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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 24f-2
Read Instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.
Please print or type.
1. Name and address of issuer:
VANGUARD INDEX TRUST
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio
Extended Market Portfolio
500 Portfolio
Value Portfolio
Growth Portfolio
Total Stock Market Portfolio
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-2652
Securities Act File Number: 2-56846
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: 12/31/95
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the
close of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting
securities sold after the close of the fiscal year but before
termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declaration:
/ /
6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
applicable (see Instruction A.6):
N/A
7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant
to rule 24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the
beginning of the fiscal year.
None
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year
other than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
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<CAPTION>
Number of Aggregate Sales Price
Name of Portfolio Portfolio Shares Sales Price
<S> <C> <C>
Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio 7,300,000 $ 134,101,000
Extended Market Portfolio 5,600,000 133,784,000
500 Portfolio 50,000,000 2,780,500,000
Value Portfolio 3,000,000 42,270,000
Growth Portfolio 6,000,000 81,300,000
Total Stock Market Portfolio 22,000,000 321,200,000
Total 93,900,000 $3,493,155,000
</TABLE>
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9. Number and aggregate sales price of securities sold during the fiscal
year:
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<CAPTION>
Number of Aggregate
Name of Portfolio Portfolio Shares Sales Price
<S> <C> <C>
Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio 18,627,003 $ 327,163,613
Extended Market Portfolio 16,564,963 372,109,018
500 Portfolio 126,121,481 6,590,702,476
Value Portfolio 14,742,652 195,412,401
Growth Portfolio 14,030,441 174,657,540
Total Stock Market 44,834,027 602,841,934
Total $234,920,567 $8,181,886,982
</TABLE>
10. Number and aggregate sales price of securities sold during the
fiscal year in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Aggregate
Name of Portfolio Portfolio Shares Sales Price
<S> <C> <C>
Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio 11,327,003 $ 193,062,613
Extended Market Portfolio 10,964,963 238,325,018
500 Portfolio 76,121,481 3,729,202,476
Value Portfolio 11,742,652 153,142,401
Growth Portfolio 8,030,441 93,357,540
Total Stock Market Portfolio 22,834,027 281,641,934
Total 141,020,567 $4,688,731,982
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11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable
(see Instruction B.7):
N/A
12. Calculation of registration fee:
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<S> <C> <C>
(i) Aggregate sales price of securities sold during the fiscal
year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): $4,688,731,982
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with
dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable): + N/A
(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during
the fiscal year (if applicable): - 2,638,977,853
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and
previously applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to
rule 24f-2 (if applicable): + N/A
(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during
the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (I), plus line
(ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable): $2,049,754,129
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act
of 1933 or other applicable law or regulation (see
Instruction C.6): x 1/29 of 1%
(vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]: $706,811.77
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INSTRUCTION: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) only
if the form is being filed within 60 days after the close of
the issuer's fiscal year. See Instruction C.3.
13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox
depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of
Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
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Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
lockbox depository:
February 20, 1996
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the issuer and in the capacities and on the dated indicated:
By (Signature and Title) RAYMOND J. KLAPINSKY
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Raymond J. Klapinsky, Secretary
Date February 28, 1996
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EXHIBIT "A"
February 28, 1996
Vanguard Index Trust
100 Vanguard Boulevard
Malvern, PA 19355
Gentlemen:
Vanguard Index Trust (the "Fund") is a business trust established under
Pennsylvania law under a Declaration of Trust dated December 31, 1975. I have
acted as counsel to the Fund since its initial registration as an open-end
management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940
Act"), as amended. It is in my capacity as counsel to the Fund that I am
furnishing you this opinion.
I have examined the Fund's: (1) Declartion of Trust and amendments thereof;
(2) minutes of the meetings of shareholders and Trusteees; (3) Notification of
Registration on Form N-8A under the 1940 Act; (4) Registration on Form N-1A
under the Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act") and 1940 Act, and all amendments
thereto; and (5) all other relevant documents and records, as well as the
procedures and requirements relative to the issuance and sale of the Fund's
sharesof beneficial interest ("shares").
Under Article V, Section 5.1 of the Declaration of Trust, as amended to date,
the Fund is legally authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, without
any par value, from one or more series ("Portfolios') of shares. Currently,
the Fund is offering shares of six Portfolios. On December 31, 1995, (the end
of the Fund's fiscal year), the Fund had issued and outstanding 52,196,290
shares of the Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio, 301,573,850 shares of the
500 Portfolio, 63,273,394 shares of the Extended Market Portfolio, 33,551,387
shares of the Value Portfolio, 19,405,382 shares of the Growth Portfolio, and
104,429,024 shares of the Total Stock Market Portfolio.
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My examination also disclosed the following information:
1. On January 1, 1995, (the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year),
the Fund did not have any securities registered under the 1933 Act other than
pursuant to Rule 24f-2 of the 1940 Act.
2. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, the Fund
registered a total of 93,900,000 shares at a total offering price of
$3,493,155,000 from the six Portfolios.
3. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, the Fund sold a
total of 141,020,567 shares from the Fund's six Portfolios at a total
aggregate sales price of $4,688,731,982 in reliance upon registration pursuant
to Rule 24f-2 of the 1940 Act. During the same fiscal year, the Fund redeemed
a total of 74,996,970 shares from the Fund's six Portfolios at a total
aggregate redemption price of $2,638,977,853.
You have instructed me to file, on behalf of the Fund, a Notice pursuant to
Rule 24f-2 of the 1940 Act, for the purpose of registering, under the 1933 Act,
the combined total of 141,020,567 shares which were sold by the Fund during
the fiscal year in reliance upon Rule 24f-2.
Based upon the foregoing information and my examination, it is my opinion that:
1. The Fund is a valid and subsisting trust of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, without par
value, from one or more series ("Portfolios") of shares;
2. The proposed registration of the combined total of 141,020,567 shares
of the Fund in reliance upon Rule 24f-2 of the 1940 Act is proper;
3. Such shares, which were issued for a consideration deemed by the
Trustees to be consistent with the Declaration of Trust, were legally
authorized and issued, fully paid, and non-assessable; and
4. The holders of such shares have all the rights provided with respect
to such holdings by the Declaration of Trust, as amended, and the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an Exhibit to the Rule 24f-2
Notice filed on behalf of the Fund, covering the registration of such shares
under the 1933 Act, and the applications and registration statements, and
amendments thereto, filed in accordance with the securities laws of the states
to which shares of the Fund are offered. I further consent to reference in the
Prospectus of the Fund to the fact that this opinion concerning the legality of
the issue has been rendered by me.
Very truly yours,
BY: RAYMOND J. KLAPINSKY
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(Raymond J. Klapinsky)
Counsel
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