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

VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS registered fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2017-10-20. Featured series: Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS
CIK: 0001021882
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2017-10-20
State of incorporation: DE
Accession: 0000932471-17-005512
Reported net assets: $33.9B

Series & classes (9)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Admiral Shares	VSBSX	—
Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VSBIX	—
Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund	ETF Shares	VGSH	—
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Admiral Shares	VSIGX	—
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VIIGX	—
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund	ETF Shares	VGIT	—
Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Admiral Shares	VLGSX	—
Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VLGIX	—
Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund	ETF Shares	VGLT	—

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)