Form 485BXT VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
| 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. 152 | [X] | |
| and | ||
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 811-2652) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT | ||
| OF 1940 | ||
| AMENDMENT NO. 153 | [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) | ||
| Registrants 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 May 10, 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. 152 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities | |
| Act) (Amendment No. 153 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 May 10, 2017, the pending effective date of the Trusts 150th Post | |
| Effective Amendment. By way of further background: | |
| · | 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. 152 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, | |
| B, and C of Post Effective Amendment No. 150 to the Registrants 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 10th day of April, 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 | April 10, 2017 |
| Officer | ||
| F. William McNabb III | ||
| /S/ EMERSON U. FULLWOOD* | Trustee | April 10, 2017 |
| Emerson U. Fullwood | ||
| /S/ RAJIV L. GUPTA* | Trustee | April 10, 2017 |
| RAJIV L. GUPTA | ||
| /S/ AMY GUTMANN* | Trustee | April 10, 2017 |
| Amy Gutmann | ||
| /S/ JOANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN* | Trustee | April 10, 2017 |
| JoAnn Heffernan Heisen | ||
| /S/ F. JOSEPH LOUGHREY* | Trustee | April 10, 2017 |
| F. Joseph Loughrey | ||
| /S/ MARK LOUGHRIDGE* | Trustee | April 10, 2017 |
| Mark Loughridge | ||
| /S/ SCOTT C. MALPASS* | Trustee | April 10, 2017 |
| Scott C. Malpass | ||
| /S/ ANDRÉ F. PEROLD* | Trustee | April 10, 2017 |
| André F. Perold | ||
| /S/ PETER F. VOLANAKIS* | Trustee | April 10, 2017 |
| Peter F. Volanakis | ||
| /S/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS* | Chief Financial Officer | April 10, 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.
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