0000932471-18-005371.txt : 20180316 0000932471-18-005371.hdr.sgml : 20180316 20180316082125 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000932471-18-005371 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BPOS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180316 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180316 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20180316 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000034066 IRS NUMBER: 510106626 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BPOS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-27203 FILM NUMBER: 18694251 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 BUSINESS PHONE: 6106691000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EXPLORER FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900305 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000034066 IRS NUMBER: 510106626 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BPOS SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-01530 FILM NUMBER: 18694252 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 BUSINESS PHONE: 6106691000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 2600 STREET 2: V26 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19482 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EXPLORER FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900305 0000034066 S000002578 VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND C000007081 Investor Shares VEXPX C000007082 Admiral Shares VEXRX 485BPOS 1 xbrlmergedfinal.htm EXPLORER XBRL xbrlmergedfinal.htm - Generated by SEC Publisher for SEC Filing

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. 117 [X]
and  

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 811-01530) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT

OF 1940

Amendment No. 118

[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 16th day of March, 2018.

VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND

BY:

/s/ Mortimer J. Buckley*

Mortimer J. Buckley
Chief Executive Officer, President, and Trustee

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 March 16, 2018
F. William McNabb    
/s/ Mortimer J. Buckley* Chief Executive Officer, March 16, 2018
President, and Trustee
Mortimer J. Buckley    
/s/ Emerson U. Fullwood* Trustee March 16, 2018
Emerson U. Fullwood    
/s/ Amy Gutmann* Trustee March 16, 2018
Amy Gutmann    
/s/ JoAnn Heffernan Heisen* Trustee March 16, 2018
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen    
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey* Trustee March 16, 2018
F. Joseph Loughrey    
/s/ Mark Loughridge* Trustee March 16, 2018
Mark Loughridge    
/s/ Scott C. Malpass* Trustee March 16, 2018
Scott C. Malpass    
/s/ Deanna Mulligan* Trustee March 16, 2018
Deanna Mulligan    
/s/ André F. Perold* Trustee March 16, 2018
André F. Perold    
/s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin* Trustee March 16, 2018
Sarah Bloom Raskin    
/s/ Peter F. Volanakis* Trustee March 16, 2018
Peter F. Volanakis    
/s/ Thomas J. Higgins* Chief Financial Officer March 16, 2018
Thomas J. Higgins    

 

*By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson

Anne E Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on January 18, 2018, see File Number 33-32216, 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