0000932471-17-004330.txt : 20170606 0000932471-17-004330.hdr.sgml : 20170606 20170606150019 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000932471-17-004330 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170606 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: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-56846 FILM NUMBER: 17893933 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 BUSINESS PHONE: 6106691000 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: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-02652 FILM NUMBER: 17893934 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 BUSINESS PHONE: 6106691000 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 C000179712 Institutional Shares C000179713 Institutional Plus Shares 485BXT 1 junebxtfinal.htm 500 INDEX FUND INSTITUTIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PLUS SHARES junebxtfinal.htm - Generated by SEC Publisher for SEC Filing
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
Form N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-56846) UNDER  
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. [ ]
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 156 [X]
and
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 811-2652) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
OF 1940    
AMENDMENT NO. 157 [X]
 
 
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
 
Anne E. Robinson, Esquire
P.O. Box 876
Valley Forge, PA 19482
 
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:  
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)  
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)  
[x] on July 6, 2017, pursuant to paragraph (b)  
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)  
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)  
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)  
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485  
If appropriate, check the following box:  
[x] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
  previously filed post-effective amendment.  

 

 

Explanatory Note
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 156 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”) (Amendment No. 157 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”))
to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Registration Statement”) of Vanguard Index Funds
(the “Trust”) is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act solely for
the purpose of delaying, until July 6, 2017, the pending effective date of the Trust’s 154th Post-Effective
Amendment. By way of further background:
 
• Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 was filed under Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) on May 8, 2017, for the
  sole purpose of extending to June 7, 2017, the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective
  Amendment No. 152.
• Post-Effective Amendment No. 153 was filed under Rule 485(b) on April 26, 2017, to provide the
  annual update to the Trust’s Registration Statement.
• Post-Effective Amendment No. 152 was filed under Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) on April 10, 2017, for the
  sole purpose of extending to May 10, 2017, the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective
  Amendment No. 151.
• Post-Effective Amendment No. 151 was filed under Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) on March 10, 2017, for the
  sole purpose of extending to April 11, 2017, the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective
  Amendment No. 150.
• Post-Effective Amendment 150 was filed under Rule 485(a)(1) on January 11, 2017, for the
  purpose of adding the expense ratios for the Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares of
  Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Post-Effective Amendment 150 originally requested that the
  Amendment become effective on March 13, 2017.
• Post-Effective Amendment No. 149 was filed under Rule 485(a)(1) on December 23, 2016, for
  the purposes of (1) adding Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares of Vanguard 500
  Index Fund, a series of the Trust, and (2) effecting a number of non-material editorial changes.
 
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 156 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A,
B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement.

 

 

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 6th day of June, 2017.

 

VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
BY:___________/s/ F. William McNabb III*_________

F. William McNabb III
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
/S/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III* Chairman and Chief Executive June 6, 2017
Officer
F. William McNabb III    
/S/ EMERSON U. FULLWOOD* Trustee June 6, 2017
Emerson U. Fullwood    
/S/ RAJIV L. GUPTA* Trustee June 6, 2017
RAJIV L. GUPTA    
/S/ AMY GUTMANN* Trustee June 6, 2017
Amy Gutmann    
/S/ JOANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN* Trustee June 6, 2017
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen    
/S/ F. JOSEPH LOUGHREY* Trustee June 6, 2017
F. Joseph Loughrey    
/S/ MARK LOUGHRIDGE* Trustee June 6, 2017
Mark Loughridge    
/S/ SCOTT C. MALPASS* Trustee June 6, 2017
Scott C. Malpass    
/S/ ANDRÉ F. PEROLD* Trustee June 6, 2017
André F. Perold    
/S/ PETER F. VOLANAKIS* Trustee June 6, 2017
Peter F. Volanakis    
/S/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS* Chief Financial Officer June 6, 2017
Thomas J. Higgins    
*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.