# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000052848
**File Stem:** 0001683863-25-006629
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 8572
**Document Hash:** edccacccb4c62c960f87cb64520dcfb8
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001683863-25-006629.hdr.sgml**: 20250812

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001683863-25-006629

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250812

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250812

**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:** 251204315

**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:** 251204314

**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 Emerging Markets Ex-China ETF (Series ID: S000094513)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000263046 | ETF Shares   | VEXC            |

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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. 176**

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**and**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**(NO. 811-01027)**

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

**Amendment No. 176**

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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** 

**Tonya T. Robinson, 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 September 11, 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. 176 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (Amendment No. 176 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 September 11, 2025, the pending effective date of the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 175.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 was filed under Rule 485(a)(2) on May 30, 2025, to register shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Ex-China ETF, a new series of the Trust. Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 originally requested that the Amendment become effective August 13, 2025, pursuant to the requirements of Rule 485(a)(1).

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 176 incorporates by reference the information contained in [<u>Parts A, B, and C of</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52848/000168386325004911/f42182d1.htm)[<u>Post-Effective</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52848/000168386325004911/f42182d1.htm)[<u>Amendment No. 175</u>](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52848/000168386325004911/f42182d1.htm) to the Trust'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 12th day of August, 2025.

**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;Title | Date |
| /s/ Salim Ramji\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer, President, and Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| Salim Ramji |  |  |
| /s/ Tara Bunch\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| Tara Bunch |  |  |
| /s/ Mark Loughridge\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Independent Chair | August 12, 2025 |
| Mark Loughridge |  |  |
| /s/ Scott C. Malpass\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| Scott C. Malpass |  |  |
| /s/ John Murphy\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| John Murphy |  |  |
| /s/ Lubos Pastor\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| Lubos Pastor |  |  |
| /s/ Rebecca Patterson\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| Rebecca Patterson |  |  |
| /s/ André F. Perold\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| André F. Perold |  |  |
| /s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| Sarah Bloom Raskin |  |  |
| /s/ Grant Reid\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| Grant Reid |  |  |
| /s/ David Thomas\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 2025 |
| David Thomas |  |  |
| /s/ Barbara Venneman\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trustee | August 12, 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 | August 12, 2025 |
| Peter F. Volanakis |  |  |
| /s/ Christine Buchanan\* | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer | August 12, 2025 |
| Christine Buchanan |  |  |

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\*By: /s/ Tonya T. Robinson

Tonya T. Robinson, 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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