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    • Japan Stock Index Fund

    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
    Tax status
    Germany and United Kingdom reporting
    Benchmark
    MSCI Japan Index

    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 Jul 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 168 168 30 Jun 2026
    Median market capital 50.3 B 50.3 B 31 Jul 2026
    17.0 x 17.0 x 31 Jul 2026
    1.9 x 1.9 x 31 Jul 2026
    10.7% 10.7% 31 Jul 2026
    17.5% 17.5% 31 Jul 2026
    Portfolio turnover rate -28.4% — 30 Jun 2026

    Market allocation

    As at 30 Jun 2026

    CountryRegionFundBenchmarkVariance +/-
    JapanPacific 100.00% 100.00% 0.00%

    Holdings details

    As at 31 Jul 2026

    Holding name% of market valueSectorRegionMarket valueShares
    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 4.59679% Financials JP £214,984,298.89 11,028,937
    Toyota Motor Corp 3.50314% Consumer Discretionary JP £163,836,163.09 9,786,170
    Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.99666% Information Technology JP £140,148,792.01 462,608
    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 2.98604% Financials JP £139,652,196.06 3,754,589
    Advantest Corp 2.86696% Information Technology JP £134,082,928.05 755,800
    Hitachi Ltd 2.80709% Industrials JP £131,282,894.25 4,566,270
    Sony Group Corp 2.66645% Consumer Discretionary JP £124,705,391.87 6,032,630
    SoftBank Group Corp 2.35354% Communication Services JP £110,071,381.64 3,833,588
    Mizuho Financial Group Inc 2.32819% Financials JP £108,885,768.01 2,442,448
    Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 2.00447% Industrials JP £93,745,720.97 1,368,436

    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)
    £325.95
    Change
    +£1.090.34%
    At closure 14 Aug 2026
    NAV 52-week high
    £326.08
    At closure 16 Aug 2026
    NAV 52-week low
    £247.45
    At closure 16 Aug 2026
    NAV 52-week difference
    £78.63
    Change
    +24.11%
    At closure 16 Aug 2026
    Historical Prices

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    Inception date

    02 Sep 2014

    Date NAV (GBP)
    14 Aug 2026 £325.9453
    13 Aug 2026 £324.8543
    12 Aug 2026 £321.7521
    11 Aug 2026 £318.5497
    10 Aug 2026 £318.8512
    07 Aug 2026 £319.0770
    06 Aug 2026 £317.3799
    05 Aug 2026 £318.6025
    04 Aug 2026 £311.9706
    03 Aug 2026 £313.9927

    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.

    SEDOL and SEDOL Masterfile® are registered trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group PLC. SEDOL data was extracted from the London Stock Exchange SEDOL Masterfile®.