Vanguard Reports Expense Ratio Changes for Five Funds

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard today reported expense ratio changes for five mutual funds across multiple share classes. These changes align to funds with fiscal years ending January 2022 and represent an aggregate $2.8 million in net savings for investors.¹

Expense ratio changes occur for a variety of reasons, including asset growth and operational efficiencies. For most of Vanguard's external advisory arrangements, the advisor's fee is also subject to an adjustment up or down based on their investment performance relative to the total return of an appropriate benchmark, typically over a three-year or five-year period. Such arrangements strengthen the alignment of interests between the advisor and fund shareholders. Increases in advisory fees because of these arrangements are a recognition of outperformance on behalf of fund shareholders.

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¹ Estimated savings for the identified funds is the difference between prior and current expense ratios multiplied by the average assets under management (AUM). Average AUM is based on daily average assets during a month, which are then averaged over the 12 months of the fiscal year ending January 2022.

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