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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 42
File No. 2-56846
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 44
VANGUARD INDEX TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Vanguard Financial Center, P.O. Box 1100, Valley Forge, PA 19482
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code (610) 669-6000
Raymond J. Klapinsky, Secretary
Vanguard Financial Center, P.O. Box 1100
Valley Forge, PA 19482
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: November 17, 1995
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
__X__On November 17, 1995 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities Amount Being Offering Price Aggregate Offering Amount of
Being Registered Registered Per Unit Prices Registration Fee
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500 Portfolio 50,000,000 $55.61(1) $2,780,500,000 $556,100(2)
Growth Portfolio 6,000,000 $13.55(1) $81,300,000 $16,260(2)
Value Portfolio 3,000,000 $14.09(1) $42,270,000 $8,454(2)
Total Stock Market Portfolio 22,000,000 $14.60(1) $321,200,000 $64,240(2)
Extended Market Portfolio 5,600,000 $23.89(1) $133,784,000 $26,757(2)
Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio 7,300,000 $18.37(1) $134,101,000 $26,820(2)
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(1) Net asset value on November 14, 1995 adjusted to the nearest cent.
(2) The calculation of the amount of registration fee is made pursuant to
Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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FACING PAGE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
42nd Post-Effective Amendment
Securities of Open-End Management Investment Companies
A. Exact name of Company as specified in Charter:
VANGUARD INDEX TRUST
B. Complete address of Company's principal executive offices:
100 Vanguard Boulevard
P.O. Box 1100
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482
C. Name and complete address of agent for service:
Raymond J. Klapinsky, Secretary
Vanguard Financial Center
P.O. Box 1100
Valley Forge, PA 19482
D. Title and amount of securities being registered under this 42nd
Post-Effective Amendment: 93,900,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of
Vanguard Index Trust with no par value
E. Proposed aggregate maximum offering price to the public of the
securities being registered calculated pursuant to Rule 457 (c):
$3,493,155,000
F. Amount of filing fee.
$698,631 (1)
G. Approximate date of proposed public offering:
It is requested that this filing become effective on November 17, 1995
pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
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PARTS A-C
Incorporated by reference to the Prospectus, Statement of Additional
Information and Part C contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to
registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on April 27, 1995, all
of which remain unchanged.
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Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that is meets all the
requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
485 (b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment to 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 this 17th day of November, 1995.
VANGUARD INDEX TRUST
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
John C. Bogle*, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
November 17, 1995
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
John J. Brennan, President and Director
November 17, 1995
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Barbara B. Hauptfuhrer, Director
November 17, 1995
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Bruce K. MacLaury, Director
November 17, 1995
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Burton G. Malkiel, Director
November 17, 1995
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
John C. Sawhill, Director
November 17, 1995
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
John C. Sawhill, Director
November 17, 1995
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
James O. Welch, Director
November 17, 1995
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
J. Lawrence Wilson, Director
November 17, 1995
By: (Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Richard F. Hyland*, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer and Accounting
Officer November 17, 1995
*By Power of Attorney. See File Number 2-14336. January 23, 1990.
Incorporated by Reference.
