Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund — new fund registration

VANGUARD WORLD FUND registered fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2012-02-29. Featured series: Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: VANGUARD WORLD FUND
CIK: 0000052848
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2012-02-29
State of incorporation: DE
Accession: 0000932471-12-003815
Reported net assets: $4.3B

Series & classes (3)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	Institutional Shares	VEDTX	—
Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	Institutional Plus Shares	VEDIX	—
Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	ETF Shares	EDV	—

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.00%
Gross expense ratio: 0.05%
Management fee: 0.05%
Net expense ratio: 0.10%
Other expenses: 0.00%

Investment objective

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of an index of extended-duration zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities.

Advisers

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Advisor)