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AMENDMENT NO. 7

TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST

OF

VANGUARD WORLD FUND

This Amendment No. 7 (the "Amendment") to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Vanguard World Fund (the "Trust") amends, effective December 20, 2019, the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of November 19, 2008, as amended (the "Agreement").

By resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") on October 29, 2018, the Board approved this Amendment. Under Article VIII, Section 4 of the Agreement, this Amendment may be executed by a duly authorized officer of the Trust.

Whereas, the Trust desires to amend the Agreement to reflect the removal of the Investor share class to, Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund, a series of the Trust;

Now, therefore, the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

1.Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit 1 to this Amendment.

2.All references in the Agreement to the "Amended Declaration of Trust" or "Declaration of Trust" shall mean the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

3.Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Agreement is hereby confirmed and remains in full force and effect.

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trust, has executed this Amendment as of December ____, 2019.

VANGUARD WORLD FUND

By:

EXHIBIT 1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST

OF

VANGUARD WORLD FUND

SCHEDULE A

VANGUARD WORLD FUND

SERIES AND CLASSES OF THE TRUST

SERIES

CLASSES

Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund

Admiral, ETF

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund

Admiral, ETF

Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund

Admiral, ETF

Vanguard Energy Index Fund

Admiral, ETF

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

ETF

Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF

ETF

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund

ETF, Institutional, Institutional Plus

Vanguard Financials Index Fund

Admiral, ETF

Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund

Admiral, Institutional

Vanguard Global Wellington Fund

Investor, Admiral

Vanguard Global Wellesley Income Fund

Investor, Admiral

Vanguard Health Care Index Fund

Admiral, ETF

Vanguard Industrials Index Fund

Admiral, ETF

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund

Admiral, ETF

Vanguard International Growth Fund

Investor, Admiral

Vanguard Materials Index Fund

Admiral, ETF

Vanguard Mega Cap Growth Index Fund

ETF, Institutional

Vanguard Mega Cap Index Fund

ETF, Institutional

Vanguard Mega Cap Value Index Fund

ETF, Institutional

Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund

Investor, Admiral

Vanguard Utilities Index Fund

Admiral, ETF