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    About this fund

    Fund objectives

    • The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth.
    • The Fund employs an “active management” strategy to invest mainly in U.S. stocks, with an emphasis on companies that are considered to have prospects for rapid earnings growth. The Fund’s Sub-Investment Manager, PRIMECAP Management Company (“PRIMECAP”), uses fundamental research to identify stocks that are expected to outperform the market over a three to five-year time horizon and that are available at attractive prices relative to their fundamental values. The Fund has the flexibility to invest in companies of any size, but it mostly invests in small and mid-cap stocks.
    • The Fund may measure performance against the Russell 3000 Index (the “Index”), a market-capitalisation-weighted stock market index, composed of the top 3,000 US publically traded companies, as ranked by market capitalisation, or the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. The Fund is not otherwise constrained by or managed with reference to the Index. The Index does not define the investment universe of the Fund and the composition of the Fund may deviate significantly from that of the Index.
    • The Fund’s policy is to remain substantially invested in common stocks that are listed or traded on exchanges or markets in the United States.

    Fund facts

    Share class inception
    01 Jul 2002
    Minimum initial investment
    US$100,000.00
    Investment structure
    Irish UCITS
    Share Class Assets'
    Total Assets
    Strategy
    Active
    Asset Class
    Equity
    Domicile
    Ireland
    Dividend schedule
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    Tax status
    Austria, Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom reporting
    Currency
    USD
    Legal entity
    Vanguard Investment Series PLC
    Investment manager

    Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC
    PRIMECAP Management Company

    Benchmark
    Russell 3000 Index

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Performance

    Risk and Volatility

    As at 30 Sep 2025

    Beta
    R²
    Annualized Tracking Error
    1 year
    3 years
    5 years

    Please note Beta and R-squared data will only display for funds with 3 full years of history.

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Portfolio data

    Characteristics
    FundamentalsFundBenchmarkAs at
    Number of stocks 231 2,983 30 Sep 2025
    Median market capital 25.7 B 241.2 B 30 Sep 2025
    26.3 x 27.9 x 30 Sep 2025
    3.8 x 4.6 x 30 Sep 2025
    11.2% 23.8% 30 Sep 2025
    16.7% 22.9% 30 Sep 2025
    Portfolio turnover rate 16.6% — 30 Sep 2025

    Market allocation

    As at 30 Sep 2025

    CountryRegionFundBenchmarkVariance +/-
    United States of AmericaNorth America 88.67% 99.28% -10.61%
    ChinaEmerging Markets 6.04% 0.00% 6.04%
    OtherOther 2.97% 0.41% 2.56%
    CanadaNorth America 1.03% 0.00% 1.03%
    GermanyEurope 0.50% 0.00% 0.50%
    SwitzerlandEurope 0.37% 0.00% 0.37%
    United KingdomEurope 0.20% 0.00% 0.20%
    FranceEurope 0.15% 0.00% 0.15%
    IsraelMiddle East 0.07% 0.00% 0.07%
    SingaporePacific 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    Hong KongPacific 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    SwedenEurope 0.00% 0.17% -0.17%
    ArgentinaEmerging Markets 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    PanamaEmerging Markets 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    BrazilEmerging Markets 0.00% 0.11% -0.11%

    Holdings details

    As at 30 Sep 2025

    Holding name% of market valueSectorRegionMarket valueShares
    Eli Lilly & Co 3.64680% Health Care US US$48,437,529.00 63,483
    Micron Technology Inc 3.31171% Information Technology US US$43,986,754.80 262,890
    Xometry Inc 3.19097% Industrials US US$42,383,107.00 778,100
    Flex Ltd 2.99371% Information Technology US US$39,763,072.25 685,925
    NEXTracker Inc 2.60331% Industrials US US$34,577,672.71 467,329
    Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.33872% Consumer Discretionary US US$31,063,274.00 173,800
    Alphabet Inc 2.17528% Communication Services US US$28,892,435.00 118,850
    BeOne Medicines Ltd 2.09347% Health Care US US$27,805,889.80 81,614
    Raymond James Financial Inc 1.87050% Financials US US$24,844,389.20 143,942
    Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.85218% Health Care US US$24,600,962.02 243,598

    Total allocation percentages shown in the holdings details or the spreadsheet may not equal 100%, due to rounding or omission of cash and/or futures contracts.

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Weighted equity exposures exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index derivatives.

    Prices and distribution

    Prices

    NAV Price (USD)
    US$2,366.40
    Change
    +US$10.510.45%
    At closure 29 Oct 2025
    NAV 52-week high
    US$2,366.40
    At closure 30 Oct 2025
    NAV 52-week low
    US$1,522.85
    At closure 30 Oct 2025
    NAV 52-week difference
    US$843.55
    Change
    +35.65%
    At closure 30 Oct 2025
    Historical Prices

    -

    Inception date

    01 Jul 2002

    Date NAV (USD)
    29 Oct 2025 US$2,366.4038
    28 Oct 2025 US$2,355.8939
    27 Oct 2025 US$2,364.7768
    24 Oct 2025 US$2,348.8617
    23 Oct 2025 US$2,320.4496
    22 Oct 2025 US$2,288.4774
    21 Oct 2025 US$2,313.5544
    20 Oct 2025 US$2,331.0357
    17 Oct 2025 US$2,287.2591
    16 Oct 2025 US$2,292.4734

    Distribution history

    Distribution frequency

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    Historical performance 30 Sep 2025

    0.61%

    All dividends are reinvested for the "Accumulation" shares.

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Purchase information

    Currency

    Base currency: USD

    Fund codes

    • Bloomberg: VANGUOA
    • Citi: VA86
    • ISIN: IE00B03HCW31
    • MEX ID: VIUOI
    • SEDOL: B03HCW3

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    SEDOL and SEDOL Masterfile® are registered trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group PLC. SEDOL data was extracted from the London Stock Exchange SEDOL Masterfile®.