Vanguard Announces Intent to Revert Diversification Status for Two Funds

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard today announced its intent to seek shareholder approval to change the diversification status of both the ETF and mutual fund share classes of Vanguard Health Care Index Fund (ETF shares: VHT, Admiral shares: VHCIX) and Vanguard Financials Index Fund (ETF shares: VFH, Admiral shares: VFAIX) from diversified to non-diversified, which requires a shareholder vote. 

Currently, the diversification limits constrain funds' ability to directly invest in securities in proportion to their weights in their respective benchmarks, as the benchmarks have become increasingly concentrated in a small number of stocks. If approved by fund shareholders, the diversification status changes will enable the funds to invest directly in securities in the same weights as their target benchmarks.

The Board of Trustees of each fund believes that the proposed changes are in the best interests of the funds and their shareholders because being non-diversified will allow the funds' portfolio managers to better track each fund's benchmark index, thus allowing for potentially better investment performance.

Shareholders of the funds as of the record date of August 26, 2025 will be invited to cast their votes ahead of and during a virtual shareholder meeting on November 4, 2025. Shareholders are encouraged to vote early online and over the phone. Shareholders will also be able to cast their votes through the mail or during the virtual shareholder meeting.

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