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92 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Trustees of Vanguard International Equity Index Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard European Stock Index Fund, Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund: In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vanguard European Stock Index Fund, Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund (separate portfolios of Vanguard International Equity Index Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at October 31, 2009, 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 then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2009 by correspondence with the custodians and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the Vanguard funds, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 15, 2009
Special 2009 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard European Stock Index Fund This information for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The fund distributed $902,560,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year. The fund will pass through foreign source income of $521,510,000 and foreign taxes paid of $39,234,000 to shareholders. The pass-through of foreign taxes paid will affect only shareholders on the fund’s dividend record date in December 2009. Shareholders will receive more detailed information along with their Form 1099-DIV in January 2010. Special 2009 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund This information for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The fund distributed $161,789,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year. The fund will pass through foreign source income of $184,952,000 and foreign taxes paid of $9,313,000 to shareholders. The pass-through of foreign taxes paid will affect only shareholders on the fund’s dividend record date in December 2009. Shareholders will receive more detailed information along with their Form 1099-DIV in January 2010. Special 2009 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund This information for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The fund distributed $393,065,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year. The fund will pass through foreign source income of $501,215,000 and foreign taxes paid of $49,564,000 to shareholders. The pass-through of foreign taxes paid will affect only shareholders on the fund’s dividend record date in December 2009. Shareholders will receive more detailed information along with their Form 1099-DIV in January 2010. 93
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