UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT COMPANY
| Investment Company Act file number: 811-04627 |
|
Name of Registrant: Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund |
|
Address of Registrant: |
| P.O. Box 2600 |
| Valley Forge, PA 19482 |
|
Name and address of agent for service: |
| Anne E. Robinson, Esquire |
| P.O. Box 876 |
| Valley Forge, PA 19482 |
|
Date of fiscal year end: November 30th |
|
Date of reporting period: August 31, 2016 |
|
Item 1: Schedule of Investments |
Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
As of August 31, 2016
| Face | Market | ||||
| Maturity | Amount | Value• | |||
| Coupon | Date | Currency | (000) | ($000) | |
| Convertible Bonds (90.7%) | |||||
| Consumer Discretionary (12.1%) | |||||
| Cineplex Inc. Cvt. | 4.500% | 12/31/18 | CAD | 5,713 | 4,607 |
| Ctrip.com International Ltd. Cvt. | 1.000% | 7/1/20 | USD | 19,955 | 22,163 |
| Ctrip.com International Ltd. Cvt. | 1.990% | 7/1/25 | USD | 330 | 386 |
| 1 DISH Network Corp. Cvt. | 3.375% | 8/15/26 | USD | 12,385 | 12,919 |
| Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 6/18/20 | JPY | 500,000 | 5,129 |
| K's Holdings Corp. Cvt. | 0.000% | 12/20/19 | JPY | 310,000 | 3,266 |
| 1 Liberty Interactive LLC Cvt. | 1.750% | 9/30/46 | USD | 11,400 | 11,827 |
| Liberty Media Corp. Cvt. | 1.375% | 10/15/23 | USD | 20,089 | 20,315 |
| 1 Liberty Media Corp. Cvt. | 2.250% | 9/30/46 | USD | 7,060 | 7,250 |
| Live Nation Entertainment Inc. Cvt. | 2.500% | 5/15/19 | USD | 1,410 | 1,503 |
| LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Cvt. | 0.000% | 2/16/21 | USD | 4,684 | 4,733 |
| NH Hoteles SA Cvt. | 4.000% | 11/8/18 | EUR | 6,100 | 7,515 |
| NHK Spring Co. Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 9/20/19 | USD | 4,450 | 4,646 |
| Priceline Group Inc. Cvt. | 0.350% | 6/15/20 | USD | 19,095 | 23,940 |
| Priceline Group Inc. Cvt. | 0.900% | 9/15/21 | USD | 8,465 | 8,999 |
| ResortTrust Inc. Cvt. | 0.000% | 12/1/21 | JPY | 560,000 | 5,636 |
| SAF-Holland SA Cvt. | 1.000% | 9/12/20 | EUR | 1,200 | 1,435 |
| Shutterfly Inc. Cvt. | 0.250% | 5/15/18 | USD | 6,865 | 6,998 |
| Sony Corp. Cvt. | 0.000% | 9/30/22 | JPY | 566,000 | 5,842 |
| Steinhoff Finance Holdings GmbH Cvt. | 1.250% | 8/11/22 | EUR | 7,800 | 8,896 |
| Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 8/24/18 | JPY | 430,000 | 4,255 |
| Suzuki Motor Corp. Cvt. | 0.000% | 3/31/23 | JPY | 770,000 | 8,361 |
| Valeo SA Cvt. | 0.000% | 6/16/21 | USD | 5,000 | 5,213 |
| 185,834 | |||||
| Consumer Staples (3.6%) | |||||
| Herbalife Ltd. Cvt. | 2.000% | 8/15/19 | USD | 27,877 | 27,668 |
| Marine Harvest ASA Cvt. | 0.125% | 11/5/20 | EUR | 8,000 | 9,623 |
| Sonae Investments BV Cvt. | 1.625% | 6/11/19 | EUR | 3,900 | 4,078 |
| Vector Group Ltd. Cvt. | 1.750% | 4/15/20 | USD | 12,065 | 13,445 |
| 54,814 | |||||
| Energy (4.2%) | |||||
| BW Group Ltd. Cvt. | 1.750% | 9/10/19 | USD | 6,400 | 5,504 |
| Cheniere Energy Inc. Cvt. | 4.250% | 3/15/45 | USD | 10,245 | 6,320 |
| 1 Green Plains Inc. Cvt. | 4.125% | 9/1/22 | USD | 5,770 | 6,354 |
| 1 Scorpio Tankers Inc. Cvt. | 2.375% | 7/1/19 | USD | 8,940 | 7,286 |
| SEACOR Holdings Inc. Cvt. | 3.000% | 11/15/28 | USD | 10,662 | 8,776 |
| SM Energy Co. Cvt. | 1.500% | 7/1/21 | USD | 7,005 | 8,266 |
| Technip SA Cvt. | 0.875% | 1/25/21 | EUR | 2,600 | 3,595 |
| TOTAL SA Cvt. | 0.500% | 12/2/22 | USD | 8,000 | 8,144 |
| Weatherford International Ltd. Cvt. | 5.875% | 7/1/21 | USD | 9,795 | 10,824 |
| 65,069 | |||||
| Financials (12.1%) | |||||
| AmTrust Financial Services Inc. Cvt. | 2.750% | 12/15/44 | USD | 12,385 | 10,434 |
| Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. | |||||
| Cvt. | 5.500% | 3/15/19 | USD | 2,907 | 2,971 |
| Aroundtown Property Holdings plc Cvt. | 3.000% | 5/5/20 | EUR | 5,500 | 8,642 |
| Aroundtown Property Holdings plc Cvt. | 1.500% | 1/18/21 | EUR | 6,000 | 7,404 |
| AYC Finance Ltd. Cvt. | 0.500% | 5/2/19 | USD | 2,886 | 3,117 |
| Azimut Holding SPA Cvt. | 2.125% | 11/25/20 | EUR | 10,300 | 11,834 |
| Beni Stabili SpA SIIQ Cvt. | 0.875% | 1/31/21 | EUR | 3,400 | 3,658 |
| Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc. Cvt. | 5.250% | 12/1/18 | USD | 7,235 | 7,868 |
| British Land White 2015 Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 6/9/20 | GBP | 3,400 | 4,228 |
| CapitaLand Ltd. Cvt. | 2.800% | 6/8/25 | SGD | 15,000 | 10,740 |
| China Overseas Finance Investment Cayman | |||||
| V Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 1/5/23 | USD | 3,800 | 3,914 |
| Colony Financial Inc. Cvt. | 5.000% | 4/15/23 | USD | 7,359 | 7,341 |
| Colony Starwood Homes Cvt. | 3.000% | 7/1/19 | USD | 1,320 | 1,469 |
| 1 Element Financial Corp. Cvt. | 5.125% | 6/30/19 | CAD | 15,464 | 12,974 |
| 1 Element Financial Corp. Cvt. | 4.250% | 6/30/20 | CAD | 8,650 | 6,728 |
| 1 Empire State Realty OP LP Cvt. | 2.625% | 8/15/19 | USD | 5,720 | 6,775 |
| Encore Capital Group Inc. Cvt. | 3.000% | 7/1/20 | USD | 8,660 | 6,971 |
| 1 Extra Space Storage LP Cvt. | 3.125% | 10/1/35 | USD | 4,088 | 4,438 |
| EZCORP Inc. Cvt. | 2.125% | 6/15/19 | USD | 8,986 | 8,554 |
| Glanbia Co-operative Society Ltd. Cvt. | 1.375% | 6/9/21 | EUR | 5,300 | 6,154 |
| Grand City Properties SA Cvt. | 0.250% | 3/2/22 | EUR | 5,700 | 6,841 |
| Nexity SA Cvt. | 0.125% | 1/1/23 | EUR | 6,960 | 8,164 |
| Portfolio Recovery Associates Inc. Cvt. | 3.000% | 8/1/20 | USD | 8,398 | 7,364 |
| Remgro Jersey GBP Ltd. Cvt. | 2.625% | 3/22/21 | GBP | 3,000 | 4,322 |
| Spirit Realty Capital Inc. Cvt. | 2.875% | 5/15/19 | USD | 5,865 | 6,474 |
| Spirit Realty Capital Inc. Cvt. | 3.750% | 5/15/21 | USD | 5,260 | 5,973 |
| St. Modwen Properties Securities Jersey Ltd. | |||||
| Cvt. | 2.875% | 3/6/19 | GBP | 4,800 | 6,023 |
| Starwood Property Trust Inc. Cvt. | 4.550% | 3/1/18 | USD | 5,116 | 5,624 |
| 186,999 | |||||
| Health Care (13.4%) | |||||
| Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. Cvt. | 1.250% | 7/1/20 | USD | 9,775 | 9,952 |
| BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Cvt. | 0.750% | 10/15/18 | USD | 12,010 | 14,735 |
| Depomed Inc. Cvt. | 2.500% | 9/1/21 | USD | 8,454 | 10,441 |
| HealthSouth Corp. Cvt. | 2.000% | 12/1/43 | USD | 12,506 | 14,734 |
| Healthways Inc. Cvt. | 1.500% | 7/1/18 | USD | 1,525 | 2,105 |
| Horizon Pharma Investment Ltd. Cvt. | 2.500% | 3/15/22 | USD | 15,701 | 15,652 |
| Insulet Corp. Cvt. | 2.000% | 6/15/19 | USD | 10,614 | 11,682 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cvt. | 3.250% | 7/1/23 | USD | 6,030 | 6,324 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cvt. | 1.000% | 11/15/21 | USD | 8,315 | 7,167 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cvt. | 2.250% | 6/15/22 | USD | 13,749 | 14,660 |
| Jazz Investments I Ltd. Cvt. | 1.875% | 8/15/21 | USD | 5,078 | 5,141 |
| 1 Medicines Co. Cvt. | 2.750% | 7/15/23 | USD | 7,780 | 8,130 |
| Medidata Solutions Inc. Cvt. | 1.000% | 8/1/18 | USD | 12,285 | 14,404 |
| Nevro Corp. Cvt. | 1.750% | 6/1/21 | USD | 8,590 | 10,533 |
| 1 NuVasive Inc. Cvt. | 2.250% | 3/15/21 | USD | 17,390 | 21,770 |
| Qiagen NV Cvt. | 0.375% | 3/19/19 | USD | 3,400 | 3,713 |
| Qiagen NV Cvt. | 0.875% | 3/19/21 | USD | 4,600 | 5,253 |
| Spectranetics Corp. Cvt. | 2.625% | 6/1/34 | USD | 10,748 | 11,346 |
| Terumo Corp. Cvt. | 0.000% | 12/6/21 | JPY | 50,000 | 587 |
| Wright Medical Group Inc. Cvt. | 2.000% | 2/15/20 | USD | 8,500 | 9,143 |
| 1 Wright Medical Group NV Cvt. | 2.250% | 11/15/21 | USD | 6,665 | 8,802 |
| 206,274 | |||||
| Industrials (10.5%) | |||||
| 51job Inc. Cvt. | 3.250% | 4/15/19 | USD | 6,240 | 6,575 |
| Aecon Group Inc. Cvt. | 5.500% | 12/31/18 | CAD | 1,852 | 1,497 |
| Airbus Group SE Cvt. | 0.000% | 6/14/21 | EUR | 5,800 | 6,819 |
| Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. Cvt. | 2.250% | 6/1/22 | USD | 605 | 562 |
| Brenntag Finance BV Cvt. | 1.875% | 12/2/22 | USD | 9,500 | 10,208 |
| Carillion Finance Jersey Ltd. Cvt. | 2.500% | 12/19/19 | GBP | 5,600 | 6,990 |
| CRRC Corp. Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 2/5/21 | USD | 5,250 | 5,427 |
| DP World Ltd. Cvt. | 1.750% | 6/19/24 | USD | 7,400 | 7,389 |
| 1 Dycom Industries Inc. Cvt. | 0.750% | 9/15/21 | USD | 18,615 | 20,418 |
| Echo Global Logistics Inc. Cvt. | 2.500% | 5/1/20 | USD | 7,795 | 7,902 |
| GVM Debentures Lux 1 SA Cvt. | 5.750% | 2/14/18 | EUR | 7,200 | 6,265 |
| Huron Consulting Group Inc. Cvt. | 1.250% | 10/1/19 | USD | 13,495 | 13,967 |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group SA | |||||
| Cvt. | 0.625% | 11/17/22 | EUR | 4,900 | 4,873 |
| Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd. Cvt. | 1.000% | 4/2/21 | USD | 4,500 | 4,759 |
| Keihan Electric Railway Co. Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 3/30/21 | JPY | 490,000 | 4,790 |
| KEYW Holding Corp. Cvt. | 2.500% | 7/15/19 | USD | 6,975 | 6,469 |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Cvt. | 0.675% | 10/22/19 | USD | 5,715 | 5,614 |
| Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 12/11/24 | JPY | 750,000 | 7,941 |
| Prysmian SPA Cvt. | 1.250% | 3/8/18 | EUR | 3,300 | 4,150 |
| Sacyr SA Cvt. | 4.000% | 5/8/19 | EUR | 4,400 | 3,487 |
| Safran SA Cvt. | 0.000% | 12/31/20 | EUR | 3,430 | 4,029 |
| Shimizu Corp. Cvt. | 0.000% | 10/16/20 | JPY | 410,000 | 4,173 |
| Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV Cvt. | 1.650% | 8/16/19 | USD | 5,250 | 5,861 |
| 1 Tutor Perini Corp. Cvt. | 2.875% | 6/15/21 | USD | 11,080 | 11,939 |
| 162,104 | |||||
| Information Technology (26.3%) | |||||
| Abigrove Ltd. Cvt. | 0.500% | 4/29/21 | USD | 4,000 | 4,216 |
| Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. | |||||
| Cvt. | 0.000% | 3/27/18 | USD | 6,600 | 6,409 |
| 1 Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. Cvt. | 1.500% | 1/15/22 | USD | 9,505 | 9,529 |
| 1 BroadSoft Inc. Cvt. | 1.000% | 9/1/22 | USD | 5,445 | 7,198 |
| Canadian Solar Inc. Cvt. | 4.250% | 2/15/19 | USD | 5,420 | 4,753 |
| Cardtronics Inc. Cvt. | 1.000% | 12/1/20 | USD | 17,247 | 18,260 |
| 1 Ciena Corp. Cvt. | 3.750% | 10/15/18 | USD | 7,750 | 9,731 |
| Citrix Systems Inc. Cvt. | 0.500% | 4/15/19 | USD | 33,580 | 38,638 |
| 1 CSG Systems International Inc. Cvt. | 4.250% | 3/15/36 | USD | 9,290 | 10,178 |
| 1 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Cvt. | 4.500% | 1/15/22 | USD | 14,205 | 15,821 |
| 1 DH Corp. Cvt. | 5.000% | 9/30/20 | CAD | 13,003 | 10,019 |
| Econocom Group Cvt. | 1.500% | 1/15/19 | EUR | 6,518 | 8,574 |
| Electronics For Imaging Inc. Cvt. | 0.750% | 9/1/19 | USD | 15,980 | 17,288 |
| Envestnet Inc. Cvt. | 1.750% | 12/15/19 | USD | 5,920 | 5,824 |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. Cvt. | 1.500% | 10/1/44 | USD | 11,974 | 14,608 |
| 1 Inphi Corp. Cvt. | 1.125% | 12/1/20 | USD | 13,457 | 17,200 |
| InterDigital Inc. Cvt. | 1.500% | 3/1/20 | USD | 16,582 | 19,080 |
| j2 Global Inc. Cvt. | 3.250% | 6/15/29 | USD | 18,896 | 22,368 |
| 1 Knowles Corp. Cvt. | 3.250% | 11/1/21 | USD | 10,115 | 10,608 |
| Microchip Technology Inc. Cvt. | 1.625% | 2/15/25 | USD | 21,330 | 27,449 |
| Micron Technology Inc. Cvt. | 3.000% | 11/15/43 | USD | 25,910 | 23,125 |
| Nuance Communications Inc. Cvt. | 1.500% | 11/1/35 | USD | 2,222 | 2,100 |
| NXP Semiconductors NV Cvt. | 1.000% | 12/1/19 | USD | 16,409 | 18,635 |
| 1 Pandora Media Inc. Cvt. | 1.750% | 12/1/20 | USD | 8,140 | 8,862 |
| Proofpoint Inc. Cvt. | 0.750% | 6/15/20 | USD | 9,800 | 11,601 |
| Rovi Corp. Cvt. | 0.500% | 3/1/20 | USD | 18,299 | 18,722 |
| Semiconductor Manufacturing International | |||||
| Corp. Cvt. | 0.000% | 7/7/22 | USD | 7,750 | 8,641 |
| 1 SunPower Corp. Cvt. | 4.000% | 1/15/23 | USD | 3,925 | 2,885 |
| Synchronoss Technologies Inc. Cvt. | 0.750% | 8/15/19 | USD | 10,895 | 11,596 |
| TTM Technologies Inc. Cvt. | 1.750% | 12/15/20 | USD | 10,688 | 13,340 |
| Workday Inc. Cvt. | 0.750% | 7/15/18 | USD | 3,635 | 4,287 |
| Workday Inc. Cvt. | 1.500% | 7/15/20 | USD | 3,450 | 4,282 |
| 405,827 |
| Materials (6.4%) | |||||
| APERAM Cvt. | 0.625% | 7/8/21 | USD | 7,400 | 8,686 |
| Bekaert SA Cvt. | 0.000% | 6/9/21 | EUR | 3,500 | 3,914 |
| Buzzi Unicem SPA Cvt. | 1.375% | 7/17/19 | EUR | 3,600 | 5,283 |
| Cemex SAB de CV Cvt. | 3.720% | 3/15/20 | USD | 18,082 | 19,416 |
| Cemex SAB de CV Cvt. | 3.720% | 3/15/20 | USD | 9,765 | 10,528 |
| 1 Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Cvt. | 5.250% | 6/30/21 | CAD | 5,331 | 4,140 |
| Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 6/17/22 | JPY | 430,000 | 4,343 |
| OCI Cvt. | 3.875% | 9/25/18 | EUR | 4,600 | 4,751 |
| RTI International Metals Inc. Cvt. | 1.625% | 10/15/19 | USD | 12,320 | 13,105 |
| 1 Silver Standard Resources Inc. Cvt. | 2.875% | 2/1/33 | USD | 5,145 | 5,071 |
| Stillwater Mining Co. Cvt. | 1.750% | 10/15/32 | USD | 9,972 | 11,599 |
| Teijin Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 12/12/18 | JPY | 80,000 | 856 |
| Teijin Ltd. Cvt. | 0.000% | 12/10/21 | JPY | 610,000 | 6,868 |
| 98,560 | |||||
| Telecommunication Services (0.5%) | |||||
| America Movil SAB de Cvt. | 0.000% | 5/28/20 | EUR | 7,600 | 8,345 |
| Utilities (1.6%) | |||||
| Northland Power Inc. Cvt. | 5.000% | 6/30/19 | CAD | 2,661 | 2,327 |
| Northland Power Inc. Cvt. | 4.750% | 6/30/20 | CAD | 6,225 | 5,417 |
| 1 NRG Yield Inc. Cvt. | 3.250% | 6/1/20 | USD | 5,010 | 4,900 |
| 1 Pattern Energy Group Inc. Cvt. | 4.000% | 7/15/20 | USD | 10,190 | 10,406 |
| Superior Plus Corp. Cvt. | 6.000% | 6/30/19 | CAD | 2,522 | 1,992 |
| 25,042 | |||||
| Total Convertible Bonds (Cost $1,338,867) | 1,398,868 | ||||
| Shares | |||||
| Convertible Preferred Stocks (6.8%) | |||||
| Consumer Staples (0.8%) | |||||
| Bunge Ltd. Pfd. | 4.875% | 129,625 | 12,614 | ||
| Energy (1.9%) | |||||
| Hess Corp. Pfd. | 8.000% | 36,000 | 2,386 | ||
| Kinder Morgan Inc. Pfd. | 9.750% | 91,500 | 4,569 | ||
| McDermott International Inc. Pfd. | 6.250% | 283,700 | 5,308 | ||
| Southwestern Energy Co. Pfd. | 6.250% | 396,200 | 12,839 | ||
| WPX Energy Inc. Pfd. | 6.250% | 86,900 | 5,005 | ||
| 30,107 | |||||
| Financials (2.0%) | |||||
| American Tower Corp. Pfd. | 5.500% | 199,500 | 21,833 | ||
| 1 Mandatory Exchangeable Trust Pfd. | 5.750% | 76,000 | 9,156 | ||
| 30,989 | |||||
| Health Care (1.5%) | |||||
| Allergan plc Pfd. | 5.500% | 27,162 | 22,561 | ||
| Information Technology (0.5%) | |||||
| Belden Inc. Pfd. | 6.750% | 66,700 | 7,153 | ||
| Telecommunication Services (0.1%) | |||||
| Frontier Communications Corp. Pfd. | 11.125% | 22,025 | 1,991 | ||
| Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $102,875) | 105,415 | ||||
| Temporary Cash Investment (1.9%) | |||
| Money Market Fund (1.9%) | |||
| 2 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost | |||
| $29,938) | 0.612% | 299,383 | 29,941 |
| Total Investments (99.4%) (Cost $1,471,680) | 1,534,224 | ||
| Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (0.6%)3 | 8,992 | ||
| Net Assets (100%) | 1,543,216 | ||
1 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in
transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At August 31, 2016, the aggregate
value of these securities was $283,314,000, representing 18.4% of net assets.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by
Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
3 Cash of $5,189,000 has been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts.
CAD—Canadian dollar.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
JPY—Japanese yen.
SGD—Singapore dollar.
USD—U.S. dollar.
A. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Bonds, and temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund's pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities.
B. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund's pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used
Convertible Securities Fund
to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments as of August 31, 2016, based on the inputs used to value them:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |
| Investments | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) |
| Convertible Bonds | — | 1,398,868 | — |
| Convertible Preferred Stocks | 16,309 | 89,106 | — |
| Temporary Cash Investments | 29,941 | — | — |
| Forward Currency Contracts—Assets | — | 502 | — |
| Forward Currency Contracts—Liabilities | — | (3,570) | — |
| Total | 46,250 | 1,484,906 | — |
D. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund's risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund's net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any assets pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded as an asset (liability).
At August 31, 2016, the fund had open forward currency contracts to receive and deliver currencies as follows. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts, except for Singapore dollar currency contracts, is treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.
Convertible Securities Fund
| Contract Amount (000) | ||||||
| Unrealized | ||||||
| Contract | Appreciation | |||||
| Settlement | (Depreciation) | |||||
| Counterparty | Date | Receive | Deliver | ($000) | ||
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | JPY | 240,000 | USD | 2,269 | 55 |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | GBP | 1,180 | USD | 1,562 | (11) |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | JPY | 144,113 | USD | 1,421 | (25) |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | EUR | 227 | USD | 254 | — |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | USD | 142,106 | EUR | 128,665 | (1,727) |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | USD | 61,453 | JPY | 6,530,515 | (1,805) |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | USD | 50,632 | CAD | 66,075 | 234 |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | USD | 21,668 | GBP | 16,430 | 68 |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | USD | 10,685 | SGD | 14,522 | 28 |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | USD | 3,765 | EUR | 3,328 | 44 |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | USD | 3,270 | JPY | 330,000 | 73 |
| UBS AG | 10/20/16 | USD | 1,030 | GBP | 785 | (2) |
| (3,068) | ||||||
| Refer to the Schedule of Investments for currency abbreviations. | ||||||
E. At August 31, 2016, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,471,680,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $62,544,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $100,022,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $37,478,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
Item 2: Controls and Procedures
(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Principal Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on their evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. During the last fiscal quarter, there was no significant change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3: Exhibits
(a) Certifications
| VANGUARD CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND | |
| By: | /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III* |
| F. WILLIAM MCNABB III | |
| CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | |
| Date: October 17, 2016 | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| VANGUARD CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND | |
| By: | /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III* |
| F. WILLIAM MCNABB III | |
| CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | |
| Date: October 17, 2016 | |
| VANGUARD CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND | |
| /s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS* | |
| THOMAS J. HIGGINS | |
| CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | |
| Date: October 17, 2016 |
* By:/s/ ANNE E. ROBINSON
Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on October 4, 2016, see file Number 33-32548, Incorporated by Reference.