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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 33-64845) UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 /X/
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.
AND
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940
AMENDMENT NO. 3
VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
P.O. BOX 2600, VALLEY FORGE, PA 19482
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER (610) 669-1000
RAYMOND J. KLAPINSKY, ESQUIRE
P.O. BOX 876
VALLEY FORGE, PA 19482
IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING BECOME EFFECTIVE:
on February 15, 1996.
APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS, INC.
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
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FORM N-1A
ITEM NUMBER LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
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Item 1. Cover Page.................................. Cover Page
Item 2. Synopsis.................................... Highlights
Item 3. Condensed Financial Information............. N/A
Item 4. General Description of Registrant........... Investment Objectives; Investment
Limitations; Investment Policies; General
Information
Item 5. Management of the Fund...................... Directors and Officers; Management of the
Fund; The Vanguard Group
Item 6. Capital Stock and Other Securities.......... Opening an Account and Purchasing Shares;
Selling Your Shares; The Share Price of
Each Portfolio; Dividends, Capital Gains,
and Taxes; General Information
Item 7. Purchase of Securities Being Offered........ Cover Page; Opening an Account and
Purchasing Shares
Item 8. Redemption or Repurchase.................... Selling Your Shares
Item 9. Pending Legal Proceedings................... Not Appliable
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FORM N-1A LOCATION IN STATEMENT
ITEM NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Item 10. Cover Page.................................. Cover Page
Item 11. Table of Contents........................... Cover Page
Item 12. General Information and History............. Investment Objectives and Policies
Item 13. Investment Objective and Policies........... Investment Objectives and Policies;
Investment Limitations
Item 14. Management of the Fund...................... Management of the Fund
Item 15. Control Persons and Principal Holders of
Securities.................................. Management of the Fund
Item 16. Investment Advisory and Other Services...... Management of the Fund
Item 17. Brokerage Allocation........................ Not Applicable
Item 18. Capital Stock and Other Securities.......... Financial Statement
Item 19. Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of
Securities Being Offered.................... Purchase of Shares; Redemption of Shares
Item 20. Tax Status.................................. Appendix
Item 21. Underwriters................................ Not Applicable
Item 22. Calculations of Yield Quotations of Money
Market Fund................................. Not Applicable
Item 23. Financial Statements........................ Financial Statement
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Parts A, B and C of the Fund's Registration Statement which were filed on Form
N-1A on February 13, 1996 (Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 under the Securities
Act of 1933, File No. 33-64845) are hereby incorporated by reference in their
entirety.
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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 15th day of February 1996.
VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS, INC.
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
John C. Bogle*, Chairman
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
John C. Bogle*, Chairman of the Board and Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
John J. Brennan*, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Robert C. Cawthorn*, Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Barbara B. Hauptfuhrer*, Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Burton G. Malkiel*, Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Bruce K. MacLaury, Jr.*, Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.*, Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
John C. Sawhill*, Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
James O. Welch, Jr.*, Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
J. Lawrence Wilson*, Director
February 15, 1996
BY: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Richard F. Hyland*, Treasurer and Principal
Financial Officer and Accounting Officer
February 15, 1996
*By Power of Attorney. See 1933 Act File No. 2-14336, January 23, 1990.
Incorporated by Reference.
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VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS, INC.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Consent of Independent Accountants................................................. EX-99.B11
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EX-99.B11
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the use in EX-99.B12 constituting part of this
amended Registration Statement on Form N-1A of our report dated February 12,
1996, relating to the financial statement of the Vanguard Selected Value
Portfolio of Vanguard Whitehall Funds, Inc., which appears in such Exhibit.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Thirty South Seventeenth Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
February 12, 1996
