Vanguard European Stock Index Fund
Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund

Supplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectuses

New Target Indexes

The board of trustees of Vanguard European Stock Index Fund and Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund has approved the adoption of new target indexes for the Funds. The board believes that the new indexes, listed below, are well-constructed and offer comprehensive coverage of the Funds’ respective market segments. In addition, Vanguard’s agreement with the new index provider may result in considerable savings to shareholders over time in the form of lower expense ratios.

Vanguard Fund Current Target Index New Target Index
European Stock Index MSCI Europe Index FTSE Developed Europe
Fund   Index
Pacific Stock Index MSCI Pacific Index FTSE Developed Asia
Fund   Pacific Index

 

The Funds are expected to implement these changes sometime over the coming months. To protect the Funds from the potential for harmful “front running” by traders, the exact timing of the index changes and portfolio transitions will not be disclosed to investors. In the meantime, the Funds will continue seeking to track their current indexes.

Each new index measures the same market segment as the corresponding current index, so the investment objectives and risks described in each Fund’s current prospectus will not change. A Fund’s new target index could provide different investment returns (either lower or higher) or different levels of volatility than its existing index over any period of time.

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The adjustments to each Fund’s portfolio holdings are expected to result in modest, temporary increases in the Fund’s transaction costs and turnover rate. The transition also may cause each Fund to realize taxable capital gains, although the board of trustees believes that any gains realized are likely to be offset by accumulated tax losses. It is important to note that the actual transaction costs, turnover rate, and capital gains will be highly dependent upon a number of factors, including the market environment at the time of the portfolio adjustments.

Additional information about the new target indexes is available on vanguard.com.

Name Changes for ETF Shares

To better coincide with the new target indexes, the ETF share class of each Fund will change its name as listed below. The name changes will occur at the same time that the index changes become effective.

  Current Vanguard New Vanguard
Vanguard Fund ETF Shares ETF Shares
European Stock Index Fund MSCI Europe ETF FTSE Europe ETF
Pacific Stock Index Fund MSCI Pacific ETF FTSE Pacific ETF

 

 

THESE FUNDS ARE NOT SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY MSCI INC. ("MSCI"), ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, ANY OF ITS DIRECT OR INDIRECT INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY INVOLVED IN, OR RELATED TO, COMPILING, COMPUTING OR CREATING ANY MSCI INDEX (COLLECTIVELY, THE "MSCI PARTIES"). THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES ARE SERVICE MARK(S) OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES AND HAVE BEEN LICENSED FOR USE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES BY VANGUARD. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE OWNERS OF THESE FUNDS OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE ADVISABILITY OF INVESTING IN FUNDS GENERALLY OR IN THESE FUNDS PARTICULARLY OR THE ABILITY OF ANY MSCI INDEX TO TRACK CORRESPONDING STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE. MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES ARE THE LICENSORS OF CERTAIN TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES AND OF THE MSCI INDEXES WHICH ARE DETERMINED, COMPOSED AND CALCULATED BY MSCI WITHOUT REGARD TO THESE FUNDS OR THE ISSUER OR OWNER OF THESE FUNDS. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES HAS ANY OBLIGATION TO TAKE THE NEEDS OF THE ISSUERS OR OWNERS OF THESE FUNDS INTO CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING, COMPOSING OR CALCULATING THE MSCI INDEXES. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OR HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE TIMING OF, PRICES AT, OR QUANTITIES OF THESE FUNDS TO BE ISSUED OR IN THE DETERMINATION OR CALCULATION OF THE CONSIDERATION INTO WHICH THESE FUNDS ARE REDEEMABLE. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES HAS ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY TO THE OWNERS OF THESE FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, MARKETING OR OFFERING OF THESE FUNDS.

ALTHOUGH MSCI SHALL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE MSCI INDEXES FROM SOURCES WHICH MSCI CONSIDERS RELIABLE, NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES WARRANTS OR GUARANTEES THE ORIGINALITY, ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY LICENSEE, LICENSEE'S CUSTOMERS OR COUNTERPARTIES, ISSUERS OF THE FUNDS, OWNERS OF THE FUNDS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, FROM THE USE OF ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIGHTS LICENSED HEREUNDER OR FOR ANY OTHER USE. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. FURTHER, NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND THE MSCI PARTIES HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY MSCI INDEX AND ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY OF THE MSCI PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

The Vanguard European Stock Index Fund and Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund are not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE International Limited (“FTSE”) the London Stock Exchange Group companies (“LSEG”) (together the “Licensor Parties”) and none of the Licensor Parties make any claim, prediction, warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to (i) the results to be obtained from the use of the FTSE Developed Europe Index and FTSE Developed Asia Pacific Index (the “Indexes”) (upon which the Vanguard European Stock Index Fund and Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund will be based), (ii) the figure at which an Index is said to stand at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise, or (iii) the suitability of an Index for the purpose to which it is being put in connection with the Vanguard European Stock Index Fund and Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund. None of the Licensor Parties have provided or will provide any financial or investment advice or recommendation in relation to an Index to Vanguard or to its clients. Each Index is calculated by FTSE or its agent. None of the Licensor Parties shall be (a) liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in an Index or (b) under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. All rights in an Index vest in FTSE. “FTSE®” is a trademark of LSEG and is used by FTSE under licence.

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PS 72B 102012