Form 485BXT VANGUARD WORLD FUND

January 17, 2019 9:03 AM EST

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
Form N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-17620) UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Post-Effective Amendment No. 162
and
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 811-01027) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 162
 
 
VANGUARD WORLD FUND
(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
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on February 5, 2019, 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. 162 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Amendment No.
162 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) to the registration statement on Form N-
1A (the “Registration Statement”) of Vanguard World Fund (the “Trust”) is being filed pursuant to
paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of delaying, until
February 5, 2019, the pending effective date of the Trust’s 159th Post-Effective Amendment.
 
By way of further background, Post-Effective Amendment No. 159 was filed under Rule 485(a)(1) on
November 19, 2018 for the purposes of: (1) adding a new Admiral share class to Vanguard FTSE Social
Index Fund and (2) effecting a number of non-material editorial changes. Post-Effective Amendment No.
159 originally requested that the Amendment become effective 60 days after filing, pursuant to the
requirements of Rule 485(a)(1).
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 162 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A,
B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 159 to the Trust’s Registration Statement.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant 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
         17th day of January, 2019.    
  VANGUARD WORLD FUND
  BY:______s/ Mortimer J. Buckley*
  Mortimer J. Buckley
  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/ Mortimer J. Buckley* Chairman and Chief Executive January 17, 2019
  Officer  
Mortimer J. Buckley    
/s/ Emerson U. Fullwood* Trustee January 17, 2019
Emerson U. Fullwood    
/s/ Amy Gutmann* Trustee January 17, 2019
Amy Gutmann    
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey* Trustee January 17, 2019
F. Joseph Loughrey    
/s/ Mark Loughridge* Trustee January 17, 2019
Mark Loughridge    
/s/ Scott C. Malpass* Trustee January 17, 2019
Scott C. Malpass    
/s/ Deanna Mulligan* Trustee January 17, 2019
Deanna Mulligan    
/s/ André F. Perold* Trustee January 17, 2019
André F. Perold    
/s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin* Trustee January 17, 2019
Sarah Bloom Raskin    
/s/ Peter F. Volanakis* Trustee January 17, 2019
Peter F. Volanakis    
/s/ Thomas J. Higgins* Chief Financial Officer January 17, 2019
Thomas J. Higgins    
 
*By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson    
Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on January 18, 2018, see File Number 33-32216,
Incorporated by Reference.    

 

 

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