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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
Form N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-88116)  
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 [X]
and
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 811-03916) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
OF 1940  
Amendment No. 98 [X]
 
 
VANGUARD SPECIALIZED 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)  
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)  
[ X] on May 25, 2018, 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:  
[ X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed
post-effective amendment.  

 


 

Explanatory Note - Specialized

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (Amendment No. 98 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Registration Statement”) of Vanguard Specialized Funds (the “Trust”) is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of delaying, until
May 25, 2018, the pending effective date of the Trust’s 94th Post-Effective Amendment. By way of further background:

  • Post-Effective Amendment No. 94 was filed under Rule 485(a)(1) on February 1, 2018, for the purposes of: (1) changing the name of Vanguard REIT Index Fund to Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund; (2) changing the REIT Index Fund’s benchmark index; (3) disclosing a change to the REIT Index Fund’s investment objective; and (4) effecting a number of non-material editorial changes. Post-Effective Amendment No. 94 originally requested that the Amendment become effective 60 days after filing pursuant to the requirements of Rule 485(a)(1).

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 94 to the Trust’s Registration Statement.


 

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 29th day of March, 2018.

VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS
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 of the Board of March 29, 2018
  Trustees  
F. William McNabb III    
/s/ Mortimer J. Buckley* Chief Executive Officer, March 29, 2018
  President, and Trustee  
Mortimer J. Buckley    
/s/ Emerson U. Fullwood* Trustee March 29, 2018
Emerson U. Fullwood    
/s/ Amy Gutmann* Trustee March 29, 2018
Amy Gutmann    
/s/ JoAnn Heffernan Heisen* Trustee March 29, 2018
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen    
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey* Trustee March 29, 2018
F. Joseph Loughrey    
/s/ Mark Loughridge* Trustee March 29, 2018
Mark Loughridge    
/s/ Scott C. Malpass* Trustee March 29, 2018
Scott C. Malpass    
/s/ Deanna Mulligan* Trustee March 29, 2018
Deanna Mulligan    
/s/ André F. Perold* Trustee March 29, 2018
André F. Perold    
/s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin* Trustee March 29, 2018
Sarah Bloom Raskin    
/s/ Peter F. Volanakis* Trustee March 29, 2018
Peter F. Volanakis    
/s/ Thomas J. Higgins* Chief Financial Officer March 29, 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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