Vanguard International Stock Index Funds Annual Report

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Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Fund Profile As of October 31, 2009 Portfolio Characteristics Target Broad Fund Index1 Index2 Number of Stocks 799 748 1,806 Turnover Rate 12% — — Expense Ratio3 — — Investor Shares 0.39% Admiral Shares 0.27% Signal Shares 0.27% Institutional Shares 0.20% ETF Shares 0.27% Short-Term Reserves 0.0% — — Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure) Target Broad Fund Index1 Index2 Consumer Discretionary 5.4% 5.3% 8.3% Consumer Staples 5.4 5.4 8.6 Energy 15.3 15.3 11.2 Financials 24.7 25.4 26.6 Health Care 2.2 2.1 6.4 Industrials 6.8 6.7 9.8 Information Technology 13.0 12.7 6.5 Materials Telecommunication 14.6 14.5 11.2 Services 9.1 9.1 6.4 Utilities 3.5 3.5 5.0 Volatility Measures4 Fund Versus Fund Versus Target Index1 Broad Index2 R-Squared 0.99 0.94 Beta 1.01 1.25 Ten Largest Holdings 5 (% of total net assets) Petroleo Brasileiro SA integrated oil and gas 4.0% Vale SA diversified metals and mining 2.9 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. semiconductors 2.6 Gazprom OAO ADR integrated oil and gas 2.0 China Mobile Ltd. wireless telecommunication Teva Pharmaceutical services 1.9 Industries Ltd. Taiwan Semiconductor pharmaceuticals 1.5 Manufacturing Co. Ltd. semiconductors 1.5 America Movil wireless SAB de CV telecommunication services 1.4 Itau Unibanco Holding SA China Construction diversified banks 1.4 Bank Corp. diversified banks 1.3 Top Ten 20.5% 1 MSCI Emerging Markets Index. 2 MSCI All Country World Index ex USA. 3 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectuses dated February 27, 2009, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year based on the fund’s net assets as of the prospectus date. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009, the expense ratios were 0.40% for Investor Shares, 0.27% for Admiral Shares, 0.27% for Signal Shares, 0.23% for Institutional Shares, and 0.27% for ETF Shares. 4 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary. 5 The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products. 62
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Market Diversification (% of equity exposure) Target Fund Index 1 China 18.5% 18.6% Brazil 16.4 16.3 South Korea 12.8 12.8 Taiwan 11.3 11.1 India 7.3 7.2 South Africa 7.0 6.9 Russia 6.7 6.6 Mexico 4.4 4.3 Malaysia 2.8 2.8 Israel 2.8 2.7 Indonesia 1.8 1.8 Turkey 1.5 1.5 Chile 1.4 1.3 Thailand 1.3 1.3 Poland 1.3 1.2 Other Emerging Markets 2.7 3.6 1 MSCI Emerging Markets Index. 63
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