Vanguard International Stock Index Funds Annual Report

European Stock Index Fund
B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative,
marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods
approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in
capital contributions to Vanguard. At October 31, 2009, the fund had contributed capital of $2,310,000
to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.02% of the fund’s net assets and 0.92% of
Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.
C. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit
in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the year ended October 31, 2009, custodian fee
offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $169,000 (an annual rate of 0.00% of average
net assets).
D. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments. These inputs
are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies
used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in
those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest
rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine
the fair value of investments).
The following table summarizes the fund’s investments as of October 31, 2009, based on the inputs
used to value them:
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 61,703 10,845,742 800
Temporary Cash Investments 318,104 13,995 —
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (2,927) — —
Forward Currency Contracts—Assets 624 — —
Total
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.
377,504 10,859,737 800
The following table summarizes changes in investments valued based on Level 3 inputs during the year
ended October 31, 2009:
Investments in
Securities
Amount Valued Based on Level 3 Inputs ($000)
Balance as of October 31, 2008 —
Transfers into Level 3 708
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 92
Balance as of October 31, 2009 800
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