AMENDMENT NO. 7
AMENDMENT NO. 7
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
This Amendment No. 7 (the "Amendment") to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Vanguard World Fund (the "Trust") amends, effective December 20, 2019, the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of November 19, 2008, as amended (the "Agreement").
By resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") on October 29, 2018, the Board approved this Amendment. Under Article VIII, Section 4 of the Agreement, this Amendment may be executed by a duly authorized officer of the Trust.
Whereas, the Trust desires to amend the Agreement to reflect the removal of the Investor share class to, Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund, a series of the Trust;
Now, therefore, the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1.Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit 1 to this Amendment.
2.All references in the Agreement to the "Amended Declaration of Trust" or "Declaration of Trust" shall mean the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
3.Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Agreement is hereby confirmed and remains in full force and effect.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trust, has executed this Amendment as of December ____, 2019.
By:
EXHIBIT 1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
SCHEDULE A
SERIES AND CLASSES OF THE TRUST
SERIES |
CLASSES |
Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
Vanguard Energy Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF |
ETF |
Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF |
ETF |
Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund |
ETF, Institutional, Institutional Plus |
Vanguard Financials Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund |
Admiral, Institutional |
Vanguard Global Wellington Fund |
Investor, Admiral |
Vanguard Global Wellesley Income Fund |
Investor, Admiral |
Vanguard Health Care Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
Vanguard Industrials Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
Vanguard International Growth Fund |
Investor, Admiral |
Vanguard Materials Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
Vanguard Mega Cap Growth Index Fund |
ETF, Institutional |
Vanguard Mega Cap Index Fund |
ETF, Institutional |
Vanguard Mega Cap Value Index Fund |
ETF, Institutional |
Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund |
Investor, Admiral |
Vanguard Utilities Index Fund |
Admiral, ETF |
