rent-A-Center Inc.  5,390      238
  Lennar Corp. Class A  2,193      230
* Crocs Inc.  1,398      229
* Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A  6,195      223
* Deckers Outdoor Corp.    536      217
* Liquidity Services Inc.  9,521      216
* Lululemon Athletica Inc.    453      206
* MarineMax Inc.  3,796      202
  Group 1 Automotive Inc.  1,011      197
  Buckle Inc.  4,154      195
  Hanesbrands Inc. 12,094      195
* BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.  2,904      192
  Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.  5,662      188
* Turtle Beach Corp.  6,663      179
  Lithia Motors Inc. Class A    601      175
  Nexstar Media Group Inc. Class A  1,147      171
  Qurate Retail Inc. Series A 21,007      168
  Gentex Corp.  4,851      167
  PVH Corp.  1,504      161
* Helen of Troy Ltd.    655      158
* Sleep Number Corp.  1,903      152
  Shoe Carnival Inc.  3,830      150
  PulteGroup Inc.  2,974      149
  Lear Corp.    884      148
* O'Reilly Automotive Inc.    232      148
* Gentherm Inc.  1,622      137
  Century Communities Inc.  1,914      136
* NVR Inc.     26      136
  Sonic Automotive Inc. Class A  2,970      133
  Garmin Ltd.    985      132
* Conn's Inc.  5,895      129
* XPEL Inc.  1,784      128
  Costco Wholesale Corp.    233      126
* Malibu Boats Inc. Class A  1,801      125
  Best Buy Co. Inc.  1,111      119
  Tapestry Inc.  2,962      119
  Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A  1,139      118
* Zumiez Inc.  2,583      118
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* ODP Corp.  3,138      118
* GoPro Inc. Class A 11,609      116
  Laureate Education Inc. Class A 11,399      114
* RH    191      111
* Central Garden & Pet Co. Class A  2,518      109
* Master Craft Boat Holdings Inc.  3,978      109
  Kontoor Brands Inc.  2,010      108
* Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.    652      108
  HNI Corp.  2,684      106
  News Corp. Class B  4,900      106
* 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. Class A  3,576      106
  Penske Automotive Group Inc.  1,051      105
  Tractor Supply Co.    463      104
  Activision Blizzard Inc.  1,751      103
  Dana Inc.  4,754      102
  Acushnet Holdings Corp.  1,854      101
* Vera Bradley Inc. 10,671      101
  Rush Enterprises Inc. Class A  1,894       97
* Asbury Automotive Group Inc.    579       95
  Foot Locker Inc.  2,076       95
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. Class A    285       95
* Clean Energy Fuels Corp. 13,136       94
  Polaris Inc.    815       91
  LKQ Corp.  1,603       90
* YETI Holdings Inc.    976       90
  Matthews International Corp. Class A  2,448       85
  Walmart Inc.    587       83
  Entravision Communications Corp. Class A 11,020       82
* Beazer Homes USA Inc.  4,105       81
* Duluth Holdings Inc. Class B  5,843       81
  Haverty Furniture Cos. Inc.  2,706       81
* Meritage Homes Corp.    721       81
  Toll Brothers Inc.  1,263       80
  Newell Brands Inc.  3,678       79
  Advance Auto Parts Inc.    342       75
  Kohl's Corp.  1,427       73
  Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.  3,207       72
  Rocky Brands Inc.  1,992       71
  John Wiley & Sons Inc. Class A  1,309       68
  TEGNA Inc.  3,329       66
* Perdoceo Education Corp.  6,651       66
* Cars.com Inc.  3,878       65
* Boot Barn Holdings Inc.    511       63
* Callaway Golf Co.  2,252       61
* Copart Inc.    420       61
* Tri Pointe Homes Inc.  2,423       61
* Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.  2,975       60
  News Corp. Class A  2,752       59
  Oxford Industries Inc.    609       58
* General Motors Co.    976       56
* Skyline Champion Corp.    702       55
* Universal Electronics Inc.  1,446       52
* PROG Holdings Inc.  1,109       50
  Murphy USA Inc.    257       45
  Genuine Parts Co.    342       44
* American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.  4,580       41
  La-Z-Boy Inc.  1,113       37
* Revolve Group Inc.    480       37
  Global Industrial Co.    912       37
* Lands' End Inc.  1,495       34
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($000)
  Tilly's Inc. Class A  2,291       34
  Steven Madden Ltd.    575       27
  Gap Inc.  1,554       26
* iRobot Corp.    320       24
* AMC Networks Inc. Class A    595       23
* Lazydays Holdings Inc.  1,055       21
  ViacomCBS Inc. Class A    556       19
  Aaron's Co. Inc.    869       19
        20,901
Consumer Staples (5.8%)
  Philip Morris International Inc. 16,157    1,388
  Tyson Foods Inc. Class A  8,771      693
  Kroger Co. 15,632      649
  CVS Health Corp.  6,334      564
  Ingles Markets Inc. Class A  7,227      555
  SpartanNash Co. 12,479      299
  Weis Markets Inc.  4,195      264
  Altria Group Inc.  5,435      232
  McKesson Corp.    892      193
  Albertsons Cos. Inc. Class A  5,384      189
* Monster Beverage Corp.  2,054      172
  Flowers Foods Inc.  5,529      143
* Darling Ingredients Inc.  2,099      142
  AmerisourceBergen Corp. Class A  1,105      128
  Kraft Heinz Co.  3,664      123
* PLBY Group Inc.  2,667      102
* BellRing Brands Inc. Class A  4,579       99
  Lancaster Colony Corp.    642       94
  Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.    163       93
* Hain Celestial Group Inc.  2,112       83
  Edgewell Personal Care Co.  1,688       72
  Casey's General Stores Inc.    360       70
* USANA Health Sciences Inc.    542       54
  John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc.    603       50
         6,451
Energy (9.1%)
  EOG Resources Inc. 13,665    1,189
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 18,940    1,133
  ConocoPhillips  9,826      689
  Civitas Resources Inc.  9,553      488
  Cheniere Energy Inc.  4,626      485
  Marathon Oil Corp. 27,230      422
  Northern Oil and Gas Inc. 17,999      367
  Schlumberger NV 11,284      324
* Centrus Energy Corp. Class A  5,178      287
  PDC Energy Inc.  5,008      253
* CONSOL Energy Inc. 10,749      236
  Oasis Petroleum Inc.  1,902      228
* W&T Offshore Inc. 64,381      221
  Continental Resources Inc.  4,908      218
* Range Resources Corp. 10,941      214
* Southwestern Energy Co. 47,625      213
* ChampionX Corp.  9,702      198
  Targa Resources Corp.  3,751      194
  Antero Midstream Corp. 19,230      187
  SunCoke Energy Inc. 29,470      179
  Occidental Petroleum Corp.  5,895      175
  Ovintiv Inc. (XNYS)  5,020      174
* Comstock Resources Inc. 21,045      170
* Antero Resources Corp.  9,326      164
  Coterra Energy Inc.  7,791      156
  Chevron Corp.  1,134      128
  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Class A  6,656      126
* Renewable Energy Group Inc.  2,470      118
 
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($000)
  Berry Corp. 12,988      106
  Marathon Petroleum Corp.  1,504       91
  California Resources Corp.  2,340       91
* Earthstone Energy Inc. Class A  8,291       85
  Diamondback Energy Inc.    700       75
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.    395       70
  Valero Energy Corp.  1,017       68
* Talos Energy Inc.  6,598       66
  Murphy Oil Corp.  2,457       65
* National Energy Services Reunited Corp.  6,144       61
* FTS International Inc. Class A  2,247       59
* Contango Oil & Gas Co. 14,926       52
* Bristow Group Inc.  1,584       47
  Equitrans Midstream Corp.  4,218       41
  Arch Resources Inc.    369       29
  Hess Corp.    330       25
  Texas Pacific Land Corp.     18       22
         9,989
Financials (24.5%)
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.  9,938    1,579
  Bank of America Corp. 28,260    1,257
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  2,526      962
  US Bancorp 17,181      951
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B  3,425      948
  MetLife Inc. 15,062      884
  Allstate Corp.  7,628      829
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 13,478      739
  T Rowe Price Group Inc.  3,581      716
  Aon plc Class A (XNYS)  2,013      595
  Wells Fargo & Co. 12,283      587
  Affiliated Managers Group Inc.  2,817      479
  First Commonwealth Financial Corp. 30,905      465
  First BanCorp. (XNYS) 31,527      419
  Ameriprise Financial Inc.  1,387      402
  Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 10,602      398
  Popular Inc.  5,101      397
  HomeStreet Inc.  7,523      371
  Comerica Inc.  4,216      348
  Associated Banc-Corp. 14,988      328
  Eagle Bancorp Inc.  5,343      301
  HarborOne Bancorp Inc. 21,630      300
  Virtus Investment Partners Inc.  1,009      300
  BOK Financial Corp.  2,821      291
  B Riley Financial Inc.  3,742      290
* Enstar Group Ltd.  1,296      289
  FNB Corp. 24,427      285
  HCI Group Inc.  2,540      280
  S&P Global Inc.    614      280
  Simmons First National Corp. Class A  9,399      274
  Old Republic International Corp. 10,842      260
  Hilltop Holdings Inc.  7,624      259
* Mr Cooper Group Inc.  6,557      258
  Aflac Inc.  4,766      258
  Washington Federal Inc.  7,901      257
  SLM Corp. 14,326      255
  Stifel Financial Corp.  3,576      254
  First Citizens BancShares Inc. Class A    311      250
  Hanmi Financial Corp. 10,882      245
* Credit Acceptance Corp.    387      242
  Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.  6,431      237
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Value

($000)
  CNO Financial Group Inc. 10,181      231
  Western Alliance Bancorp  2,051      225
  Hope Bancorp Inc. 15,335      220
  Moody's Corp.    558      218
  Fidelity National Financial Inc.  4,008      196
  First Financial Bancorp  8,275      190
  Northfield Bancorp Inc. 11,032      186
  WSFS Financial Corp.  3,567      177
  Nelnet Inc. Class A  1,950      168
  Primerica Inc.  1,110      163
  Evercore Inc. Class A  1,154      160
  Lazard Ltd. Class A  3,736      159
  Zions Bancorp NA  2,504      158
  Kearny Financial Corp. 12,292      156
  Voya Financial Inc.  2,513      156
  Citigroup Inc.  2,370      151
  Janus Henderson Group plc  3,416      146
  Provident Financial Services Inc.  5,822      137
  First American Financial Corp.  1,776      132
  Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.  1,976      131
  Stewart Information Services Corp.  1,831      130
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Class C  1,055      128
  City Holding Co.  1,568      123
  Home BancShares Inc.  5,106      122
  UMB Financial Corp.  1,198      121
  Preferred Bank  1,721      117
* SVB Financial Group    166      115
  1st Source Corp.  2,470      114
  Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. Class A  2,255      111
  ServisFirst Bancshares Inc.  1,385      111
  OceanFirst Financial Corp.  5,156      106
  Park National Corp.    810      105
  Peoples Bancorp Inc.  3,323      103
  Raymond James Financial Inc.  1,020      100
  Equitable Holdings Inc.  3,160       99
  Ameris Bancorp  1,954       95
  Safety Insurance Group Inc.  1,232       95
  TriCo Bancshares  2,243       95
  Employers Holdings Inc.  2,386       92
  First Bancorp (XNGS)  2,048       91
  First Interstate BancSystem Inc. Class A  2,225       91
  QCR Holdings Inc.  1,686       91
  Commerce Bancshares Inc.  1,233       86
  Northwest Bancshares Inc.  6,454       86
  Morgan Stanley    862       82
* Columbia Financial Inc.  4,460       81
  Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.  1,731       81
  Cathay General Bancorp  1,874       79
  OFG Bancorp  3,238       78
  Origin Bancorp Inc.  1,851       78
  BankUnited Inc.  1,953       77
  Byline Bancorp Inc.  2,937       76
  Cohen & Steers Inc.    805       72
  Blackstone Inc.    510       72
  Washington Trust Bancorp Inc.  1,326       71
  PacWest Bancorp  1,545       69
  Central Pacific Financial Corp.  2,541       68
  Banner Corp.  1,109       64
  Fulton Financial Corp.  3,927       62
  Franklin Resources Inc.  1,822       59
  NBT Bancorp Inc.  1,641       59
 
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($000)
  State Street Corp.    593       53
  KeyCorp  2,076       47
  WesBanco Inc.  1,411       46
  Walker & Dunlop Inc.    306       43
  Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Class A    881       39
  Citizens Financial Group Inc.    816       39
  First Financial Corp.    842       37
  TrustCo Bank Corp. NY  1,041       34
  Hanover Insurance Group Inc.    247       30
  Morningstar Inc.     93       29
  Lakeland Financial Corp.    319       23
  Assured Guaranty Ltd.    446       22
  Towne Bank    699       21
        26,997
Health Care (10.6%)
  Pfizer Inc. 25,688    1,380
* Moderna Inc.  3,696    1,303
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 15,506    1,069
  HCA Healthcare Inc.  3,354      757
  Anthem Inc.  1,815      737
* Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.    881      561
  AbbVie Inc.  4,483      517
* Align Technology Inc.    822      503
  Eli Lilly & Co.  2,030      503
  Johnson & Johnson  2,471      385
  Quest Diagnostics Inc.  1,921      286
  UnitedHealth Group Inc.    621      276
* Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings    958      273
  West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.    613      271
* Medpace Holdings Inc.  1,157      240
* Tenet Healthcare Corp.  3,042      222
* United Therapeutics Corp.  1,137      215
  PerkinElmer Inc.  1,061      193
* Community Health Systems Inc. 13,231      159
* Molina Healthcare Inc.    528      151
* AngioDynamics Inc.  5,236      135
* Masimo Corp.    479      133
  ResMed Inc.    511      130
* Corcept Therapeutics Inc.  5,998      126
* Quidel Corp.    819      121
* Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. 16,308      114
* Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.  6,574      106
  Patterson Cos. Inc.  3,258      103
  Agilent Technologies Inc.    643       97
* DaVita Inc.  1,023       97
* ModivCare Inc.    681       93
* Innoviva Inc.  5,016       84
  Bruker Corp.    931       75
* Computer Programs and Systems Inc.  2,391       70
* Edwards Lifesciences Corp.    581       62
* Meridian Bioscience Inc.  1,928       38
* Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.  7,082       30
* CorVel Corp.    120       23
*,1 Retractable Technologies Inc.  2,372       21
        11,659
Industrials (15.9%)
  Northrop Grumman Corp.  2,228      777
  American Express Co.  3,745      570
  Johnson Controls International plc  7,560      565
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.    946      336
* TopBuild Corp.  1,110      299
  General Dynamics Corp.  1,536      290
  Eaton Corp. plc  1,771      287
  Accenture plc Class A    784      280
  Kforce Inc.  3,625      278
  3M Co.  1,597      272
  Acuity Brands Inc.  1,348      271
* Saia Inc.    815      270
* Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A    450      265
  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.  4,044      264
  Regal Rexnord Corp.  1,622      256
  Insteel Industries Inc.  5,737      242
  Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc.  2,070      239
* Generac Holdings Inc.    543      229
* Trex Co. Inc.  1,712      227
  Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.  2,161      217
  Encore Wire Corp.  1,528      215
  Matson Inc.  2,638      215
  Crown Holdings Inc.  1,977      209
  Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.  4,789      207
  Ryder System Inc.  2,497      207
  AGCO Corp.  1,864      205
* United Rentals Inc.    588      199
  Eagle Materials Inc.  1,250      193
  L3Harris Technologies Inc.    918      192
  Werner Enterprises Inc.  4,189      189
  Brunswick Corp.  1,913      180
  EMCOR Group Inc.  1,481      177
  Dover Corp.  1,065      174
  Snap-on Inc.    830      171
  Emerson Electric Co.  1,930      170
  Illinois Tool Works Inc.    729      169
* AMN Healthcare Services Inc.  1,476      168
  Cummins Inc.    787      165
* Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.  4,907      160
* CoreCivic Inc. 14,475      156
* Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. 10,521      155
  ITT Inc.  1,641      155
* TriNet Group Inc.  1,536      154
  CSW Industrials Inc.  1,256      151
  Watts Water Technologies Inc. Class A    789      149
* MYR Group Inc.  1,291      143
  Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.    787      140
  Pentair plc  1,874      138
  ArcBest Corp.  1,308      135
* Hub Group Inc. Class A  1,734      135
  ManpowerGroup Inc.  1,487      133
* Keysight Technologies Inc.    679      132
  Quanta Services Inc.  1,116      127
* Titan Machinery Inc.  3,755      125
  Owens Corning  1,403      119
* Teekay Corp. 35,729      119
  Shyft Group Inc.  2,427      118
* API Group Corp.  5,075      118
  Quanex Building Products Corp.  5,478      117
  Automatic Data Processing Inc.    495      114
* FTI Consulting Inc.    772      113
  Westrock Co.  2,602      113
 
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Value

($000)
  Franklin Electric Co. Inc.  1,262      111
  Landstar System Inc.    634      107
  Oshkosh Corp.    985      106
  JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.    552      105
  Myers Industries Inc.  5,331      104
  Argan Inc.  2,585      102
* Safe Bulkers Inc. 28,156      102
  Robert Half International Inc.    909      101
* Construction Partners Inc. Class A  2,884      100
* Berry Global Group Inc.  1,433       99
* Cross Country Healthcare Inc.  3,790       99
  Kadant Inc.    421       99
* Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.  1,117       98
  Deere & Co.    281       97
  Hubbell Inc. Class B    497       97
  Resources Connection Inc.  5,652       97
* TrueBlue Inc.  3,684       96
  CRA International Inc.  1,012       93
  WW Grainger Inc.    191       92
  DHT Holdings Inc. 16,347       91
  Crane Co.    937       90
  Triton International Ltd.  1,587       89
  Federal Signal Corp.  2,002       85
* Modine Manufacturing Co.  7,899       82
  Costamare Inc.  6,680       80
  Badger Meter Inc.    746       76
* Sterling Construction Co. Inc.  2,947       76
  Zurn Water Solutions Corp.  2,149       75
  Ennis Inc.  3,816       73
  Watsco Inc.    241       71
  United Parcel Service Inc. Class B    348       69
  EVERTEC Inc.  1,604       67
* Mohawk Industries Inc.    399       67
  Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.  4,354       67
* Masonite International Corp.    616       66
* Covenant Logistics Group Inc. Class A  2,579       65
* Atkore Inc.    559       60
  REV Group Inc.  3,804       60
  SFL Corp. Ltd.  7,183       60
  MSA Safety Inc.    415       59
* Beacon Roofing Supply Inc.  1,136       57
  Columbus McKinnon Corp.  1,264       56
  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.    948       54
* Gibraltar Industries Inc.    778       53
* MasTec Inc.    551       51
  Apogee Enterprises Inc.  1,181       49
  Caterpillar Inc.    256       49
* WESCO International Inc.    391       49
  Standex International Corp.    461       47
  Greenbrier Cos. Inc.  1,146       46
  Primoris Services Corp.  2,005       45
  ABM Industries Inc.    976       44
  Barrett Business Services Inc.    587       41
* XPO Logistics Inc.    560       41
* Vectrus Inc.    919       38
  Comfort Systems USA Inc.    387       37
  Exponent Inc.    314       37
* Vicor Corp.    227       33
  Packaging Corp. of America    214       28
  SPX FLOW Inc.    337       28
  Sealed Air Corp.    446       28
  ADT Inc.  3,257       27
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Hillenbrand Inc.    582       26
* Blue Bird Corp.  1,222       25
  Maximus Inc.    291       22
        17,502
Real Estate (0.1%)
* CBRE Group Inc. Class A    683       65
* Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.    176       42
           107
Technology (9.1%)
* Alphabet Inc. Class C    308      878
  International Business Machines Corp.  7,211      844
  Applied Materials Inc.  3,739      550
  KLA Corp.  1,191      486
  NVIDIA Corp.  1,172      383
* Synaptics Inc.  1,324      374
* Alphabet Inc. Class A    130      369
  Apple Inc.  1,872      309
* Diodes Inc.  2,622      279
  Oracle Corp.  2,989      271
  Teradyne Inc.  1,716      262
  Jabil Inc.  4,461      261
  NortonLifeLock Inc.  9,507      236
  Texas Instruments Inc.  1,029      198
* Dropbox Inc. Class A  7,993      197
* Arrow Electronics Inc.  1,594      194
  Microsoft Corp.    584      193
  Shutterstock Inc.  1,645      188
* Lattice Semiconductor Corp.  2,449      186
* Dell Technologies Inc. Class C  3,084      174
* Meta Platforms Inc. Class A    520      169
  Intel Corp.  3,377      166
* TechTarget Inc.  1,709      165
* Ziff Davis Inc.  1,395      159
  NetApp Inc.  1,769      157
* Avid Technology Inc.  4,830      155
  Amdocs Ltd.  2,035      142
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A  1,716      134
* Qorvo Inc.    917      134
  Skyworks Solutions Inc.    749      114
  Vishay Intertechnology Inc.  5,573      114
* Perficient Inc.    827      113
* Gartner Inc.    358      112
* FormFactor Inc.  2,541      107
* Fortinet Inc.    304      101
  TD SYNNEX Corp.    912       94
  HP Inc.  2,564       90
* Photronics Inc.  6,808       90
* ePlus Inc.    831       88
  VMware Inc. Class A    732       85
* Rimini Street Inc. 12,213       81
* F5 Inc.    342       78
* Fabrinet    672       74
* Mitek Systems Inc.  3,936       67
* Sanmina Corp.  1,804       66
* Plexus Corp.    624       52
* Onto Innovation Inc.    386       36
* EMCORE Corp.  4,596       34
* IAC/InterActiveCorp.    258       34
* Cadence Design Systems Inc.    173       31
* NCR Corp.    782       30
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.  1,999       29
* Consensus Cloud Solutions Inc.    464       29
  Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A  1,033       26
 
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  CDW Corp.    130       25
* Manhattan Associates Inc.    154       24
  Amkor Technology Inc.  1,007       22
* Kyndryl Holdings Inc.  1,243       20
        10,079
Telecommunications (1.3%)
  Cisco Systems Inc. 11,361      623
  Lumen Technologies Inc. 33,188      410
* WideOpenWest Inc. 11,384      212
* Calix Inc.  1,733      116
* Charter Communications Inc. Class A    112       72
* NETGEAR Inc.  1,433       38
         1,471
Total Common Stocks (Cost $85,446) 109,728
Temporary Cash Investments (0.3%)
Money Market Fund (0.3%)
2,3 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 0.077% (Cost $341)  3,414         342
Total Investments (99.8%) (Cost $85,787) 110,070
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.2%) 210
Net Assets (100%) 110,280
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $19,000.
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 $22,000 was received for securities on loan.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2021 22 502 3
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of November 30, 2021
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $85,446) 109,728
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $341) 342
Total Investments in Securities 110,070
Investment in Vanguard 4
Cash 3
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 28
Receivables for Accrued Income 217
Total Assets 110,322
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 2
Collateral for Securities on Loan 22
Payables to Vanguard 9
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 9
Total Liabilities 42
Net Assets 110,280
At November 30, 2021, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 101,377
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 8,903
Net Assets 110,280
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,065,000 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
110,280
Net Asset Value Per Share $103.55
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Year Ended
November 30, 2021
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 1,516
Interest2
Securities Lending—Net 6
Total Income 1,522
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 32
Management and Administrative 87
Marketing and Distribution
Custodian Fees 4
Auditing Fees 31
Shareholders’ Reports 4
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Total Expenses 158
Net Investment Income 1,364
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2,3 2,994
Futures Contracts 74
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 3,068
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 15,647
Futures Contracts (2)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 15,645
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 20,077
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $2,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were less than $1,000, $0, and $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
3 Includes $444,000 of net gain (loss) resulting from in-kind redemptions.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
($000)
2020
($000)
     
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 1,364 1,134
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 3,068 (10,370)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 15,645 1,583
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 20,077 (7,653)
Distributions    
Total Distributions (1,170) (1,209)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 31,503 12,089
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (2,076) (30,826)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 29,427 (18,737)
Total Increase (Decrease) 48,334 (27,599)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 61,946 89,545
End of Period 110,280 61,946
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Year Ended November 30, February 13,
20181 to
November 30,
2018
2021 2020 2019  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $79.93 $79.60 $76.07 $75.00
Investment Operations        
Net Investment Income2 1.534 1.191 1.340 1.007
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 23.442 .372 3.458 .543
Total from Investment Operations 24.976 1.563 4.798 1.550
Distributions        
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.356) (1.233) (1.268) (.480)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (1.356) (1.233) (1.268) (.480)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $103.55 $79.93 $79.60 $76.07
Total Return 31.43% 2.35% 6.46% 2.03%
Ratios/Supplemental Data        
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $110 $62 $90 $76
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.18% 0.19%3 0.19%3 0.18%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.56% 1.66% 1.79% 1.59%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 75%5 95%5 98% 64%
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.18%.
4 Annualized.
5 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; they can be purchased and sold through a broker. 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.
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 securities 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 year ended November 30, 2021, 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 income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for 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 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. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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 Facilities 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 and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes, subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed 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 either 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, except that borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. 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.
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 and 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 November 30, 2021, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $4,000, representing less than 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.
C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
At November 30, 2021, 100% of the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives was determined based on Level 1 inputs.
D. Permanent differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of net assets are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. As of period end, permanent differences primarily attributable to the accounting for in-kind redemptions were reclassified between the following accounts:
  Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 444
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (444)
Temporary differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) arise when certain items of income, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The differences are primarily related to the deferral of losses from wash sales;
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the recognition of unrealized gains or losses from certain derivative contracts; and the classification of securities for tax purposes. As of period end, the tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) are detailed in the table as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Undistributed Ordinary Income 446
Undistributed Long-Term Gains
Capital Loss Carryforwards (15,829)
Qualified Late-Year Losses
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) 24,286
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Amount
($000)
2020
Amount
($000)
Ordinary Income* 1,170 1,209
Long-Term Capital Gains
Total 1,170 1,209
* Includes short-term capital gains, if any.
As of November 30, 2021, 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 85,784
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 26,179
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (1,893)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 24,286
E. During the year ended November 30, 2021, the fund purchased $96,088,000 of investment securities and sold $66,646,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $0 and $2,076,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
F. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
    
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Shares
(000)
2020
Shares
(000)
     
Issued 315 150
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (25) (500)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 290 (350)
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G. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2021, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Performance Summary
All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.
Cumulative Performance: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
Initial Investment of $10,000
    Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
 
    One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
Final Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 U.S. Quality Factor ETF Net Asset Value 30.42% 15.20% $17,105
  U.S. Quality Factor ETF Market Price 30.46 15.22 17,117
 Russell 3000 Index 26.34 17.17 18,243
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
Cumulative Returns of ETF Shares: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
  One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
U.S. Quality Factor ETF Market Price 30.46% 71.17%
U.S. Quality Factor ETF Net Asset Value 30.42 71.05
Russell 3000 Index 26.34 82.43
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
For the ETF Shares, the market price is determined by the midpoint of the bid-offer spread as of the closing time of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time). The net asset value is also determined as of the NYSE closing time. For more information about how the ETF Shares' market prices have compared with their net asset value, visit vanguard.com, select your ETF, and then select the Price and Performance tab. The ETF premium/discount analysis there shows the percentages of days on which the ETF Shares' market price was above or below the NAV.
See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.
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Fund Allocation
As of November 30, 2021
Basic Materials 2.7%
Consumer Discretionary 22.2
Consumer Staples 4.5
Energy 2.3
Financials 16.4
Health Care 14.0
Industrials 17.4
Real Estate 0.4
Technology 19.0
Telecommunications 1.0
Utilities 0.1
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided an ICB classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) is owned by FTSE. FTSE does not accept any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising out of any error or omission in the ICB.
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Financial Statements
Schedule of Investments
As of November 30, 2021
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (99.6%)
Basic Materials (2.7%)
  Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 27,896    1,034
  Fastenal Co.  7,780      460
  Alcoa Corp.  4,968      231
  Tredegar Corp. 20,445      225
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.  1,315      195
  Southern Copper Corp.  3,154      185
  Boise Cascade Co.  2,352      152
* Clearwater Paper Corp.  3,633      146
  CF Industries Holdings Inc.  2,228      135
  UFP Industries Inc.  1,449      121
  Balchem Corp.    693      110
  Avery Dennison Corp.    466       96
  Mueller Industries Inc.  1,218       67
  Ryerson Holding Corp.  2,844       67
  Verso Corp. Class A  3,057       65
* Orion Engineered Carbons SA  3,706       65
  Compass Minerals International Inc.  1,057       51
  Materion Corp.    575       49
  Commercial Metals Co.  1,505       47
  Innospec Inc.    583       47
  Steel Dynamics Inc.    773       46
  Sensient Technologies Corp.    453       44
* Univar Solutions Inc.  1,437       37
  Ecolab Inc.    136       30
  Olin Corp.    550       30
  Worthington Industries Inc.    618       30
  Cabot Corp.    541       28
* GCP Applied Technologies Inc.  1,110       26
* TimkenSteel Corp.  1,822       26
* RBC Bearings Inc.    126       25
         3,870
Consumer Discretionary (22.1%)
  Walmart Inc.  9,802    1,378
  Costco Wholesale Corp.  2,542    1,371
* Lululemon Athletica Inc.  2,959    1,345
  Lowe's Cos. Inc.  5,105    1,249
  Target Corp.  4,837    1,179
  TJX Cos. Inc. 14,259      990
  NIKE Inc. Class B  5,799      981
  Ross Stores Inc.  8,853      966
* O'Reilly Automotive Inc.  1,464      934
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. Class A  1,792      595
  Genuine Parts Co.  3,511      448
  Best Buy Co. Inc.  3,781      404
  Williams-Sonoma Inc.  1,991      388
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* YETI Holdings Inc.  4,099      378
* Ulta Beauty Inc.    980      376
  Rollins Inc. 10,063      335
  Movado Group Inc.  7,377      331
* Perdoceo Education Corp. 32,878      324
* Deckers Outdoor Corp.    790      320
* Under Armour Inc. Class A 13,078      309
  New York Times Co. Class A  6,405      304
  Buckle Inc.  6,245      294
  Columbia Sportswear Co.  2,828      276
  Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.  2,345      276
  Acushnet Holdings Corp.  4,852      264
* Amazon.com Inc.     72      252
* Turtle Beach Corp.  9,341      250
* Citi Trends Inc.  2,853      242
  HNI Corp.  6,015      238
  Signet Jewelers Ltd.  2,398      233
  Macy's Inc.  8,154      232
  Polaris Inc.  2,073      232
  Carter's Inc.  2,223      225
  Ralph Lauren Corp. Class A  1,936      225
* Burlington Stores Inc.    765      224
* Kirkland's Inc. 10,370      224
  Dillard's Inc. Class A    810      222
* PROG Holdings Inc.  4,900      221
* Zumiez Inc.  4,801      220
* Genesco Inc.  3,414      216
  Group 1 Automotive Inc.  1,091      212
* AutoNation Inc.  1,695      210
* Etsy Inc.    721      198
  Gentex Corp.  5,630      194
  Shoe Carnival Inc.  4,936      193
  Advance Auto Parts Inc.    856      189
  Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.  8,301      187
  Hanesbrands Inc. 11,128      180
* Sonos Inc.  5,703      180
* BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.  2,697      178
  Kontoor Brands Inc.  3,285      177
* MarineMax Inc.  3,312      176
* iRobot Corp.  2,300      175
* GoPro Inc. Class A 17,356      174
* Liquidity Services Inc.  7,668      174
* Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.  9,361      172
* Revolve Group Inc.  2,238      170
1 Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.  6,998      166
* Cars.com Inc.  9,840      164
* Duluth Holdings Inc. Class B 11,712      162
* NVR Inc.     31      162
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Kohl's Corp.  3,120      160
  La-Z-Boy Inc.  4,588      153
  Pool Corp.    277      153
* Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc.  9,923      152
  Tempur Sealy International Inc.  3,506      150
* National Vision Holdings Inc.  3,104      149
* Under Armour Inc. Class C  7,401      149
* Children's Place Inc.  1,708      148
  Scholastic Corp.  3,941      148
* Lovesac Co.  2,288      145
  Tapestry Inc.  3,602      145
  American Eagle Outfitters Inc.  5,557      144
* Master Craft Boat Holdings Inc.  4,895      134
* Crocs Inc.    802      132
* XPEL Inc.  1,840      132
  Oxford Industries Inc.  1,364      130
* Skyline Champion Corp.  1,633      128
  Standard Motor Products Inc.  2,539      127
  Tractor Supply Co.    561      126
  Caleres Inc.  5,202      123
* Lands' End Inc.  5,259      121
* Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A  3,296      119
  Aaron's Co. Inc.  5,380      119
  Gap Inc.  7,121      118
* Gentherm Inc.  1,396      118
  Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A  1,134      118
  Garmin Ltd.    885      118
* Container Store Group Inc.  9,547      111
  Entravision Communications Corp. Class A 14,934      111
* Nordstrom Inc.  5,204      110
  Tilly's Inc. Class A  7,318      110
  Hibbett Inc.  1,385      108
* ODP Corp.  2,863      108
  LKQ Corp.  1,887      105
* Helen of Troy Ltd.    432      104
* Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.    624      103
  Qurate Retail Inc. Series A 12,711      102
* Cavco Industries Inc.    325       97
* Sally Beauty Holdings Inc.  4,885       96
* Vera Bradley Inc. 10,077       96
  H&R Block Inc.  4,013       95
  Wolverine World Wide Inc.  3,055       95
* Lazydays Holdings Inc.  4,637       94
* Universal Electronics Inc.  2,581       93
  Global Industrial Co.  2,287       92
* Conn's Inc.  4,009       88
* Mattel Inc.  4,006       85
  Rush Enterprises Inc. Class A  1,624       83
* Gannett Co. Inc. 16,190       83
* Fossil Group Inc.  6,790       81
* Party City Holdco Inc. 14,195       78
  World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Class A  1,574       78
  Sonic Automotive Inc. Class A  1,708       77
* Dorman Products Inc.    684       76
  Whirlpool Corp.    344       75
  eBay Inc.  1,099       74
* Visteon Corp.    703       74
  Rent-A-Center Inc.  1,661       73
* Noodles & Co. Class A  6,816       70
* Asbury Automotive Group Inc.    423       69
  Inter Parfums Inc.    775       68
* Copart Inc.    463       67
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Bloomin' Brands Inc.  3,743       66
* Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.  4,242       66
  News Corp. Class A  3,071       66
* elf Beauty Inc.  2,168       65
* Malibu Boats Inc. Class A    921       64
  Matthews International Corp. Class A  1,807       63
* Academy Sports & Outdoors Inc.  1,421       63
* Skechers USA Inc. Class A  1,350       61
  Steven Madden Ltd.  1,262       60
* Adtalem Global Education Inc.  1,972       59
* American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.  6,604       59
  Omnicom Group Inc.    879       59
* SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc.    246       59
  Haverty Furniture Cos. Inc.  1,935       58
* 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. Class A  1,732       52
  John Wiley & Sons Inc. Class A  1,003       52
  Guess? Inc.  2,240       51
  OneWater Marine Inc. Class A    975       50
  MillerKnoll Inc.  1,245       47
  Murphy USA Inc.    263       46
  PVH Corp.    402       43
* Tenneco Inc. Class A  3,944       41
* Dollar Tree Inc.    295       39
  International Game Technology plc  1,341       36
  Interface Inc. Class A  2,440       35
* American Public Education Inc.  1,707       32
  Camping World Holdings Inc. Class A    688       30
* Everi Holdings Inc.  1,343       28
* G-III Apparel Group Ltd.    959       28
* Capri Holdings Ltd.    468       28
  PriceSmart Inc.    379       27
  Cato Corp. Class A  1,559       26
  VF Corp.    355       25
* Funko Inc. Class A  1,423       23
  Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.    686       23
* VOXX International Corp. Class A  2,226       23
* CarParts.com Inc.  1,765       22
* Fluent Inc. 10,907       20
* Nautilus Inc.  2,331       16
        31,763
Consumer Staples (4.5%)
  Colgate-Palmolive Co.  9,197      690
  Sysco Corp.  7,720      541
* Monster Beverage Corp.  5,060      424
  Procter & Gamble Co.  2,919      422
* Boston Beer Co. Inc. Class A    716      323
  Flowers Foods Inc. 10,946      283
  PetMed Express Inc. 10,266      281
  Altria Group Inc.  6,276      268
  Clorox Co.  1,617      263
  National Beverage Corp.  4,963      258
  Kroger Co.  6,183      257
  John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc.  2,797      230
  Albertsons Cos. Inc. Class A  5,613      197
  Ingles Markets Inc. Class A  2,388      183
  Medifast Inc.    853      175
  SpartanNash Co.  6,608      158
  Weis Markets Inc.  2,218      140
* United Natural Foods Inc.  2,717      135
* USANA Health Sciences Inc.  1,318      131
 
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  WD-40 Co.    564      127
  J & J Snack Foods Corp.    905      124
  Hershey Co.    627      111
  Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.    176      100
  Tyson Foods Inc. Class A  1,269      100
  AmerisourceBergen Corp. Class A    853       99
  Casey's General Stores Inc.    464       90
* Veru Inc. 10,411       78
  McKesson Corp.    255       55
  Lancaster Colony Corp.    349       51
  MGP Ingredients Inc.    498       39
  Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. Class A    820       36
* Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.  1,119       30
  Brown-Forman Corp. Class A    408       27
* Hain Celestial Group Inc.    661       26
* Rite Aid Corp.  2,114       26
         6,478
Energy (2.2%)
  EOG Resources Inc. 12,534    1,091
* ProPetro Holding Corp. 31,453      259
* Whiting Petroleum Corp.  2,799      181
* Talos Energy Inc. 16,292      162
* Dril-Quip Inc.  7,713      147
* Denbury Inc.  1,806      144
* Enphase Energy Inc.    495      124
  SM Energy Co.  4,287      124
* NOW Inc. 14,283      119
  Coterra Energy Inc.  5,162      104
* FTS International Inc. Class A  3,240       85
  Civitas Resources Inc.  1,548       79
  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Class A  4,108       78
* CONSOL Energy Inc.  3,528       77
  Continental Resources Inc.  1,537       68
* Array Technologies Inc.  3,414       62
  World Fuel Services Corp.  1,715       43
* Kosmos Energy Ltd. 11,340       42
  Cactus Inc. Class A  1,102       40
* RPC Inc.  7,961       32
* DMC Global Inc.    854       31
* MRC Global Inc.  3,959       27
* Renewable Energy Group Inc.    493       24
  Texas Pacific Land Corp.     20       24
* TETRA Technologies Inc.  8,484       22
* Expro Group Holdings NV  1,477       21
         3,210
Financials (16.4%)
  Aon plc Class A (XNYS)  4,531    1,340
  Voya Financial Inc. 11,822      735
  Moody's Corp.  1,757      686
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B  2,313      640
  S&P Global Inc.  1,344      613
  Discover Financial Services  4,060      438
  SLM Corp. 24,595      437
  Ameriprise Financial Inc.  1,419      411
  Allstate Corp.  3,560      387
  Evercore Inc. Class A  2,399      333
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1,995      317
  First BanCorp. (XNYS) 22,513      299
  PennyMac Financial Services Inc.  4,728      299
  HomeStreet Inc.  6,044      298
  Affiliated Managers Group Inc.  1,722      293
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($000)
  Fidelity National Financial Inc.  5,935      290
  BankUnited Inc.  7,186      285
* Enstar Group Ltd.  1,262      282
* Credit Acceptance Corp.    449      281
  Federated Hermes Inc.  8,293      280
  OneMain Holdings Inc.  5,398      269
  BOK Financial Corp.  2,523      260
* World Acceptance Corp.  1,225      252
  Hilltop Holdings Inc.  7,279      248
  OFG Bancorp 10,310      248
  Navient Corp. 12,516      247
  Comerica Inc.  2,978      246
  Meta Financial Group Inc.  3,831      229
  Washington Federal Inc.  6,914      225
  Banner Corp.  3,916      224
  FactSet Research Systems Inc.    478      224
  WSFS Financial Corp.  4,500      224
  Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.  5,852      216
  First Citizens BancShares Inc. Class A    268      215
  Brightsphere Investment Group Inc.  7,162      215
* Encore Capital Group Inc.  3,667      214
  Virtu Financial Inc. Class A  7,555      213
  Regional Management Corp.  3,731      211
  WesBanco Inc.  6,417      209
  SEI Investments Co.  3,368      201
* Bancorp Inc.  6,998      198
  City Holding Co.  2,485      195
* Triumph Bancorp Inc.  1,530      195
  Popular Inc.  2,499      194
  FNB Corp. 16,537      193
  Primerica Inc.  1,302      192
  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.  5,835      190
* Nicolet Bankshares Inc.  2,664      190
  Cathay General Bancorp  4,428      186
* Mr Cooper Group Inc.  4,740      186
  Assured Guaranty Ltd.  3,802      186
  CNO Financial Group Inc.  7,932      180
* PRA Group Inc.  4,155      176
  First American Financial Corp.  2,356      175
  American Financial Group Inc.  1,276      171
  LPL Financial Holdings Inc.  1,043      164
* Axos Financial Inc.  2,883      163
  Curo Group Holdings Corp.  9,792      162
  WisdomTree Investments Inc. 26,361      162
  Jefferies Financial Group Inc.  3,944      148
  QCR Holdings Inc.  2,632      142
  Associated Banc-Corp.  6,344      139
  Lakeland Financial Corp.  1,954      138
  Cboe Global Markets Inc.  1,004      129
  Equitable Holdings Inc.  4,100      129
  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  8,451      127
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.    772      127
  Premier Financial Corp.  4,267      125
  Washington Trust Bancorp Inc.  2,281      123
* Columbia Financial Inc.  6,683      122
  TriCo Bancshares  2,892      122
  1st Source Corp.  2,625      121
  Lazard Ltd. Class A  2,816      120
  First Bancorp (XNGS)  2,659      118
  Veritex Holdings Inc.  2,929      116
  First Financial Bancorp  4,980      115
  Park National Corp.    883      115
 
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  First Merchants Corp.  2,862      114
  Fifth Third Bancorp  2,564      108
  Southside Bancshares Inc.  2,536      103
  Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. Class A  2,073      102
  Employers Holdings Inc.  2,523       97
  Eagle Bancorp Inc.  1,650       93
  T Rowe Price Group Inc.    465       93
  Ally Financial Inc.  1,926       88
  Walker & Dunlop Inc.    620       87
  First Hawaiian Inc.  3,259       86
  FirstCash Inc.  1,333       85
  Hope Bancorp Inc.  5,762       83
  Kearny Financial Corp.  6,501       83
  State Street Corp.    902       80
  First Financial Corp.  1,806       79
  PJT Partners Inc. Class A  1,027       78
  B Riley Financial Inc.    980       76
  Synovus Financial Corp.  1,686       76
  Cadence Bank  2,590       76
  First Interstate BancSystem Inc. Class A  1,821       74
  First Foundation Inc.  2,818       72
  Janus Henderson Group plc  1,662       71
* Customers Bancorp Inc.  1,217       70
  Wells Fargo & Co.  1,468       70
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Class C    564       69
  Houlihan Lokey Inc. Class A    596       65
  Northfield Bancorp Inc.  3,852       65
  UMB Financial Corp.    650       65
  Cohen & Steers Inc.    714       64
  Hanmi Financial Corp.  2,862       64
  Ameris Bancorp  1,287       63
* Markel Corp.     51       61
  Heritage Financial Corp.  2,538       59
  Simmons First National Corp. Class A  2,023       59
  Tompkins Financial Corp.    739       58
* Brighthouse Financial Inc.  1,179       57
  Commerce Bancshares Inc.    819       57
* SVB Financial Group     83       57
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp.    961       53
  Northern Trust Corp.    455       53
  Wintrust Financial Corp.    605       53
  Zions Bancorp NA    823       52
  Mercury General Corp.    963       49
  Central Pacific Financial Corp.  1,702       46
  Home BancShares Inc.  1,903       46
  KeyCorp  2,058       46
  Radian Group Inc.  2,227       45
  Diamond Hill Investment Group Inc.    226       43
  HarborOne Bancorp Inc.  3,082       43
  US Bancorp    780       43
  Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Class A    949       42
* Enova International Inc.  1,087       41
  Hanover Insurance Group Inc.    312       38
  Morningstar Inc.    114       35
  BancFirst Corp.    505       32
  Stewart Information Services Corp.    450       32
  United Community Banks Inc.    931       32
  Westamerica BanCorp.    576       31
  Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc.  1,114       30
  Byline Bancorp Inc.  1,145       30
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Brookline Bancorp Inc.  1,860       29
* Focus Financial Partners Inc. Class A    471       29
  OceanFirst Financial Corp.  1,422       29
  Preferred Bank    431       29
  Provident Financial Services Inc.  1,229       29
  Columbia Banking System Inc.    855       28
  Fulton Financial Corp.  1,767       28
  Greenhill & Co. Inc.  1,665       28
  MarketAxess Holdings Inc.     79       28
  Origin Bancorp Inc.    665       28
  Towne Bank    923       28
  Safety Insurance Group Inc.    352       27
  Trustmark Corp.    889       27
  Universal Insurance Holdings Inc.  1,812       27
  Independent Bank Group Inc.    353       25
        23,509
Health Care (14.0%)
* Moderna Inc.  5,839    2,058
* Veeva Systems Inc. Class A  3,870    1,094
  Abbott Laboratories  8,037    1,011
  Johnson & Johnson  6,061      945
* Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.  1,450      923
  Eli Lilly & Co.  3,298      818
  Merck & Co. Inc.  9,506      712
  AbbVie Inc.  5,968      688
* Align Technology Inc.  1,103      674
* Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.  3,594      672
* Edwards Lifesciences Corp.  4,698      504
  Gilead Sciences Inc.  6,913      476
  Cerner Corp.  6,507      458
  Chemed Corp.    869      404
* IDEXX Laboratories Inc.    618      376
  Humana Inc.    881      370
* Seagen Inc.  2,141      343
* Incyte Corp.  4,933      334
  ResMed Inc.  1,212      309
* Molina Healthcare Inc.  1,063      303
* Amedisys Inc.  2,066      288
* ABIOMED Inc.    913      287
  Agilent Technologies Inc.  1,767      267
  Amgen Inc.  1,302      259
  Atrion Corp.    329      234
* Quidel Corp.  1,558      230
* Masimo Corp.    786      219
* ICU Medical Inc.    892      202
  Bruker Corp.  2,468      200
* STAAR Surgical Co.  2,050      195
* CorVel Corp.  1,005      189
* Globus Medical Inc. Class A  2,876      180
* Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. 25,401      178
* BioDelivery Sciences International Inc. 63,228      176
* Natus Medical Inc.  7,596      172
* Fulgent Genetics Inc.  1,689      158
* NextGen Healthcare Inc.  9,871      153
  Owens & Minor Inc.  3,707      148
* Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc.  3,049      145
  West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.    306      135
  Anthem Inc.    324      132
* Medpace Holdings Inc.    626      130
* Merit Medical Systems Inc.  1,981      124
* Orthofix Medical Inc.  4,037      124
 
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* Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.  7,635      124
* Henry Schein Inc.  1,736      123
* Exelixis Inc.  7,067      119
  LeMaitre Vascular Inc.  2,388      112
* Meridian Bioscience Inc.  5,522      110
  Quest Diagnostics Inc.    678      101
* Tivity Health Inc.  4,228      101
* Sage Therapeutics Inc.  2,514       98
* Stereotaxis Inc. 15,881       93
* Hologic Inc.  1,222       91
* Inari Medical Inc.  1,103       91
  Healthcare Services Group Inc.  4,612       81
* Computer Programs and Systems Inc.  2,547       75
* AngioDynamics Inc.  2,547       66
* Corcept Therapeutics Inc.  3,149       66
* ModivCare Inc.    476       65
* Myriad Genetics Inc.  2,418       62
  Patterson Cos. Inc.  1,952       61
* Surmodics Inc.  1,292       57
* Joint Corp.    597       48
*,1 Retractable Technologies Inc.  5,264       46
  Cardinal Health Inc.    823       38
* Ovid therapeutics Inc. 11,234       38
* DaVita Inc.    380       36
* Akebia Therapeutics Inc. 10,727       29
* United Therapeutics Corp.    138       26
* Cutera Inc.    730       25
* Biogen Inc.    103       24
  Phibro Animal Health Corp. Class A  1,151       22
        20,025
Industrials (17.4%)
  American Express Co.  7,441    1,133
  Sherwin-Williams Co.  3,242    1,074
  Accenture plc Class A  2,644      945
  Automatic Data Processing Inc.  3,075      710
  Paychex Inc.  4,754      567
  A O Smith Corp.  6,572      520
  Synchrony Financial 11,361      509
  Jack Henry & Associates Inc.  3,295      500
  Capital One Financial Corp.  2,869      403
  Robert Half International Inc.  3,419      380
  Graco Inc.  5,107      372
  WW Grainger Inc.    747      360
* Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A    595      350
  Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.  2,392      323
  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.  4,620      302
  ManpowerGroup Inc.  3,274      293
  Watsco Inc.    975      285
  Acuity Brands Inc.  1,411      284
* TriNet Group Inc.  2,814      282
* AMN Healthcare Services Inc.  2,477      282
  Heartland Express Inc. 16,130      270
  Kforce Inc.  3,519      270
* Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc.  5,594      261
  Cognex Corp.  3,320      256
* MYR Group Inc.  2,255      250
* Keysight Technologies Inc.  1,252      244
  3M Co.  1,434      244
  Brunswick Corp.  2,584      243
  EMCOR Group Inc.  2,031      242
  Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc.  2,078      240
* Veritiv Corp.  1,905      240
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  Astec Industries Inc.  3,807      239
  Landstar System Inc.  1,395      235
  Illinois Tool Works Inc.  1,002      233
  Badger Meter Inc.  2,015      206
* NV5 Global Inc.  1,559      205
  Snap-on Inc.    991      204
* Saia Inc.    610      202
  JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.  1,041      199
* Napco Security Technologies Inc.  4,121      192
  Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.  4,389      189
  AAON Inc.  2,383      186
* Covenant Logistics Group Inc. Class A  7,203      181
  Emerson Electric Co.  1,992      175
  John Bean Technologies Corp.  1,068      169
  Watts Water Technologies Inc. Class A    868      164
  Western Union Co. 10,286      163
* ASGN Inc.  1,327      161
  Rockwell Automation Inc.    469      158
  Crane Co.  1,611      156
  Pentair plc  2,122      156
  Marten Transport Ltd.  9,638      155
  AGCO Corp.  1,380      152
  Insperity Inc.  1,305      151
  Hillenbrand Inc.  3,371      150
* Mettler-Toledo International Inc.     96      145
* Conduent Inc. 28,545      144
  Ennis Inc.  7,573      144
* Generac Holdings Inc.    342      144
  Expeditors International of Washington Inc.  1,161      141
* Trex Co. Inc.  1,057      140
  CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.  1,465      139
  MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. Class A  1,767      139
  Insteel Industries Inc.  3,229      136
* Franklin Covey Co.  3,007      132
  Cintas Corp.    297      125
  Encore Wire Corp.    886      124
  Schneider National Inc. Class B  4,908      121
  Apogee Enterprises Inc.  2,909      120
  Nordson Corp.    473      120
  Enerpac Tool Group Corp. Class A  5,676      120
  Trane Technologies plc    635      119
  Argan Inc.  2,858      112
  Kadant Inc.    476      112
  Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.    312      111
* TrueBlue Inc.  4,284      111
  CSW Industrials Inc.    901      108
* Builders FirstSource Inc.  1,506      105
  Quanex Building Products Corp.  4,904      105
  Donaldson Co. Inc.  1,840      104
  Quanta Services Inc.    918      104
* GMS Inc.  1,804      101
  Werner Enterprises Inc.  2,226      100
  Exponent Inc.    852       99
* Cross Country Healthcare Inc.  3,748       98
  MKS Instruments Inc.    641       98
  Toro Co.    970       98
* Vicor Corp.    672       96
  H&E Equipment Services Inc.  2,256       95
 
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  Resources Connection Inc.  5,447       94
  Comfort Systems USA Inc.    980       93
  MSA Safety Inc.    629       90
* Dycom Industries Inc.    943       88
* Energy Recovery Inc.  4,094       87
  EVERTEC Inc.  2,071       87
  Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.  2,450       85
  Cummins Inc.    406       85
  ABM Industries Inc.  1,835       83
  Myers Industries Inc.  4,156       81
  Franklin Electric Co. Inc.    903       80
  PPG Industries Inc.    517       80
* TopBuild Corp.    297       80
  Ryder System Inc.    939       78
  Terex Corp.  1,787       76
* Mohawk Industries Inc.    449       75
  Xylem Inc.    623       75
  Dover Corp.    450       74
* OSI Systems Inc.    793       72
  Valmont Industries Inc.    302       72
  Matson Inc.    866       71
  Applied Industrial Technologies Inc.    735       70
* Sterling Construction Co. Inc.  2,660       69
  Pitney Bowes Inc.  9,256       63
* DXP Enterprises Inc.  2,241       62
  Barrett Business Services Inc.    862       61
  CRA International Inc.    645       59
  Allegion plc    477       59
  Hubbell Inc. Class B    295       58
  Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.    454       56
  Shyft Group Inc.  1,162       56
  ICF International Inc.    555       54
* FTI Consulting Inc.    361       53
* FARO Technologies Inc.    760       53
* Waters Corp.    162       53
  ITT Inc.    540       51
  McGrath RentCorp.    648       50
* Modine Manufacturing Co.  4,843       50
* ShotSpotter Inc.  1,400       49
  UniFirst Corp.    257       49
  Albany International Corp. Class A    587       48
* Masonite International Corp.    445       48
* Hub Group Inc. Class A    590       46
  Owens Corning    540       46
  Wabash National Corp.  2,760       46
  AZZ Inc.    849       44
* Construction Partners Inc. Class A  1,252       43
* United Rentals Inc.    126       43
  Brady Corp. Class A    780       39
  Maximus Inc.    521       39
* ExlService Holdings Inc.    294       38
  Regal Rexnord Corp.    243       38
  Flowserve Corp.  1,222       37
  AptarGroup Inc.    297       36
  Deluxe Corp.  1,065       36
  Forward Air Corp.    368       36
  Littelfuse Inc.    122       36
  Packaging Corp. of America    279       36
* Cornerstone Building Brands Inc.  2,164       34
  Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.    193       34
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* Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.  1,095       33
  Mastercard Inc. Class A     97       31
  Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.    295       30
  Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc.    772       30
  Kelly Services Inc. Class A  1,756       30
  Helios Technologies Inc.    275       28
  SPX FLOW Inc.    334       28
  Granite Construction Inc.    692       27
* Daseke Inc.  2,586       25
  Alamo Group Inc.    165       23
* JELD-WEN Holding Inc.    910       22
* O-I Glass Inc.  1,929       21
* BM Technologies Inc. (XASE)    194        2
        24,939
Real Estate (0.3%)
  Simon Property Group Inc.  1,913      293
  Iron Mountain Inc.  1,920       87
  Lamar Advertising Co. Class A    526       58
  Empire State Realty Trust Inc. Class A  3,644       33
  Urban Edge Properties  1,520       26
           497
Technology (18.9%)
* Advanced Micro Devices Inc.  9,894    1,567
* Alphabet Inc. Class C    508    1,447
  Texas Instruments Inc.  6,053    1,164
* Zoom Video Communications Inc. Class A  5,327    1,126
* Cadence Design Systems Inc.  6,105    1,083
  Applied Materials Inc.  7,255    1,068
  KLA Corp.  2,237      913
* Adobe Inc.  1,243      833
  QUALCOMM Inc.  3,898      704
* Synopsys Inc.  1,781      607
  Teradyne Inc.  3,534      540
* Fortinet Inc.  1,436      477
  NetApp Inc.  4,999      444
* Meta Platforms Inc. Class A  1,328      431
  Apple Inc.  2,439      403
  VMware Inc. Class A  3,407      398
* Manhattan Associates Inc.  2,494      389
* Gartner Inc.  1,164      363
  Intuit Inc.    539      352
  NVIDIA Corp.  1,076      352
  Monolithic Power Systems Inc.    603      334
* Cirrus Logic Inc.  4,154      333
* Alphabet Inc. Class A    109      309
* Allegro MicroSystems Inc.  9,887      309
  Intel Corp.  6,138      302
* Teradata Corp.  6,860      298
* Yelp Inc. Class A  8,398      288
* Qualys Inc.  2,161      282
* Anaplan Inc.  5,875      252
* CommVault Systems Inc.  4,009      252
  Skyworks Solutions Inc.  1,575      239
  Lam Research Corp.    348      237
* Atlassian Corp. plc Class A    608      229
  Microsoft Corp.    691      228
* Synaptics Inc.    796      225
  National Instruments Corp.  5,305      220
  Advanced Energy Industries Inc.  2,470      217
* Lattice Semiconductor Corp.  2,858      217
  TE Connectivity Ltd.  1,401      216
 
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  A10 Networks Inc. 13,817      213
* Agilysys Inc.  4,894      213
* Elastic NV  1,362      212
* EPAM Systems Inc.    342      208
  Xperi Holding Corp. 11,475      206
* Digital Turbine Inc.  3,715      197
* ON Semiconductor Corp.  3,138      193
  Shutterstock Inc.  1,621      185
* Appian Corp. Class A  2,427      180
* Onto Innovation Inc.  1,761      166
* TrueCar Inc. 50,227      165
  CTS Corp.  4,532      158
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A  1,980      154
* eGain Corp. 14,434      152
* F5 Inc.    662      151
* Paycom Software Inc.    336      147
* Upwork Inc.  3,737      139
  Universal Display Corp.    897      128
* FormFactor Inc.  2,837      119
  International Business Machines Corp.    997      117
* PDF Solutions Inc.  3,879      116
* Veritone Inc.  4,328      111
* Sprout Social Inc. Class A    984      110
* Yandex NV Class A  1,514      109
  American Software Inc. Class A  4,751      108
* IPG Photonics Corp.    646      106
* TechTarget Inc.  1,101      106
  Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A  4,008      103
* ChannelAdvisor Corp.  4,062      102
  CSG Systems International Inc.  1,904      100
* MaxLinear Inc.  1,456       98
* OneSpan Inc.  5,350       91
* CyberOptics Corp.  2,106       91
* ePlus Inc.    855       90
  Amdocs Ltd.  1,278       89
* Dropbox Inc. Class A  3,570       88
* Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.  1,783       88
* ScanSource Inc.  2,778       87
* Groupon Inc. Class A  4,147       86
* Novanta Inc.    519       84
* Box Inc. Class A  3,537       83
  Dolby Laboratories Inc. Class A    945       79
* SPS Commerce Inc.    556       78
* Cargurus Inc.  2,040       76
* 3D Systems Corp.  3,200       73
* Cohu Inc.  2,116       70
  Jabil Inc.  1,206       70
* Crowdstrike Holdings Inc. Class A    313       68
  CDW Corp.    352       67
* Appfolio Inc. Class A    538       65
* Brightcove Inc.  6,471       62
* Mimecast Ltd.    764       62
* Arrow Electronics Inc.    496       60
  Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc.  1,027       59
  Vishay Intertechnology Inc.  2,831       58
  Power Integrations Inc.    566       57
* Diodes Inc.    522       56
* SecureWorks Corp. Class A  3,180       56
  Concentrix Corp.    331       55
* Avaya Holdings Corp.  2,776       54
  PC Connection Inc.  1,147       50
* Perficient Inc.    367       50
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* Jamf Holding Corp.  1,476       48
  Simulations Plus Inc.    987       46
  Avnet Inc.  1,253       45
  Amkor Technology Inc.  2,050       44
* MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. Class H    609       44
  Brooks Automation Inc.    378       43
* Axcelis Technologies Inc.    675       42
* Blackbaud Inc.    554       42
* SMART Global Holdings Inc.    688       39
* Alarm.com Holdings Inc.    474       38
* Semtech Corp.    447       38
  Hackett Group Inc.  1,711       35
* II-VI Inc.    555       35
  TD SYNNEX Corp.    331       34
* Altair Engineering Inc. Class A    422       31
* Verint Systems Inc.    662       31
* Mitek Systems Inc.  1,640       28
* comScore Inc.  6,966       24
* Nutanix Inc. Class A    727       24
* Pinterest Inc. Class A    490       20
* Kyndryl Holdings Inc.    199        3
        27,156
Telecommunications (1.0%)
  Cisco Systems Inc.  4,920      270
* Calix Inc.  2,581      173
* Clearfield Inc.  2,421      157
* IDT Corp. Class B  2,533      137
  Ubiquiti Inc.    342      102
* Ciena Corp.  1,350       81
* Arista Networks Inc.    644       80
* Digi International Inc.  3,080       66
* Extreme Networks Inc.  4,641       63
* Ooma Inc.  3,259       61
* Cambium Networks Corp.  1,828       50
* NETGEAR Inc.  1,831       49
* Viavi Solutions Inc.  2,655       39
* Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.  4,522       34
  ADTRAN Inc.  1,417       29
* Aviat Networks Inc.    826       26
* CommScope Holding Co. Inc.  2,368       24
         1,441
Utilities (0.1%)
* Clean Harbors Inc.    683       69
Total Common Stocks (Cost $115,997) 142,957
 
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Temporary Cash Investments (0.5%)
Money Market Fund (0.5%)
2,3 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 0.077% (Cost $734)  7,338         734
Total Investments (100.1%) (Cost $116,731) 143,691
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.1%) (109)
Net Assets (100%) 143,582
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $200,000.
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 $222,000 was received for securities on loan.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2021 24 548 (1)
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of November 30, 2021
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $115,997) 142,957
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $734) 734
Total Investments in Securities 143,691
Investment in Vanguard 4
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 35
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 2
Receivables for Accrued Income 146
Total Assets 143,878
Liabilities  
Due to Custodian 56
Collateral for Securities on Loan 222
Payables to Vanguard 8
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 10
Total Liabilities 296
Net Assets 143,582
At November 30, 2021, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 116,576
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 27,006
Net Assets 143,582
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,175,000 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
143,582
Net Asset Value Per Share $122.20
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Year Ended
November 30, 2021
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 1,209
Interest1
Securities Lending—Net 8
Total Income 1,217
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 43
Management and Administrative 39
Marketing and Distribution 1
Custodian Fees 3
Auditing Fees 31
Shareholders’ Reports 2
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Total Expenses 119
Net Investment Income 1,098
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1,2 2,470
Futures Contracts 75
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 2,545
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 14,528
Futures Contracts (7)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 14,521
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 18,164
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were less than $1,000, less than $1,000, and less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
2 Includes $1,239,000 of net gain (loss) resulting from in-kind redemptions.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
($000)
2020
($000)
     
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 1,098 595
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 2,545 (1,375)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 14,521 10,696
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 18,164 9,916
Distributions    
Total Distributions (932) (495)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 74,754 26,166
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (2,908) (2,136)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 71,846 24,030
Total Increase (Decrease) 89,078 33,451
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 54,504 21,053
End of Period 143,582 54,504
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Year Ended November 30, February 13,
20181 to
November 30,
2018
2021 2020 2019  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $94.79 $84.21 $78.58 $75.00
Investment Operations        
Net Investment Income2 1.403 1.291 1.199 .899
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 27.292 10.428 5.559 3.266
Total from Investment Operations 28.695 11.719 6.758 4.165
Distributions        
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.285) (1.139) (1.128) (.585)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (1.285) (1.139) (1.128) (.585)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $122.20 $94.79 $84.21 $78.58
Total Return 30.42% 14.29% 8.75% 5.52%
Ratios/Supplemental Data        
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $144 $55 $21 $18
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 0.13%3,4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.21% 1.59% 1.52% 1.40%3
Portfolio Turnover Rate 56%5 58% 80% 25%
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio of total expenses to average net assets before an expense reduction of 0.04% was 0.17%. The fund incurred higher than anticipated expenses, in which Vanguard voluntarily agreed to assume payment of certain expenses. The fund is not obligated to repay this amount to Vanguard.
5 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; they can be purchased and sold through a broker. 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.
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 securities 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 year ended November 30, 2021, 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. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for 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 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. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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 Facilities 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 and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes, subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed 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 either 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, except that borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. 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.
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 and 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 November 30, 2021, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $4,000, representing less than 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.
C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
At November 30, 2021, 100% of the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives was determined based on Level 1 inputs.
D. Permanent differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of net assets are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. As of period end, permanent differences primarily attributable to the accounting for in-kind redemptions were reclassified between the following accounts:
  Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 1,239
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (1,239)
Temporary differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) arise when certain items of income, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The differences are primarily related to the deferral of losses from wash sales; the recognition of
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unrealized gains or losses from certain derivative contracts; and the classification of securities for tax purposes. As of period end, the tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) are detailed in the table as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Undistributed Ordinary Income 340
Undistributed Long-Term Gains
Capital Loss Carryforwards (281)
Qualified Late-Year Losses
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) 26,947
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Amount
($000)
2020
Amount
($000)
Ordinary Income* 932 495
Long-Term Capital Gains
Total 932 495
* Includes short-term capital gains, if any.
As of November 30, 2021, 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 116,744
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 31,275
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (4,328)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 26,947
E. During the year ended November 30, 2021, the fund purchased $125,609,000 of investment securities and sold $53,889,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $0 and $2,907,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
The fund purchased securities from and sold securities to other Vanguard funds or accounts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates, in accordance with procedures adopted by the board of trustees in compliance with Rule 17a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. For the year ended November 30, 2021, such purchases were $61,000 and sales were $0, resulting in net realized gain (loss) of $0; these amounts, other than temporary cash investments, are included in the purchases and sales of investment securities noted above.
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F. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
    
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Shares
(000)
2020
Shares
(000)
     
Issued 625 350
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (25) (25)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 600 325
At November 30, 2021, one shareholder was a record or beneficial owner of 37% of the fund’s net assets. If this shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.
G. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2021, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Performance Summary
All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.
Cumulative Performance: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
Initial Investment of $10,000
    Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
 
    One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
Final Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 U.S. Value Factor ETF Net Asset Value 37.51% 10.02% $14,367
  U.S. Value Factor ETF Market Price 37.48 10.03 14,371
 Russell 3000 Index 26.34 17.17 18,243
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
Cumulative Returns of ETF Shares: February 13, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
  One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/13/2018)
U.S. Value Factor ETF Market Price 37.48% 43.71%
U.S. Value Factor ETF Net Asset Value 37.51 43.67
Russell 3000 Index 26.34 82.43
“Since Inception” performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
For the ETF Shares, the market price is determined by the midpoint of the bid-offer spread as of the closing time of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time). The net asset value is also determined as of the NYSE closing time. For more information about how the ETF Shares' market prices have compared with their net asset value, visit vanguard.com, select your ETF, and then select the Price and Performance tab. The ETF premium/discount analysis there shows the percentages of days on which the ETF Shares' market price was above or below the NAV.
See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.
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Fund Allocation
As of November 30, 2021
Basic Materials 6.7%
Consumer Discretionary 17.0
Consumer Staples 5.9
Energy 9.5
Financials 22.1
Health Care 10.8
Industrials 15.3
Real Estate 0.4
Technology 7.3
Telecommunications 4.5
Utilities 0.5
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided an ICB classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) is owned by FTSE. FTSE does not accept any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising out of any error or omission in the ICB.
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Financial Statements
Schedule of Investments
As of November 30, 2021
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (99.5%)
Basic Materials (6.6%)
  Dow Inc.  75,330    4,138
  Newmont Corp.  49,247    2,705
  International Paper Co.  42,527    1,936
  Freeport-McMoRan Inc.  51,358    1,904
  LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A  20,613    1,796
  Nucor Corp.  11,235    1,194
  Mosaic Co.  30,827    1,055
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   6,838    1,016
  Steel Dynamics Inc.  13,487      807
  US Steel Corp.  33,820      765
  Westlake Chemical Corp.   7,457      693
* Alto Ingredients Inc. 130,153      678
  UFP Industries Inc.   7,517      626
  AdvanSix Inc.  12,618      571
* Koppers Holdings Inc.  18,217      550
  Glatfelter Corp.  31,618      521
  GrafTech International Ltd.  43,824      511
  Huntsman Corp.  15,614      495
* Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.  23,972      488
  Ashland Global Holdings Inc.   4,458      451
* TimkenSteel Corp.  30,464      436
* Clearwater Paper Corp.  10,284      414
  Chemours Co.  13,714      407
  Tronox Holdings plc Class A  18,100      398
  Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. Class A   7,778      374
  Worthington Industries Inc.   7,485      359
  Commercial Metals Co.  10,598      328
  Olin Corp.   5,498      299
  Boise Cascade Co.   4,587      297
  Eastman Chemical Co.   2,802      292
* Univar Solutions Inc.  11,270      292
* Intrepid Potash Inc.   7,006      288
  CF Industries Holdings Inc.   3,764      228
  Hecla Mining Co.  40,697      225
  Valvoline Inc.   6,447      220
  Trinseo plc   4,277      202
  Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc.   6,452      185
  Element Solutions Inc.   7,931      181
  Timken Co.   2,473      163
  Olympic Steel Inc.   7,848      160
  Verso Corp. Class A   7,529      159
  FutureFuel Corp.  20,961      158
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.  22,109      121
  Cabot Corp.   2,246      118
  Minerals Technologies Inc.   1,803      118
  Celanese Corp. Class A     761      115
  Haynes International Inc.   2,677      107
* Orion Engineered Carbons SA   5,886      103
        29,647
Consumer Discretionary (16.9%)
  Ford Motor Co. 233,234    4,476
* General Motors Co.  56,013    3,241
* Discovery Inc. Class C  70,066    1,591
  Macy's Inc.  49,106    1,399
* AutoZone Inc.     718    1,305
* Taylor Morrison Home Corp. Class A  41,081    1,276
  Penske Automotive Group Inc.  12,480    1,243
* Meritage Homes Corp.  10,518    1,187
  Bath & Body Works Inc.  15,775    1,185
  Whirlpool Corp.   5,252    1,144
  Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.   8,498      999
* SkyWest Inc.  24,835      973
  Toll Brothers Inc.  15,305      971
  Century Communities Inc.  13,421      954
  Kohl's Corp.  18,595      953
  Target Corp.   3,895      950
  Qurate Retail Inc. Series A 114,705      918
  eBay Inc.  13,559      915
  Gray Television Inc.  43,956      906
  Lennar Corp. Class A   8,298      872
  Nexstar Media Group Inc. Class A   5,692      851
  Lithia Motors Inc. Class A   2,901      845
  ViacomCBS Inc. Class B  26,149      809
  PVH Corp.   7,514      802
* Perdoceo Education Corp.  81,474      802
  Lear Corp.   4,763      799
* Cars.com Inc.  47,554      793
  Fox Corp. Class B  23,486      789
* TravelCenters of America Inc.  14,604      763
  AMERCO   1,062      748
* AutoNation Inc.   5,981      741
  Nielsen Holdings plc  38,105      730
* Genesco Inc.  11,012      696
  PulteGroup Inc.  13,652      683
* KAR Auction Services Inc.  45,272      679
  Signet Jewelers Ltd.   6,915      672
  Harley-Davidson Inc.  18,328      671
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Value

($000)
* Tri Pointe Homes Inc.  26,845      670
* Avis Budget Group Inc.   2,337      642
  Walmart Inc.   4,512      634
  Rush Enterprises Inc. Class A  12,360      630
  Omnicom Group Inc.   9,245      622
* Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.  30,517      614
  LKQ Corp.  10,947      612
* Capri Holdings Ltd.   9,932      588
  Strategic Education Inc.  10,874      582
* JetBlue Airways Corp.  42,109      565
  Standard Motor Products Inc.  11,158      558
  Travel + Leisure Co.  11,270      555
  Fox Corp. Class A  14,715      525
* MarineMax Inc.   9,731      518
* Conn's Inc.  22,828      499
* Container Store Group Inc.  42,235      491
  La-Z-Boy Inc.  14,642      489
  Movado Group Inc.  10,681      479
  Thor Industries Inc.   4,330      458
* WW International Inc.  26,867      452
* Dine Brands Global Inc.   6,206      446
  Murphy USA Inc.   2,571      446
  Activision Blizzard Inc.   7,567      443
  TEGNA Inc.  21,667      428
* Adtalem Global Education Inc.  14,387      427
* Tupperware Brands Corp.  27,327      427
* American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.  48,026      425
  EW Scripps Co. Class A  22,815      423
* Fossil Group Inc.  34,911      417
* Lazydays Holdings Inc.  20,321      411
* Grand Canyon Education Inc.   5,602      406
* Mesa Air Group Inc.  57,268      404
* G-III Apparel Group Ltd.  13,604      403
* Tenneco Inc. Class A  38,315      402
* Zumiez Inc.   8,766      401
* Brinker International Inc.  11,421      395
* Discovery Inc. Class A  16,976      395
* Alaska Air Group Inc.   7,897      384
  H&R Block Inc.  16,231      384
  Leggett & Platt Inc.   9,184      371
* Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.  20,053      368
* Adient plc   8,518      362
* Nautilus Inc.  52,667      361
  Laureate Education Inc. Class A  34,968      350
* Dollar Tree Inc.   2,554      342
* Knowles Corp.  15,501      337
  OneWater Marine Inc. Class A   6,430      329
* Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc.  21,289      327
  Group 1 Automotive Inc.   1,635      318
  Hibbett Inc.   4,024      314
  Caleres Inc.  12,955      306
* Entercom Communications Corp. Class A 121,340      300
  Shoe Carnival Inc.   7,565      296
  Lennar Corp. Class B   3,407      292
  Cato Corp. Class A  17,515      288
  Haverty Furniture Cos. Inc.   9,503      284
* Beazer Homes USA Inc.  14,255      280
* ODP Corp.   7,378      279
  Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.   8,338      277
  Hasbro Inc.   2,829      274
1 Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.  11,439      271
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($000)
  Scholastic Corp.   7,179      270
  KB Home   6,702      268
  Newell Brands Inc.  12,485      268
* AMC Networks Inc. Class A   6,895      266
1 Sirius XM Holdings Inc.  42,339      258
  DR Horton Inc.   2,612      255
* Vera Bradley Inc.  25,431      242
  Matthews International Corp. Class A   6,805      236
  Carter's Inc.   2,254      228
* Penn National Gaming Inc.   4,444      228
  Dillard's Inc. Class A     819      224
  Dana Inc.  10,244      220
* Kirkland's Inc.  10,055      217
* Green Brick Partners Inc.   7,838      196
* Asbury Automotive Group Inc.   1,171      192
* Fluent Inc. 101,385      189
  Big Lots Inc.   4,270      185
  Foot Locker Inc.   3,987      182
  Aaron's Co. Inc.   8,158      181
  Rent-A-Center Inc.   4,068      180
* Sleep Number Corp.   2,188      175
* Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Class B  12,555      171
  International Game Technology plc   6,320      171
  HNI Corp.   4,267      169
  ViacomCBS Inc. Class A   4,940      165
  Winnebago Industries Inc.   2,277      164
  Del Taco Restaurants Inc.  21,007      161
* NVR Inc.      30      157
  Interface Inc. Class A  10,924      156
* Stride Inc.   4,509      154
* M/I Homes Inc.   2,719      152
  Tilly's Inc. Class A  10,146      152
* Universal Electronics Inc.   4,180      151
* PROG Holdings Inc.   3,280      148
  Sonic Automotive Inc. Class A   3,275      147
* Boyd Gaming Corp.   2,490      146
  Best Buy Co. Inc.   1,314      140
* Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A   3,860      139
* Funko Inc. Class A   8,199      134
* iHeartMedia Inc. Class A   6,742      132
  Guess? Inc.   5,794      131
* VOXX International Corp. Class A  12,737      131
* Victoria's Secret & Co.   2,348      127
* Central Garden & Pet Co. Class A   2,811      122
  Graham Holdings Co. Class B     207      117
  Tapestry Inc.   2,923      117
  MillerKnoll Inc.   2,998      114
  Buckle Inc.   2,350      111
* Lakeland Industries Inc.   5,778      111
  Carriage Services Inc. Class A   2,014      104
  Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.   4,382       99
  Jack in the Box Inc.   1,177       97
  BorgWarner Inc. (XNYS)   2,099       91
  Advance Auto Parts Inc.     406       90
* 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. Class A   2,921       87
  Gap Inc.   5,177       86
  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.     560       85
* Lands' End Inc.   3,551       82
 
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($000)
  Rocky Brands Inc.   2,234       79
        75,857
Consumer Staples (5.9%)
  CVS Health Corp.  43,106    3,839
  Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B  42,463    1,887
  Kraft Heinz Co.  54,597    1,835
  McKesson Corp.   6,709    1,454
  Philip Morris International Inc.  14,067    1,209
  Tyson Foods Inc. Class A  14,384    1,136
  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.  23,007    1,031
  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.  14,909      928
* Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.  24,571      918
  SpartanNash Co.  38,210      914
  Kroger Co.  21,714      902
  Conagra Brands Inc.  28,023      856
  J M Smucker Co.   5,882      744
  Ingredion Inc.   7,874      733
  ACCO Brands Corp.  87,878      726
  Weis Markets Inc.  10,512      662
  Edgewell Personal Care Co.  15,454      656
  General Mills Inc.  10,370      641
  Ingles Markets Inc. Class A   6,663      512
* United Natural Foods Inc.   9,337      464
  Altria Group Inc.  10,612      453
  Flowers Foods Inc.  16,150      417
  Universal Corp.   8,685      404
* Pilgrim's Pride Corp.  12,980      365
  AmerisourceBergen Corp. Class A   2,989      346
* Darling Ingredients Inc.   4,412      298
  Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. Class A   6,800      298
  Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.  10,229      253
  Corteva Inc.   5,610      252
  Andersons Inc.   7,056      240
  Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.   6,533      222
  Seaboard Corp.      52      202
* US Foods Holding Corp   6,143      193
* Hostess Brands Inc. Class A  10,591      180
* Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.   5,243      139
  Vector Group Ltd.   6,775      105
* Rite Aid Corp.   7,988       98
        26,512
Energy (9.4%)
  ConocoPhillips  37,457    2,627
  Exxon Mobil Corp.  34,079    2,039
  Chevron Corp.  17,806    2,010
  APA Corp.  57,218    1,474
  EOG Resources Inc.  15,368    1,337
  Schlumberger NV  43,616    1,251
  Diamondback Energy Inc.  11,276    1,203
  Kinder Morgan Inc.  77,563    1,199
  Ovintiv Inc. (XNYS)  28,976    1,007
  SM Energy Co.  33,583      974
* CONSOL Energy Inc.  44,072      967
* EQT Corp.  46,842      910
  Marathon Oil Corp.  54,755      848
* Whiting Petroleum Corp.  12,981      840
  Equitrans Midstream Corp.  85,730      825
* Range Resources Corp.  42,037      822
* Antero Resources Corp.  42,342      744
* Comstock Resources Inc.  89,953      728
  HollyFrontier Corp.  22,358      723
  Coterra Energy Inc.  35,757      718
  Devon Energy Corp.  15,573      655
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Civitas Resources Inc.  12,325      630
  Murphy Oil Corp.  23,006      611
* Centennial Resource Development Inc. Class A  92,125      574
  Baker Hughes Co. Class A  24,546      573
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   3,148      561
* Kosmos Energy Ltd. 151,982      556
  PDC Energy Inc.  10,980      554
  Continental Resources Inc.  12,330      547
* Callon Petroleum Co.  10,560      537
  Archrock Inc.  65,261      482
  Northern Oil and Gas Inc.  23,349      476
* Bristow Group Inc.  15,710      467
* Southwestern Energy Co. 103,602      464
  SunCoke Energy Inc.  75,576      460
* CNX Resources Corp.  33,530      457
* Peabody Energy Corp.  45,239      451
* Laredo Petroleum Inc.   7,435      438
  Phillips 66   6,094      422
* National Energy Services Reunited Corp.  42,480      421
* Delek US Holdings Inc.  26,201      411
  Warrior Met Coal Inc.  19,130      411
  Halliburton Co.  18,812      406
* Newpark Resources Inc. 147,286      402
* Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. 129,926      395
  ONEOK Inc.   6,275      375
  Williams Cos. Inc.  13,830      370
  Matador Resources Co.   9,291      365
* Centrus Energy Corp. Class A   6,349      352
  Arch Resources Inc.   4,292      333
  Antero Midstream Corp.  33,987      330
* PBF Energy Inc. Class A  25,100      314
* Nabors Industries Ltd. (XNYS)   3,829      312
  Occidental Petroleum Corp.  10,490      311
  Cheniere Energy Inc.   2,911      305
  Valero Energy Corp.   4,559      305
  World Fuel Services Corp.  11,654      291
  Targa Resources Corp.   5,419      280
  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Class A  13,955      265
  Altus Midstream Co. Class A   4,115      261
* Golar LNG Ltd.  21,029      248
* W&T Offshore Inc.  71,876      247
* Talos Energy Inc.  22,053      220
* Oil States International Inc.  35,489      180
* First Solar Inc.   1,709      177
  Brigham Minerals Inc. Class A   7,754      161
  Berry Corp.  19,687      160
* NOV Inc.  11,815      141
  Arcosa Inc.   2,592      133
* Renewable Energy Group Inc.   2,431      116
* REX American Resources Corp.   1,041       95
        42,254
Financials (22.0%)
  Citigroup Inc.  43,526    2,773
  Truist Financial Corp.  43,271    2,566
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc.   6,681    2,545
  American International Group Inc.  47,226    2,484
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.  13,969    2,219
  Wells Fargo & Co.  43,854    2,095
  MetLife Inc.  35,555    2,086
 
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($000)
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  36,843    2,019
  Chubb Ltd.  11,222    2,014
  Morgan Stanley  20,508    1,945
  Bank of America Corp.  37,659    1,675
  PNC Financial Services Group Inc.   7,049    1,389
  Essent Group Ltd.  31,264    1,300
  US Bancorp  23,368    1,293
  Hope Bancorp Inc.  89,507    1,284
  Regions Financial Corp.  54,960    1,250
  Radian Group Inc.  59,494    1,212
  Allstate Corp.  11,083    1,205
  Citizens Financial Group Inc.  25,382    1,200
  Zions Bancorp NA  18,161    1,146
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B   3,909    1,082
  BlackRock Inc.   1,168    1,057
  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.  21,021    1,044
  Prudential Financial Inc.  10,176    1,041
  FNB Corp.  84,597      986
  Reinsurance Group of America Inc.  10,376      985
  KeyCorp  43,303      972
  MGIC Investment Corp.  61,962      874
  Unum Group  37,595      868
  Heartland Financial USA Inc.  18,241      866
  Travelers Cos. Inc.   5,719      840
  New York Community Bancorp Inc.  69,865      837
  First American Financial Corp.  10,705      794
  Aflac Inc.  14,268      772
* Customers Bancorp Inc.  13,219      762
  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.  21,784      733
  Jefferies Financial Group Inc.  19,463      731
  Popular Inc.   9,107      709
  Everest Re Group Ltd.   2,743      703
* Genworth Financial Inc. Class A 175,524      670
  Principal Financial Group Inc.   9,713      666
  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   4,251      655
  OFG Bancorp  26,356      635
  Fidelity National Financial Inc.  12,968      634
  Globe Life Inc.   7,323      634
  Raymond James Financial Inc.   6,376      627
  CNA Financial Corp.  13,915      579
  Associated Banc-Corp.  26,174      573
  Affiliated Managers Group Inc.   3,266      556
  Voya Financial Inc.   8,881      552
* Mr Cooper Group Inc.  13,975      549
  T Rowe Price Group Inc.   2,625      525
  Valley National Bancorp  39,083      525
  Comerica Inc.   6,333      523
  Universal Insurance Holdings Inc.  34,453      519
  Old National Bancorp  29,215      516
* Encore Capital Group Inc.   8,736      510
  CNO Financial Group Inc.  22,388      507
  Horace Mann Educators Corp.  13,671      507
  PacWest Bancorp  11,097      496
  PennyMac Financial Services Inc.   7,832      496
  Lakeland Bancorp Inc.  27,693      495
  Bank OZK  10,698      478
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  BOK Financial Corp.   4,592      474
* Brighthouse Financial Inc.   9,604      467
* Credit Acceptance Corp.     737      461
  Hanmi Financial Corp.  20,471      460
  Lincoln National Corp.   6,789      450
  Western Alliance Bancorp   4,068      447
* SiriusPoint Ltd.  57,693      444
  Hancock Whitney Corp.   9,266      443
  Navient Corp.  22,340      441
* Arch Capital Group Ltd.  10,932      441
  Nelnet Inc. Class A   5,033      434
  M&T Bank Corp.   2,905      426
  Banner Corp.   7,311      419
  Charles Schwab Corp.   5,419      419
  Ally Financial Inc.   8,765      402
  Stifel Financial Corp.   5,579      396
  State Street Corp.   4,400      391
  Old Republic International Corp.  16,120      386
  First Busey Corp.  14,545      374
* Alleghany Corp.     577      373
  ConnectOne Bancorp Inc.  11,313      368
* MoneyGram International Inc.  61,571      365
  Ameriprise Financial Inc.   1,244      360
  SouthState Corp.   4,554      356
  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.  10,676      347
  SLM Corp.  19,457      346
  Franklin Resources Inc.  10,544      342
* NMI Holdings Inc. Class A  17,457      342
  Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.   5,124      339
* Enstar Group Ltd.   1,473      329
  Heritage Financial Corp.  13,871      325
  Hilltop Holdings Inc.   9,455      322
* Bancorp Inc.  11,200      317
  Invesco Ltd.  14,131      316
  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  20,339      306
  United Bankshares Inc.   8,526      305
  Park National Corp.   2,313      301
  CVB Financial Corp.  15,715      300
  Signature Bank     989      299
  Flushing Financial Corp.  12,605      298
  Equitable Holdings Inc.   9,476      298
  Columbia Banking System Inc.   8,875      292
* GoHealth Inc. Class A  82,407      292
  Stewart Information Services Corp.   4,078      290
  Assurant Inc.   1,903      289
  Eagle Bancorp Inc.   5,113      288
  HarborOne Bancorp Inc.  20,509      285
  Northern Trust Corp.   2,429      281
  UMB Financial Corp.   2,775      279
  Fifth Third Bancorp   6,513      274
  Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.   2,816      269
  Cowen Inc. Class A   7,586      268
  First BanCorp. (XNYS)  20,103      267
  Prosperity Bancshares Inc.   3,690      263
  American Financial Group Inc.   1,955      261
* Enova International Inc.   6,754      257
* PRA Group Inc.   5,960      253
  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   5,346      248
  OneMain Holdings Inc.   4,895      244
 
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  Progressive Corp.   2,620      243
  Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.   1,923      242
  1st Source Corp.   5,238      242
  Southside Bancshares Inc.   5,913      241
  Wintrust Financial Corp.   2,745      240
* StoneX Group Inc.   4,160      234
  Simmons First National Corp. Class A   8,007      233
  Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.   4,940      232
  East West Bancorp Inc.   2,997      231
  First Financial Bancorp  10,038      231
  Synovus Financial Corp.   5,021      227
* Triumph Bancorp Inc.   1,745      222
* Nicolet Bankshares Inc.   3,094      221
  Webster Financial Corp.   4,076      220
  First Bancorp (XNGS)   4,921      219
  Meta Financial Group Inc.   3,490      209
  Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc.   7,673      205
  Independent Bank Group Inc.   2,847      198
  First Horizon Corp.  12,088      195
  S&T Bancorp Inc.   6,461      193
  Washington Trust Bancorp Inc.   3,558      191
  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   3,894      191
  First Merchants Corp.   4,741      189
  Northfield Bancorp Inc.  11,095      187
  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   3,447      187
  Ameris Bancorp   3,811      185
  Central Pacific Financial Corp.   6,629      177
  HomeStreet Inc.   3,559      176
  Fulton Financial Corp.  11,083      175
  Dime Community Bancshares Inc.   5,067      174
  Univest Financial Corp.   6,162      170
  NBT Bancorp Inc.   4,667      169
  Towne Bank   5,493      168
  Banc of California Inc.   8,500      166
  Brookline Bancorp Inc.  10,415      161
  Virtus Investment Partners Inc.     537      160
  OceanFirst Financial Corp.   7,358      152
  Veritex Holdings Inc.   3,842      152
  Walker & Dunlop Inc.   1,080      152
  Discover Financial Services   1,401      151
  Washington Federal Inc.   4,634      151
* World Acceptance Corp.     734      151
  First Hawaiian Inc.   5,639      148
  Safety Insurance Group Inc.   1,914      148
  BGC Partners Inc. Class A  32,668      146
  Mercury General Corp.   2,805      143
  Premier Financial Corp.   4,803      141
  Cathay General Bancorp   3,323      139
  Trustmark Corp.   4,534      139
  WSFS Financial Corp.   2,784      138
  Preferred Bank   2,013      137
  Hanover Insurance Group Inc.   1,117      136
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Class C   1,109      135
  First Interstate BancSystem Inc. Class A   3,255      133
* SVB Financial Group     189      131
  Huntington Bancshares Inc.   8,697      129
  Northwest Bancshares Inc.   9,703      129
  TrustCo Bank Corp. NY   3,939      129
  Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.   3,470      128
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($000)
  Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc.   3,135      121
  TriCo Bancshares   2,832      119
* eHealth Inc.   5,138      113
  Cadence Bank   3,864      113
  Renasant Corp.   3,075      112
  First Foundation Inc.   4,267      108
  Kearny Financial Corp.   8,076      103
* Markel Corp.      83       99
  WesBanco Inc.   3,032       99
  Provident Financial Services Inc.   4,063       96
  Employers Holdings Inc.   2,474       95
  BankUnited Inc.   2,350       93
  Tompkins Financial Corp.   1,186       93
  Federated Hermes Inc.   2,730       92
  Intercontinental Exchange Inc.     696       91
  Heritage Commerce Corp.   8,204       90
  FB Financial Corp.   2,079       89
  National Bank Holdings Corp. Class A   2,095       89
  Selective Insurance Group Inc.   1,181       89
        98,558
Health Care (10.8%)
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  82,405    4,419
  Gilead Sciences Inc.  63,074    4,348
  Cigna Corp.  18,423    3,535
* Centene Corp.  39,655    2,832
  Pfizer Inc.  51,359    2,760
* Moderna Inc.   7,662    2,700
  Anthem Inc.   6,376    2,590
* Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.   3,056    1,945
  Becton Dickinson and Co.   6,913    1,639
  Merck & Co. Inc.  16,851    1,262
  AbbVie Inc.   9,867    1,138
  Cardinal Health Inc.  24,251    1,121
* Biogen Inc.   4,527    1,067
* Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc   8,687    1,041
  HCA Healthcare Inc.   4,522    1,020
* Emergent BioSolutions Inc.  22,853    1,008
  Johnson & Johnson   5,590      872
* Quidel Corp.   4,915      725
* Innoviva Inc.  41,983      702
  Quest Diagnostics Inc.   4,635      689
  Universal Health Services Inc. Class B   5,441      646
* Multiplan Corp. 152,277      615
* Endo International plc 109,031      611
* Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.   9,595      537
  Royalty Pharma plc Class A  13,073      520
  Encompass Health Corp.   8,983      518
  PerkinElmer Inc.   2,824      514
* United Therapeutics Corp.   2,596      492
* Hologic Inc.   5,922      443
* Fulgent Genetics Inc.   4,545      425
* Community Health Systems Inc.  34,580      416
* Tenet Healthcare Corp.   5,572      406
* Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings   1,395      398
* Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc.  48,845      342
  National HealthCare Corp.   5,027      324
  Humana Inc.     757      318
 
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* Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.  16,947      298
* Syneos Health Inc.   2,879      280
  Viatris Inc.  19,078      235
* Computer Programs and Systems Inc.   7,184      212
* Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc.  25,374      205
  UnitedHealth Group Inc.     456      203
* Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc.   4,029      192
* Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.   3,205      180
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.     280      177
* BioDelivery Sciences International Inc.  48,753      136
  Owens & Minor Inc.   3,330      133
* ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc.   3,163      130
  Select Medical Holdings Corp.   4,767      128
* Co-Diagnostics Inc.  12,980      125
* DaVita Inc.   1,314      124
* Ovid therapeutics Inc.  33,745      113
* MEDNAX Inc.   4,576      112
* Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.   3,619      109
* Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.  23,490       98
  Amgen Inc.     446       89
        48,217
Industrials (15.2%)
  FedEx Corp.  19,008    4,379
  Global Payments Inc.  23,174    2,759
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc.  25,115    2,625
  Capital One Financial Corp.  13,206    1,856
  General Dynamics Corp.   9,755    1,843
  Northrop Grumman Corp.   4,329    1,510
  L3Harris Technologies Inc.   7,113    1,487
  Lockheed Martin Corp.   3,911    1,304
  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.  22,200    1,271
* Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.  14,379    1,260
* Fiserv Inc.  11,701    1,129
* Veritiv Corp.   7,993    1,007
  Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.  28,955    1,002
  Westrock Co.  22,081      958
  Alliance Data Systems Corp.  13,768      938
  ManpowerGroup Inc.  10,451      937
  Triton International Ltd.  15,872      888
  Johnson Controls International plc  11,554      864
* Meritor Inc.  33,330      843
* Berry Global Group Inc.  12,180      841
  PACCAR Inc.   9,344      779
  Air Lease Corp. Class A  19,141      777
  ArcBest Corp.   7,302      753
* WESCO International Inc.   6,054      751
  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.  11,217      733
* BlueLinx Holdings Inc.  10,350      730
  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.  36,213      715
  SFL Corp. Ltd.  84,050      701
  Ryder System Inc.   8,367      695
* Tutor Perini Corp.  48,284      621
  Costamare Inc.  51,381      617
* Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.  18,224      595
  Herc Holdings Inc.   3,465      591
  Owens Corning   6,930      588
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Value

($000)
  Acuity Brands Inc.   2,768      557
* GMS Inc.   9,790      547
* US Xpress Enterprises Inc. Class A  68,820      541
* Sterling Construction Co. Inc.  20,758      535
  Kelly Services Inc. Class A  31,092      524
  International Seaways Inc.  35,873      524
  Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.  33,301      513
* Frontline Ltd.  74,544      511
  Wabash National Corp.  29,828      498
* Titan Machinery Inc.  14,693      488
  nVent Electric plc  13,892      484
* United Rentals Inc.   1,427      483
  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   5,898      477
* CoreCivic Inc.  44,047      474
* Air Transport Services Group Inc.  18,447      455
  Dorian LPG Ltd.  34,243      422
  Hillenbrand Inc.   9,338      416
  MKS Instruments Inc.   2,728      415
* American Woodmark Corp.   6,707      413
  Quanta Services Inc.   3,547      404
* JELD-WEN Holding Inc.  16,461      399
* Conduent Inc.  76,472      385
  DuPont de Nemours Inc.   5,175      383
* BrightView Holdings Inc.  27,542      375
* Covenant Logistics Group Inc. Class A  14,932      374
* Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc.  38,089      360
* DXP Enterprises Inc.  12,945      358
  Sonoco Products Co.   6,068      353
  Synchrony Financial   7,825      350
  REV Group Inc.  21,531      338
  ADT Inc.  39,799      331
* MYR Group Inc.   2,924      324
* Teekay Corp.  96,385      320
* XPO Logistics Inc.   4,345      315
  Scorpio Tankers Inc.  22,120      308
  DHT Holdings Inc.  55,264      307
  Textron Inc.   4,225      299
  Crane Co.   3,060      295
* Kirby Corp.   5,492      287
  3M Co.   1,645      280
  Kaman Corp.   7,500      278
  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   2,157      271
* TrueBlue Inc.  10,172      265
  Argan Inc.   6,173      243
  AGCO Corp.   2,192      242
  Primoris Services Corp.  10,751      241
  EMCOR Group Inc.   1,984      237
  Resources Connection Inc.  13,774      237
  Greif Inc. Class A   3,869      235
  Matson Inc.   2,810      229
  Oshkosh Corp.   2,119      228
* MasTec Inc.   2,419      223
* Colfax Corp.   4,751      221
  Schneider National Inc. Class B   8,719      214
* Modine Manufacturing Co.  20,403      211
  Flowserve Corp.   6,977      209
* Mohawk Industries Inc.   1,244      209
* Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc.   4,417      206
  Quanex Building Products Corp.   9,609      205
* O-I Glass Inc.  18,455      204
 
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* FTI Consulting Inc.   1,383      202
  Norfolk Southern Corp.     756      201
  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   2,257      200
* Beacon Roofing Supply Inc.   3,992      199
* Gates Industrial Corp. plc  12,172      195
  Deluxe Corp.   5,717      193
  Kronos Worldwide Inc.  13,692      192
  Regal Rexnord Corp.   1,215      192
* ASGN Inc.   1,563      190
* Builders FirstSource Inc.   2,618      182
* AAR Corp.   5,478      179
* Manitowoc Co. Inc.   9,253      176
  HB Fuller Co.   2,390      175
  Moog Inc. Class A   2,531      175
* Summit Materials Inc. Class A   4,604      172
  Apogee Enterprises Inc.   4,137      171
* Ducommun Inc.   3,984      169
* Hub Group Inc. Class A   2,178      169
* API Group Corp.   7,134      166
  American Express Co.   1,076      164
* Cornerstone Building Brands Inc.  10,342      163
* Resideo Technologies Inc.   6,244      163
  Carlisle Cos. Inc.     703      158
* Fluor Corp.   7,039      156
  GATX Corp.   1,575      155
  ABM Industries Inc.   3,387      152
  Emerson Electric Co.   1,641      144
  Brunswick Corp.   1,521      143
  Werner Enterprises Inc.   3,049      138
  Trinity Industries Inc.   5,157      137
  Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.     725      129
* Vectrus Inc.   3,043      127
* Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.   8,524      126
  Maxar Technologies Inc.   4,551      125
* Safe Bulkers Inc.  34,170      124
  Greenbrier Cos. Inc.   2,986      119
* Thermon Group Holdings Inc.   6,705      116
  Sealed Air Corp.   1,852      115
* AECOM   1,642      113
  Silgan Holdings Inc.   2,670      111
  Ennis Inc.   5,626      107
  Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.   2,466      106
  Otter Tail Corp.   1,624      106
  Griffon Corp.   3,993      105
* PGT Innovations Inc.   5,112      105
  Packaging Corp. of America     804      105
  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   1,883       99
  Belden Inc.   1,585       98
  Snap-on Inc.     472       97
  Marten Transport Ltd.   5,910       95
* Ardmore Shipping Corp.  25,636       94
  Deere & Co.     265       92
  MDU Resources Group Inc.   3,347       91
  Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.   2,261       91
* Loyalty Ventures Inc.   2,511       72
* BM Technologies Inc. (XASE)   1,618       20
        68,236
Real Estate (0.4%)
  Newmark Group Inc. Class A  23,411      376
* Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.   1,380      324
* Realogy Holdings Corp.  20,856      317
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Value

($000)
  RE/MAX Holdings Inc. Class A   6,051      166
  Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. Class A  11,947      157
  EPR Properties   3,103      143
  VICI Properties Inc.   5,059      138
  Brixmor Property Group Inc.   4,905      112
  STORE Capital Corp.   3,180      105
         1,838
Technology (7.3%)
  Micron Technology Inc.  48,380    4,064
  International Business Machines Corp.  24,842    2,909
  HP Inc.  63,565    2,243
  QUALCOMM Inc.   9,684    1,749
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 111,643    1,602
* Arrow Electronics Inc.  11,873    1,444
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A  15,087    1,176
* TTM Technologies Inc.  80,252    1,106
  Vishay Intertechnology Inc.  47,327      964
* Western Digital Corp.  15,396      891
* CACI International Inc. Class A   2,972      771
  Amkor Technology Inc.  33,590      724
  Jabil Inc.  11,421      668
* II-VI Inc.  10,583      662
* ScanSource Inc.  20,638      645
* Photronics Inc.  46,537      615
* Sanmina Corp.  16,544      605
  Broadcom Inc.   1,037      574
  Amdocs Ltd.   7,298      510
  Xperi Holding Corp.  27,951      501
* Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.   9,307      457
* DXC Technology Co.  14,685      440
  Ebix Inc.  12,909      394
  Science Applications International Corp.   4,670      392
  Xerox Holdings Corp.  20,321      374
  Corning Inc.   9,163      340
  Concentrix Corp.   2,034      338
  Benchmark Electronics Inc.  14,081      332
* NCR Corp.   7,939      309
* Ultra Clean Holdings Inc.   5,003      274
* Ziff Davis Inc.   2,368      270
* Ichor Holdings Ltd.   5,624      269
  NortonLifeLock Inc.  10,788      268
  Oracle Corp.   2,937      267
  TD SYNNEX Corp.   2,543      263
  SolarWinds Corp.  17,890      258
* NetScout Systems Inc.   8,332      249
  Intel Corp.   4,742      233
* Dell Technologies Inc. Class C   3,913      221
  Methode Electronics Inc.   4,979      221
* Parsons Corp.   6,460      214
  Avnet Inc.   5,845      212
  Applied Materials Inc.   1,367      201
  VMware Inc. Class A   1,724      201
* Insight Enterprises Inc.   1,939      191
* Synaptics Inc.     569      161
* SMART Global Holdings Inc.   2,757      157
* Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.   8,335      139
* VirnetX Holding Corp.  40,786      122
* Cohu Inc.   3,563      117
 
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Qorvo Inc.     768      112
* Super Micro Computer Inc.   2,602      108
  NXP Semiconductors NV     475      106
  KBR Inc.   2,114       93
* Kyndryl Holdings Inc.   2,513       40
        32,766
Telecommunications (4.5%)
  Verizon Communications Inc. 128,892    6,479
  Comcast Corp. Class A  60,344    3,016
  AT&T Inc.  69,608    1,589
* Altice USA Inc. Class A  80,051    1,268
* DISH Network Corp. Class A  33,173    1,037
  Cisco Systems Inc.  15,912      873
  Lumen Technologies Inc.  69,191      854
  Telephone and Data Systems Inc.  44,165      781
* Charter Communications Inc. Class A   1,093      706
* T-Mobile US Inc.   4,601      501
* EchoStar Corp. Class A  16,497      451
* Liberty Latin America Ltd. Class C  37,261      419
* Lumentum Holdings Inc.   4,812      418
* US Cellular Corp.  13,975      407
  Juniper Networks Inc.  12,679      395
* WideOpenWest Inc.  17,876      332
* Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.  20,143      151
* Liberty Latin America Ltd. Class A  12,267      139
* Liberty Global plc Class C   4,008      107
        19,923
Utilities (0.5%)
  UGI Corp.   9,943      410
  Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.   6,529      408
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Southern Co.   5,090      311
  National Fuel Gas Co.   5,304      307
  Exelon Corp.   3,897      206
  Avangrid Inc.   3,440      174
  FirstEnergy Corp.   3,676      138
  ALLETE Inc.   2,120      124
  Evergy Inc.   1,470       93
  Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.   2,346       89
         2,260
Total Common Stocks (Cost $374,947) 446,068
Temporary Cash Investments (0.4%)
Money Market Fund (0.4%)
2,3 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 0.077% (Cost $1,870)  18,696         1,870
Total Investments (99.9%) (Cost $376,817) 447,938
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.1%) 326
Net Assets (100%) 448,264
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $481,000.
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 $540,000 was received for securities on loan.
 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2021 7 1,598 45
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2021 9 205 4
        49
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of November 30, 2021
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $374,947) 446,068
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $1,870) 1,870
Total Investments in Securities 447,938
Investment in Vanguard 14
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 98
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 10
Receivables for Accrued Income 815
Total Assets 448,875
Liabilities  
Due to Custodian 13
Collateral for Securities on Loan 540
Payables to Vanguard 25
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 33
Total Liabilities 611
Net Assets 448,264
At November 30, 2021, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 385,868
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 62,396
Net Assets 448,264
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 4,490,000 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
448,264
Net Asset Value Per Share $99.84
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Year Ended
November 30, 2021
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 6,947
Interest2 1
Securities Lending—Net 9
Total Income 6,957
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 296
Management and Administrative 77
Marketing and Distribution 13
Custodian Fees 4
Auditing Fees 31
Shareholders’ Reports 8
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Total Expenses 429
Net Investment Income 6,528
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2,3 7,456
Futures Contracts 203
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 7,659
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities2 52,678
Futures Contracts 36
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 52,714
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 66,901
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $2,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $1,000, less than $1,000, and less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
3 Includes $8,033,000 of net gain (loss) resulting from in-kind redemptions.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
($000)
2020
($000)
     
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 6,528 2,769
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 7,659 (5,254)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 52,714 17,857
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 66,901 15,372
Distributions    
Total Distributions (5,430) (2,473)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 273,133 63,070
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (19,466) (24,015)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 253,667 39,055
Total Increase (Decrease) 315,138 51,954
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 133,126 81,172
End of Period 448,264 133,126
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Year Ended November 30, February 13,
20181 to
November 30,
2018
2021 2020 2019  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $73.96 $75.51 $74.35 $75.00
Investment Operations        
Net Investment Income2 1.923 1.689 1.671 1.276
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 25.644 (1.634) 1.053 (1.295)
Total from Investment Operations 27.567 .055 2.724 (.019)
Distributions        
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.687) (1.605) (1.564) (.631)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (1.687) (1.605) (1.564) (.631)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $99.84 $73.96 $75.51 $74.35
Total Return 37.51% 0.70% 3.83% -0.08%
Ratios/Supplemental Data        
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $448 $133 $81 $37
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.13% 0.14%3 0.14%3 0.13%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.98% 2.68% 2.32% 2.05%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 43%5 52%5 73% 16%
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.13%.
4 Annualized.
5 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard U.S. Value Factor ETF is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; they can be purchased and sold through a broker. 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.
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 securities 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 year ended November 30, 2021, 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. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for 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 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. Collateral investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are subject to market appreciation or depreciation. 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 Facilities 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 and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes, subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed 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 either 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, except that borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. 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.
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 and 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 November 30, 2021, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $14,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 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.
C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
At November 30, 2021, 100% of the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives was determined based on Level 1 inputs.
D. Permanent differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of net assets are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. As of period end, permanent differences primarily attributable to the accounting for in-kind redemptions and passive foreign investment companies were reclassified between the following accounts:
  Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 8,034
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (8,034)
Temporary differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) arise when certain items of income, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in future. The differences are primarily related to the deferral of losses from wash sales; the recognition of
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unrealized gains or losses from certain dervatives contracts; and the recognition of unrealized gains from passive foreign investment companies. As of period end, the tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) are detailed in the table as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Undistributed Ordinary Income 1,813
Undistributed Long-Term Gains
Capital Loss Carryforwards (10,521)
Qualified Late-Year Losses
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) 71,104
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Amount
($000)
2020
Amount
($000)
Ordinary Income* 5,430 2,473
Long-Term Capital Gains
Total 5,430 2,473
* Includes short-term capital gains, if any.
As of November 30, 2021, 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 376,835
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 85,903
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (14,799)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 71,104
E. During the year ended November 30, 2021, the fund purchased $410,283,000 of investment securities and sold $157,000,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $0 and $19,381,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
The fund purchased securities from and sold securities to other Vanguard funds or accounts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates, in accordance with procedures adopted by the board of trustees in compliance with Rule 17a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. For the year ended November 30, 2021, such purchases were $152,000 and sales were $291,000, resulting in net realized loss of $44,000; these amounts, other than temporary cash investments, are included in the purchases and sales of investment securities noted above.
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F. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
    
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Shares
(000)
2020
Shares
(000)
     
Issued 2,895 1,150
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (205) (425)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 2,690 725
At November 30, 2021, one shareholder was a record or beneficial owner of 28% of the fund’s net assets. If this shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.
G. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2021, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard Wellington Fund and Shareholders of Vanguard U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF, Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF, Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF, Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF, Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF and Vanguard U.S. Value Factor ETF
Opinions on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Vanguard U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF, Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF, Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF, Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF, Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF and Vanguard U.S. Value Factor ETF (six of the funds constituting Vanguard Wellington Fund, hereafter collectively referred to as the "Funds") as of November 30, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year ended November 30, 2021, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended November 30, 2021, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2021 and for the period February 13, 2018 (inception) through November 30, 2018 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of November 30, 2021, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended November 30, 2021 and each of the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2021 and for the period February 13, 2018 (inception) through November 30, 2018 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinions
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of November 30, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from the transfer agent or brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 19, 2022
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in The Vanguard Group of Funds since 1975.
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Special 2021 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard U.S. Factor ETFs
This information for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2021, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The funds distributed qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year as follows:
Fund ($000)
U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF 647
U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF 839
U.S. Momentum Factor ETF 717
U.S. Multifactor ETF 1,170
U.S. Quality Factor ETF 932
U.S. Value Factor ETF 5,430
The funds distributed qualified business income to shareholders during the fiscal year as follows:
Fund ($000)
U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF 13
U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF 66
U.S. Momentum Factor ETF
U.S. Multifactor ETF
U.S. Quality Factor ETF
U.S. Value Factor ETF
For corporate shareholders, the percentage of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) that qualifies for the dividends-received deduction is as follows:
Fund Percentage
U.S. Liquidity Factor ETF 100.0%
U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF 100.0
U.S. Momentum Factor ETF 100.0
U.S. Multifactor ETF 100.0
U.S. Quality Factor ETF 100.0
U.S. Value Factor ETF 99.7
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The People Who Govern Your Fund
The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them.
A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 217 Vanguard funds.
Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. That information, as well as the Vanguard fund count, is as of the date on the cover of this fund report. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.
Interested Trustee1
Mortimer J. Buckley
Born in 1969. Trustee since January 2018. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: chairman of the board (2019–present) of Vanguard and of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard; chief executive officer (2018–present) of Vanguard; chief executive officer, president, and trustee (2018–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard; president and director (2017–present) of Vanguard; and president (2018–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation. Chief investment officer (2013–2017), managing director (2002–2017), head of the Retail Investor Group (2006–2012), and chief information officer (2001–2006) of Vanguard. Chairman of the board (2011–2017) and trustee (2009–2017) of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and trustee (2018–present) and vice chair (2019–present) of The Shipley School.
Independent Trustees
Tara Bunch
Born in 1962. Trustee since November 2021. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: head of global operations at Airbnb (2020–present). Vice president of AppleCare (2012–2020). Member of the board of directors of Out & Equal (2002–2006), the advisory board of the University of California, Berkeley School of
Engineering (2020–present), and the advisory board of Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business (2018–present).
Emerson U. Fullwood
Born in 1948. Trustee since January 2008. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: executive chief staff and marketing officer for North America and corporate vice president (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document management products and services). Former president of the Worldwide Channels Group, Latin America, and Worldwide Customer Service and executive chief staff officer of Developing Markets of Xerox. Executive in residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Director of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing). Director of the University of Rochester Medical Center, the Monroe Community College Foundation, the United Way of Rochester, North Carolina A&T University, and Roberts Wesleyan College. Trustee of the University of Rochester.
Amy Gutmann
Born in 1949. Trustee since June 2006. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president (2004–present) of the University of Pennsylvania. Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, and professor of communication, Annenberg School for Communication, with secondary faculty appointments in the Department of
 
1  Mr. Buckley is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.

Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.
F. Joseph Loughrey
Born in 1949. Trustee since October 2009. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president and chief operating officer (retired 2009) and vice chairman of the board (2008–2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery). Chairman of the board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized consumer services). Director of the V Foundation. Member of the advisory council for the College of Arts and Letters and chair of the advisory board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both at the University of Notre Dame. Chairman of the board of Saint Anselm College.
Mark Loughridge
Born in 1953. Trustee since March 2012. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: senior vice president and chief financial officer (retired 2013) of IBM (information technology services). Fiduciary member of IBM’s Retirement Plan Committee (2004–2013), senior vice president and general manager (2002–2004) of IBM Global Financing, vice president and controller (1998–2002) of IBM, and a variety of other prior management roles at IBM. Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.
Scott C. Malpass
Born in 1962. Trustee since March 2012. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: chief investment officer (retired June 2020) and vice president (retired June 2020) of the University of Notre Dame. Assistant professor (retired June 2020) of finance at the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, and member of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee. Member of the board of Catholic Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisors) and the board of superintendence of the Institute for the Works of Religion.
Deanna Mulligan
Born in 1963. Trustee since January 2018. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: board chair (2020), chief executive officer (2011–2020), and president (2010–2019) of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Chief operating officer (2010–2011) and executive vice president (2008–2010) of Individual Life and Disability of the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Member of the board of the Economic Club of New York. Trustee of the Partnership for New York City (business leadership), Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and the
Bruce Museum (arts and science). Member of the Advisory Council for the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
André F. Perold
Born in 1952. Trustee since December 2004. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (retired 2011). Chief investment officer and co-managing partner of HighVista Strategies (private investment firm). Member of the board (2018–present) of RIT Capital Partners (investment firm). Member of the investment committee of Partners Health Care System.
Sarah Bloom Raskin
Born in 1961. Trustee since January 2018. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: deputy secretary (2014–2017) of the United States Department of the Treasury. Governor (2010–2014) of the Federal Reserve Board. Commissioner (2007–2010) of financial regulation for the State of Maryland. Professor (2020–present), Distinguished Fellow of the Global Financial Markets Center (2020–present), and Rubenstein Fellow (2017–2020) at Duke University. Trustee (2017–present) of Amherst College and member of Amherst College Investment Committee (2019–present). Member of the Regenerative Crisis Response Committee (2020–present).
David A. Thomas
Born in 1956. Trustee since July 2021. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president of Morehouse College (2018–present). Professor of business administration, emeritus at Harvard University (2017–2018). Dean (2011–2016) and professor of management (2016–2017) at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. Director of DTE Energy Company (2013–present). Trustee of Common Fund (2019–present).
Peter F. Volanakis
Born in 1955. Trustee since July 2009. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president and chief operating officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications equipment) and director of Corning Incorporated (2000–2010) and Dow Corning (2001–2010). Director (2012) of SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing). Overseer of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College (2001–2013). Chairman of the board of trustees of Colby-Sawyer College. Member of the BMW Group Mobility Council.

Executive Officers
Christine M. Buchanan
Born in 1970. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Chief financial officer (2021–present) and treasurer (2017–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Partner (2005–2017) at KPMG (audit, tax, and advisory services).
David Cermak
Born in 1960. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Finance director (2019–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Managing director and head (2017–present) of Vanguard Investments Singapore. Managing director and head (2017–2019) of Vanguard Investments Hong Kong. Representative director and head (2014–2017) of Vanguard Investments Japan.
John Galloway
Born in 1973. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Investment stewardship officer (September 2020–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Head of Investor Advocacy (February 2020–present) and head of Marketing Strategy and Planning (2017–2020) at Vanguard. Special assistant to the President of the United States (2015).
Peter Mahoney
Born in 1974. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Controller (2015–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Head of International Fund Services (2008–2014) at Vanguard.
Anne E. Robinson
Born in 1970. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: general counsel (2016–present) of Vanguard. Secretary (2016–present) of Vanguard and of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Managing director (2016–present) of Vanguard. Managing director and general counsel of Global Cards and Consumer Services (2014–2016) at Citigroup. Counsel (2003–2014) at American Express.
Michael Rollings
Born in 1963. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: finance director (2017–present) and treasurer (2017) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Managing director (2016–present) of Vanguard. Chief financial officer (2016–present) of Vanguard. Director (2016–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation. Executive vice president and chief financial officer (2006–2016) of MassMutual Financial Group.
John E. Schadl
Born in 1972. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Chief compliance officer (2019–present) of Vanguard and of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Assistant vice president (2019–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation.
Vanguard Senior Management Team
Matthew Benchener Thomas M. Rampulla
Joseph Brennan Karin A. Risi
Mortimer J. Buckley Anne E. Robinson
Gregory Davis Michael Rollings
John James Nitin Tandon
John T. Marcante Lauren Valente
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Annual Report   |   November 30, 2021
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor Fund

Contents
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

1
Advisor’s Report

2
About Your Fund’s Expenses

4
Performance Summary

6
Financial Statements

8
Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor Fund returned 31.39% for the 12 months ended November 30, 2021. It outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, which returned 26.34%.
The global economy continued to recover from the sharp pandemic-induced contraction in the spring of 2020. Swift and extensive fiscal and monetary support from policymakers was a key to the rebound. Even amid concerns toward the end of the fiscal year about inflation and the prospect of less accommodative monetary policy, stock returns for the period were excellent.
Eight of the fund’s 11 industry sectors contributed positively to relative performance. Selection in consumer discretionary, industrials, and health care stocks drove much of the fund’s outperformance. Underweight positions in technology and real estate detracted the most.
The fund regularly uses derivatives to hedge portfolio risks. On balance, the fund’s holdings in equity index futures contracts contributed to performance.
Market Barometer
  Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
  One Year Three Years Five Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 26.67% 20.65% 17.93%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 22.03 14.22 12.14
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 26.34 20.20 17.51
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 9.63 10.38 9.56
Bonds      
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
(Broad taxable market)
-1.15% 5.52% 3.65%
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index
(Broad tax-exempt market)
1.97 5.09 4.38
FTSE Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.05 1.02 1.12
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 6.81% 3.32% 2.86%
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Advisor’s Report
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor Fund returned 31.39% for the 12 months ended November 30, 2021. It outperformed the 26.34% return of its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.
The fund seeks to create a portfolio with broad equity exposure and the potential for long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks with relatively strong recent performance, strong fundamentals, and low prices relative to fundamentals. To promote diversification and to mitigate exposure to less liquid and more volatile stocks, a rules-based screen is applied to the universe of all U.S. large-, mid-, and small-capitalization stocks. We then evaluate the remaining securities based on exposure to momentum, quality, and value factors.
The investment environment
The U.S. economy continued to heal over the 12 months. COVID-19 vaccination programs started rolling out shortly after the period began. Some of the hardest-hit sectors such as hospitality, leisure, and travel began rebounding, and more workers returned to the labor force.
Swift and extensive fiscal and monetary support from policymakers was another key to the rebound. Even amid concerns toward the end of the fiscal year about inflation and the prospect of less accommodative monetary policy, stock returns for the period were excellent. Bonds were hurt by the prospect of inflation being less transitory than expected and the Federal Reserve dialing back some of its monetary support.
For the 12 months, the FTSE Global All Cap Index returned 19.35%. The U.S. stock market returned 27.92%, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, outperforming developed markets outside the United States and especially emerging markets. Large-capitalization stocks bested small-caps, and growth stocks outpaced value.
The fund’s successes and shortfalls
Eight of the fund’s 11 industry sectors helped relative performance. Holdings in consumer discretionary, industrials, and health care contributed the most, while technology and real estate were the biggest detractors.
At the stock level, top contributors included underweight allocations to Amazon in consumer discretionary and Visa and Mastercard in technology as well as overweight positions in health care company Moderna and consumer discretionary company Bath & Body Works. Underweight positions in Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Apple in technology; Tesla in consumer discretionary; and Alphabet in telecommunications detracted.
We expect our approach to portfolio construction to produce long-term capital appreciation that reflects the factors emphasized by the fund. Results will vary over different periods across the different factors. However, we believe that focusing on the risk-adjusted returns of the portfolio relative to its targeted factors and the benchmark will serve investors well over time.
 
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We thank you for your investment and look forward to serving you in the period ahead.
Antonio Picca, Senior Portfolio Manager,
Head of Factor-Based Strategies
Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group
December 10, 2021
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About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund‘s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Six Months Ended November 30, 2021      
U.S. Multifactor Fund Beginning
Account Value
5/31/2021
Ending
Account Value
11/30/2021
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $1,015.80 $0.91
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,024.17 0.91
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 0.18%. 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 (183/365).
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U.S. Multifactor Fund
Performance Summary
All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.
Cumulative Performance: February 15, 2018, Through November 30, 2021
Initial Investment of $50,000
    Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2021
 
    One
Year
Since
Inception
(2/15/2018)
Final Value
of a $50,000
Investment
 U.S. Multifactor Fund 31.39% 9.24% $69,892
 Russell 3000 Index 26.34 16.39 88,853
"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the fund's inception date for both the fund and its comparative standard(s).
See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.
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U.S. Multifactor Fund
Fund Allocation
As of November 30, 2021
Basic Materials 4.3%
Consumer Discretionary 18.6
Consumer Staples 5.9
Energy 10.0
Financials 25.5
Health Care 9.7
Industrials 15.9
Real Estate 0.1
Technology 8.6
Telecommunications 1.4
Utilities 0.0
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. Sector categories are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided an ICB classification as of the effective reporting period.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) is owned by FTSE. FTSE does not accept any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising out of any error or omission in the ICB.
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U.S. Multifactor Fund
Financial Statements
Schedule of Investments
As of November 30, 2021
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Common Stocks (98.8%)
Basic Materials (4.2%)
  Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 10,598      393
  Dow Inc.  2,514      138
  Olin Corp.  2,382      130
  UFP Industries Inc.  1,477      123
  Nucor Corp.  1,134      121
  CF Industries Holdings Inc.  1,785      108
  Southern Copper Corp.  1,727      101
  AdvanSix Inc.  2,026       92
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.    596       89
  Steel Dynamics Inc.  1,359       81
  Commercial Metals Co.  2,470       76
  Mosaic Co.  1,906       65
  Boise Cascade Co.    954       62
  Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. Class A  1,245       60
  Verso Corp. Class A  2,647       56
  Timken Co.    823       54
  International Paper Co.    904       41
  Fastenal Co.    556       33
  LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A    371       32
  Haynes International Inc.    724       29
  US Steel Corp.  1,050       24
  Eastman Chemical Co.    216       23
  GrafTech International Ltd.  1,830       21
  Element Solutions Inc.    783       18
  Olympic Steel Inc.    779       16
  Valvoline Inc.    412       14
  Innospec Inc.    115        9
  Worthington Industries Inc.    172        8
         2,017
Consumer Discretionary (18.4%)
  Target Corp.  1,819      444
  Ford Motor Co. 16,800      322
  eBay Inc.  3,735      252
* AutoNation Inc.  1,978      245
  Bath & Body Works Inc.  3,010      226
* O'Reilly Automotive Inc.    266      170
* Deckers Outdoor Corp.    412      167
  Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.  1,339      157
  Movado Group Inc.  3,434      154
  H&R Block Inc.  6,412      152
  Williams-Sonoma Inc.    760      148
  Scholastic Corp.  3,910      147
  Dillard's Inc. Class A    533      146
  Macy's Inc.  5,125      146
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Lennar Corp. Class A  1,353      142
  Walmart Inc.    873      123
  Lowe's Cos. Inc.    490      120
  Acushnet Holdings Corp.  2,169      118
  Kohl's Corp.  2,187      112
  Hibbett Inc.  1,401      109
  LKQ Corp.  1,936      108
  Group 1 Automotive Inc.    537      105
  Omnicom Group Inc.  1,526      103
* AutoZone Inc.     56      102
  Signet Jewelers Ltd.  1,052      102
  Shoe Carnival Inc.  2,554      100
  Advance Auto Parts Inc.    450       99
  Buckle Inc.  2,019       95
* Crocs Inc.    567       93
  Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.  2,730       91
  AMERCO    126       89
* Citi Trends Inc.  1,024       87
  PulteGroup Inc.  1,747       87
  Fox Corp. Class A  2,408       86
  Rent-A-Center Inc.  1,955       86
* Revolve Group Inc.  1,086       83
  Century Communities Inc.  1,137       81
* MarineMax Inc.  1,486       79
  Hanesbrands Inc.  4,845       78
* Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A  2,146       77
  Matthews International Corp. Class A  2,219       77
* BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.  1,143       76
  Whirlpool Corp.    346       75
  Tilly's Inc. Class A  4,948       74
  Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A    700       73
* Academy Sports & Outdoors Inc.  1,612       72
  Gentex Corp.  2,058       71
* Gentherm Inc.    825       70
  Best Buy Co. Inc.    646       69
* NVR Inc.     13       68
  Penske Automotive Group Inc.    629       63
* ODP Corp.  1,619       61
* Conn's Inc.  2,724       60
  Entravision Communications Corp. Class A  8,027       60
* Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.  2,987       60
* Liquidity Services Inc.  2,609       59
  DR Horton Inc.    571       56
* General Motors Co.    975       56
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($000)
* Malibu Boats Inc. Class A    802       56
* Duluth Holdings Inc. Class B  3,949       55
* RH     94       55
  HNI Corp.  1,379       54
  Standard Motor Products Inc.  1,037       52
  Travel + Leisure Co.  1,059       52
* Meritage Homes Corp.    430       49
  Rush Enterprises Inc. Class A    954       49
  PVH Corp.    447       48
* Master Craft Boat Holdings Inc.  1,709       47
  Nexstar Media Group Inc. Class A    312       47
* Sleep Number Corp.    590       47
* Turtle Beach Corp.  1,771       47
* Zumiez Inc.  1,019       47
* Asbury Automotive Group Inc.    275       45
* XPEL Inc.    599       43
  Fox Corp. Class B  1,250       42
  Sonic Automotive Inc. Class A    936       42
  Dana Inc.  1,894       41
* GoPro Inc. Class A  4,069       41
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. Class A    123       41
  News Corp. Class A  1,913       41
* Tri Pointe Homes Inc.  1,659       41
  Foot Locker Inc.    871       40
* Cars.com Inc.  2,357       39
* YETI Holdings Inc.    423       39
  Oxford Industries Inc.    369       35
  Toll Brothers Inc.    553       35
  Newell Brands Inc.  1,558       33
* Vera Bradley Inc.  3,481       33
  Haverty Furniture Cos. Inc.  1,066       32
  Big Lots Inc.    720       31
  Kontoor Brands Inc.    581       31
  John Wiley & Sons Inc. Class A    588       31
  Gap Inc.  1,795       30
  Tapestry Inc.    733       29
  Tractor Supply Co.    125       28
* Central Garden & Pet Co. Class A    615       27
  Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.  1,210       27
* Lands' End Inc.  1,161       27
  Murphy USA Inc.    155       27
  Ralph Lauren Corp. Class A    236       27
  International Game Technology plc    988       27
  Garmin Ltd.    205       27
* Under Armour Inc. Class A  1,112       26
  Nielsen Holdings plc  1,366       26
  Activision Blizzard Inc.    415       24
  New York Times Co. Class A    511       24
  News Corp. Class B  1,114       24
  Polaris Inc.    205       23
* Funko Inc. Class A  1,312       21
* Universal Electronics Inc.    591       21
* AMC Networks Inc. Class A    481       19
  Lithia Motors Inc. Class A     63       18
* American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.  1,940       17
* Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Class A  1,159       17
  Qurate Retail Inc. Series A  2,107       17
  Rocky Brands Inc.    492       17
  Pool Corp.     28       16
* Helen of Troy Ltd.     67       16
  Steven Madden Ltd.    312       15
  Thor Industries Inc.    140       15
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($000)
  PriceSmart Inc.    190       14
* Perdoceo Education Corp.  1,466       14
  Interface Inc. Class A    903       13
* Victoria's Secret & Co.    248       13
  Aaron's Co. Inc.    530       12
* iRobot Corp.    128       10
  BorgWarner Inc. (XNYS)    203        9
* American Public Education Inc.    381        7
* Tenneco Inc. Class A    683        7
         8,823
Consumer Staples (5.8%)
  Philip Morris International Inc.  7,416      637
  Ingles Markets Inc. Class A  5,131      394
  Tyson Foods Inc. Class A  3,162      250
  Kroger Co.  5,555      231
  SpartanNash Co.  7,091      170
  CVS Health Corp.  1,647      147
  Weis Markets Inc.  2,322      146
  McKesson Corp.    445       96
* PLBY Group Inc.  2,499       96
  Altria Group Inc.  2,185       93
  Kraft Heinz Co.  2,206       74
  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.  1,460       65
  Casey's General Stores Inc.    332       64
  AmerisourceBergen Corp. Class A    534       62
  Vector Group Ltd.  3,335       52
* Hain Celestial Group Inc.    982       39
  Edgewell Personal Care Co.    591       25
* BellRing Brands Inc. Class A  1,109       24
* Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.    725       19
* Monster Beverage Corp.    206       17
  J M Smucker Co.    131       17
  Albertsons Cos. Inc. Class A    419       15
* Darling Ingredients Inc.    197       13
  Medifast Inc.     62       13
  Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.    432       11
  National Beverage Corp.    198       10
  ACCO Brands Corp.  1,260       10
         2,790
Energy (9.9%)
  EOG Resources Inc.  8,821      767
  Exxon Mobil Corp.  6,541      391
  Cheniere Energy Inc.  2,735      287
  Oasis Petroleum Inc.  2,262      271
  ConocoPhillips  3,748      263
* Southwestern Energy Co. 50,166      225
  Continental Resources Inc.  4,973      221
* Centrus Energy Corp. Class A  3,024      168
  Northern Oil and Gas Inc.  8,146      166
  Civitas Resources Inc.  3,122      160
* Antero Resources Corp.  8,357      147
  Ovintiv Inc. (XNYS)  4,236      147
* W&T Offshore Inc. 35,864      123
  Occidental Petroleum Corp.  3,889      115
* CONSOL Energy Inc.  5,089      112
  Diamondback Energy Inc.    918       98
  PDC Energy Inc.  1,887       95
  Marathon Oil Corp.  5,522       86
  Antero Midstream Corp.  7,959       77
* Comstock Resources Inc.  9,496       77
  Targa Resources Corp.  1,379       71
* ChampionX Corp.  3,479       71
  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Class A  3,381       64
* Range Resources Corp.  2,837       56
 
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($000)
  SunCoke Energy Inc.  9,260       56
  Devon Energy Corp.  1,145       48
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.    251       45
  Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.  5,170       37
* National Energy Services Reunited Corp.  3,474       34
* Newpark Resources Inc. 11,483       31
* Talos Energy Inc.  3,108       31
  Hess Corp.    407       30
  California Resources Corp.    761       30
* Earthstone Energy Inc. Class A  2,678       27
  Texas Pacific Land Corp.     18       22
* CNX Resources Corp.  1,373       19
  Berry Corp.  2,060       17
* Green Plains Inc.    417       16
  World Fuel Services Corp.    455       11
* Renewable Energy Group Inc.    188        9
         4,721
Financials (25.2%)
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  1,112      424
* Mr Cooper Group Inc. 10,797      424
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B  1,470      407
  Aon plc Class A (XNYS)  1,278      378
  MetLife Inc.  6,029      354
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  6,286      344
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1,998      317
  Allstate Corp.  2,883      313
  T Rowe Price Group Inc.  1,567      313
  Bank of America Corp.  6,425      286
  US Bancorp  5,094      282
  Jefferies Financial Group Inc.  6,188      233
  Wells Fargo & Co.  4,753      227
  Popular Inc.  2,480      193
  Citigroup Inc.  3,007      192
  SLM Corp.  9,725      173
  First BanCorp. (XNYS) 12,671      168
  Hilltop Holdings Inc.  4,882      166
  Chubb Ltd.    907      163
  HarborOne Bancorp Inc. 11,630      162
  Citizens Financial Group Inc.  3,356      159
  Ameriprise Financial Inc.    519      150
  Virtus Investment Partners Inc.    464      138
  Affiliated Managers Group Inc.    783      133
  PNC Financial Services Group Inc.    673      133
  Primerica Inc.    894      132
  Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. Class A  2,643      130
* SVB Financial Group    187      129
  HomeStreet Inc.  2,579      127
  B Riley Financial Inc.  1,612      125
  CNO Financial Group Inc.  5,402      122
  First Citizens BancShares Inc. Class A    137      110
  KeyCorp  4,925      110
  Zions Bancorp NA  1,738      110
  Comerica Inc.  1,295      107
  Janus Henderson Group plc  2,287       98
* Credit Acceptance Corp.    154       96
  Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.  1,457       96
  Nelnet Inc. Class A  1,054       91
  Stifel Financial Corp.  1,260       89
  Associated Banc-Corp.  4,006       88
  Travelers Cos. Inc.    583       86
  Northfield Bancorp Inc.  5,067       85
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Value

($000)
  Simmons First National Corp. Class A  2,872       84
* Axos Financial Inc.  1,472       83
  Morningstar Inc.    263       82
  Equitable Holdings Inc.  2,592       82
  Old Republic International Corp.  3,219       77
  Aflac Inc.  1,349       73
  Byline Bancorp Inc.  2,774       72
  Moody's Corp.    178       70
  Meta Financial Group Inc.  1,153       69
  Federated Hermes Inc.  2,007       68
  Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.  1,427       67
  Evercore Inc. Class A    477       66
  Park National Corp.    505       66
  Cincinnati Financial Corp.    571       65
  Merchants Bancorp  1,429       65
  Trustmark Corp.  2,035       62
  Kearny Financial Corp.  4,798       61
  Fidelity National Financial Inc.  1,236       60
  First American Financial Corp.    811       60
  Hanmi Financial Corp.  2,664       60
  OFG Bancorp  2,505       60
  Voya Financial Inc.    958       60
  BOK Financial Corp.    567       58
  Bank OZK  1,265       57
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Class C    461       56
  UMB Financial Corp.    552       56
  Fifth Third Bancorp  1,294       55
  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  3,659       55
* Enstar Group Ltd.    242       54
  Preferred Bank    779       53
  Eagle Bancorp Inc.    925       52
  First Financial Bancorp  2,249       52
  Northern Trust Corp.    449       52
  WSFS Financial Corp.  1,043       52
  Walker & Dunlop Inc.    373       52
  Raymond James Financial Inc.    517       51
  PacWest Bancorp  1,117       50
  Washington Trust Bancorp Inc.    910       49
  Hanover Insurance Group Inc.    398       48
  Morgan Stanley    506       48
  Washington Federal Inc.  1,473       48
  BankUnited Inc.  1,179       47
  1st Source Corp.    999       46
  Home BancShares Inc.  1,919       46
  BancFirst Corp.    696       44
  Hope Bancorp Inc.  3,065       44
  Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.  1,190       44
  First Foundation Inc.  1,687       43
  Fulton Financial Corp.  2,726       43
  Provident Financial Services Inc.  1,808       43
  FNB Corp.  3,519       41
  Brookline Bancorp Inc.  2,481       38
  First Bancorp (XNGS)    856       38
  Renasant Corp.  1,053       38
  East West Bancorp Inc.    487       37
  ServisFirst Bancshares Inc.    465       37
  Towne Bank  1,210       37
  Regions Financial Corp.  1,600       36
  City Holding Co.    430       34
  Ameris Bancorp    670       33
  NBT Bancorp Inc.    908       33
  Employers Holdings Inc.    840       32
 
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Value

($000)
  QCR Holdings Inc.    595       32
  Origin Bancorp Inc.    712       30
  Lakeland Financial Corp.    396       28
  Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.    282       27
  Blackstone Inc.    191       27
  Old National Bancorp  1,380       24
  Southside Bancshares Inc.    584       24
  Virtu Financial Inc. Class A    837       24
  Lazard Ltd. Class A    558       24
  Diamond Hill Investment Group Inc.    121       23
  TrustCo Bank Corp. NY    713       23
  Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Class A    500       22
  TriCo Bancshares    521       22
  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.    587       19
* Columbia Financial Inc.  1,027       19
  Central Pacific Financial Corp.    662       18
  First Hawaiian Inc.    698       18
  Heritage Financial Corp.    790       18
  Cathay General Bancorp    410       17
  Tompkins Financial Corp.    210       16
  Invesco Ltd.    723       16
  Truist Financial Corp.    263       16
  Banner Corp.    262       15
  PennyMac Financial Services Inc.    219       14
  Radian Group Inc.    667       14
  OceanFirst Financial Corp.    531       11
  Signature Bank     34       10
        12,058
Health Care (9.6%)
  Gilead Sciences Inc.  7,172      494
* Moderna Inc.  1,403      494
  Pfizer Inc.  8,339      448
  Anthem Inc.  1,048      426
  HCA Healthcare Inc.  1,599      361
  AbbVie Inc.  1,878      217
  Eli Lilly & Co.    859      213
* Align Technology Inc.    265      162
  Agilent Technologies Inc.    845      128
  Johnson & Johnson    815      127
* Tenet Healthcare Corp.  1,536      112
* United Therapeutics Corp.    593      112
  UnitedHealth Group Inc.    247      110
* Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings    345       98
* Molina Healthcare Inc.    334       95
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  1,742       93
* Community Health Systems Inc.  7,138       86
  Abbott Laboratories    607       76
* Biogen Inc.    285       67
* Medpace Holdings Inc.    307       64
* Corcept Therapeutics Inc.  2,644       56
* Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.  3,469       56
* Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc.  6,841       48
* DaVita Inc.    460       43
* Henry Schein Inc.    612       43
  West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.     96       43
* ModivCare Inc.    262       36
  Cerner Corp.    473       33
* Computer Programs and Systems Inc.  1,054       31
  Quest Diagnostics Inc.    185       28
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.     42       27
* AngioDynamics Inc.    952       25
* Joint Corp.    319       25
  Bruker Corp.    302       24
  Cardinal Health Inc.    476       22
* IDEXX Laboratories Inc.     36       22
* Quidel Corp.    115       17
* Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.    259       15
* Meridian Bioscience Inc.    631       13
* STAAR Surgical Co.     90        9
* Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.  1,944        8
         4,607
Industrials (15.7%)
  American Express Co.  2,235      340
  Accenture plc Class A    718      257
  Johnson Controls International plc  3,415      255
  Northrop Grumman Corp.    590      206
  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.  3,078      201
* Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A    298      175
  Automatic Data Processing Inc.    575      133
  Brunswick Corp.  1,359      128
  Eaton Corp. plc    761      123
  Cummins Inc.    558      117
  Acuity Brands Inc.    562      113
* Saia Inc.    334      111
  Regal Rexnord Corp.    661      105
  Sherwin-Williams Co.    315      104
  United Parcel Service Inc. Class B    513      102
  Encore Wire Corp.    715      100
* MYR Group Inc.    896       99
  Deere & Co.    277       96
  AGCO Corp.    858       95
  Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.    500       89
  Quanta Services Inc.    782       89
* Generac Holdings Inc.    206       87
  Caterpillar Inc.    445       86
* Covenant Logistics Group Inc. Class A  3,397       85
  General Dynamics Corp.    449       85
  ManpowerGroup Inc.    949       85
  Crown Holdings Inc.    796       84
  Emerson Electric Co.    959       84
  L3Harris Technologies Inc.    399       83
* Hub Group Inc. Class A  1,044       81
  Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.    220       78
* Trex Co. Inc.    584       78
  Kforce Inc.  1,003       77
  ArcBest Corp.    725       75
  Badger Meter Inc.    703       72
  Watts Water Technologies Inc. Class A    380       72
  3M Co.    412       70
  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.  1,207       69
  Snap-on Inc.    334       69
  Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.  4,386       68
* United Rentals Inc.    189       64
  EMCOR Group Inc.    529       63
  Robert Half International Inc.    561       62
  ITT Inc.    645       61
* TriNet Group Inc.    608       61
* Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.  1,852       61
 
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    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Marten Transport Ltd.  3,756       60
  Ryder System Inc.    726       60
  Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc.    508       59
  Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.  1,334       58
  Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.    457       57
  Triton International Ltd.  1,023       57
  Owens Corning    649       55
  Hubbell Inc. Class B    270       53
  Matson Inc.    651       53
  JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.    271       52
* Cross Country Healthcare Inc.  1,962       51
  Landstar System Inc.    301       51
  Kadant Inc.    215       50
  Granite Construction Inc.  1,257       49
  Quanex Building Products Corp.  2,298       49
* Teekay Corp. 14,517       48
* Titan Machinery Inc.  1,423       47
* API Group Corp.  1,965       46
* Beacon Roofing Supply Inc.    902       45
  Franklin Electric Co. Inc.    516       45
  WW Grainger Inc.     94       45
* Mohawk Industries Inc.    271       45
* Sterling Construction Co. Inc.  1,731       45
  Apogee Enterprises Inc.  1,051       43
  Crane Co.    439       42
  Ennis Inc.  2,172       41
* Masonite International Corp.    380       41
* Middleby Corp.    227       40
  Watsco Inc.    132       39
* TrueBlue Inc.  1,425       37
  Shyft Group Inc.    771       37
  Insteel Industries Inc.    847       36
  Werner Enterprises Inc.    789       36
* Safe Bulkers Inc.  9,937       36
  Zurn Water Solutions Corp.  1,036       36
* Berry Global Group Inc.    510       35
  Packaging Corp. of America    264       34
  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.  1,693       33
* Modine Manufacturing Co.  3,178       33
  Westrock Co.    766       33
  AAON Inc.    424       33
  Argan Inc.    782       31
  Astec Industries Inc.    493       31
  nVent Electric plc    876       31
  Costamare Inc.  2,586       31
* MasTec Inc.    326       30
* Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.    335       29
  AZZ Inc.    540       28
  Valmont Industries Inc.    115       27
* GXO Logistics Inc.    284       27
* Construction Partners Inc. Class A    762       26
  Eagle Materials Inc.    169       26
  Textron Inc.    373       26
* ASGN Inc.    214       26
  SPX FLOW Inc.    283       24
  Greif Inc. Class A    380       23
  Myers Industries Inc.  1,162       23
  CRA International Inc.    240       22
* AMN Healthcare Services Inc.    192       22
* FTI Consulting Inc.    146       21
  Primoris Services Corp.    950       21
* XPO Logistics Inc.    284       21
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
  Resources Connection Inc.  1,178       20
* CoreCivic Inc.  1,736       19
  ABM Industries Inc.    403       18
  ADT Inc.  2,004       17
* Atkore Inc.    151       16
  Sonoco Products Co.    276       16
  Comfort Systems USA Inc.    150       14
  REV Group Inc.    886       14
  Trane Technologies plc     73       14
  Patrick Industries Inc.    164       13
  McGrath RentCorp.    153       12
  UniFirst Corp.     61       12
* American Woodmark Corp.    176       11
* SPX Corp.    192       11
  Barrett Business Services Inc.    135       10
  Deluxe Corp.    254        9
         7,515
Real Estate (0.1%)
  St. Joe Co.    779       37
* Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.     72       17
            54
Technology (8.5%)
  Applied Materials Inc.  2,937      432
* Alphabet Inc. Class A    118      335
  KLA Corp.    696      284
  International Business Machines Corp.  2,240      262
* Alphabet Inc. Class C     80      228
  HP Inc.  6,029      213
  Broadcom Inc.    281      156
  Texas Instruments Inc.    713      137
  Intel Corp.  2,767      136
  Micron Technology Inc.  1,450      122
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A  1,311      102
  Oracle Corp.  1,053       96
* Dell Technologies Inc. Class C  1,677       95
* Arrow Electronics Inc.    739       90
* Meta Platforms Inc. Class A    255       83
  Jabil Inc.  1,428       83
* Avid Technology Inc.  2,434       78
  Seagate Technology Holdings plc    700       72
  TE Connectivity Ltd.    342       53
  NortonLifeLock Inc.  2,114       53
* TechTarget Inc.    534       52
* Kimball Electronics Inc.  2,389       51
  TD SYNNEX Corp.    494       51
  NetApp Inc.    510       45
  Shutterstock Inc.    392       45
  Hackett Group Inc.  2,074       42
* Dropbox Inc. Class A  1,581       39
  Lam Research Corp.     56       38
* Ziff Davis Inc.    294       33
  Methode Electronics Inc.    734       33
* Rimini Street Inc.  5,050       33
* Teradata Corp.    771       33
* Gartner Inc.    102       32
* Rambus Inc.  1,178       32
  Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A  1,209       31
* Manhattan Associates Inc.    192       30
* ePlus Inc.    279       29
* Fortinet Inc.     83       28
* Sanmina Corp.    735       27
  Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc.    473       27
* NetScout Systems Inc.    875       26
 
12

U.S. Multifactor Fund
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
* EMCORE Corp.  3,401       25
* F5 Inc.    104       24
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.  1,530       22
  VMware Inc. Class A    186       22
* Plexus Corp.    250       21
  Concentrix Corp.    126       21
* NCR Corp.    425       16
  A10 Networks Inc.  1,006       15
* ScanSource Inc.    452       14
* SMART Global Holdings Inc.    222       13
  Xperi Holding Corp.    723       13
* Unisys Corp.    411        7
* Kyndryl Holdings Inc.    448        7
         4,087
Telecommunications (1.4%)
  Cisco Systems Inc.  5,005      274
  Lumen Technologies Inc.  9,213      114
* WideOpenWest Inc.  5,547      103
* Calix Inc.    678       45
* Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.  4,997       38
* NETGEAR Inc.    870       23
* Lumentum Holdings Inc.    237       21
* Clearfield Inc.    198       13
* Ciena Corp.    195       12
           643
    Shares Market
Value

($000)
Utilities (0.0%)
* Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.    428       19
Total Common Stocks (Cost $38,058) 47,334
Temporary Cash Investments (1.8%)
Money Market Fund (1.8%)
1 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 0.077% (Cost $869)  8,684         868
Total Investments (100.6%) (Cost $38,927) 48,202
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.6%) (266)
Net Assets (100%) 47,936
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
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.
 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2021 26 594 (13)
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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U.S. Multifactor Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of November 30, 2021
($000s, except shares and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $38,058) 47,334
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $869) 868
Total Investments in Securities 48,202
Investment in Vanguard 2
Cash Collateral Pledged—Futures Contracts 48
Receivables for Accrued Income 82
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 158
Total Assets 48,492
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 125
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 411
Payables to Vanguard 5
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 15
Total Liabilities 556
Net Assets 47,936
At November 30, 2021, net assets consisted of:  
   
Paid-in Capital 40,996
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) 6,940
Net Assets 47,936
 
Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,453,162 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
47,936
Net Asset Value Per Share $32.99
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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U.S. Multifactor Fund
Statement of Operations
  Year Ended
November 30, 2021
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 638
Interest1
Securities Lending—Net 2
Total Income 640
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services
Management and Administrative 30
Marketing and Distribution
Custodian Fees 5
Auditing Fees 31
Shareholders’ Reports 3
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Total Expenses 69
Net Investment Income 571
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 2,892
Futures Contracts 126
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 3,018
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 4,989
Futures Contracts (15)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 4,974
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 8,563
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were each less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
15

U.S. Multifactor Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
($000)
2020
($000)
     
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 571 434
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 3,018 (2,761)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 4,974 1,336
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 8,563 (991)
Distributions    
Total Distributions (509) (472)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 30,399 11,365
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 417 380
Redeemed (17,122) (17,034)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 13,694 (5,289)
Total Increase (Decrease) 21,748 (6,752)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 26,188 32,940
End of Period 47,936 26,188
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
16

U.S. Multifactor Fund
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Year Ended November 30, February 15,
20181 to
November 30,
2018
2021 2020 2019  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $25.47 $25.70 $24.53 $25.00
Investment Operations        
Net Investment Income2 .466 .382 .425 .333
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 7.485 (.214) 1.143 (.598)
Total from Investment Operations 7.951 .168 1.568 (.265)
Distributions        
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.431) (.398) (.398) (.205)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.431) (.398) (.398) (.205)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $32.99 $25.47 $25.70 $24.53
Total Return3 31.39% 0.97% 6.54% -1.11%
Ratios/Supplemental Data        
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $48 $26 $33 $36
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.18%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.48% 1.66% 1.76% 1.64%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 62% 74% 96% 58%
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not include transaction or account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable transaction and account service fees.
4 Annualized.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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U.S. Multifactor Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor 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.
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 securities 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 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. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for 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. Credit Facilities 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 and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes, subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed 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 either 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, except that borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
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 year ended November 30, 2021, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
6. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. 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.
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 and 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 November 30, 2021, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $2,000, representing less than 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.
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C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
At November 30, 2021, 100% of the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives was determined based on Level 1 inputs.
D. Permanent differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of net assets, if any, are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.
Temporary differences between book-basis and tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) arise when certain items of income, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The differences are primarily related to the deferral of losses from wash sales; the recognition of unrealized gains or losses from certain derivative contracts; and the classification of securities for tax purposes. As of period end, the tax-basis components of total distributable earnings (loss) are detailed in the table as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Undistributed Ordinary Income 164
Undistributed Long-Term Gains
Capital Loss Carryforwards (2,500)
Qualified Late-Year Losses
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) 9,276
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Amount
($000)
2020
Amount
($000)
Ordinary Income* 509 472
Long-Term Capital Gains
Total 509 472
* Includes short-term capital gains, if any.
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As of November 30, 2021, 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 38,926
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 10,221
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (945)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 9,276
E. During the year ended November 30, 2021, the fund purchased $36,653,000 of investment securities and sold $23,139,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
F. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
    
  Year Ended November 30,
  2021
Shares
(000)
2020
Shares
(000)
     
Issued 960 524
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 14 18
Redeemed (549) (795)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 425 (253)
G. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2021, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of Vanguard Wellington Fund and Shareholders of Vanguard U.S. Multifactor Fund
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Vanguard U.S. Multifactor Fund (one of the funds constituting Vanguard Wellington Fund, referred to hereafter as the "Fund”) as of November 30, 2021, the related statement of operations for the year ended November 30, 2021, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended November 30, 2021, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2021 and for the period February 15, 2018 (inception) through November 30, 2018 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of November 30, 2021, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended November 30, 2021 and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2021 and for the period February 15, 2018 (inception) through November 30, 2018 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of November 30, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 19, 2022
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in The Vanguard Group of Funds since 1975.
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Special 2021 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard U.S. Multifactor Fund
This information for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2021, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund distributed $509,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.
For corporate shareholders, 100% of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.
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The People Who Govern Your Fund
The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them.
A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 217 Vanguard funds.
Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. That information, as well as the Vanguard fund count, is as of the date on the cover of this fund report. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.
Interested Trustee1
Mortimer J. Buckley
Born in 1969. Trustee since January 2018. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: chairman of the board (2019–present) of Vanguard and of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard; chief executive officer (2018–present) of Vanguard; chief executive officer, president, and trustee (2018–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard; president and director (2017–present) of Vanguard; and president (2018–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation. Chief investment officer (2013–2017), managing director (2002–2017), head of the Retail Investor Group (2006–2012), and chief information officer (2001–2006) of Vanguard. Chairman of the board (2011–2017) and trustee (2009–2017) of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and trustee (2018–present) and vice chair (2019–present) of The Shipley School.
Independent Trustees
Tara Bunch
Born in 1962. Trustee since November 2021. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: head of global operations at Airbnb (2020–present). Vice president of AppleCare (2012–2020). Member of the board of directors of Out & Equal (2002–2006), the advisory board of the University of California, Berkeley School of
Engineering (2020–present), and the advisory board of Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business (2018–present).
Emerson U. Fullwood
Born in 1948. Trustee since January 2008. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: executive chief staff and marketing officer for North America and corporate vice president (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document management products and services). Former president of the Worldwide Channels Group, Latin America, and Worldwide Customer Service and executive chief staff officer of Developing Markets of Xerox. Executive in residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Director of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing). Director of the University of Rochester Medical Center, the Monroe Community College Foundation, the United Way of Rochester, North Carolina A&T University, and Roberts Wesleyan College. Trustee of the University of Rochester.
Amy Gutmann
Born in 1949. Trustee since June 2006. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president (2004–present) of the University of Pennsylvania. Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, and professor of communication, Annenberg School for Communication, with secondary faculty appointments in the Department of
 
1  Mr. Buckley is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.

Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.
F. Joseph Loughrey
Born in 1949. Trustee since October 2009. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president and chief operating officer (retired 2009) and vice chairman of the board (2008–2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery). Chairman of the board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized consumer services). Director of the V Foundation. Member of the advisory council for the College of Arts and Letters and chair of the advisory board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both at the University of Notre Dame. Chairman of the board of Saint Anselm College.
Mark Loughridge
Born in 1953. Trustee since March 2012. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: senior vice president and chief financial officer (retired 2013) of IBM (information technology services). Fiduciary member of IBM’s Retirement Plan Committee (2004–2013), senior vice president and general manager (2002–2004) of IBM Global Financing, vice president and controller (1998–2002) of IBM, and a variety of other prior management roles at IBM. Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.
Scott C. Malpass
Born in 1962. Trustee since March 2012. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: chief investment officer (retired June 2020) and vice president (retired June 2020) of the University of Notre Dame. Assistant professor (retired June 2020) of finance at the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, and member of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee. Member of the board of Catholic Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisors) and the board of superintendence of the Institute for the Works of Religion.
Deanna Mulligan
Born in 1963. Trustee since January 2018. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: board chair (2020), chief executive officer (2011–2020), and president (2010–2019) of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Chief operating officer (2010–2011) and executive vice president (2008–2010) of Individual Life and Disability of the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Member of the board of the Economic Club of New York. Trustee of the Partnership for New York City (business leadership), Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and the
Bruce Museum (arts and science). Member of the Advisory Council for the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
André F. Perold
Born in 1952. Trustee since December 2004. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (retired 2011). Chief investment officer and co-managing partner of HighVista Strategies (private investment firm). Member of the board (2018–present) of RIT Capital Partners (investment firm). Member of the investment committee of Partners Health Care System.
Sarah Bloom Raskin
Born in 1961. Trustee since January 2018. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: deputy secretary (2014–2017) of the United States Department of the Treasury. Governor (2010–2014) of the Federal Reserve Board. Commissioner (2007–2010) of financial regulation for the State of Maryland. Professor (2020–present), Distinguished Fellow of the Global Financial Markets Center (2020–present), and Rubenstein Fellow (2017–2020) at Duke University. Trustee (2017–present) of Amherst College and member of Amherst College Investment Committee (2019–present). Member of the Regenerative Crisis Response Committee (2020–present).
David A. Thomas
Born in 1956. Trustee since July 2021. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president of Morehouse College (2018–present). Professor of business administration, emeritus at Harvard University (2017–2018). Dean (2011–2016) and professor of management (2016–2017) at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. Director of DTE Energy Company (2013–present). Trustee of Common Fund (2019–present).
Peter F. Volanakis
Born in 1955. Trustee since July 2009. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: president and chief operating officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications equipment) and director of Corning Incorporated (2000–2010) and Dow Corning (2001–2010). Director (2012) of SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing). Overseer of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College (2001–2013). Chairman of the board of trustees of Colby-Sawyer College. Member of the BMW Group Mobility Council.

Executive Officers
Christine M. Buchanan
Born in 1970. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Chief financial officer (2021–present) and treasurer (2017–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Partner (2005–2017) at KPMG (audit, tax, and advisory services).
David Cermak
Born in 1960. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Finance director (2019–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Managing director and head (2017–present) of Vanguard Investments Singapore. Managing director and head (2017–2019) of Vanguard Investments Hong Kong. Representative director and head (2014–2017) of Vanguard Investments Japan.
John Galloway
Born in 1973. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Investment stewardship officer (September 2020–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Head of Investor Advocacy (February 2020–present) and head of Marketing Strategy and Planning (2017–2020) at Vanguard. Special assistant to the President of the United States (2015).
Peter Mahoney
Born in 1974. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Controller (2015–present) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Head of International Fund Services (2008–2014) at Vanguard.
Anne E. Robinson
Born in 1970. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: general counsel (2016–present) of Vanguard. Secretary (2016–present) of Vanguard and of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Managing director (2016–present) of Vanguard. Managing director and general counsel of Global Cards and Consumer Services (2014–2016) at Citigroup. Counsel (2003–2014) at American Express.
Michael Rollings
Born in 1963. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: finance director (2017–present) and treasurer (2017) of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Managing director (2016–present) of Vanguard. Chief financial officer (2016–present) of Vanguard. Director (2016–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation. Executive vice president and chief financial officer (2006–2016) of MassMutual Financial Group.
John E. Schadl
Born in 1972. Principal occupation(s) during the past five years and other experience: principal of Vanguard. Chief compliance officer (2019–present) of Vanguard and of each of the investment companies served by Vanguard. Assistant vice president (2019–present) of Vanguard Marketing Corporation.
Vanguard Senior Management Team
Matthew Benchener Thomas M. Rampulla
Joseph Brennan Karin A. Risi
Mortimer J. Buckley Anne E. Robinson
Gregory Davis Michael Rollings
John James Nitin Tandon
John T. Marcante Lauren Valente
Chris D. Mclsaac  

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Item 2: Code of Ethics.

 

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

 

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

All members of the Audit Committee have been determined by the Registrant’s Board of Trustees to be Audit Committee Financial Experts and to be independent: F. Joseph Loughrey, Mark Loughridge, Sarah Bloom Raskin, and Peter F. Volanakis.

 

 

 

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a)             Audit Fees.

 

Audit Fees of the Registrant.

 

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2021: $250,000
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2020: $168,000

 

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

 

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2021: $11,244,694
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2020: $10,761,407

 

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

 

(b)             Audit-Related Fees.

 

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2021: $2,955,181
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2020: $2,915,863

 

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

 

(c)             Tax Fees.

 

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2021: $2,047,574
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2020: $247,168

 

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

 

(d)             All Other Fees.

 

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2021: $280,000
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2020: $115,000

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(g)            Aggregate Non-Audit Fees.

 

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2021: $2,327,574
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2020: $362,168

 

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

 

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

 

Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

The Registrant is a listed issuer as defined in rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). The Registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The Registrant’s audit committee members are: F. Joseph Loughrey, Mark Loughridge, Sarah Bloom Raskin, and Peter F. Volanakis.

 

 

 

Item 6: Investments.

 

Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

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 the 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.

 

(a)(1) Code of Ethics filed herewith.
(a)(2) Certifications filed herewith.
(b) Certifications field herewith.

 

 

 

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 WELLINGTON FUND    
       
BY: /s/ MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY*    
       
         MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY    
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER    

 

Date: January 21, 2022

 

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 WELLINGTON FUND    
       
BY: /s/ MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY*    
       
         MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY    
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER    

  

Date: January 21, 2022

 

  VANGUARD WELLINGTON FUND    
       
BY: /s/ CHRISTINE BUCHANAN*    
       
         CHRISTINE BUCHANAN    
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER    

 

Date: January 21, 2022

 

* By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson

 

Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on November 29, 2021 (see File Number 33-64845), a Power of Attorney filed on October 12, 2021 (see File Number 33-23444), and a Power of Attorney filed on August 26, 2021 (see file Number 811-02652), Incorporated by Reference.

 

 

Exhibit 99.CODE ETH

 

 

the vanguard FUNDS’

CODE OF Ethics fOR

SENIOR executive and FINANCIAL OFFICERS

 

I. Introduction

 

The Board of Trustees (the “Fund Board”) of each registered investment company that is managed, sponsored, and distributed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. (“VGI”) or its subsidiaries (each, a “Vanguard Fund” and collectively, the “Vanguard Funds”) has adopted this code of ethics (the “Code”) as required by Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Code applies to the individuals in positions listed on Exhibit A (the “Covered Officers”). All Covered Officers, along with employees of VGI, are subject to separate and distinct obligations from this Code under a Code of Ethics adopted pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“17j-1 Code of Ethics”), policies to prevent the misuse of non-public information, and other internal compliance guidelines and policies that may be in effect from time to time.

 

This Code is designed to promote:

 

Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of conflicts of interest;

 

Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a Vanguard Fund files with, or submits to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and in other public communications made by the Vanguard Funds or VGI;

 

Compliance with applicable laws, governmental rules, and regulations;

 

Prompt internal reporting to those identified in the Code of violations of the Code; and

 

Accountability for adherence to the Code.

 

II. Actual or Apparent Conflicts of Interest

 

A. Covered Officers should conduct all activities in accordance with the following principles:

 

1. Clients’ interests come first. In the course of fulfilling their duties and responsibilities to VGI clients, Covered Officers must at all times place the interests of VGI clients first. In particular, Covered Officers must avoid serving their own personal interests ahead of the interests of VGI clients.

 

2. Conflicts of interest must be avoided. Covered Officers must avoid any situation involving an actual or potential conflict of interest or possible impropriety with respect to their duties and responsibilities to VGI clients. Covered Officers must disclose and report at least annually any situation that may present the potential for a conflict of interest to Vanguard’s Compliance Department, consistent with the 17j-1 Code of Ethics.

 

3. Compromising situations must be avoided. Covered Officers must not take advantage of their position of trust and responsibility. Covered Officers must avoid any situation that might compromise or call into question their exercise of full independent judgment in the best interests of VGI clients.

 

 

 

 

All activities of Covered Officers should be guided by and adhere to these fiduciary standards regardless of whether the activity is specifically described in this Code.

 

B. Restricted Activities include the following:

 

1. Prohibition on secondary employment. Covered Officers are prohibited from accepting or serving in any form of secondary employment. Secondary employment that does not create a potential conflict of interest may be approved by the General Counsel of VGI.

 

2. Prohibition on service as director or public official. Unless approved by the General Counsel of VGI, Covered Officers are prohibited from serving on the board of directors of any publicly traded company or in an official capacity for any federal, state, or local government (or governmental agency or instrumentality).

 

3. Prohibition on misuse of Vanguard time or property. Covered Officers are prohibited from making use of time, equipment, services, personnel or property of any Vanguard entity for any purposes other than the performance of their duties and responsibilities in connection with the Vanguard Funds or other Vanguard-related entities.

 

III. Disclosure and Compliance

 

A. Each Covered Officer should be familiar with the disclosure requirements generally applicable to the Vanguard Funds.

 

B. Each Covered Officer should not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Vanguard Funds to others, including to the Vanguard Funds’ directors and auditors, or to government regulators and self-regulatory organizations.

 

C. Each Covered Officer should, to the extent appropriate within the Covered Officer’s area of responsibility, consult with other officers and employees of VGI and advisors to a Vanguard Fund with the goal of promoting full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports and documents the Vanguard Fund files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other public communications made by a Vanguard Fund.

 

D. It is the responsibility of each Covered Officer to promote compliance with the standards and restrictions imposed by applicable laws, rules, regulations, and the 17j-1 Code of Ethics.

 

IV. Reporting and Accountability

 

A. Each Covered Officer must:

 

1. Upon adoption or amendment of the Code (or thereafter as applicable, upon becoming a Covered Officer), affirm in writing that he or she has received, read, and understands the Code;

 

2. Affirm at least annually in writing that he or she has complied with the requirements of the Code;

 

 

 

 

3. Not retaliate against any other Covered Officer or any employee of VGI for reports of potential violations of the Code that are made in good faith; and

 

4. Notify the General Counsel of VGI promptly if the Covered Officer knows of any violations of this Code.

 

B. The Vanguard Funds will use the following procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code:

 

1. The General Counsel of VGI is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular situation. The General Counsel will report on an as-needed basis to the Fund Board regarding activities subject to the Code.

 

2. The General Counsel will take all appropriate action to investigate any potential violations of the Code that are reported to him or her.

 

3. If, after investigation, the General Counsel believes that no material violation of the Code has occurred, the General Counsel is not required to take any further action.

 

4. Any matter that the General Counsel believes is a material violation of the Code will be reported to the Chief Compliance Officer and the Fund Board.

 

5. If the Fund Board concurs that a material violation of the Code has occurred, the Fund Board will consider appropriate action. Appropriate action may include reassignment, suspension, or dismissal of the applicable Covered Officer(s), or any other sanctions the Fund Board deems appropriate. Appropriate action may also include review of, and appropriate modifications to, applicable policies and procedures.

 

6. Any changes to or waiver of this Code will, to the extent required, be disclosed as provided by SEC rules.

 

 

 

 

Other Policies and Procedures

 

This Code shall be the sole code of conduct adopted by the Vanguard Funds for purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and forms applicable to registered investment companies thereunder. Insofar as other policies or procedures of the Vanguard Funds, VGI, or other service providers govern or purport to govern the behavior or activities of the Covered Officers, they are superseded by this Code to the extent that they overlap or conflict with the provisions of this Code.

 

VGI’s and the Vanguard Funds’ 17j-1 Code of Ethics, policies to prevent the misuse of non-public information, and other internal compliance guidelines and policies that may be in effect from time to time are separate requirements applying to the Covered Officers and others, and are not part of this Code.

 

VI. Amendments

 

This Code may not be materially amended except by the approval of a majority vote of the independent trustees of the Fund Board. Non-material, technical, and administrative revisions of the Code do not have to be approved by the Fund Board. Amendments must be in writing and communicated promptly to the Covered Officers, who shall affirm receipt of the amended Code in accordance with Section IV. A. 1.

 

VII. Confidentiality

 

All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code shall be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by law or this Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the Fund Board, VGI’s General Counsel and the Chief Compliance Officer of VGI and the Vanguard Funds.

 

Last Reviewed: November 20, 2020

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

to the vanguard FUNDS’

CODE OF Ethics fOR

SENIOR executive and FINANCIAL OFFICERS

 

Covered Officers (some offices may be held by the same individual):

 

Chief Executive Officer of the Vanguard Funds

 

President of the Vanguard Funds

 

Chief Financial Officer of the Vanguard Funds

 

Finance Director of the Vanguard Funds

 

Treasurer of the Vanguard Funds

 

Assistant Treasurer of the Vanguard Funds

 

Controller of the Vanguard Funds

 

Chief Executive Officer of The Vanguard Group, Inc.

 

President of The Vanguard Group, Inc.

 

Managing Director, Finance of The Vanguard Group, Inc.

 

Chief Financial Officer of The Vanguard Group, Inc.

 

Chief Accounting Officer of The Vanguard Group, Inc.

 

Treasurer of The Vanguard Group, Inc. 

 

Controller of The Vanguard Group, Inc.

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.CERT

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Mortimer J. Buckley, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Vanguard Wellington Fund;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: January 21, 2022

  /s/ Mortimer J. Buckley
  Mortimer J. Buckley
  Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Christine Buchanan, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Vanguard Wellington Fund;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: January 21, 2022

  /s/ Christine Buchanan
  Christine Buchanan
  Chief Financial Officer

 

Exhibit 99.906CERT 

 

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Name of Issuer: Vanguard Wellington Fund

 

In connection with the Report on Form N-CSR of the above-named issuer that is accompanied by this certification, the undersigned hereby certifies, to his knowledge, that:

 

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the issuer.

 

Date:    January 21, 2022

  /s/ Mortimer J. Buckley
  Mortimer J. Buckley
  Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Name of Issuer: Vanguard Wellington Fund

 

In connection with the Report on Form N-CSR of the above-named issuer that is accompanied by this certification, the undersigned hereby certifies, to her knowledge, that:

 

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the issuer.

 

Date:    January 21, 2022

  /s/ Christine Buchanan
  Christine Buchanan
  Chief Financial Officer