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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
Form N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-27203)  
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 114 [X]
and
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 811-01530) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
OF 1940  
Amendment No. 115 [X]
 
 
VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND
(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 7th day of June, 2017.

  VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND
 
BY: /s/ F. William McNabb III*
  F. William McNabb III
  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/ F. William McNabb III* Chairman and Chief Executive June 7, 2017
F. William McNabb  Officer  
     
/s/ Emerson U. Fullwood* Trustee June 7, 2017
Emerson U. Fullwood    
 
/s/ Rajiv L. Gupta* Trustee June 7, 2017
Rajiv L. Gupta    
 
/s/ Amy Gutmann* Trustee June 7, 2017
Amy Gutmann    
 
/s/ JoAnn Heffernan Heisen* Trustee June 7, 2017
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen    
 
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey* Trustee June 7, 2017
F. Joseph Loughrey    
 
/s/ Mark Loughridge* Trustee June 7, 2017
Mark Loughridge    
 
/s/ Scott C. Malpass* Trustee June 7, 2017
Scott C. Malpass    
 
/s/ André F. Perold* Trustee June 7, 2017
André F. Perold    
 
/s/ Peter F. Volanakis* Trustee June 7, 2017
Peter F. Volanakis    
 
/s/ Thomas J. Higgins* Chief Financial Officer June 7, 2017
Thomas J. Higgins    

 

*By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson

Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on October 4, 2016, see File Number 33-32548, Incorporated by Reference.

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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