AGREEMENTInvestment Management Agreement • July 26th, 2007 • Vanguard Index Funds
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into under the following circumstances:, WHEREAS, Section 17(g) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("the Act") provides that the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is authorized to require that the officers and employees of registered management investment companies who, either singly or jointly with others, may have access to the Funds' assets, be bonded against larceny and embezzlement, and the SEC has promulgated such rules and regulations ("Rule 17g-1"); and
