# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000052848
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-263964
**Filing Date:** 2025-11
**Character Count:** 6341
**Document Hash:** adcad5aedbcfd33e9ef26fc99284efb6
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-263964.hdr.sgml**: 20251104

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-263964

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251104

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251104

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251104

**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:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-17620
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251447359

**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 Financials Index Fund (Series ID: S000004449)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name     | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Admiral Shares | VFAIX         | C000012220 |
| ETF Shares     | VFH           | C000012221 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Vanguard Financials Index Fund (Series ID: S000004449)

| Class ID   | Class Name     | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000012220 | Admiral Shares | VFAIX           |
| C000012221 | ETF Shares     | VFH             |

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Vanguard Financials Index Fund

**Supplement Dated November 4, 2025, to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated December 20, 2024**

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Shareholders of Vanguard Financials Index Fund (the "Fund") have approved the proposal to reclassify the diversification status of the Fund to nondiversified, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and eliminate the related fundamental policy, as stated in the Proxy Statement dated August 25, 2025, for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders held on November 4, 2025.

**Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes**

The following is added under the heading "Principal Risks" in the **Fund Summary** section:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Nondiversification risk*, which is the chance that the Fund's performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of relatively few stocks or even a single stock. The Fund is considered nondiversified, which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of particular issuers as compared with diversified mutual funds.

**Prospectus Text Changes**

The following is added under the heading "Market Exposure" in the **More on the Fund** section:

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*The Fund is subject to nondiversification risk, which is the chance that the Fund's performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of relatively few stocks or even a single stock. The Fund is considered nondiversified, which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of particular issuers as compared with diversified mutual funds.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PS 5486 112025

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**Vanguard World Fund**

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**Supplement Dated November 4, 2025, to the Statement of Additional Information Dated December 20, 2024**

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**Important Changes to Vanguard Financials Index Fund**

Shareholders of Vanguard Financials Index Fund (the "Fund") have approved the proposal to reclassify the diversification status of the Fund to nondiversified, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and eliminate the related fundamental policy, as stated in the Proxy Statement dated August 25, 2025, for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders held on November 4, 2025.

**Statement of Additional Information Text Changes**

Under **Description of the Trust**, the "Organization" section on page B-2 is restated as follows:

**Organization**

Vanguard World Fund was organized as Ivest Fund, a Massachusetts corporation, in 1959. It became a Maryland corporation in 1973, and was reorganized as a Delaware statutory trust in 1998. Prior to its reorganization as a Delaware statutory trust, the Trust was known as Vanguard World Fund, Inc. The Trust is registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) as an open-end management investment company. Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund, Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund, Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund, Vanguard Energy Index Fund, Vanguard Financials Index Fund, Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund, Vanguard Materials Index Fund, Vanguard Utilities Index Fund, and Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund (collectively, Nondiversified Funds) are classified as nondiversified within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund, Vanguard Mega Cap Index Fund, and Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF may each become nondiversified solely as a result of an index rebalance or market movement. All other Funds within the Trust are classified as diversified within the meaning of the 1940 Act.

Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund, Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund, Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund, Vanguard Energy Index Fund, Vanguard Financials Index Fund, Vanguard Health Care Index Fund, Vanguard Industrials Index Fund, Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund, Vanguard Materials Index Fund, and Vanguard Utilities Index Fund are collectively referred to as Vanguard U.S. Sector Index Funds hereinafter.© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.

**SAI 023C 112025**

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