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    • Japan Stock Index Fund - USD Acc (VANSTOC)

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    About this fund

    Fund objectives

    • The Fund employs a passive management – or indexing – investment approach and seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Japan Index (the “Index”).
    • The Index is comprised of large and mid-sized company stocks in Japan.
    • The Fund attempts to: 1. Track the performance of the Index by investing in all constituent securities of the Index in the same proportion as the Index. Where not practicable to fully replicate, the Fund will use a sampling process. 2. Remain fully invested except in extraordinary market, political or similar conditions.

    Fund facts

    Share class inception
    22 Oct 2003
    Minimum initial investment
    US$1,000,000.00
    Investment structure
    Irish UCITS
    Share Class Assets'
    Total Assets
    Strategy
    Index
    Asset Class
    Equity
    Domicile
    Ireland
    Dividend schedule
    —
    Tax status
    Austria, Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom reporting
    Currency
    USD
    Legal entity
    Vanguard Investment Series PLC
    Investment manager

    Global Equity Index Management (GE)

    Benchmark
    MSCI Japan 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 31 Mar 2026

    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 178 179 31 Mar 2026
    Median market capital 56.4 B 56.4 B 31 Mar 2026
    17.3 x 17.3 x 31 Mar 2026
    1.7 x 1.7 x 31 Mar 2026
    11.1% 11.1% 31 Mar 2026
    18.8% 18.8% 31 Mar 2026
    Portfolio turnover rate -30.9% — 31 Mar 2026

    Market allocation

    As at 31 Mar 2026

    CountryRegionFundBenchmarkVariance +/-
    JapanPacific 100.00% 100.00% 0.00%

    Holdings details

    As at 30 Apr 2026

    Holding name% of market valueSectorRegionMarket valueShares
    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 4.07384% Financials JP US$181,332,791.01 11,832,837
    Toyota Motor Corp 3.67485% Consumer Discretionary JP US$163,573,184.07 9,946,570
    Hitachi Ltd 2.86908% Industrials JP US$127,706,891.75 4,808,570
    Advantest Corp 2.77722% Information Technology JP US$123,618,319.88 804,100
    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 2.59094% Financials JP US$115,326,511.62 3,846,089
    Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.55096% Information Technology JP US$113,547,029.18 470,208
    SoftBank Group Corp 2.48542% Communication Services JP US$110,629,870.15 3,896,588
    Sony Group Corp 2.45564% Consumer Discretionary JP US$109,304,397.04 6,454,430
    Mizuho Financial Group Inc 2.14680% Financials JP US$95,557,137.73 2,613,148
    Mitsubishi Corp 2.06298% Industrials JP US$91,826,544.32 3,382,728

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

    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$427.93
    Change
    -US$6.28-1.45%
    At closure 14 May 2026
    NAV 52-week high
    US$439.54
    At closure 15 May 2026
    NAV 52-week low
    US$319.94
    At closure 15 May 2026
    NAV 52-week difference
    US$119.60
    Change
    +27.21%
    At closure 15 May 2026
    Historical Prices

    -

    Inception date

    22 Oct 2003

    Date NAV (USD)
    14 May 2026 US$427.9300
    13 May 2026 US$434.2105
    12 May 2026 US$429.6177
    11 May 2026 US$427.5691
    08 May 2026 US$427.6168
    07 May 2026 US$430.3379
    06 May 2026 US$416.8216
    05 May 2026 US$413.1360
    04 May 2026 US$414.7554
    01 May 2026 US$415.8623

    Distribution history

    Distribution frequency

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    Historical performance 31 Mar 2026

    2.04%

    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: VANSTOC
    • Citi: VH70
    • ISIN: IE0007292422
    • MEX ID: VIJSI
    • SEDOL: 0729242

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

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