-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QbZuNq7yh9DVwZa+FmXx16BsjOVCgxgTyVZehLJ3FMKfIj36lfjPPjYqNQy8rP2r Zht69pk8njL3YT5JCS5exw== 0000932471-08-001027.txt : 20080402 0000932471-08-001027.hdr.sgml : 20080402 20080402142229 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000932471-08-001027 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BPOS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080402 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080402 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20080402 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000036405 IRS NUMBER: 231999755 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BPOS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-56846 FILM NUMBER: 08732712 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 BUSINESS PHONE: 6106696295 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20011121 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD INDEX TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST INDEX INVESTMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19800904 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000036405 IRS NUMBER: 231999755 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BPOS SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-02652 FILM NUMBER: 08732713 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 BUSINESS PHONE: 6106696295 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20011121 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD INDEX TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST INDEX INVESTMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19800904 0000036405 S000002839 Vanguard 500 Index Fund C000007773 Investor Shares VFINX C000007774 Admiral Shares VFIAX C000035202 Signal Shares VIFSX 485BPOS 1 index485b.txt VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS 485B - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM N-1A REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-56846) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 110 AND REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 AMENDMENT NO. 111 VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN DECLARATION OF TRUST) P.O. BOX 2600, VALLEY FORGE, PA 19482 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE) REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER (610) 669-1000 HEIDI STAM, ESQUIRE P.O. BOX 876 VALLEY FORGE, PA 19482 IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS AMENDMENT BECOME EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 2, 2008 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF RULE 485. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant hereby certifies that it meets all requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Valley Forge and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 2nd day of April, 2008. VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS BY:_____________(signature)________________ (HEIDI STAM) JOHN J. BRENNAN* CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By: /S/ JOHN J. BRENNAN President, Chairman, Chief April 2, 2008 ------------------------------ Executive Officer, and Trustee (Heidi Stam) John J. Brennan* By: /S/ CHARLES D. ELLIS Trustee April 2, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Charles D. Ellis* By: /S/ EMERSON U. FULLWOOD Trustee April 2, 2008 ---------------------------- (Heidi Stam) Emerson U. Fullwood* By: /S/ RAJIV L. GUPTA Trustee April 2, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Rajiv L. Gupta* By: /S/ AMY GUTMANN Trustee April 2, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Amy Gutmann* By: /S/ JOANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN Trustee April 2, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) JoAnn Heffernan Heisen* By: /S/ ANDRE F. PEROLD Trustee April 2, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Andre F. Perold* By: /S/ ALFRED M. RANKIN, JR. Trustee April 2, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.* By: /S/ J. LAWRENCE WILSON Trustee April 2, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) J. Lawrence Wilson* By: /S/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS Treasurer and Principal April 2, 2008 ------------------------------ Financial Officer and (Heidi Stam) Principal Accounting Officer Thomas J. Higgins*
* By Power of Attorney. Filed on January 18, 2008, see File Number 2-29601. Incorporated by Reference. Users of this data are advised pursuant to the rules and regulations governing the filing of voluntary XBRL disclosure that the following XBRL documents are not the official publicly filed disclosure of The Vanguard Group. The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official version of the furnished documents and not rely on this information in making investment decisions. EXHIBIT INDEX XBRL Instance Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ex-100.INS XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ex-100.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document . . . . . . . Ex-100.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document . . . . . . . . . Ex-100.LAB -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----