SEC Company Response from VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND (CIK 0000034066) — Feb 22, 2005
VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND (CIK 0000034066)
Date: Feb. 22, 2005 · CIK: 0000034066 · Accession: 0000932471-05-000423
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File numbers found in text: 811-01530
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Re: Vanguard Explorer Fund - Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File No. 811-01530
February 22, 2005
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20549
Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, Vanguard Explorer Fund (the "Trust") and its distributor, Vanguard Marketing Corporation, respectfully request that the effectiveness of the 74th post-effective amendment (PEA) of the Trust's registration statement on Form N-1A be accelerated to Friday February 25, 2005. PEA 74 of the Trust's registration statement was filed on February 1, 2005, in order to disclose the addition of a new investment adviser to the Vanguard Explorer Fund (the "Fund"), a series of the Trust, comply with recent amendments to Form N-1A, update the Fund's annual financial statements, and effect a number of non-material editorial changes.
Sincerely,
VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND
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February 22, 2005
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Vanguard Explorer Fund - Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness
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File No. 811-01530
Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, Vanguard Explorer Fund
(the "Trust") and its distributor, Vanguard Marketing Corporation, respectfully
request that the effectiveness of the 74th post-effective amendment (PEA) of the
Trust's registration statement on Form N-1A be accelerated to Friday February
25, 2005. PEA 74 of the Trust's registration statement was filed on February 1,
2005, in order to disclose the addition of a new investment adviser to the
Vanguard Explorer Fund (the "Fund"), a series of the Trust, comply with recent
amendments to Form N-1A, update the Fund's annual financial statements, and
effect a number of non-material editorial changes.
Sincerely,
VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND
/S/ JOHN J. BRENNAN
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Name: John J. Brennan (Heidi Stam)*
Title: President
VANGUARD MARKETING CORPORATION, Distributor
/S/ R. GREGORY BARTON
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Name: R. Gregory Barton
Title: Secretary
*By Power of Attorney. See File number 002-14336, filed on December 20, 2004.
cc: Christian Sandoe, Esq.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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