Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund — new fund registration

VANGUARD TREASURY FUND registered 7 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2009-08-11. Featured series: Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: VANGUARD TREASURY FUND
CIK: 0001021882
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2009-08-11
State of incorporation: DE
Accession: 0000932471-09-001255
Reported net assets: $33.9B

Series & classes (21)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Signal Shares	VSBSX	Yes
Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VSBIX	Yes
Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund	ETF Shares	VGSH	Yes
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Signal Shares	VSIGX	Yes
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VIIGX	Yes
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund	ETF Shares	VGIT	Yes
Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Signal Shares	VLGSX	Yes
Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VLGIX	Yes
Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund	ETF Shares	VGLT	Yes
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	Signal Shares	VSCSX	Yes
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VSTBX	Yes
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	ETF Shares	VCSH	Yes
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	Signal Shares	VICSX	Yes
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VICBX	Yes
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	ETF Shares	VCIT	Yes
Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	Signal Shares	VLTCX	Yes
Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VLCIX	Yes
Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	ETF Shares	VCLT	Yes
Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund	Signal Shares	VMBSX	Yes
Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VMBIX	Yes
Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund	ETF Shares	VMBS	Yes

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.00%
Gross expense ratio: 0.06%
Management fee: 0.05%
Net expense ratio: 0.12%
Other expenses: 0.01%

Investment objective

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF, an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund (the Fund), seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted Treasury index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity.

Advisers

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Advisor)