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    • Japan Stock Index Fund - Institutional Plus GBP Acc (VAVGSAS)

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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
    02 Sep 2014
    Minimum initial investment
    £100,000,000.00
    Investment structure
    Irish UCITS
    Share Class Assets'
    Total Assets
    Strategy
    Index
    Asset Class
    Equity
    Domicile
    Ireland
    Dividend schedule
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    Legal entity
    Vanguard Investment Series PLC
    Benchmark
    MSCI Japan Index
    Register countries
    Italy, Finland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland and France

    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 42.8 B 42.8 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 -31.0% — 31 Mar 2026

    Market allocation

    As at 31 Mar 2026

    CountryRegionFundBenchmarkVariance +/-
    JapanPacific 100.00% 100.00% 0.00%

    Holdings details

    As at 31 Mar 2026

    Holding name% of market valueSectorRegionMarket valueShares
    Toyota Motor Corp 4.06661% Consumer Discretionary JP £179,439,987.45 10,402,270
    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 3.97808% Financials JP £175,533,343.33 12,375,337
    Hitachi Ltd 2.77553% Industrials JP £122,470,777.04 5,028,970
    Sony Group Corp 2.67821% Consumer Discretionary JP £118,176,302.53 6,750,430
    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 2.48953% Financials JP £109,851,035.76 4,022,389
    Mitsubishi Corp 2.32579% Industrials JP £102,625,944.82 3,538,028
    Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.26377% Information Technology JP £99,889,046.53 491,808
    Advantest Corp 2.11386% Information Technology JP £93,274,432.84 841,000
    Mizuho Financial Group Inc 2.05673% Financials JP £90,753,610.68 2,732,948
    Mitsui & Co Ltd 1.99740% Industrials JP £88,135,535.67 2,711,118

    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 (GBP)
    £290.85
    Change
    +£1.390.48%
    At closure 15 Apr 2026
    NAV 52-week high
    £308.96
    At closure 16 Apr 2026
    NAV 52-week low
    £216.76
    At closure 16 Apr 2026
    NAV 52-week difference
    £92.20
    Change
    +29.84%
    At closure 16 Apr 2026
    Historical Prices

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    Inception date

    02 Sep 2014

    Date NAV (GBP)
    15 Apr 2026 £290.8498
    14 Apr 2026 £289.4588
    13 Apr 2026 £287.5803
    10 Apr 2026 £289.7432
    09 Apr 2026 £290.2631
    08 Apr 2026 £294.0087
    07 Apr 2026 £285.2226
    06 Apr 2026 £285.2078
    02 Apr 2026 £283.3880
    01 Apr 2026 £288.0236

    Distribution history

    Distribution frequency

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    Historical performance 31 Mar 2026

    1.88%

    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: GBP

    Fund codes

    • Bloomberg: VAVGSAS
    • Citi: KQ5M
    • ISIN: IE00BPT2BG45
    • MEX ID: VIAAHD
    • SEDOL: BPT2BG4

    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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