Vanguardfi Tax-Exempt Bond ETF

Vanguard? Tax-Exempt Bond ETF

Vanguard?

Product Summary Seeks to track the performance of the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index. Broadly diversified exposure to investment-grade U.S. municipal bond market. Passively managed using index sampling. Intermediate-duration portfolio. Provides moderate current income with high credit quality.

Quality

Vanguard Style View: Muni National Interm Invests in investment-grade municipal bonds with an minimum term to maturity greater than one month.

Duration Short Medium Long High

Avg

Low

Central tendency Expected range of fund holdings

Quarterly Commentary

The second quarter of 2022 was another difficult period for global financial markets. Inflation readings across much of the world were at levels not seen in decades as supply chain bottlenecks persisted and the war in Ukraine increased pressure on rising energy and food prices. Central banks in many developed countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, acted to counter inflation by raising short-term interest rates. The European Central Bank moved to end its asset purchases and indicated it would begin raising rates in July. Yields of U.S. Treasuries rose across the maturity spectrum, with more movement at the shorter end of the curve, given the prospect of more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The broad U.S. investment-grade bond market declined close to 5% (as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index). The S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index, the benchmark for Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund, returned ?2.91% for quarter. Tax-exempt bonds held up a little better than the broad U.S. taxable investment-grade bond market, which returned ?4.73%, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. In general, higher-quality bonds with shorter maturities held up the best. Revenue bonds, as a whole, fared worse than general obligation bonds. By sector, resource recovery, electric, and water and sewer bonds did the best, while hospital and housing lagged most. For the 12 months ended June 30, the fund's benchmark returned ?8.12%. Small deviations in the fund's performance versus that of its benchmark index may occur because of the fund's approach to approximating the index and temporary pricing differences between the fund and the index.

People and Process Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF seeks to track the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index, which measures the performance of the investment-grade segment of the U.S. municipal bond market. The fund invests in investment-grade municipal bonds from issuers that are primarily state or local governments or agencies whose interest is exempt from U.S. federal income taxes and the federal alternative minimum tax. The fund's passive investment style uses a sampling technique to closely match key benchmark characteristics: sector weight, coupon, maturity, effective duration, convexity, and credit quality. Optimized sampling is designed to avoid the expense and impracticality of fully replicating the index. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in securities held in the index. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in securities whose income will be exempt from federal income taxes and the federal AMT.

Vanguard Fixed Income Group Launched in 1975, The Vanguard Group, Malvern, Pennsylvania, is among the world's largest equity and fixed income managers. As chief investment officer, Gregory Davis, CFA, oversees Vanguard's Equity Index, Quantitative Equity, and Fixed Income Groups. Sara Devereux, principal and global head of Fixed Income Group, has direct oversight responsibility for all money market, bond, and stable value portfolios managed by the Fixed Income Group. The Fixed Income Group offers actively managed investments in U.S. Treasury, corporate, and tax-exempt securities, as well as passively managed index portfolios. Since 1981, it has refined techniques in total-return management, credit research, and index sampling to seek to deliver consistent performance with transparency and risk control. The group has advised Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF since 2015.

As of June 30, 2022

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Investment Manager Biographies Stephen M. McFee, CFA. Portfolio manager. Advised the fund since 2020. Worked in investment management since 2007. B.A. and B.S., East Stroudsburg University. M.S., St. Joseph's University.

Total Returns

Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (8/21/2015) Net Asset Value Market Price

S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index 1 Since the fund's inception, 8/21/2015.

Expense Ratio 0.05% -- --

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Quarter

-2.89% -2.71 -2.91

Year to Date

-8.59% -8.41 -8.55

1 Year

-8.22% -8.18 -8.12

3 Years

-0.15% -0.12 -0.12

5 Years

1.46% 1.50 1.51

Since Inception

1.89% 1.92 1.92 1

The performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, so investors' shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at performance. The performance of an index is not an exact representation of any particular investment, as you cannot invest directly in an index. Figures for periods of less than one year are cumulative returns. All other figures represent average annual returns. Performance figures include the reinvestment of all dividends and any capital gains distributions. All returns are net of expenses.

Market price returns are calculated using the midpoint between the bid and offer price at the time NAV is calculated, typically 4 p.m., Eastern time.

As of June 30, 2022

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Quarterly Returns

Year 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2

1st Quarter -5.87% -0.46 -0.41 2.82 -1.22 1.23 1.49 --

2nd Quarter -2.89% 1.52 2.46 2.28 0.85 1.90 2.67 --

2 Since inception of the share class, 8/21/2015.

3rd Quarter --

-0.42% 1.04 1.59 -0.24 1.17 -0.32 0.44

4th Quarter --

0.82% 1.86 0.62 1.57 0.57 -3.42 1.77

Tax-Exempt Bond Index

ETF

S&P National AMT-Free Muni Bond Idx

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--

1.45%

1.59%

5.01

4.95

7.50

7.42

0.94

1.01

4.96

5.09

0.31

0.36

2.22

2.14

Year-End

Assets (Millions) $17,857

14,959 10,349

6,801 3,970 2,235

659 135

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Recent Dividends and Distributions

Ex-Dividend Date June 2, 2022 May 3, 2022 April 4, 2022 March 2, 2022 February 2, 2022 December 27, 2021 December 2, 2021 November 2, 2021 October 4, 2021 September 2, 2021 August 3, 2021 July 2, 2021 June 2, 2021 May 4, 2021 April 5, 2021 March 2, 2021 February 2, 2021 December 24, 2020 December 2, 2020 November 3, 2020 October 2, 2020 September 2, 2020 August 4, 2020 July 2, 2020 June 2, 2020 May 4, 2020 April 2, 2020 March 3, 2020 February 4, 2020 December 24, 2019 December 3, 2019 November 4, 2019 October 2, 2019 September 4, 2019 August 2, 2019 July 2, 2019

Income $0.08 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.10

Total Dividend

$0.08 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.10

As of June 30, 2022

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Fund Facts Fund Number Ticker Intra-day Ticker Benchmark Ticker CUSIP Number Assets (millions) Inception Expense Ratio

(as of 2/2022)

Distribution by Issuer

Asset-Backed Commercial Mortgage-Backed Finance Foreign Government Mortgage-Backed Industrial Treasury/Agency Utilities Other Total

4391 VTEB VTEB.IV SPMUNUST 922907746 $17,857 8/21/2015

0.05%

% of Portfolio 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0

99.9 100.0%

Volatility Measures

R-Squared

Beta

S&P National AMT-Free Muni Bond Idx

1.00

1.01

R-squared and beta are calculated from trailing 36-month fund returns relative to the associated benchmark.

Distribution by Stated Maturity

Under 1 Year 1 to 3 Years 3 to 5 Years 5 to 10 Years 10 to 20 Years 20 to 30 Years Over 30 Years Total

% of Portfolio

7.0 % 10.1 %

9.8 % 17.3 % 27.4 % 24.5 %

3.9 % 100.0 %

As of June 30, 2022

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