February 16, 2018 |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
100 F Street, NE |
Washington, DC 20549 |
Re: Vanguard Index Funds (the “Trust”) |
Registration No. 2-56846 |
File No. 811-02652 - Request for Withdrawal |
Commissioners: |
Pursuant to Rule 477(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, the Trust requests the withdrawal of Post-Effective |
Amendment Nos. 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, and 165. By way of further |
background: |
- Post-Effective Amendment No. 149 was filed under Rule 485(a) on December 23, 2016 (Accession No. 0000932471-16-015027), to add Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares
of Vanguard 500 Index Fund, a series of the Trust. We requested that Post-Effective Amendment No. 149 become effective on March 1, 2017. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 150 was filed under Rule 485(a) on January 11, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-000072), for the sole purpose of adding the expected expense ratios
for the Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares of Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Post-Effective Amendment No. 150 requested a new effective date of March 13, 2017. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 151 was filed under Rule 485(b) on March 10, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-003504), for the sole purpose of extending to April 11, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 150. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 152 was filed under Rule 485(b) on April 10, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-003756), for the sole purpose of extending to May 10, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 151. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 was filed under Rule 485(b) on May 8, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-004061), for the sole purpose of extending to June 7, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 152. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 156 was filed under Rule 485(b) on June 6, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-004330), for the sole purpose of extending to July 6, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 154. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 157 was filed under Rule 485(b) on July 5, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-004485), for the sole purpose of extending to August 4, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 156.
- Post-Effective Amendment No. 159 was filed under Rule 485(b) on August 2, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-004725), for the sole purpose of extending to September 1, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 157. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 160 was filed under Rule 485(b) on August 31, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-005286), for the sole purpose of extending to September 29, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 159. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 161 was filed under Rule 485(b) on September 28, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-005417), for the sole purpose of extending to October 27, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 160. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 162 was filed under Rule 485(b) on October 26, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-005539), for the sole purpose of extending to November 25, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 161. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 163 was filed under Rule 485(b) on November 22, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-005666), for the sole purpose of extending to December 22, 2017,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 162. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 164 was filed under Rule 485(b) on December 21, 2017 (Accession No. 0000932471-17-006033), for the sole purpose of extending to January 19, 2018,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 163. - Post-Effective Amendment No. 165 was filed under Rule 485(b) on January 18, 2018 (Accession No. 0000932471-18-000069), for the sole purpose of extending to February 17, 2018,
the then-pending effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 164.
The Trust requests the withdrawal of each Amendment on the grounds that it has no plans to proceed with |
offering Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares of Vanguard 500 Index Fund at this time. No securities |
were sold in connection with this offering. |
Please direct any communications concerning this filing to Paul W. Scott at (610) 503-0211. Thank you. |
Sincerely, |
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS |
Laura J. Merianos |
Assistant Secretary |
cc: Lisa N. Larkin. |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |