Investment Advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard)
Portfolio Manager
Joshua C. Barrickman, CFA,
Principal of Vanguard and co-head of Vanguard’s Fixed Income Indexing Americas. He has managed the Fund since 2013.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares online
through our website (vanguard.com), by mail (The Vanguard Group, P.O. Box 1110, Valley Forge, PA 19482-1110), or by telephone (800-662-2739). The minimum investment amount required to open and maintain a
Fund account for Admiral Shares is $3,000. The minimum investment amount required to add to an existing Fund account is generally $1. Investor Shares are generally available only to Vanguard funds that operate as
funds of funds and to certain retirement plan clients that receive recordkeeping services from Vanguard. Financial intermediaries, institutional clients, and Vanguard-advised clients should contact Vanguard for
information on special eligibility rules that may apply to them regarding Admiral Shares. If you are investing through an intermediary, please contact that firm directly for more information regarding your
eligibility. If you are investing through an employer-sponsored retirement or savings plan, your plan administrator or your benefits office can provide you with detailed information on how you can invest through your
plan.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions may be taxable
as ordinary income or capital gain. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as an IRA or an employer-sponsored retirement or savings plan, special tax rules apply.
Payments to Financial
Intermediaries
The Fund and its investment advisor do not pay
financial intermediaries for sales of Fund shares.
CFA® is a registered trademark owned by CFA Institute.
BLOOMBERG is a trademark and
service mark of Bloomberg Finance L.P. BARCLAYS is a trademark and service mark of Barclays Bank Plc, used under license. Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates, including Bloomberg Index Services Limited (BISL)
(collectively, Bloomberg), or Bloomberg’s licensors, own all proprietary rights in the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index (the Index or Bloomberg Barclays Index).
Neither Barclays Bank Plc,
Barclays Capital Inc., or any affiliate (collectively Barclays) or Bloomberg is the issuer or producer of the Total Bond Market Index Fund and neither Bloomberg nor Barclays has any responsibilities, obligations or
duties to investors in the Total Bond Market Index Fund. The Index is licensed for use by The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard) as the sponsor of the Total Bond Market Index Fund. Bloomberg and Barclays’ only
relationship with Vanguard in respect to the Index is the licensing of the Index, which is determined, composed and calculated by BISL, or any successor thereto, without regard to the Issuer or the Total Bond Market
Index Fund or the owners of the Total Bond Market Index Fund.