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. 111 AND REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 AMENDMENT NO. 112 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 9, 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 9th 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 9, 2008 ------------------------------ Executive Officer, and Trustee (Heidi Stam) John J. Brennan* By: /S/ CHARLES D. ELLIS Trustee April 9, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Charles D. Ellis* By: /S/ EMERSON U. FULLWOOD Trustee April 9, 2008 ---------------------------- (Heidi Stam) Emerson U. Fullwood* By: /S/ RAJIV L. GUPTA Trustee April 9, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Rajiv L. Gupta* By: /S/ AMY GUTMANN Trustee April 9, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Amy Gutmann* By: /S/ JOANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN Trustee April 9, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) JoAnn Heffernan Heisen* By: /S/ ANDRE F. PEROLD Trustee April 9, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Andre F. Perold* By: /S/ ALFRED M. RANKIN, JR. Trustee April 9, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.* By: /S/ J. LAWRENCE WILSON Trustee April 9, 2008 ------------------------------ (Heidi Stam) J. Lawrence Wilson* By: /S/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS Treasurer and Principal April 9, 2008 ------------------------------ Financial Officer and (Heidi Stam) Principal Accounting Officer Thomas J. Higgins*
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