# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000105544
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-240891
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 8754
**Document Hash:** cdb8c46206469357e282b0829aa01d98
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-240891.hdr.sgml**: 20251016

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-240891

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251016

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251016

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD WELLESLEY INCOME FUND
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000105544

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 231711688
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-01766
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251396567

**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 WELLESLEY INCOME FUND/
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20011121

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD/WELLESLEY INCOME FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940608

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WELLESLEY INCOME FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD WELLESLEY INCOME FUND
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000105544

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 231711688
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-31333
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251396566

**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 WELLESLEY INCOME FUND/
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20011121

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VANGUARD/WELLESLEY INCOME FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940608

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WELLESLEY INCOME FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Vanguard Wellington U.S. Growth Active ETF (Series ID: S000096460)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000265295 | ETF Shares   | VUSG            |

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**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM N-1A**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**(NO. 2-31333)**

**UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933**

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**Pre-Effective Amendment No.**

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**Post-Effective Amendment No. 96**

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**and**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**(NO. 811-01766)**

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

**Amendment No. 96**

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**VANGUARD WELLESLEY INCOME 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**

**John E. Schadl, 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 November 13, 2025, 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. 96 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (Amendment No. 96 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 Wellesley Income 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 November 13, 2025, the pending effective date of the Trust's 93rd Post- Effective Amendment. By way of further background:

Post-Effective Amendment No. 93 was filed under Rule 485(a)(2) on August 18, 2025, to register shares of Vanguard Wellington U.S. Growth Active ETF, a new series of the Trust. Post-Effective Amendment No. 93 originally requested that the Amendment become effective on November 3, 2025.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 96 incorporates by reference the information contained in [<u>Parts</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105544/000168386325006747/f42662d1.htm)[A, B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105544/000168386325006747/f42662d1.htm)[93](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105544/000168386325006747/f42662d1.htm)[to the Registrant's Registration Statement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105544/000168386325006747/f42662d1.htm)

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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 16th day of October, 2025.

**VANGUARD WELLESLEY INCOME 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;Title | Date |
| /s/ Salim Ramji\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer, President, and Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| Salim Ramji |  |  |
| /s/ Tara Bunch\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| Tara Bunch |  |  |
| /s/ Mark Loughridge\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Independent Chair | October 16, 2025 |
| Mark Loughridge |  |  |
| /s/ Scott C. Malpass\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| Scott C. Malpass |  |  |
| /s/ John Murphy\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| John Murphy |  |  |
| /s/ Lubos Pastor\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| Lubos Pastor |  |  |
| /s/ Rebecca Patterson\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| Rebecca Patterson |  |  |
| /s/ André F. Perold\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| André F. Perold |  |  |
| /s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| Sarah Bloom Raskin |  |  |
| /s/ Grant Reid\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| Grant Reid |  |  |
| /s/ David Thomas\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| David Thomas |  |  |
| /s/ Barbara Venneman\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| Barbara Venneman |  |  |

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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;Title | Date |
| /s/ Peter F. Volanakis\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | October 16, 2025 |
| Peter F. Volanakis |  |  |
| /s/ Christine Buchanan\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer | October 16, 2025 |
| Christine Buchanan |  |  |

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\*By: /s/ John E. Schadl

John E. Schadl, pursuant to a [<u>Power of Attorney</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004655/000168386325001430/f40815d12.htm) filed on February 28, 2025 (see File Number 33-64845), Incorporated by Reference.

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