# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000052848
**File Stem:** 0000052848-26-000241
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 9338
**Document Hash:** 43a2d08d71d193dad8c09bda83db2f1a
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000052848-26-000241.hdr.sgml**: 20260320

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000052848-26-000241

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260320

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260320

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD WORLD FUND
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000052848

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 046035483
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0831

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-01027
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26776368

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PO BOX 2600
- **STREET 2:** V26
- **CITY:** VALLEY FORGE
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19482
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6106691000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PO BOX 2600
- **STREET 2:** V26
- **CITY:** VALLEY FORGE
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19482

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD WORLD FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20020402

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD WORLD FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** IVEST FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19850923
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD WORLD FUND
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000052848

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 046035483
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0831

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-17620
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26776369

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PO BOX 2600
- **STREET 2:** V26
- **CITY:** VALLEY FORGE
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19482
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6106691000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PO BOX 2600
- **STREET 2:** V26
- **CITY:** VALLEY FORGE
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19482

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD WORLD FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20020402

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD WORLD FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** IVEST FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19850923

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Vanguard Developed Markets ex-US Growth Index ETF (Series ID: S000101719)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000271969 | ETF Shares   |  |

### Vanguard Developed Markets ex-US Value Index ETF (Series ID: S000101720)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000271970 | ETF Shares   |  |

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**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM N-1A**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**(NO. 2-17620)**

**UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933**

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**Pre-Effective Amendment No.**

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**Post-Effective Amendment No. 182**

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**and**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**(NO. 811-01027)**

***UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940***

**Amendment No. 182**

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**VANGUARD WORLD FUND**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust)**

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**P.O. Box 2600, Valley Forge, PA 19482**

**(Address of Principal Executive Office)**

**Registrant's Telephone Number (610) 669-1000** 

**Natalie Lamarque, Esquire**

**P.O. Box 876**

**Valley Forge, PA 19482**

**It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)**

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

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on April 10, 2026, pursuant to paragraph (b)

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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485 If appropriate, check the following box:

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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

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**Explanatory Note**

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 182 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (Amendment No. 182 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 World Fund (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 April 10, 2026, the pending effective date of the Trust's 179<sup>th</sup> Post- Effective Amendment. By way of further background:

Post-Effective Amendment No. 179 was filed under Rule 485(a)(2) on December 16, 2025, to register shares of Vanguard Developed Markets ex-US Growth Index ETF and Vanguard Developed Markets ex-US Value Index ETF, each a series of the Trust. Post-Effective Amendment No. 179 would have become effective on March 23, 2026.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 182 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts [<u>A, B, and C of</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52848/000119312525320080/0001193125-25-320080-index.htm)[<u>Post-Effective</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52848/000119312525320080/0001193125-25-320080-index.htm)[<u>Amendment No. 179</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52848/000119312525320080/0001193125-25-320080-index.htm) to the Registrant's Registration Statement.

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**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 20th day of March, 2026.

**VANGUARD WORLD FUND**

BY: /s/ Salim Ramji\*

Salim Ramji

Chief Executive Officer, President, and Trustee

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:

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| Signature | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title | Date |
| /s/ Salim Ramji\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer, President, and Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Salim Ramji |  |  |
| /s/ David Hunt\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| David Hunt |  |  |
| /s/ Kenneth Jacobs\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Kenneth Jacobs |  |  |
| /s/ Tara Bunch\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Tara Bunch |  |  |
| /s/ Mark Loughridge\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Independent Chair | March 20, 2026 |
| Mark Loughridge |  |  |
| /s/ Scott C. Malpass\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Scott C. Malpass |  |  |
| /s/ John Murphy\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| John Murphy |  |  |
| /s/ Lubos Pastor\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Lubos Pastor |  |  |
| /s/ Rebecca Patterson\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Rebecca Patterson |  |  |
| /s/ André F. Perold\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| André F. Perold |  |  |
| /s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Sarah Bloom Raskin |  |  |
| /s/ Grant Reid\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Grant Reid |  |  |

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| Signature | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title | Date |
| /s/ David Thomas\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| David Thomas |  |  |
| /s/ Barbara Venneman\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Barbara Venneman |  |  |
| /s/ Peter F. Volanakis\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | March 20, 2026 |
| Peter F. Volanakis |  |  |
| /s/ Christine Buchanan\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer | March 20, 2026 |
| Christine Buchanan |  |  |

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\*By: /s/ Natalie Lamarque

Natalie Lamarque, pursuant to a [<u>Power of Attorney</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532203/000119312526077489/f44118d9.htm), filed on February 27, 2026 (see File Number 333-177613); and a [<u>Power of Attorney</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021882/000119312525325145/f43537d10.htm)[,](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021882/000119312525325145/f43537d10.htm)filed on December 19, 2025 (see File Number 333-11763), each Incorporated by Reference.

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