Vanguard Investments Canada Announces Final 2017 Annual Capital Gains Distributions for the Vanguard ETFs

TSX Symbols: VAB, VSB, VSC, VLB, VSG, VCB, VGV, VRE, VDY, VCE, VCN, VFV, VSP, VUN, VUS, VGG, VGH, VE, VDU, VEF, VIU, VI, VEE, VA, VXC, VEH, VAH, VLQ, VVO, VMO, VVL, VBU and VBG

TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2017 /CNW/ - Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. today announced final annual capital gains distributions for the Vanguard ETFs^® listed below for the 2017 tax year. 

These amounts are for the year-end capital gains distributions only, which will be re-invested and the resulting units immediately consolidated, so that the number of units held by each investor will not change. The annual capital gains distributions do not include the ongoing monthly or quarterly distribution amounts, which are reported in a separate press release. 

The ex-dividend date for the 2017 annual distributions will be December 28, 2017.  The record date for the 2017 annual distributions will be December 29, 2017 and payable on January 8, 2018.  The actual taxable amounts of reinvested capital gains distributions for 2017 including the tax characteristics of the distributions, will be reported to brokers (through CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or "CDS") in early 2018.

Vanguard ETF	TSX Ticker Symbol	Net asset value (NAV) per unit as of December 15, 2017 ($)	Annual capital gain per unit as of December 15, 2017 ($)	Annual capital gain per unit as a % of NAV at December 15, 2017
Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF	VAB	25.58	-	0.00%
Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Bond Index ETF	VSB	23.91	-	0.00%
Vanguard Canadian Short-Term  Corporate Bond Index ETF	VSC	24.33	-	0.00%
Vanguard Canadian Long-Term Bond Index ETF	VLB	26.79	0.378193	1.41%
Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Government Bond Index ETF	VSG	24.57	-	0.00%
Vanguard Canadian Corporate Bond Index ETF	VCB	25.11	0.028883	0.12%
Vanguard Canadian Government Bond Index ETF	VGV	25.46	-	0.00%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian Capped REIT Index ETF	VRE	30.89	0.507274	1.64%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	VDY	34.72	-	0.00%
Vanguard FTSE Canada Index ETF	VCE	34.22	0.224378	0.66%
Vanguard FTSE Canada All Cap Index ETF	VCN	32.57	0.119198	0.37%
Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF	VFV	61.38	0.046693	0.08%
Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF (CAD-hedged)	VSP	47.33	0.658084	1.39%
Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF	VUN	48.13	0.039916	0.08%
Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF (CAD-hedged)	VUS	53.14	1.451273	2.73%
Vanguard U.S. Dividend Appreciation Index ETF	VGG	44.73	-	0.00%
Vanguard U.S. Dividend Appreciation Index ETF (CAD-hedged)	VGH	35.90	0.162215	0.45%
Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index ETF	VE	29.29	-	0.00%
Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex U.S. Index ETF	VDU	35.94	-	0.00%
Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex U.S. Index ETF (CAD-hedged)	VEF	41.66	-	0.00%
Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex North America Index ETF	VIU	28.53	0.105364	0.37%
Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex North America Index ETF (CAD-hedged)	VI	29.19	-	0.00%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap Index ETF	VEE	34.40	-	0.00%
Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap I ndex ETF	VA	34.93	-	0.00%
Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap ex Canada Index ETF	VXC	36.19	0.008874	0.02%
Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index ETF (CAD-hedged)	VEH	29.61	-	0.00%
Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index ETF (CAD-hedged)	VAH	31.84	-	0.00%
Vanguard Global Liquidity Factor ETF	VLQ	32.41	1.827474	5.64%
Vanguard Global Minimum Volatility ETF	VVO	30.48	0.514850	1.69%
Vanguard Global Momentum Factor ETF	VMO	32.18	-	0.00%
Vanguard Global Value Factor ETF	VVL	34.56	1.125661	3.26%
Vanguard U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETF (CAD- hedged)	VBU	25.06	0.541115	2.16%
Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETF (CAD-hedged)	VBG	26.98	-	0.00%

To learn more about TSX-listed Vanguard ETFs, please visit www.vanguardcanada.ca

About Vanguard

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of The Vanguard Group, Inc. and manages more than CAD 13 billion in assets (as of November 30, 2017). The Vanguard Group, Inc. is one of the world's largest investment management companies and a leading provider of company-sponsored retirement plan services. Vanguard manages USD 4.8 trillion in global assets (as of October 31, 2017) with over USD 800B in ETF assets. Vanguard has offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. The firm offers more than 370 funds, including ETFs, to its more than 20 million investors worldwide.

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