SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 33-64845)

 

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

[X]

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

[ ]

Post-Effective Amendment No. 86

[X]

and

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 811-07443) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 88

[X]

VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust)

P.O. Box 2600, Valley Forge, PA 19482

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant's Telephone Number (610) 669-1000

Anne E. Robinson, Esquire

P.O. Box 876

Valley Forge, PA 19482

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

[X]immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

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 18th day of March, 2020.

VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS

BY:___________/s/ Mortimer J. Buckley*_________

Mortimer J. Buckley

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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:

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Mortimer J. Buckley*

Chairman and Chief

March 18, 2020

 

Executive Officer

 

Mortimer J. Buckley

 

 

 

/s/ Emerson U. Fullwood*

Trustee

March 18, 2020

Emerson U. Fullwood

 

 

/s/ Amy Gutmann*

Trustee

March 18, 2020

Amy Gutmann

 

 

/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey*

Trustee

March 18, 2020

F. Joseph Loughrey

 

 

/s/ Mark Loughridge*

Trustee

March 18, 2020

Mark Loughridge

 

 

/s/ Scott C. Malpass*

Trustee

March 18, 2020

Scott C. Malpass

 

 

/s/ Deanna Mulligan*

Trustee

March 18, 2020

Deanna Mulligan

 

 

/s/ André F. Perold*

Trustee

March 18, 2020

André F. Perold

 

 

/s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin*

Trustee

March 18, 2020

Sarah Bloom Raskin

 

 

/s/ Peter F. Volanakis*

Trustee

March 18, 2020

Peter F. Volanakis

 

 

/s/ John Bendl*

Chief Financial Officer

March 18, 2020

John Bendl

 

 

*By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson

Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on January 18, 2018, (see File Number 33-32216) and a Power of Attorney filed on October 30, 2019, (see File Number 811-02554), Incorporated by Reference.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

XBRL Instance Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ex-101.INS

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ex-101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ex-101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ex-101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ex-101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ex-101.PRE

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