Vanguard International Stock Index Funds Annual Report

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Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): October 31, 1999–October 31, 2009
2000
–6.3 –6.4
2001
–21.2 –21.0
2002
5.3 5.8
2003
49.9 50.6
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Investor Shares
Spliced Emerging Markets Index 1
2004
18.4 19.0
33.7 33.7
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended September 30, 2009
This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end
of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.
Inception Date One Year Five Years Ten Years
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Investor Shares2 5/4/1994 17.38% 16.67% 11.71%
Fee-Adjusted Returns3 16.81 16.56 11.66
Admiral Shares 6/23/2006 17.49 10.584 —
Fee-Adjusted Returns3 16.92 10.424 —
Signal Shares 1/19/2007 17.51 2.944 —
Fee-Adjusted Returns3 16.94 2.754 —
Institutional Shares 6/22/2000 17.57 16.87 11.214 Fee-Adjusted Returns3 17.00 16.76 11.164 ETF Shares 3/4/2005
Market Price 17.28 12.204 —
Net Asset Value 17.52 12.074 —
1 Select Emerging Markets Index through August 23, 2006; MSCI Emerging Markets Index thereafter.
2 Returns do not reflect the $10 annual account maintenance fee applied on balances under $10,000.
3 Performance figures are adjusted for the 0.25% (0.50% prior to June 26, 2008) transaction fee on purchases and redemptions that were in
effect as of September 30, 2009. Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed until March 23, 2005.
4 Returns since inception.
Note: See Financial Highlights tables for dividend and capital gains information.
2005
2006
32.6 33.3
2007
69.6 67.8
2008
–56.7 –56.3
2009
60.1 64.1