-----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, SG5TwZ8Ugh8tTJnx/4wObZ1WmkKXIF3XVtCW5VRcRUF0Uk41xdxn18oA2esODxHm DmzoSTt/JcHBOmlAEm0paQ== 0000932471-08-000959.txt : 20080325 0000932471-08-000959.hdr.sgml : 20080325 20080325152135 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000932471-08-000959 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BPOS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080325 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080325 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20080325 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: 08709285 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: 08709286 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. 107 AND REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 AMENDMENT NO. 108 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 MARCH 25, 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 25th day of March, 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 March 25, 2008 ------------------------------ Executive Officer, and Trustee (Heidi Stam) John J. Brennan* By: /S/ CHARLES D. ELLIS Trustee March 25, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Charles D. Ellis* By: /S/ EMERSON U. FULLWOOD Trustee March 25, 2008 ---------------------------- (Heidi Stam) Emerson U. Fullwood* By: /S/ RAJIV L. GUPTA Trustee March 25, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Rajiv L. Gupta* By: /S/ AMY GUTMANN Trustee March 25, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Amy Gutmann* By: /S/ JOANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN Trustee March 25, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) JoAnn Heffernan Heisen* By: /S/ ANDRE F. PEROLD Trustee March 25, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Andre F. Perold* By: /S/ ALFRED M. RANKIN, JR. Trustee March 25, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.* By: /S/ J. LAWRENCE WILSON Trustee March 25, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) J. Lawrence Wilson* By: /S/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS Treasurer and Principal March 25, 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
EX-100.INS 2 vanguard2007.xml INDEX 500 INSTANCE DOCUMENT 0000036405 vanguard:S000002839 2007-12-31 0000036405 vanguard:C000007773 2007-12-31 0000036405 vanguard:C000007774 2007-12-31 0000036405 vanguard:C000035202 2007-12-31 0000036405 ici-rr:Registrant_item 2007-12-31 iso4217:USD ici-rr:pure Investment Objective. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization stocks. Primary Investment Strategies The Fund employs a “passive management”—or indexing—investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock market performance that is dominated by the stocks of large U.S. companies. The Fund attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index. For additional information on the Fund’s investment strategies, please see More on the Fund. Primary Risks An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or even long periods. You should expect the Fund’s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range, like the fluctuations of the overall stock market. The Fund's performance could be hurt by: Stock market risk, which is the chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. Investment style risk, which is the chance that returns from large-capitalization stocks will trail returns from the overall stock market. Specific types of stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better—or worse—than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years. Performance/Risk Information The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s Investor Shares or Admiral Shares has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the share classes presented compare with those of the Fund’s target index. Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Annual Total Returns-Investor Shares 2007 0.0539 2006 0.1564 2005 0.0477 2004 0.1074 2003 0.285 2002 -0.2215 2001 -0.1202 2000 -0.0906 1999 0.2107 1998 0.2862 0.2139 1998-12-31 -0.1722 2002-09-30 Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2007 Return Before Taxes 0.0539 0.1269 0.0583 Return After Taxes on Distributions 0.051 0.1239 0.0541 Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 0.0389 0.1108 0.049 S & P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 0.0549 0.1283 0.0591 Note on after-tax returns. Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown in the preceding table. When after-tax returns are calculated, it is assumed that the shareholder was in the highest federal marginal income tax bracket at the time of each distribution of income or capital gains or upon redemption. State and local income taxes are not reflected in the calculations. Please note that after-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Shares or Admiral Shares or Signal Shares and will differ for each share class in an amount approximately equal to the difference in expense ratios. After-tax returns are not relevant for a shareholder who holds fund shares in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan. Also, figures captioned Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares will be higher than other figures for the same period if a capital loss occurs upon redemption and results in an assumed tax deduction for the shareholder. Annual Total Returns-Admiral Shares 2007 0.0547 2006 0.1575 2005 0.0487 2004 0.1082 2003 0.2859 2002 -0.221 2001 -0.1198 0.154 2003-06-30 -0.172 2002-09-30 0.0547 0.1278 0.0288 (1) 2000-11-13 Return After Taxes on Distributions 0.0517 0.1247 0.0251 (1) 0.0396 0.1116 0.0232 (1) 0.0549 0.1283 0.0293 2000-11-13 (1) Since-inception returns are from November 13, 2000—the inception date of the Admiral Shares—through December 31, 2007. The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund’s Signal Shares in their first full calendar year. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the Fund compare with those of the Fund’s target index. Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Annual Total Returns-Signal Shares 2007 0.0547 0.0626 2007-06-30 -0.0334 2007-12-31 0.0547 0.0986 (1) 2006-09-29 0.0517 0.0954 (1) 0.0395 0.0839 (1) 0.0549 0.0989 2006-09-29 (1) Since-inception returns are from September 29, 2006—the inception date of the Signal Shares—through December 31, 2007. Fees and Expenses The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold Investor Shares or Admiral Shares or Signal Shares of the Fund. As is the case with all mutual funds, transaction costs incurred by the Fund for buying and selling securities are not reflected in the table. However, these costs are reflected in the investment performance figures included in this prospectus. The expenses shown under Annual Fund Operating Expenses are based on those incurred in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment) Purchase Fee (1) 0 Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends 0 Redemption Fee 0 Account Service Fee (for accounts under $10,000) (2) 20 (1) The Fund reserves the right to deduct a purchase fee from the future purchases of shares. (2) If applicable, the account service fee will be collected by redeeming fund shares in the amount of 20. Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses deducted from the Fund’s assets) Management Expenses 0.0013 12b-1 Distribution Fee 0 Other Expenses 0.0002 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.0015 The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Investor Shares or Admiral Shares or Signal Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. The results apply whether or not you redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Investor Shares 1 Year 15 3 Year 48 5 Year 85 10 Year 192 This example should not be considered to represent actual expenses or performance from the past or for the future. Actual future expenses may be higher or lower than those shown. 0 0 0 0.0005 0 0.0002 0.0007 Admiral Shares 1 Year 7 3 Year 23 5 Year 40 10 Year 90 0 0 0 0.0006 0 0.0001 0.0007 Signal Shares 1 Year 7 3 Year 23 5 Year 40 10 Year 90 2008-03-25 2008-03-25 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. EX-100.SCH 3 vanguard.xsd 500 INDEX SCHEMA DOCUMENT EX-100.DEF 4 vanguard_def.xml 500 INDEX EXTENSION DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT EX-100.LAB 5 vanguard_lab.xml 500 INDEX EXTENSION LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Admiral Shares Signal Shares
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