Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund — new fund registration

VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS registered 1 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2012-07-24. Featured series: Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS
CIK: 0000836906
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2012-07-24
State of incorporation: DE
Accession: 0000932471-12-004825
Reported net assets: $65.9B

Series & classes (4)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund	Admiral Shares	VTAPX	Yes
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund	ETF Shares	VTIP	Yes
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VTSPX	Yes
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund	Investor Shares	VTIPX	Yes

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.00%
Gross expense ratio: 0.06%
Management fee: 0.05%
Net expense ratio: 0.10%
Other expenses: 0.01%

Investment objective

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of inflation-protected public obligations of the U.S. Treasury with remaining maturities of less than 5 years.

Advisers

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Advisor)