N-CSR 1 explorerfinal.htm VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number: 811-1530

 

Name of Registrant: Vanguard Explorer Fund

 

Address of Registrant:

P.O. Box 2600

 

Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

 

 

Name and address of agent for service:

Heidi Stam, Esquire

 

P.O. Box 876

 

Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 669-1000

 

Date of fiscal year end: October 1

 

Date of reporting period: November 1, 2006–October 31, 2007

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders


 

 


 


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Vanguard Explorer Fund earned more than 15% for the 2007 fiscal year, a very respectable return, although lower by about 5 percentage points than that of its benchmark and the peer-group average.

 

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Information technology, industrials, and health care stocks contributed a majority of the fund’s total return.

 

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Over the ten-year period ended October 31, the Explorer Fund outperformed both the return of its Russell 2500 Growth Index benchmark and its peer-group return by an average of more than 2 percentage points a year.

 

 

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

1

Chairman’s Letter

2

Advisors’ Report

7

Fund Profile

12

Performance Summary

13

Financial Statements

15

Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns

29

About Your Fund’s Expenses

30

Glossary

32

 

 

 

 

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost.

 

 

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the cover of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

 

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2007

 

 

 

Ticker

Total

 

Symbol

Returns

Vanguard Explorer Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VEXPX

15.3%

Admiral™ Shares1

VEXRX

15.5

Russell 2500 Growth Index

 

20.4

Average Small-Cap Growth Fund2

 

20.3

 

 

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

 

 

 

 

October 31, 2006–October 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions Per Share

 

Starting

Ending

Income

Capital

 

Share Price

Share Price

Dividends

Gains

Vanguard Explorer Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$80.26

$83.93

$0.320

$7.424

Admiral Shares

74.82

78.25

0.437

6.910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 A lower-cost class of shares available to many longtime shareholders and to those with significant investments in the fund.

2 Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

 

 

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Chairman’s Letter

 

Dear Shareholder,

 

After several years of relative weakness, growth stocks surged to the market’s forefront in fiscal year 2007. With its significant commitment to growth-oriented information technology, health care, and consumer-driven stocks, Vanguard Explorer Fund was seemingly well-positioned for the renewed dominance of growth stocks.

Although the fund’s return of more than 15% during the 12-month period was a definite success in absolute terms, Explorer was not able to take full advantage of the growth-stock rebound. The fund lagged about 5 percentage points behind the return of its benchmark and the peer-group average return, in part because the advisors’ dual focus on earnings growth and valuation limited its participation in some of the market’s higher-flying, more speculative stocks.

Please note that the fund remained closed to most new investors. Existing account holders may contribute up to $25,000 per year. (The fund closure and contribution limits do not apply to Flagship members.) If you hold Explorer in a taxable account, you may wish to refer to our report on after-tax performance on page 29.

Stocks rode a bumpy path to impressive results

Despite some volatility, the U.S. stock market produced strong results during the fund’s fiscal year. Ongoing problems with

 

 

 

 

 

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low-quality mortgage loans (an unpleasant postscript to the housing downturn) rattled financial markets in the spring and summer, and continued to make investors skittish through the close of the fiscal period. At the end of October, crude oil prices touched historic highs, while the U.S. dollar dipped to record lows versus other major currencies.

Still, the broad U.S. stock market returned an impressive 15.3%. Large-capitalization stocks outperformed small-caps, and growth stocks outperformed value stocks—both continuing recent months’ reversals of longer-term trends.

International companies performed even better than domestic issues. Stocks in emerging markets fared particularly well, followed by European and Pacific region stocks (Japan was a notable laggard). The weak U.S. dollar boosted foreign stock returns for U.S.-based investors.

Bond investors converged on high-quality issues

As troubles in the subprime credit markets rippled across the financial markets, bond investors sought the relative safety of U.S. Treasury bonds. This “flight to quality” drove prices for Treasuries higher and yields lower, and widened the spread between Treasury yields and the much higher yields demanded by investors for riskier bonds. Declines in Treasury yields were steepest at the short end of the maturity spectrum, aided by the actions of the Federal Reserve Board. The central bank lowered the target for short-term interest

 

 

Market Barometer

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns

 

Periods Ended October 31, 2007

 

One Year

Three Years

Five Years

Stocks

 

 

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps)

15.0%

13.8%

14.5%

Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps)

9.3

13.7

18.7

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market)

15.3

14.2

15.3

MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International)

33.0

27.4

26.4

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

 

 

Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market)

5.4%

3.9%

4.4%

Lehman Municipal Bond Index

2.9

3.7

4.5

Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

5.0

4.1

2.9

 

 

 

 

CPI

 

 

 

Consumer Price Index

3.5%

3.1%

2.9%

 

 

 

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rates to 4.50% in two separate rate cuts (a half-percentage-point in September and a quarter-point on October 31). The yield of the 3-month Treasury bill finished the fiscal period at 3.92%, after spending much of the year near 5%; the 10-year Treasury note ended at 4.47%.

For the year, the broad taxable bond market returned 5.4%. Returns from tax-exempt bonds were lower, as these issues did not benefit from the late-summer rally in Treasuries.

Stock selections restrained a strong showing

As growth stocks reclaimed the lead from their value counterparts during fiscal year 2007, Explorer seemed well-positioned to benefit. Despite the fund’s return of more than 15%, however, the result was somewhat disappointing in relative terms. The fund paid a modest price for its attention to valuation in a market that seemed to shift abruptly and dramatically from a preference for value-oriented stocks to a preference for growth.

While Explorer’s relatively small materials and energy sectors performed admirably, the fund’s much-larger information technology, industrials, and health care groups contributed the most to total return. Information technology was Explorer’s biggest sector commitment, with software and semiconductor companies contributing notably to overall portfolio return. Compared with the smaller

 

 

Expense Ratios1

 

 

 

Your fund compared with its peer group

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Investor

Admiral

Small-Cap

 

Shares

Shares

Growth Fund

Explorer Fund

0.41%

0.23%

1.64%

 

 

Total Returns

 

Ten Years Ended October 31, 2007

 

 

Average

 

Annual Return

Explorer Fund Investor Shares

9.9%

Russell 2500 Growth Index

7.1

Average Small-Cap Growth Fund2

7.8

 

The figures shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost.

 

 

 

1 Fund expense ratios reflect the 12 months ended October 31, 2007. Peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and captures information through year-end 2006.

2 Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. growth-oriented tech stocks in its benchmark, however, the fund’s performance came up a bit short.

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A similar dynamic was at play in the health care sector, the third-highest contributor to the fund’s absolute returns, led by makers of equipment and supplies, and service providers. Relative to the index, however, the fund missed some opportunities—namely, the exceptionally strong returns produced by several companies that benefited from industry consolidation.

By contrast, the fund’s selections in industrials bested the benchmark, led by the strong returns of makers of construction and farm machinery, as well as commercial services and supplies companies. Even as signs of economic deceleration have emerged in the United States, industrials companies have continued to benefit from the rapid development of booming markets overseas.

Weak spots, on both an absolute and relative basis, included consumer-oriented stocks, which have come under pressure from persistently higher energy prices and the weak housing market. The fund’s consumer-oriented holdings registered modest single-digit returns, held back in part by stock selections among specialty retailers, restaurants, and home furnishings companies. The fund also held a number of poorly performing homebuilders.

 

Financials were another weak spot. The fund’s holdings in consumer finance and mortgage companies were hard hit by the credit crunch arising from the subprime mortgage meltdown.

The fund’s long-term results continued their excellent trend

The Explorer Fund turned in a very respectable, if not stellar, performance for the fiscal year. However, Vanguard always encourages investors not to make judgments based on short-term performance. A look at Explorer’s longer-term results sheds light on the fund’s enduring character, revealing that some inevitably slower years have been balanced by years of outperformance. Although the advisors’ dual focus on earnings growth and reasonable valuations seemed to hold it back in fiscal 2007, the fund’s longer-term performance suggests that the disciplined execution of this investment philosophy has been a formula for success through a variety of market cycles.

The table at the bottom of page 4 indicates that over the ten years ended October 31, 2007, your fund’s Investor Shares earned an average annual return of 9.9%, more than 2 percentage points better than the ten-year return of its unmanaged benchmark index (which bears no expenses) and the average return among small-cap growth funds. A hypothetical investment of $10,000 made in Explorer Fund Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

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ten years ago would have grown to $25,743 as of October 31, 2007. By comparison, equal investments in the Russell 2500 Growth Index and the average small-cap growth fund would have grown to only $19,821 and $21,168, respectively, for the decade.

Please note: In June, AXA Rosenberg Investment Management was added as an additional advisor to the fund. AXA Rosenberg uses a quantitative model to identify small-cap stocks with a superior earnings outlook over the next year. Explorer now has three managers that use a quantitative, or model-based, approach to stock selection, and four managers that use traditional, fundamental analysis to identify stocks.

For more information on the fund’s positioning and performance during the year, please see the Advisors’ Report, which begins on page 7.

In volatile markets, diversification and a long-term view are key

The sharp increase in stock market volatility in recent months was a jolt to many investors. Vanguard always encourages shareholders to invest with a long-term view, to diversify, and to pay attention to costs—bedrock principles that are even more important during periods of market turbulence. One of the best responses to uncertainty is diversification both within and across asset classes, which is why we counsel every investor to hold a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks and fixed income investments in proportions consistent with the investor’s goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon.

 

Explorer’s multiadvisor approach, with a core focus on investing in smaller companies with superior growth potential, offers shareholders several enduring benefits. First, you have access to a breadth of distinct, but complementary, investment styles that is uncommon for actively managed small-cap funds. Second, this access to a deep pool of talent among seven independent advisors tends to result in a higher level of diversification than that among peer funds. Your fund’s low costs also give it an ongoing advantage over its peers, as the fund is able to cycle more of its returns back to you, the investor.

In December 2007, Explorer will mark its 40th anniversary, a major milestone and a tribute to the many talented managers who have helped build this long-term record of success. After four decades, Explorer continues to provide an intelligent, low-cost way to gain exposure to the smaller corners of the U.S. stock market, as one component of a diversified portfolio that can help you reach your long-term goals.

 

Thank you for entrusting your assets to Vanguard.

 

Sincerely,

 


 

John J. Brennan

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

November 15, 2007

 

 

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Advisors’ Report

 

During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2007, Vanguard Explorer Fund returned more than 15%, reflecting the combined efforts of your fund’s seven independent advisors. The use of multiple advisors provides exposure to distinct, yet complementary, investment approaches, enhancing the fund’s diversification.

The table on page 11 lists the advisors, the percentage of fund assets each manages, and a brief description of their investment strategies. The advisors have also provided comments on their assessment of the investment environment during the past 12 months and the notable successes and shortfalls in their portfolios. These advisor comments were prepared on November 19, 2007.

Granahan Investment Management, Inc.

Portfolio Manager:

Jack Granahan, Managing Partner

Investment environment: Despite the economy’s many twists, turns, and reversals, small-cap growth equities nevertheless produced a solid gain over the past year. Stocks started strong, struggled in the middle of the year as subprime lending difficulties affected liquidity, then rallied in August as the Federal Reserve Board began reducing interest rates. International markets have been a source of earnings growth for many U.S. companies, offsetting to some degree the weakness in U.S. consumer sectors.

 

Successes: Technology was a strong sector in our portfolio, as we held relatively large weightings in some of the better performers. The top winners were Ciena, as its communications products are benefiting from telecommunication companies’ upgrading of their networks; Verifone Holdings, which is seeing rapid growth internationally in its point-of-sale payment solutions; and Trimble Navigation, which is pioneering many global-positioning system applications in construction, agriculture, and fleet management.

Shortfalls: Consumer-oriented and health care stocks restrained performance. Consumer stocks Rent-A-Center and Aaron Rents were penalties, as a decelerating economy put pressure on rent-to-own consumers. In health care, Nektar Therapeutics and Nuvelo suffered reversals with products thought to have promise.

Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group

Portfolio Manager:

James D. Troyer, CFA, Principal

Investment environment: Growth stocks significantly outperformed value stocks during the fiscal year. Since our stock-selection model prefers value-oriented stocks (all things being equal), this was a difficult period for our process. No model outperforms in every period, and we believe that our combination of reasonable valuations, high earnings quality, market acceptance, and disciplined risk control offers an attractive portfolio for the long term.

 

 

 

 

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Successes: Our model identified strong performers in the capital goods and materials industries. Notable examples were First Solar and AK Steel Holding.

Shortfalls: Our stock selection in the software and diversified financials industries was disappointing. In financials, our model leaned away from capital markets companies, which had strong returns, while in software our model missed several stocks whose returns exceeded 100%.

 

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC

 

Portfolio Manager:

Sam Wilderman, CFA, Partner and Director of U.S. Equity Management

 

Investment environment: Although investors briefly demonstrated some risk aversion in February and again in early August, they basically spent the 2007 fiscal year continuing to chase risky equities to new heights. The market’s continued orientation toward risky equities was particularly detrimental to our more conservatively positioned valuation discipline. And even though our momentum discipline fared better than valuation, it, too, struggled. The past 12 months were certainly trying, but our confidence remains high that we will outperform as investors’ infatuation with risk recedes.

Successes: Our overweighted position and strong stock selection within the materials sector added to relative returns. In particular, stocks in this sector selected by our momentum discipline—including higher-than-benchmark positions in AK Steel Holding and Steel Dynamics—performed well relative to the market.

Shortfalls: An overweight position and poor stock selection in the consumer discretionary sector subtracted from relative returns during the period, with our overweight position in retailer American Eagle Outfitters among the leading detractors in this sector.

 

Wellington Management Company, LLP

 

Portfolio Manager: Kenneth L. Abrams, Senior Vice President and Partner

 

Investment environment: Markets were volatile during the 12-month period. Signs of trouble in the U.S. housing market emerged in February and were confirmed broadly over the summer. Investor confidence returned briefly after the Fed cut several key interest rates. However, equity markets edged lower in October as investor concerns over higher oil prices and the weak U.S. housing market outweighed solid earnings and positive economic data.

Successes: We benefited from favorable security selection in the industrials sector, with solid performance from names like Suntech Power, a China-based solar energy company. Suntech Power’s shares gained after the company signed a favorably priced, multiyear, polysilicon supply agreement, which should lower the company’s cost structure and improve margins.

 

 

 

 

 

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Shortfalls: Conversely, detractors included health care and financials holdings. Shares of Medicines Company declined due to disappointing sales of Angiomax, an anticoagulant for coronary angioplasty patients. Redwood Trust shares, a mortgage real estate investment trust, suffered as the company’s cost of capital has increased.

 

AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC

 

Portfolio Manager: William E. Ricks, Ph.D., Americas Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer

 

Our investment approach: We joined the Explorer portfolio in June 2007. We spent the subsequent four months through the October 31 fiscal year-end implementing our strategy, which is based on our firm conviction that a company’s fundamentals drive its earnings and that the price paid for those earnings will ultimately drive investment performance. We seek to capture both short-term earnings growth as well as superior long-term cumulative earnings through the use of two bottom-up stock-selection models. We believe that by employing rigorous security-level analysis we can uncover stocks with an earnings advantage—that is, stocks that produce superior earnings per dollar of cost over the period subsequent to purchase. Although this approach will lead to industry and style differences relative to the benchmark, we seek to add value primarily through intra-industry stock selection.

 

Successes: Over the first few months of our inclusion in the Explorer Fund our earnings-focused models have been challenged by an environment that seems to have its attention elsewhere, owing in part to the August subprime worries. Among the bright spots for the portfolio were rewards associated with the portfolio’s overweighting in names with stronger price momentum and lower levels of operating leverage. An overweighting in basic materials was also a plus. Within the materials sector, individual names like AK Steel, Terra Industries, and Owens-Illinois made strong contributions to active return.

Shortfalls: While materials was one bright arena, stock picking within nearly all other economic sectors proved problematic; positions in the consumer discretionary and energy categories were among the largest subtractors of return for the period. Overweights on some familiar names like Aéropostale, RadioShack, and Men’s Wearhouse were among the weakest individual positions. It should be emphasized that although it may be tempting to point to a handful of names as the root of poor performance, the challenges to our portfolio strategy in these first few months have occurred across a wide array of names.

 

Kalmar Investment Advisers

 

Portfolio Manager: Ford B. Draper, Jr., President and Chief Investment Officer

 

Investment environment: In last year’s annual report, we expressed the belief that several market-psychology trends that had been in place for some time

 

 

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were likely to change considerably in 2007, creating a substantially better environment for Kalmar’s quality-oriented legitimate-growth-company investment style. Indeed, that happened right out of the blocks in the new year. Market volatility has risen sharply from record lows, quality businesses are now receiving stock price premiums they hadn’t been accorded for several years, and growth has strongly asserted its leadership over value. Given the financial markets’ “big picture” uncertainties, we believe that these influences are likely to persist until the end of the present market cycle—whenever that may be.

Successes: That said, Kalmar’s most notable portfolio success in the last year, counterintuitively perhaps, came out of our consumer discretionary holdings. This bespeaks good bottom-up stock picking in businesses with powerful one-off growth drivers that enable them to thrive despite seemingly increasing macro headwinds. This was also helped by a spate of take-over activity within our portfolio early in the new year, some of which focused on such companies.

Shortfalls: On the other side of the ledger, the most challenging segment of the portfolio came in our technology holdings—for no single set of company or industry reasons. Business developments among our technology holdings have strengthened recently, however.

 

Chartwell Investment Partners, L.P.

 

Portfolio Managers:

Edward N. Antoian, CFA, CPA, Managing Partner

 

John A. Heffern, Managing Partner

 

Investment environment: Despite increased volatility during the past 12 months, most major markets ended the period with substantial gains. Early in the period, strong corporate earnings supported by a healthy economy created a strong foundation for securities markets around the globe. By the end of the period, markets were faltering amid deepening concerns about credit conditions and the outlook for reduced economic growth, especially in the United States.

Successes: The portfolio benefited from several acquisitions during the period, namely aQuantive and MedImmune. Stock selection was a positive factor among business services, energy, and technology companies.

Shortfalls: Although we identified some of the sector’s better-performing stocks, our overweighted position in financials—an average weighting of 10% for the fund versus 6% for the benchmark—restrained performance. The consumer staples sector was another weak spot, depressed by poor performers including Central Garden & Pet and Bare Escentuals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Vanguard Explorer Fund Investment Advisors

 

 

 

Fund Assets Managed

 

Investment Advisor

%

$ Million

Investment Strategy

Granahan Investment

22

2,755

Bases its investment process on the beliefs that

Management, Inc.

 

 

earnings drive stock prices and that small, dynamic

 

 

 

companies with exceptional growth prospects have the

 

 

 

greatest long-term potential. A bottom-up, fundamental

 

 

 

approach places companies in one of three life-cycle

 

 

 

categories: pioneer, core growth, and special situation.

 

 

 

In each, the process looks for companies with strong

 

 

 

earnings growth and leadership in their markets.

Vanguard Quantitative

17

2,132

Conducts quantitative management using models that

Equity Group

 

 

assess valuation, market sentiment, and earnings

 

 

 

quality of companies as compared with their peers.

Grantham, Mayo,

16

1,982

Employs a highly disciplined approach to buying and

Van Otterloo & Co. LLC

 

 

selling stocks ranked among the 3,000 largest in the

 

 

 

U.S. market, minus the very largest 500. Stocks are

 

 

 

compared with one another and evaluated monthly

 

 

 

using three disciplines, each of which represents an

 

 

 

individual subportfolio.

Wellington Management

13

1,637

Conducts research and analysis of individual companies

Company, LLP

 

 

to select stocks believed to have exceptional growth

 

 

 

potential relative to their market valuations. Each stock

 

 

 

is considered individually before purchase, and company

 

 

 

developments are continually monitored for comparison

 

 

 

with expectations for growth.

AXA Rosenberg Investment

12

1,507

Employs an investment philosophy grounded in funda-

Management LLC

 

 

mental analysis using a two-part quantitative model:

 

 

 

a valuation model, which compares a stock’s price to

 

 

 

its fair value, and an earnings forecast model, which

 

 

 

identifies companies likely to have superior earnings.

Kalmar Investment Advisers

9

1,165

Employs a “growth with value” strategy using creative,

 

 

 

bottom-up research to uncover vigorously growing,

 

 

 

high-quality businesses. The process also seeks out

 

 

 

stocks that are inefficiently valued or that offer value

 

 

 

through longer-term company ownership. The strategy

 

 

 

has a dual objective of superior returns with lower risk.

Chartwell Investment Partners, L.P.

8

1,069

Uses a bottom-up, fundamental, research-driven stock-

 

 

 

selection strategy focusing on companies with sustain-

 

 

 

able growth, strong management teams, competitive

 

 

 

positions, and outstanding product and service offerings.

 

 

 

These companies should continually demonstrate

 

 

 

growth in earnings per share.

Cash Investments1

3

342

 

 

 

 

1 These short-term reserves are invested by Vanguard in equity index products to simulate investment in stocks. Each advisor also may maintain a modest cash position.

 

 

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Fund Profile

As of October 31, 2007

 

 

Portfolio Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Stocks

1,308

1,594

4,870

Median Market Cap

$2.9B

$3.0B

$36.8B

Price/Earnings Ratio

24.2x

28.9x

18.2x

Price/Book Ratio

3.3x

4.0x

2.9x

Yield

 

0.6%

1.7%

Investor Shares

0.4%

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.5%

 

 

Return on Equity

14.0%

14.8%

18.9%

Earnings Growth Rate

25.0%

21.4%

21.3%

Foreign Holdings

3.8%

0.0%

0.0%

Turnover Rate

90%

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.41%

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.23%

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

2.3%

 

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Consumer Discretionary

18.6%

17.7%

10.1%

Consumer Staples

2.6

2.2

8.3

Energy

7.1

6.9

11.3

Financials

7.8

8.7

19.3

Health Care

16.0

17.7

11.7

Industrials

16.5

17.7

11.7

Information Technology

22.9

20.6

16.7

Materials

6.4

6.0

3.9

Telecommunication Services

1.4

1.5

3.4

Utilities

0.7

1.0

3.6

 

 

Volatility Measures3

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.99

0.86

Beta

0.98

1.43

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

 

Priceline.com, Inc.

internet retail

0.7%

ITT Educational Services, Inc.

education services

0.6

AptarGroup Inc.

metal and glass containers

0.6

VeriFone Holdings, Inc.

data processing and outsourced services

0.6

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.

automotive retail

0.6

Microsemi Corp.

semiconductors

0.6

Ciena Corp.

communications equipment

0.5

Varian Semiconductor

semiconductor

 

Equipment Associates, Inc.

equipment

0.5

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

diversified commercial and professional services

0.5

GameStop Corp. Class A

computer and electronics retail

0.5

Top Ten

 

5.7%

 

 

Investment Focus

 


 

 

1 Russell 2500 Growth Index.

2 Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index.

3 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 32.

4 “Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

Cumulative Performance: October 31, 1997–October 31, 2007

Initial Investment of $10,000

 


 

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns

Final Value

 

Periods Ended October 31, 2007

of a $10,000

 

One Year

Five Years

Ten Years

Investment

Explorer Fund Investor Shares1

15.31%

17.65%

9.92%

$25,743

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index

15.28

15.31

7.44

20,495

Russell 2500 Growth Index

20.36

19.45

7.08

19,821

Average Small-Cap Growth Fund2

20.33

16.92

7.79

21,168

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Value

 

 

 

Since

of a $100,000

 

One Year

Five Years

Inception3

Investment

Explorer Fund Admiral Shares

15.53%

17.84%

11.22%

$188,649

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index

15.28

15.31

9.08

167,943

Russell 2500 Growth Index

20.36

19.45

10.96

186,007

 

 

 

 

 

1 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

2 Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

3 Performance for the fund’s Admiral Shares and comparative standards is calculated since the Admiral Shares’ inception: November 12, 2001.

 

 

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Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): October 31, 1997–October 31, 2007

 


 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended September 30, 2007

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Ten Years

Investor Shares1

12/11/1967

17.38%

18.00%

9.12%

Admiral Shares

11/12/2001

17.59

18.19

10.912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

2 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 21 and 22 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

14

Financial Statements

 

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary

As of October 31, 2007

 

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type (common stocks, bonds, etc.) and by industry sector. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on Vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Value

of Net

 

 

Shares

($000)

Assets

Common Stocks

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

 

*

Priceline.com, Inc.

944,629

87,945

0.7%

*

ITT Educational Services, Inc.

633,880

80,623

0.6%

*

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.

2,148,160

70,932

0.6%

*

GameStop Corp. Class A

1,099,760

65,128

0.5%

 

Service Corp. International

4,364,550

63,155

0.5%

*^

Life Time Fitness, Inc.

958,765

58,140

0.5%

 

DeVry, Inc.

1,046,165

57,215

0.5%

 

Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.

876,580

41,901

0.3%

*

Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

1,082,155

41,447

0.3%

*

Crocs, Inc.

553,304

41,359

0.3%

*

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

1,342,903

40,489

0.3%

*

WMS Industries, Inc.

1,102,457

38,222

0.3%

*

Urban Outfitters, Inc.

1,504,505

38,019

0.3%

Other—Consumer Discretionary

 

1,495,768

11.9%

 

 

 

2,220,343

17.6%

Consumer Staples

 

 

 

*

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

572,750

59,738

0.5%

Other—Consumer Staples

 

242,222

1.9%

 

 

 

301,960

2.4%

Energy

 

 

 

 

Tidewater Inc.

743,890

40,668

0.3%

 

Holly Corp.

598,296

37,573

0.3%

Other—Energy

 

768,976

6.1%

 

 

 

847,217

6.7%

Financials

 

 

 

*

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

485,110

63,816

0.5%

 

Cash America International Inc.

1,138,600

44,405

0.4%

Other—Financials

 

780,439

6.2%

 

 

 

888,660

7.1%

 

 

15

 

 

 

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Value

of Net

 

 

Shares

($000)

Assets

Health Care

 

 

 

*

Cephalon, Inc.

799,765

58,975

0.5%

*

Waters Corp.

714,314

54,988

0.4%

*

Alkermes, Inc.

2,907,788

47,106

0.4%

*

Healthways, Inc.

734,290

44,571

0.4%

*

IDEXX Laboratories Corp.

348,700

42,465

0.3%

*

Henry Schein, Inc.

696,342

41,711

0.3%

*

Covance, Inc.

474,155

39,118

0.3%

Other—Health Care

 

1,585,710

12.6%

 

 

 

1,914,644

15.2%

Industrials

 

 

 

 

The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

677,500

65,616

0.5%

*1

The Advisory Board Co.

940,890

60,415

0.5%

 

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V.

1,010,005

50,500

0.4%

 

Donaldson Co., Inc.

1,109,200

47,540

0.4%

 

The Manitowoc Co., Inc.

940,460

46,327

0.4%

*

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

491,900

42,869

0.3%

*

Corrections Corp. of America

1,407,116

39,807

0.3%

Other—Industrials

 

1,609,019

12.8%

 

 

 

1,962,093

15.6%

Information Technology

 

 

 

*

VeriFone Holdings, Inc.

1,460,350

72,185

0.6%

*

Microsemi Corp.

2,653,890

70,620

0.6%

*

Ciena Corp.

1,427,735

68,331

0.6%

*

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.

1,472,496

67,764

0.5%

*

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.

505,600

53,771

0.4%

*

Red Hat, Inc.

2,361,113

50,976

0.4%

*

McAfee Inc.

1,093,140

45,201

0.4%

*

Avnet, Inc.

996,790

41,586

0.3%

*

BMC Software, Inc.

1,165,121

39,428

0.3%

 

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

553,653

39,044

0.3%

*

Ariba, Inc.

2,997,805

38,792

0.3%

*

ON Semiconductor Corp.

3,722,937

37,974

0.3%

 

Intersil Corp.

1,237,840

37,556

0.3%

Other—Information Technology

 

2,052,782

16.3%

 

 

 

2,716,010

21.6%

Materials

 

 

 

 

AptarGroup Inc.

1,774,000

79,298

0.6%

*

Owens-Illinois, Inc.

1,422,800

63,201

0.5%

*

AK Steel Holding Corp.

1,215,735

60,945

0.5%

 

Albemarle Corp.

1,083,470

51,747

0.4%

*

Terra Industries, Inc.

1,085,868

40,058

0.3%

Other—Materials

 

467,471

3.8%

 

 

 

762,720

6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

† Telecommunication Services

 

169,970

1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

† Utilities

 

73,119

0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Funds

 

 

 

2 ^

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF

1,165,083

86,472

0.7%

2

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

713,200

54,731

0.4%

 

 

 

141,203

1.1%

Total Common Stocks (Cost $9,973,224)

 

11,997,939

95.3%3

 

16

 

 

 

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Value

of Net

 

 

Shares

($000)

Assets

Temporary Cash Investments

 

 

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

 

4

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.955%

506,278,819

506,279

4.0%

4

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.955%—Note G

170,847,200

170,847

1.4%

 

 

 

677,126

5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Securities Inc. 4.960%, 11/1/07

 

 

 

 

(Dated 10/31/07, Repurchase Value $49,506,820,

 

 

 

 

Collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Assn.,

 

 

 

 

6.000%, 8/1/37)

49,500

49,500

0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

5

U.S. Agency Obligations

 

16,300

0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $742,926)

 

742,926

5.9%3

Total Investments (Cost $10,716,150)

 

12,740,865

101.2%

Other Assets and Liabilities

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note C

 

161,485

1.3%

Liabilities—Note G

 

(313,325)

(2.5%)

 

 

 

(151,840)

(1.2%)

Net Assets

 

12,589,025

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

At October 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:6

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

9,556,733

Undistributed Net Investment Income

18,187

Accumulated Net Realized Gains

973,951

Unrealized Appreciation

 

Investment Securities

2,024,715

Futures Contracts

15,426

Foreign Currencies

13

Net Assets

12,589,025

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 106,480,100 outstanding $.001 par value shares

 

of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

8,937,200

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$83.93

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 46,668,905 outstanding $.001 par value shares

 

of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

3,651,825

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$78.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

*

Non-income-producing security.

^

Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. See Note G in Notes to Financial Statements.

† Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

1 Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of such company. See Note I in Notes to Financial Statements.

2 Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group.

3 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 97.5% and 3.7%, respectively, of net assets. See Note E in Notes to Financial Statements.

4 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.

5 Securities with a value of $16,300,000 and cash of $2,833,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

6 See Note E in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

 

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Statement of Operations

 

 

 

Year Ended

 

October 31, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends1,2

73,081

Interest2

26,252

Security Lending

4,312

Total Income

103,645

Expenses

 

Investment Advisory Fees—Note B

 

Basic Fee

21,326

Performance Adjustment

(5,033)

The Vanguard Group—Note C

 

Management and Administrative—Investor Shares

22,480

Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares

2,524

Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares

1,883

Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares

887

Custodian Fees

114

Auditing Fees

33

Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares

206

Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares

25

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

18

Total Expenses

44,463

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note D

(266)

Net Expenses

44,197

Net Investment Income

59,448

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold2

1,102,242

Futures Contracts

(724)

Foreign Currencies

(79)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

1,101,439

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

572,589

Futures Contracts

11,119

Foreign Currencies

13

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

583,721

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

1,744,608

 

 

 

 

1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $102,000.

2 Dividend income, interest income, and realized net gain (loss) from affiliated companies of the fund were $1,752,000, $22,782,000, and $15,713,000, respectively.

 

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

 

Year Ended October 31,

 

2007

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

59,448

48,254

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

1,101,439

1,215,287

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

583,721

113,178

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

1,744,608

1,376,719

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(33,478)

(23,606)

Admiral Shares

(18,985)

(12,258)

Realized Capital Gain1

 

 

Investor Shares

(776,690)

(636,946)

Admiral Shares

(300,195)

(204,628)

Total Distributions

(1,129,348)

(877,438)

Capital Share Transactions—Note H

 

 

Investor Shares

(19,018)

301,408

Admiral Shares

211,543

742,483

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

192,525

1,043,891

Total Increase (Decrease)

807,785

1,543,172

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

11,781,240

10,238,068

End of Period2

12,589,025

11,781,240

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Includes fiscal 2007 and 2006 short-term gain distributions totaling $122,716,000 and $212,902,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $18,187,000 and $14,153,000.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended October 31,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$80.26

$76.67

$67.01

$63.17

$44.60

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

.362

.302

.111

(.05)

(.012)

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

11.052

9.724

9.622

3.89

18.587

Total from Investment Operations

11.414

10.026

9.733

3.84

18.575

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.320)

(.230)

(.005)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(7.424)

(6.206)

(.073)

Total Distributions

(7.744)

(6.436)

(.073)

(.005)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$83.93

$80.26

$76.67

$67.01

$63.17

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

15.31%

13.59%

14.53%

6.08%

41.65%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$8,937

$8,517

$7,836

$7,302

$5,662

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets2

0.41%

0.46%

0.51%

0.57%

0.72%

Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.44%

0.36%

0.16%

(0.11%)

(0.08%)

Portfolio Turnover Rate

90%

96%

80%

82%

77%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.04%), (0.03%), (0.01%), 0.02%, and 0.07%.

 

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended October 31,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$74.82

$71.47

$62.37

$58.71

$41.43

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.478

.422

.215

.04

.064

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

10.299

9.050

8.953

3.62

17.259

Total from Investment Operations

10.777

9.472

9.168

3.66

17.323

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.437)

(.346)

(.043)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(6.910)

(5.776)

(.068)

Total Distributions

(7.347)

(6.122)

(.068)

(.043)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$78.25

$74.82

$71.47

$62.37

$58.71

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

15.53%

13.79%

14.70%

6.23%

41.85%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$3,652

$3,264

$2,402

$1,161

$721

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets1

0.23%

0.28%

0.34%

0.43%

0.57%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.62%

0.54%

0.33%

0.04%

0.05%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

90%

96%

80%

82%

77%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.04%), (0.03%), (0.01%), 0.02%, and 0.07%. See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Explorer Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares, Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds) between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

 

2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).

 

3. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

 

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

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4. Repurchase Agreements: The fund may invest in repurchase agreements. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal; however, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

 

5. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

6. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

7. Security Lending: The fund may lend its securities to qualified institutional borrowers to earn additional income. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

 

8. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. Chartwell Investment Partners, L.P., Granahan Investment Management, Inc., Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (“GMO”), Kalmar Investment Advisers, Wellington Management Company, LLP, and, beginning June 6, 2007, AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC, each provide investment advisory services to a portion of the fund for fees calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets managed by the advisor. The basic fees of Chartwell Investment Partners, Granahan Investment Management, Inc., GMO, and Wellington Management Company are subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance for the preceding three years relative to the Russell 2500 Growth Index. The basic fee of Kalmar Investment Advisers is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance since April 30, 2005, relative to the Russell 2500 Growth Index. In accordance with the advisory contract entered into with AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC in June 2007, beginning May 1, 2008, the investment advisory fee will be subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance since July 31, 2007, relative to the Russell 2500 Growth Index.

 

The Vanguard Group provides investment advisory services to a portion of the fund on an at-cost basis; the fund paid Vanguard advisory fees of $884,000 for the year ended October 31, 2007.

 

For the year ended October 31, 2007, the aggregate investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.17% of the fund’s average net assets before a decrease of $5,033,000 (0.04%) based on performance.

 

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C. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At October 31, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $1,039,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 1.04% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

D. The fund has asked its investment advisors to direct certain security trades, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to brokers who have agreed to rebate to the fund part of the commissions generated. Such rebates are used solely to reduce the fund’s management and administrative expenses. The fund’s custodian bank has also agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the year ended October 31, 2007, these arrangements reduced the fund’s management and administrative expenses by $257,000 and custodian fees by $9,000.

 

E. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial-reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

During the year ended October 31, 2007, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $79,000, which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income. Certain of the fund’s investments are in securities considered to be “passive foreign investment companies,” for which any unrealized appreciation and/or realized gains are required to be included in distributable net income for tax purposes. During the year ended October 31, 2007, the fund realized gains on the sale of passive foreign investment companies of $3,295,000, which have been included in current and prior periods’ taxable income; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income. Unrealized appreciation on passive foreign investment company holdings at October 31, 2007, was $7,646,000.

 

The fund used a tax-accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of capital shares redeemed during the year as distributions from net investment income and realized capital gains. Accordingly, the fund has reclassified $6,167,000 from undistributed net investment income, and $110,326,000 from accumulated net realized gains, to paid-in capital.

 

For tax purposes, at October 31, 2007, the fund had $272,057,000 of ordinary income and $778,072,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

 

At October 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $10,740,233,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,000,632,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $2,553,290,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $552,658,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

 

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At October 31, 2007, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in December 2007 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

 

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Number of

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Long Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

Russell 2000 Index

399

166,044

9,943

E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

457

41,683

1,219

E-mini Russell 2000 Index

480

39,950

1,346

E-mini NASDAQ 100 Index

755

34,013

2,918

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

 

F. During the year ended October 31, 2007, the fund purchased $10,593,960,000 of investment securities and sold $11,648,604,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

G. The market value of securities on loan to broker-dealers at October 31, 2007, was $165,266,000, for which the fund received cash collateral of $170,847,000.

 

H. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Year Ended October 31,

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

1,002,407

12,663

1,425,082

17,937

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

798,597

10,589

648,833

8,577

Redeemed

(1,820,022)

(22,892)

(1,772,507)

(22,598)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(19,018)

360

301,408

3,916

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

762,605

10,288

1,219,648

16,488

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

309,959

4,415

207,776

2,951

Redeemed

(861,021)

(11,658)

(684,941)

(9,428)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

211,543

3,045

742,483

10,011

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I. The fund has invested in a company that is considered to be an affiliated company of the fund because the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of the company. Transactions during the period in securities of this company were as follows:

 

 

 

 

Current Period Transactions

 

 

Oct. 31, 2006,

 

Proceeds from

 

Oct. 31, 2007,

 

Market

Purchases

Securities

Dividend

Market

 

Value

at Cost

Sold

Income

Value

 

($000)

($000)

($000)

($000)

($000)

The Advisory Board Co.

NA1

24,822

15,096

60,415

 

 

J. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN

48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, and is effective for the fund’s fiscal year beginning November 1, 2007. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that as of October 31, 2007, no provision for income tax would be required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 At October 31, 2006, the issuer was not an affiliated company of the fund.

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Trustees and Shareholders of Vanguard Explorer Fund:

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets—investments summary and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vanguard Explorer Fund (the “Fund”) at October 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodians and brokers, and by agreement to the underlying ownership records for Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

December 6, 2007

 

 

 


Special 2007 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Explorer Fund

 

This information for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2007, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

The fund distributed $1,039,052,000 as capital gain dividends (from net long-term capital gains) to shareholders during the fiscal year.

 

The fund distributed $54,132,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.

 

For corporate shareholders, 19.7% of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.

 

 

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Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns

 

This table presents returns for your fund both before and after taxes. The after-tax returns are shown in two ways: (1) assuming that an investor owned the fund during the entire period and paid taxes on the fund’s distributions, and (2) assuming that an investor paid taxes on the fund’s distributions and sold all shares at the end of each period.

 

Calculations are based on the highest individual federal income tax and capital gains tax rates in effect at the times of the distributions and the hypothetical sales. State and local taxes were not considered. After-tax returns reflect any qualified dividend income, using actual prior-year figures and estimates for 2007. (In the example, returns after the sale of fund shares may be higher than those assuming no sale. This occurs when the sale would have produced a capital loss. The calculation assumes that the investor received a tax deduction for the loss.)

 

The table shows returns for Investor Shares only; returns for other share classes will differ. Please note that your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. Also note that if you own the fund in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan, this information does not apply to you. Such accounts are not subject to current taxes.

 

Finally, keep in mind that a fund’s performance—whether before or after taxes—does not guarantee future results.

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Explorer Fund Investor Shares1

 

 

 

Periods Ended October 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

One

Five

Ten

 

Year

Years

Years

Returns Before Taxes

15.31%

17.65%

9.92%

Returns After Taxes on Distributions

13.47

16.90

8.21

Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

11.55

15.36

7.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

 

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

 

As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.

 

A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.

 

The table below illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:

 

• Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.

 

To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

 

• Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Six Months Ended October 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

Beginning

Ending

Expenses

 

Account Value

Account Value

Paid During

Explorer Fund

4/30/2007

10/31/2007

Period1

Based on Actual Fund Return

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,047.29

$1.96

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,048.23

1.03

Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.29

$1.94

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.20

1.02

 

1 The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.38% for Investor Shares and 0.20% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period.

 

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Note that the expenses shown in the table on page 30 are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include the account service fee described in the prospectus. If such a fee were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not charge transaction fees, such as purchase or redemption fees, nor does it carry a “sales load.”

 

The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

 

You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Glossary

 

Beta. A measure of the magnitude of a fund’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of a given market index. The index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 typically would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%. A fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition below). The lower the R-squared, the less correlation there is between the fund and the index, and the less reliable beta is as an indicator of volatility.

 

Earnings Growth Rate. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the past five years for the stocks now in a fund.

 

Equity Exposure. A measure that reflects a fund’s investments in stocks and stock futures. Any holdings in short-term reserves are excluded.

 

Expense Ratio. The percentage of a fund’s average net assets used to pay its annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce returns to investors.

 

Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund represented by stocks or depositary receipts of companies based outside the United States.

 

Inception Date. The date on which the assets of a fund (or one of its share classes) are first invested in accordance with the fund’s investment objective. For funds with a subscription period, the inception date is the day after that period ends. Investment performance is measured from the inception date.

 

Median Market Cap. An indicator of the size of companies in which a fund invests; the midpoint of market capitalization (market price x shares outstanding) of a fund’s stocks, weighted by the proportion of the fund’s assets invested in each stock. Stocks representing half of the fund’s assets have market capitalizations above the median, and the rest are below it.

 

Price/Book Ratio. The share price of a stock divided by its net worth, or book value, per share. For a fund, the weighted average price/book ratio of the stocks it holds.

 

Price/Earnings Ratio. The ratio of a stock’s current price to its per-share earnings over the past year. For a fund, the weighted average P/E of the stocks it holds. P/E is an indicator of market expectations about corporate prospects; the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for a company’s future growth.

 

R-Squared. A measure of how much of a fund’s past returns can be explained by the returns from the market in general, as measured by a given index. If a fund’s total returns were precisely synchronized with an index’s returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If the fund’s returns bore no relationship to the index’s returns, its R-squared would be 0.

 

Return on Equity. The annual average rate of return generated by a company during the past five years for each dollar of shareholder’s equity (net income divided by shareholder’s equity). For a fund, the weighted average return on equity for the companies whose stocks it holds.

 

Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.

 

Turnover Rate. An indication of the fund’s trading activity. Funds with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and may be more likely to distribute capital gains (which may be taxable to investors). The turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, which have minimal impact on costs.

 

Yield. A snapshot of a fund’s income from interest and dividends. The yield, expressed as a percentage of the fund’s net asset value, is based on income earned over the past 30 days and is annualized, or projected forward for the coming year. The index yield is based on the current annualized rate of income provided by securities in the index.

 

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

 

The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them on an at-cost basis.

 

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals.

 

Our independent board members bring distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service to their task of working with Vanguard officers to establish the policies and oversee the activities of the funds. Among board members’ responsibilities are selecting investment advisors for the funds; monitoring fund operations, performance, and costs; reviewing contracts; nominating and selecting new trustees/directors; and electing Vanguard officers.

 

Each trustee serves a fund until its termination; or until the trustee’s retirement, resignation, or death; or otherwise as specified in the fund’s organizational documents. Any trustee may be removed at a shareholders’ meeting by a vote representing two-thirds of the net asset value of all shares of the fund together with shares of other Vanguard funds organized within the same trust. The table on these two pages shows information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482.

 

 

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee

 

 

John J. Brennan1

 

Born 1954

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive

Trustee since May 1987;

Officer, and Director/Trustee of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment

Chairman of the Board and

companies served by The Vanguard Group.

Chief Executive Officer

 

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

 

 

 

Independent Trustees

 

 

 

Charles D. Ellis

 

Born 1937

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Applecore Partners (pro bono ventures

Trustee since January 2001

in education); Senior Advisor to Greenwich Associates (international business strategy

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

consulting); Successor Trustee of Yale University; Overseer of the Stern School of Business

 

at New York University; Trustee of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

 

 

Rajiv L. Gupta

 

Born 1945

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, President, and

Trustee since December 20012

Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Board Member of

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

the American Chemistry Council; Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (diversified

 

manufacturing and services) since 2005; Trustee of Drexel University and of the

 

Chemical Heritage Foundation.

 

 

Amy Gutmann

 

Born 1949

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President of the University of

Trustee since June 2006

Pennsylvania since 2004; Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, Annenberg School

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

for Communication, and Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania

 

since 2004; Provost (2001–2004) and Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and

 

the University Center for Human Values (1990–2004), Princeton University; Director of

 

Carnegie Corporation of New York since 2005 and of Schuylkill River Development

 

Corporation and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce since 2004.

 

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

 

Born 1950

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Corporate Vice President and

Trustee since July 1998

Chief Global Diversity Officer since 2006, Vice President and Chief Information

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Officer (1997–2005), and Member of the Executive Committee of Johnson &

 

Johnson (pharmaceuticals/consumer products); Director of the University Medical

 

Center at Princeton and Women’s Research and Education Institute.

 

 

André F. Perold

 

Born 1952

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: George Gund Professor of Finance

Trustee since December 2004

and Banking, Harvard Business School; Senior Associate Dean, Director of Faculty

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Recruiting, and Chair of Finance Faculty, Harvard Business School; Director and Chairman

 

of UNX, Inc. (equities trading firm) since 2003; Chair of the Investment Committee of

 

HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment firm) since 2005.

 

 

Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.

 

Born 1941

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, President, Chief Executive

Trustee since January 1993

Officer, and Director of NACCO Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/lignite); Director

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/aircraft systems and services).

 

 

 

 

J. Lawrence Wilson

 

Born 1936

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired Chairman and Chief Executive

Trustee since April 1985

Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Cummins Inc. (diesel engines) and

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University

 

and of Culver Educational Foundation.

 

 

Executive Officers1

 

 

 

Thomas J. Higgins

 

Born 1957

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.;

Treasurer since July 1998

Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

 

 

 

 

 

Heidi Stam

 

Born 1956

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Managing Director of The Vanguard

Secretary since July 2005

Group, Inc., since 2006; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group since 2005; Secretary of

148 Vanguard Funds Overseen

The Vanguard Group, and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard

 

Group, since 2005; Principal of The Vanguard Group (1997–2006).

 

Vanguard Senior Management Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

R. Gregory Barton

Kathleen C. Gubanich

F. William McNabb, III

Ralph K. Packard

Mortimer J. Buckley

Paul A. Heller

Michael S. Miller

George U. Sauter

 

Founder

 

John C. Bogle

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 

 

 

1 Officers of the funds are “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, Vanguard Growth Equity Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.

More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, available from The Vanguard Group.

 

 

 


 

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In addition, you may obtain a free report on how your

 

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Vanguard® Explorer™ Fund

Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

Shares

($000)

Common Stocks (95.3%)1

 

 

Consumer Discretionary (17.6%)

 

 

 

Auto Components (0.9%)

 

 

*

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

1,342,903

40,489

*

 

Lear Corp.

351,300

12,482

*

 

Tenneco Automotive, Inc.

374,300

11,457

*

 

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.

377,282

11,202

 

 

BorgWarner, Inc.

76,900

8,129

 

 

Gentex Corp.

307,200

6,384

*

 

Aftermarket Technology Corp.

183,150

6,322

*

 

Drew Industries, Inc.

144,000

5,700

 

 

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

129,600

2,887

 

^

Spartan Motors, Inc.

128,200

1,800

*

 

Amerigon Inc.

70,060

1,376

 

 

Autoliv, Inc.

14,300

903

 

 

Sauer-Danfoss, Inc.

34,000

881

 

 

Strattec Security Corp.

17,530

854

*

 

Hawk Corp. Class A

29,800

474

 

 

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

19,494

163

 

Automobiles (0.0%)

 

 

 

 

Thor Industries, Inc.

153,800

7,382

 

Distributors (0.1%)

 

 

*

 

LKQ Corp.

220,637

8,508

 

Diversified Consumer Services (2.4%)

 

 

*

 

ITT Educational Services, Inc.

633,880

80,623

 

 

Service Corp. International

4,364,550

63,155

 

 

DeVry, Inc.

1,046,165

57,215

 

 

Strayer Education, Inc.

130,096

24,258

*

 

Capella Education Co.

286,500

17,763

 

 

Sotheby's

284,141

15,392

*

 

Career Education Corp.

405,200

14,482

*

 

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

212,008

12,636

 

 

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc.

185,500

5,797

 

 

Matthews International Corp.

60,800

2,771

*

 

Corinthian Colleges, Inc.

124,400

2,039

 

 

Regis Corp.

24,800

833

*

 

Universal Technical Institute Inc.

40,900

770

*

 

Steiner Leisure Ltd.

11,800

531

 

 

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Class A

10,354

94

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (2.9%)

 

 

*

^

Life Time Fitness, Inc.

958,765

58,140

*

 

WMS Industries, Inc.

1,102,457

38,222

*

 

Penn National Gaming, Inc.

603,782

37,284

 

 

Brinker International, Inc.

1,041,948

26,455

*

 

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

1,896,713

24,031

 

 

Burger King Holdings Inc.

725,546

19,183

*

 

Papa John's International, Inc.

814,133

18,969

*

 

Jack in the Box Inc.

527,000

16,532

*

 

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.

530,000

16,250

*

 

Gaylord Entertainment Co.

275,323

15,000

*

 

P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.

504,400

14,683

*

 

Scientific Games Corp.

313,825

11,345

*

 

Morgans Hotel Group

468,600

10,665

*

 

Wendy's International, Inc.

251,800

8,753

*

 

Premier Exhibitions Inc.

591,600

6,561

 

 

*

 

Denny's Corp.

1,168,000

5,630

*

 

CEC Entertainment Inc.

158,700

4,729

*

 

Sonic Corp.

185,925

4,607

*

^

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

31,100

4,323

*

 

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc.

237,200

4,028

 

 

CBRL Group, Inc.

94,600

3,775

 

 

Applebee's International, Inc.

123,475

3,129

 

 

Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, Inc.

272,850

2,982

 

 

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

76,000

2,474

 

 

Ruby Tuesday, Inc.

107,300

1,714

 

 

Triarc Cos., Inc. Class B

139,320

1,560

*

 

Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.

58,170

613

*

 

Red Lion Hotels Corp.

48,360

475

*

 

Morton's Restaurant Group Inc.

33,785

468

*

 

Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.

21,800

332

*

 

Silverleaf Resorts, Inc.

8,320

54

 

 

O'Charley's Inc.

2,725

44

*

 

Lodgian, Inc.

3,000

37

*

 

Nathan's Famous Inc

1,257

21

*

 

Max & Erma's Restaurant, Inc.

950

3

 

Household Durables (0.8%)

 

 

*

 

NVR, Inc.

33,850

16,104

 

 

Tupperware Brands Corp.

418,700

15,115

 

^

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

384,200

13,831

 

 

Harman International Industries, Inc.

130,990

11,029

*

 

Toll Brothers, Inc.

238,400

5,462

 

 

Blyth, Inc.

252,563

4,821

 

^

Sealy Corp.

319,300

4,221

 

 

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

134,700

4,157

*

 

Jarden Corp.

116,900

4,152

 

 

MDC Holdings, Inc.

97,009

3,930

 

 

The Stanley Works

60,900

3,505

 

 

KB Home

94,900

2,623

 

 

Ryland Group, Inc.

75,500

2,146

*

^

Syntax-Brillian Corp.

460,196

2,075

*

 

Universal Electronics, Inc.

39,720

1,434

*

 

Champion Enterprises, Inc.

112,000

1,328

 

 

Kimball International, Inc. Class B

91,010

1,213

*

^

Avatar Holding, Inc.

24,700

1,150

 

^

Brookfield Homes Corp.

69,400

1,043

 

 

Snap-On Inc.

16,400

819

 

 

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

25,400

494

 

 

American Greetings Corp. Class A

14,049

370

*

 

Loud Technologies Inc.

14,172

96

 

^

La-Z-Boy Inc.

10,360

82

*

 

Q.E.P. Co. Inc.

5,417

58

 

Internet & Catalog Retail (0.9%)

 

 

*

 

Priceline.com, Inc.

944,629

87,945

*

 

Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.

632,100

6,669

*

 

Hollywood Media Corp.

1,561,823

5,451

*

^

NutriSystem, Inc.

124,733

3,754

 

^

Systemax Inc.

144,300

3,377

*

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp

95,980

2,828

*

 

Blue Nile Inc.

34,700

2,743

*

 

PC Mall, Inc.

88,500

1,549

*

 

Gaiam, Inc.

47,636

1,108

*

 

PetMed Express, Inc.

48,400

706

*

 

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

53,800

645

 

 

FTD Group, Inc.

14,300

201

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

Hasbro, Inc.

736,244

21,977

*

 

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.

555,900

6,721

 

^

Polaris Industries, Inc.

131,600

6,472

*

 

Oakley, Inc.

123,000

3,598

 

 

Brunswick Corp.

87,200

1,945

*

 

JAKKS Pacific, Inc.

30,848

817

*

 

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

78,800

737

*

 

RC2 Corp.

10,320

308

 

Media (2.0%)

 

 

*

 

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

1,058,573

34,467

 

 

Lamar Advertising Co. Class A

495,300

26,479

 

 

Meredith Corp.

416,499

25,927

*

 

Discovery Holding Co. Class A

744,750

21,233

*

 

TiVo Inc.

2,935,400

20,929

*

 

Morningstar, Inc.

203,611

15,153

*

 

Marvel Entertainment, Inc.

531,305

13,144

*

 

LodgeNet Entertainment Corp.

494,000

10,656

*

 

Charter Communications, Inc.

4,687,800

9,704

*

 

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

914,600

9,466

 

 

Interactive Data Corp.

277,900

8,932

*

 

Harris Interactive Inc.

1,892,976

8,727

 

 

National CineMedia Inc.

267,775

7,209

*

 

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.

1,001,671

6,902

 

 

Regal Entertainment Group Class A

299,590

6,762

 

 

Arbitron Inc.

110,100

5,573

 

 

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

266,200

3,205

 

 

New York Times Co. Class A

162,300

3,175

*

 

Mediacom Communications Corp.

273,700

1,574

*

^

Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.

414,800

1,394

*

 

Valassis Communications, Inc.

120,300

1,185

*

 

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

119,600

1,128

*

 

Cox Radio, Inc.

82,700

999

*

 

Cinemark Holdings Inc.

54,420

937

*

 

Alloy, Inc.

99,300

833

*

 

Entravision Communications Corp.

78,000

710

*

 

DG FastChannel Inc.

28,700

706

*

 

XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc.

25,600

340

 

 

Value Line, Inc.

7,515

330

 

 

Westwood One, Inc.

134,700

288

*

 

Global Sources Ltd.

8,300

269

 

^

Journal Register Co.

52,400

118

*

 

Triple Crown Media, Inc.

18,920

105

*

 

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Class B

5,320

60

 

Multiline Retail (0.8%)

 

 

*

 

Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

1,082,155

41,447

*

 

Big Lots Inc.

1,212,060

29,065

 

 

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

557,946

14,144

 

 

Saks Inc.

575,100

12,169

 

^

Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.

8,100

143

 

Specialty Retail (4.6%)

 

 

*

 

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

2,148,160

70,932

*

 

GameStop Corp. Class A

1,099,760

65,128

*

 

Urban Outfitters, Inc.

1,504,505

38,019

 

 

Aaron Rents, Inc.

1,522,524

32,247

 

 

Men's Wearhouse, Inc.

643,083

27,177

 

 

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

1,137,801

27,057

 

 

Tiffany & Co.

488,600

26,472

 

 

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

997,800

22,231

 

 

 

 

RadioShack Corp.

968,100

19,962

 

 

Guess ?, Inc.

378,700

19,461

*

 

Aeropostale, Inc.

771,550

17,668

*

 

Tractor Supply Co.

400,005

16,576

 

 

Ross Stores, Inc.

591,797

15,990

*

 

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

998,700

15,979

*

 

Hibbett Sports Inc.

658,068

15,524

 

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

389,534

13,291

*

^

CarMax, Inc.

591,100

12,336

*

 

Collective Brands, Inc.

596,900

11,037

 

 

Borders Group, Inc.

663,300

10,228

 

 

The Buckle, Inc.

221,750

9,557

 

 

PetSmart, Inc.

283,600

8,494

*

 

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.

243,000

8,109

*

 

J. Crew Group, Inc.

193,600

7,241

*

 

The Gymboree Corp.

192,800

6,561

 

 

Lithia Motors, Inc.

380,950

6,469

*

 

AutoZone Inc.

41,825

5,203

*

^

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.

175,400

5,123

*

 

Chico's FAS, Inc.

387,600

5,093

*

 

Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.

566,600

4,737

*

 

Zumiez Inc.

89,005

3,726

 

 

bebe stores, inc.

257,500

3,582

*

 

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

197,875

3,308

*

 

AutoNation, Inc.

148,200

2,622

 

 

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

76,200

2,396

*

 

A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc.

140,500

2,349

*

 

The Wet Seal, Inc. Class A

878,892

2,329

*

 

Tween Brands, Inc.

70,300

2,158

*

 

CSK Auto Corp.

176,900

2,017

 

 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

61,200

1,900

 

 

Brown Shoe Co., Inc.

82,900

1,691

*

 

Cabela's Inc.

80,200

1,566

 

 

Barnes & Noble, Inc.

35,500

1,372

 

 

Christopher & Banks Corp.

91,700

1,258

*

^

Conn's, Inc.

47,000

1,202

 

 

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.

46,189

1,052

 

 

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

55,000

982

*

 

Select Comfort Corp.

83,200

951

*

 

The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc.

29,400

753

*

 

Charlotte Russe Holding Inc.

44,558

646

*

 

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.

20,230

390

*

 

Mothers Work, Inc.

18,600

298

*

 

Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.

22,260

245

 

 

OfficeMax, Inc.

4,800

152

*

 

West Marine, Inc.

11,710

126

*

 

Jennifer Convertibles, Inc.

4,000

16

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.

876,580

41,901

*

 

Crocs, Inc.

553,304

41,359

*

 

Volcom, Inc.

668,720

19,560

*

 

Deckers Outdoor Corp.

120,000

16,775

*

 

Quiksilver, Inc.

1,232,800

16,643

*

 

The Warnaco Group, Inc.

378,389

15,397

*

 

Skechers U.S.A., Inc.

612,000

15,049

*

 

Iconix Brand Group Inc.

640,309

14,631

 

 

Columbia Sportswear Co.

258,900

12,621

*

 

Fossil, Inc.

313,820

11,787

 

 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

408,000

10,461

 

 

 

 

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

131,400

9,040

*

 

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.

85,800

4,566

*

 

Hanesbrands Inc.

89,900

2,790

*

 

Perry Ellis International Corp.

76,400

1,772

 

 

Steven Madden, Ltd.

79,100

1,763

 

 

K-Swiss, Inc.

74,100

1,734

 

 

Liz Claiborne, Inc.

58,100

1,654

*

 

Timberland Co.

62,300

1,215

*

 

Maidenform Brands, Inc.

68,200

1,013

 

^

Charles & Colvard Ltd.

96,725

299

 

 

Man Sang Holdings, Inc.

7,000

69

 

 

Weyco Group, Inc.

748

24

*

 

Culp, Inc.

1,390

12

 

 

 

 

2,220,343

Consumer Staples (2.4%)

 

 

*

 

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

572,750

59,738

 

 

Longs Drug Stores, Inc.

658,349

34,570

 

 

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.

1,228,160

21,210

*

 

NBTY, Inc.

529,448

18,848

 

 

Flowers Foods, Inc.

645,000

14,151

*

 

Performance Food Group Co.

449,670

12,137

 

 

Tyson Foods, Inc.

731,500

11,558

*

 

Bare Escentuals, Inc.

440,065

10,870

*

 

Chattem, Inc.

144,600

10,744

*

 

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.

173,800

9,785

 

 

Church & Dwight, Inc.

171,000

8,090

 

 

PriceSmart, Inc.

220,100

6,260

*

^

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.

153,200

6,252

*

 

Alliance One International, Inc.

860,700

5,620

 

 

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

153,100

5,328

 

 

Herbalife Ltd.

117,600

5,185

 

 

Dean Foods Co.

172,800

4,799

 

 

Casey's General Stores, Inc.

152,937

4,359

 

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

121,600

4,260

*

 

SunOpta, Inc.

280,000

4,194

 

 

The Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. Class A

83,820

3,680

*

 

Jones Soda Co. Private Placement

387,800

3,603

 

 

Spartan Stores, Inc.

158,900

3,532

 

 

Nash-Finch Co.

81,546

3,054

 

 

Alberto-Culver Co.

112,100

2,913

 

 

Ingles Markets, Inc.

99,233

2,754

*

 

Hansen Natural Corp.

36,200

2,462

*

 

Jones Soda Co.

255,968

2,378

 

 

Diamond Foods, Inc.

103,263

2,255

*

 

Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A

39,090

2,042

 

 

Lance, Inc.

90,492

1,917

 

 

Seaboard Corp.

938

1,531

 

 

Pilgrim's Pride Corp.

47,100

1,399

*

 

Darling International, Inc.

136,580

1,374

*

 

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.

37,200

1,335

 

 

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

35,100

1,273

 

^

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

45,022

1,078

*

 

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

23,400

873

 

 

Inter Parfums, Inc.

30,900

737

 

^

Mannatech, Inc.

86,600

688

*

 

Elizabeth Arden, Inc.

26,334

656

 

 

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

14,151

504

*

 

American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc.

33,779

465

*

 

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.

12,310

291

 

 

*

^

American Dairy, Inc.

13,087

288

 

 

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

29,400

280

 

 

SuperValu Inc.

5,200

202

*

 

Rite Aid Corp.

42,500

166

 

 

Arden Group Inc. Class A

1,083

154

*

 

Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc.

2,540

96

*

 

Omega Protein Corp.

900

9

*

 

Geopharma Inc.

1,490

6

 

 

Alico, Inc.

100

5

*

 

Natural Alternatives International, Inc.

205

2

 

 

 

 

301,960

Energy (6.7%)

 

 

 

 

Tidewater Inc.

743,890

40,668

 

 

Holly Corp.

598,296

37,573

*

 

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

1,005,920

37,300

 

 

Rowan Cos., Inc.

939,100

36,606

*

 

Comstock Resources, Inc.

873,600

31,930

 

 

St. Mary Land & Exploration Co.

731,800

30,999

*

 

Ultra Petroleum Corp.

425,350

30,140

*

 

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

535,900

24,785

 

 

CARBO Ceramics Inc.

531,500

23,875

*

 

Atwood Oceanics, Inc.

268,050

22,581

 

 

Frontier Oil Corp.

462,990

21,200

 

 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

669,000

21,154

 

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

311,868

20,702

*

 

Southwestern Energy Co.

399,990

20,691

*

 

Grant Prideco, Inc.

392,680

19,304

*

 

W-H Energy Services, Inc.

315,601

18,166

*

 

Oil States International, Inc.

411,947

17,792

*

^

ATP Oil & Gas Corp.

296,080

16,980

*

 

OPTI Canada Inc.

830,400

16,746

*

 

Uranium One Inc.

1,504,400

16,706

*

 

Mariner Energy Inc.

651,486

16,287

 

 

Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.

376,600

16,088

*

 

TETRA Technologies, Inc.

785,600

15,468

 

 

World Fuel Services Corp.

335,400

14,855

*

 

FMC Technologies Inc.

239,500

14,521

 

 

Niko Resources Ltd.

127,000

14,224

*

 

Exterran Holdings, Inc.

167,880

14,135

 

 

Range Resources Corp.

299,001

13,434

*

^

Delta Petroleum Corp.

644,990

12,061

*

 

Oceaneering International, Inc.

142,000

10,972

 

 

Tesoro Corp.

166,000

10,048

*

 

Tesco Corp.

333,800

9,844

*

 

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

133,840

9,802

*

 

Core Laboratories N.V.

63,100

9,209

*

 

Complete Production Services, Inc.

428,500

8,527

 

 

Western Refining, Inc.

231,700

8,499

*

 

Dresser Rand Group, Inc.

192,100

7,434

*

 

EXCO Resources, Inc.

429,000

7,242

*

 

Unit Corp.

146,100

6,979

*

^

Cal Dive International, Inc.

520,350

6,884

*

 

Bois d'Arc Energy, Inc.

297,800

6,534

*

 

Veneco Inc.

277,200

6,337

 

 

Lufkin Industries, Inc.

105,892

6,296

 

 

Penn Virginia Corp.

129,168

6,252

*

 

Parker Drilling Co.

692,100

5,841

*

 

Rosetta Resources, Inc.

300,033

5,701

 

 

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

234,142

5,617

 

 

*

 

ION Geophysical Corp.

339,170

5,138

*

 

Verenium Corp.

938,471

4,993

*

 

Parallel Petroleum Corp.

230,750

4,723

 

^

Fontline Ltd.

94,700

4,299

*

 

Global Industries Ltd.

167,896

4,134

*

 

InterOil Corp.

165,600

3,852

*

 

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.

94,811

3,707

*

 

OYO Geospace Corp.

30,495

3,299

*

 

Denbury Resources, Inc.

57,900

3,277

 

 

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.

41,900

3,117

*

 

Newpark Resources, Inc.

471,157

2,954

*

 

CVR Energy, Inc.

127,000

2,896

*

 

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc.

60,364

2,812

 

 

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

66,400

2,635

*

 

PetroQuest Energy, Inc.

184,100

2,375

*

 

SEACOR Holdings Inc.

22,890

2,098

*

 

T-3 Energy Services, Inc.

42,300

2,010

*

 

Matrix Service Co.

61,817

1,823

*

 

Bronco Drilling Co., Inc.

114,000

1,550

*

 

Trico Marine Services, Inc.

44,944

1,458

 

 

Ship Finance International Ltd.

45,300

1,240

*

 

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

30,300

1,227

*

 

Vaalco Energy, Inc.

224,500

1,140

 

 

W&T Offshore, Inc.

39,400

1,057

*

 

Petroleum Development Corp.

16,657

757

*

^

SulphCo, Inc.

99,500

635

 

 

Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd.

24,300

619

*

 

Union Drilling, Inc.

44,213

589

 

 

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

14,500

506

*

 

Willbros Group, Inc.

12,800

490

*

 

NATCO Group Inc.

3,900

208

*

^

Bolt Technology Corp.

4,700

203

*

 

Petrohawk Energy Corp.

10,120

187

*

 

Grey Wolf, Inc.

24,600

138

 

 

Massey Energy Co.

1,540

49

*

 

Prime Energy Corp.

625

33

 

 

 

 

847,217

Financials (7.1%)

 

 

*

 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

485,110

63,816

 

 

Cash America International Inc.

1,138,600

44,405

 

 

CapitalSource Inc. REIT

1,890,326

34,442

 

 

Jefferies Group, Inc.

1,266,563

33,855

*

 

Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.

617,173

28,822

 

 

SEI Investments Co.

817,800

25,859

 

 

Eaton Vance Corp.

510,692

25,550

 

 

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

429,300

24,526

*

 

Markel Corp.

42,600

23,141

 

 

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.

641,200

21,301

 

 

People's United Financial Inc.

1,163,270

20,683

 

 

Canadian Western Bank

624,100

20,329

 

^

The First Marblehead Corp.

450,529

17,494

 

 

Janus Capital Group Inc.

501,260

17,298

 

 

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

613,700

16,791

 

 

Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.

466,200

16,783

*

 

ProAssurance Corp.

294,700

16,250

 

 

U-Store-It Trust REIT

1,229,000

15,854

 

^

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

214,180

15,845

 

 

UCBH Holdings, Inc.

883,000

15,073

 

 

First Community Bancorp

288,200

14,035

 

 

*

 

IntercontinentalExchange Inc.

78,195

13,934

 

 

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

260,784

13,868

 

 

International Bancshares Corp.

625,240

13,668

 

 

Lazard Ltd. Class A

269,385

13,523

 

 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT

303,750

13,362

*

 

Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp.

304,900

12,440

 

 

PartnerRe Ltd.

139,421

11,607

*

 

First Cash Financial Services, Inc.

579,800

11,399

 

 

Federated Investors, Inc.

254,603

10,948

 

 

QC Holdings Inc.

655,866

9,943

 

 

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

330,100

9,867

*

 

GFI Group Inc.

113,160

9,768

 

 

Assurant, Inc.

132,000

7,714

 

 

Forest City Enterprise Class A

131,400

7,479

 

 

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.

99,474

7,414

 

 

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

74,900

7,140

*

 

EZCORP, Inc.

535,702

7,050

*

 

Alleghany Corp.

17,237

6,774

 

 

Apollo Investment Corp.

319,675

6,649

 

 

Max Re Capital Ltd.

230,700

6,527

*

 

The Blackstone Group L.P.

255,540

6,498

 

 

National Financial Partners Corp.

113,260

6,192

 

 

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

113,100

6,012

 

 

Weingarten Realty Investors REIT

155,000

5,930

 

 

Ventas, Inc. REIT

137,200

5,885

 

 

Douglas Emmett, Inc. REIT

221,788

5,835

 

 

Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT

64,100

5,655

 

 

Brown & Brown, Inc.

198,100

4,990

*

 

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.

199,455

4,863

*

 

Dollar Financial Corp.

146,585

4,808

 

 

Taubman Co. REIT

81,300

4,786

 

 

The Phoenix Cos., Inc.

331,400

4,567

 

 

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. REIT

140,400

4,383

 

 

TCF Financial Corp.

187,500

4,269

 

 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT

100,500

4,233

 

 

Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT

153,100

4,034

 

 

Highwood Properties, Inc. REIT

106,900

3,844

*

 

World Acceptance Corp.

107,600

3,471

 

 

East West Bancorp, Inc.

100,000

3,374

 

 

Saul Centers, Inc. REIT

61,500

3,371

 

 

Advanta Corp. Class B

192,789

3,046

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A REIT

59,000

2,757

 

 

Odyssey Re Holdings Corp.

73,500

2,733

 

 

Post Properties, Inc. REIT

63,500

2,604

*

^

Primus Guaranty, Ltd.

283,486

2,597

 

 

SL Green Realty Corp. REIT

19,556

2,360

 

 

Glimcher Realty Trust REIT

105,900

2,351

 

^

Downey Financial Corp.

56,300

2,293

 

 

The Hanover Insurance Group Inc.

49,710

2,290

 

 

UDR, Inc. REIT

94,200

2,236

 

 

American Capital Strategies, Ltd.

51,500

2,236

 

 

Student Loan Corp.

12,900

2,142

*

^

First Federal Financial Corp.

49,600

2,122

*

 

Stifel Financial Corp.

36,107

2,049

 

 

Duke Realty Corp. REIT

63,500

2,042

 

^

ASTA Funding, Inc.

54,845

1,949

 

 

Nuveen Investments, Inc. Class A

29,100

1,886

 

 

Erie Indemnity Co. Class A

30,900

1,758

 

 

Frontier Financial Corp.

77,700

1,724

 

 

 

 

Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT

13,800

1,703

 

 

City Bank Lynnwood (WA)

67,200

1,609

 

 

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust REIT

55,384

1,585

*

 

HFF Inc. Class A

157,275

1,581

 

^

The St. Joe Co.

40,100

1,358

 

 

Gamco Investors Inc. Class A

20,690

1,281

 

 

Sierra Bancorp

43,898

1,193

 

 

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. REIT

23,600

1,186

 

 

Associated Estates Realty Corp. REIT

97,300

1,181

*

 

Alexander's, Inc. REIT

2,900

1,166

*

 

SVB Financial Group

21,700

1,124

 

 

City Holding Co.

29,636

1,121

*

 

AmeriCredit Corp.

76,300

1,077

 

 

The PMI Group Inc.

65,600

1,052

 

 

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

25,500

959

 

 

NYMAGIC, Inc.

32,900

949

 

 

Hancock Holding Co.

23,700

901

 

 

PennantPark Investment Corp.

68,100

889

 

^

Vineyard National Bancorp Co.

60,100

832

*

 

NewStar Financial, Inc.

76,400

767

 

 

Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT

10,600

689

*

 

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

23,000

664

 

^

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc.

14,100

636

*

 

Tejon Ranch Co.

15,000

601

*

 

CNinsure, Inc. ADR

23,600

597

*

 

Knight Capital Group, Inc. Class A

43,670

586

*

 

Franklin Bank Corp.

65,090

503

 

 

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.

6,800

466

 

 

Westamerica Bancorporation

9,600

462

*

 

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.

27,080

454

*

^

Triad Guaranty, Inc.

53,700

433

 

^

Universal Insurance Holdings, INC.

49,460

406

 

^

Radian Group, Inc.

30,300

381

 

 

DCT Industrial Trust Inc. REIT

33,480

359

 

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. REIT

16,845

353

 

 

SWS Group, Inc.

18,460

351

 

 

Zenith National Insurance Corp.

8,477

341

 

 

Rayonier Inc. REIT

6,400

309

*

 

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

26,700

257

*

 

Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc.

10,000

227

 

 

TriCo Bancshares

9,499

210

 

 

Suffolk Bancorp

6,200

205

 

 

Presidential Life Corp.

10,500

185

 

 

Tompkins Trustco, Inc.

4,300

179

 

 

United Bankshares, Inc.

5,662

172

 

 

Fidelity Southern Corp.

12,990

157

*

^

ZipRealty, Inc.

28,445

156

*

 

Grubb & Ellis Co.

17,990

153

 

 

Integra Bank Corp.

7,216

124

 

^

First Busey Corp.

5,200

108

 

 

Preferred Bank, Los Angeles

3,600

107

 

 

Southwest Bancorp, Inc.

5,601

106

 

 

IndyMac Bancorp, Inc.

7,900

106

*

 

Bridge Capital Holdings

3,800

87

 

 

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

3,000

87

 

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties Class A REIT

5,220

87

 

 

MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc.

4,600

64

*

 

Seabright Insurance Holdings, Inc.

3,342

56

 

 

FNB Corp. (VA)

1,690

49

 

 

 

 

Financial Federal Corp.

1,590

43

 

 

Quadra Realty Trust Inc.

5,000

41

 

 

Brooke Corp.

3,489

33

*

 

Reis, Inc.

4,690

32

 

 

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Class C

820

24

 

 

Wesco Financial Corp.

60

24

 

 

Lakeland Financial Corp.

1,000

21

 

 

United Western Bancorp. Inc.

530

11

 

 

Universal Health Realty Income REIT

300

11

 

 

Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.

580

6

 

 

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina

366

6

*

 

Robert Realty Investors, Inc.

870

6

*

 

Mackinac Financial Corp.

500

4

 

 

Meta Financial Group, Inc.

109

4

*

 

Investors Capital Holdings, Ltd.

400

2

 

 

First State Bancorporation

100

2

 

 

Independence Holding Co.

100

2

 

 

 

 

888,660

Health Care (15.2%)

 

 

 

Biotechnology (3.3%)

 

 

*

 

Cephalon, Inc.

799,765

58,975

*

 

Alkermes, Inc.

2,907,788

47,106

*

 

Medarex, Inc.

2,723,600

32,547

*

 

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

1,699,149

29,939

*

 

Human Genome Sciences, Inc.

3,120,100

29,516

*

 

PDL BioPharma Inc.

1,046,100

22,177

*

 

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

1,715,600

20,278

*

 

Seattle Genetics, Inc.

1,558,504

18,718

*

 

LifeCell Corp.

343,260

15,124

*

 

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

315,600

14,208

*

 

Celgene Corp.

208,670

13,772

*

 

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

955,800

10,065

*

 

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

180,500

8,431

*

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

109,200

8,354

*

 

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

198,000

8,231

*

 

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

145,100

8,033

*

 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

231,925

7,500

*

 

ImmunoGen, Inc.

1,286,000

6,224

*

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.

191,700

6,054

*

 

QLT Inc.

1,076,500

5,146

*

 

CV Therapeutics, Inc.

502,400

5,145

*

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

168,500

4,673

*

 

Incyte Corp.

534,350

4,627

*

 

Cytokinetics, Inc.

890,149

4,406

*

 

Cell Genesys, Inc.

1,210,500

4,116

*

 

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

182,500

4,015

*

^

GTx, Inc.

184,500

2,911

*

 

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

291,050

2,797

*

 

Nuvelo, Inc.

1,446,000

2,762

*

 

Allos Therapeutics Inc.

367,200

2,137

*

 

United Therapeutics Corp.

26,195

1,793

*

 

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

69,570

1,628

*

 

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

104,900

1,613

*

^

GenVec, Inc.

357,500

908

*

 

Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc.

38,100

536

 

 

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. Class B

58,174

313

*

 

TorreyPines Therapeutics Inc.

10,246

43

*

 

Celsion Corp.

1,276

7

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (3.6%)

 

 

 

 

*

 

IDEXX Laboratories Corp.

348,700

42,465

 

 

DENTSPLY International Inc.

865,889

35,917

*

 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

96,364

31,499

*

 

Align Technology, Inc.

1,368,200

28,322

*

 

Hologic, Inc.

394,149

26,775

*

 

Immucor Inc.

804,316

25,939

*

 

Respironics, Inc.

517,510

25,907

*

 

Gen-Probe Inc.

324,875

22,748

 

 

Mindray Medical International Ltd. ADR

548,900

21,824

 

 

Cooper Cos., Inc.

405,300

17,023

*

 

Haemonetics Corp.

307,200

15,787

*

 

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.

256,150

15,392

*

 

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

231,900

13,937

*

 

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

257,500

12,932

*

 

Cyberonics, Inc.

889,200

12,893

*

 

ResMed Inc.

233,170

9,660

*

 

Zoll Medical Corp.

380,322

9,303

*

 

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

150,595

7,345

 

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

163,100

6,743

*

 

Integra LifeSciences Holdings

132,708

6,432

 

^

Mentor Corp.

147,800

6,292

 

 

Dade Behring Holdings Inc.

80,500

6,193

*

 

Quidel Corp.

287,460

5,936

 

 

STERIS Corp.

202,600

5,884

*

 

Cynosure Inc.

131,200

4,987

*

 

Orthofix International N.V.

87,332

4,707

*

 

Greatbatch, Inc.

180,322

4,483

 

 

Vital Signs, Inc.

61,300

3,243

 

 

Analogic Corp.

45,807

2,618

*

 

Masimo Corp.

69,325

2,372

*

 

Sonic Innovations, Inc.

206,804

2,126

*

 

Natus Medical Inc.

116,638

2,111

 

 

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

28,400

2,011

*

 

CONMED Corp.

52,414

1,491

*

 

Sirona Dental Systems Inc.

43,200

1,453

*

 

Angiodynamics, Inc.

72,175

1,443

*

 

IRIS International, Inc.

38,447

707

*

 

Lifecore Biomedical Inc.

45,600

594

*

 

Tutogen Medical Inc

36,500

449

*

 

Osteotech, Inc.

62,798

437

*

 

Nutraceutical International Corp.

18,200

253

 

 

Atrion Corp.

1,494

186

*

 

E-Z-EM, Inc.

6,060

124

*

 

Angeion Corp.

11,890

93

*

 

MTS Medication Tech

4,583

63

 

 

Meridian Bioscience Inc.

1,850

61

*

 

Vascular Solutions, Inc.

3,381

28

 

Health Care Providers & Services (3.3%)

 

 

*

 

Healthways, Inc.

734,290

44,571

*

 

Henry Schein, Inc.

696,342

41,711

*

 

Patterson Cos.

927,750

36,284

*

 

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.

328,770

21,534

*

 

inVentiv Health, Inc.

504,670

21,312

*

 

Sun Healthcare Group Inc.

1,164,700

18,810

*

 

Health Net Inc.

348,600

18,688

*

 

Community Health Systems, Inc.

537,000

17,683

*

 

Apria Healthcare Group Inc.

696,927

16,845

*

 

Matria Healthcare, Inc.

616,653

15,836

*

 

Lincare Holdings, Inc.

437,038

15,196

 

 

*

 

MWI Veterinary Supply Inc.

350,643

14,639

*

 

Amedisys Inc.

332,348

14,108

*

 

DaVita, Inc.

181,910

11,859

 

 

Chemed Corp.

197,200

11,304

*

 

VCA Antech, Inc.

244,400

11,255

 

 

Manor Care, Inc.

161,107

10,727

*

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.

194,600

7,706

*

Air Methods Corp.

131,156

7,078

*

MedCath Corp.

251,600

6,977

*

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.

160,980

5,956

*

Emergency Medical Services LP Class A

156,400

4,750

*

Alliance Imaging, Inc.

441,212

4,372

*

Gentiva Health Services, Inc.

227,479

4,318

*

Res-Care, Inc.

157,548

3,869

*

AMERIGROUP Corp.

102,600

3,591

*

Molina Healthcare Inc.

87,100

3,319

*

Sierra Health Services, Inc.

69,500

2,940

*

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.

84,100

2,567

*

CorVel Corp.

84,611

2,249

*

Centene Corp.

92,700

2,163

*

HMS Holdings Corp.

73,944

2,105

 

Owens & Minor, Inc. Holding Co.

51,600

2,092

*

American Dental Partners, Inc.

73,385

1,819

*

WellCare Health Plans Inc.

62,663

1,516

*

Healthspring, Inc.

68,900

1,447

*

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.

106,010

1,320

*

Skilled Healthcare Group Inc.

53,200

871

*

Odyssey Healthcare, Inc.

84,250

864

*

RadNet, Inc.

61,102

612

*

Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc.

15,826

508

*

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.

30,300

476

*

RehabCare Group, Inc.

21,840

453

*

CryoLife Inc.

56,600

382

 

National Healthcare Corp.

6,926

345

*

Universal American Financial Corp.

8,900

216

*

IntegraMed America, Inc.

13,035

178

 

Universal Health Services Class B

3,500

171

*

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.

10,300

49

*

America Service Group Inc.

3,493

39

*

LHC Group Inc.

1,600

37

 

Birner Dental Management Services, Inc.

200

5

 

Health Care Technology (0.4%)

 

 

*

The TriZetto Group, Inc.

1,188,246

19,416

*

HLTH Corp.

1,159,460

16,360

 

IMS Health, Inc.

196,350

4,950

*

Omnicell, Inc.

99,880

2,637

*

Cerner Corp.

12,700

756

 

Life Science Tools & Services (2.2%)

 

 

*

Waters Corp.

714,314

54,988

*

Covance, Inc.

474,155

39,118

*

Qiagen NV

1,378,400

32,448

 

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.

763,996

32,271

*

Nektar Therapeutics

2,926,700

17,502

*

Invitrogen Corp.

164,578

14,955

*

Exelixis, Inc.

1,272,255

13,995

*

Affymetrix, Inc.

503,400

12,817

 

PerkinElmer, Inc.

388,838

10,701

*

Bruker BioSciences Corp.

802,509

8,306

*

ICON Plc - ADR

119,638

6,939

 

 

*

Luminex Corp.

426,500

6,798

*

PAREXEL International Corp.

145,694

6,702

*

Charles River Laboratories, Inc.

114,800

6,658

*

Kendle International Inc.

111,068

4,479

*

Albany Molecular Research, Inc.

210,687

3,811

*

Techne Corp.

47,200

3,079

*

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.

33,658

2,962

*

Pharmanet Development Group, Inc.

39,949

1,294

*

Harvard Bioscience, Inc.

265,386

1,274

*

Millipore Corp.

11,800

916

*

eResearch Technology, Inc.

16,000

178

*

Varian, Inc.

1,122

83

*

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.

480

4

 

Pharmaceuticals (2.4%)

 

 

*

 

Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.

613,895

35,188

*

 

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.

902,750

26,451

*

 

Axcan Pharma Inc.

1,243,200

25,399

*

 

Xenoport Inc.

445,238

21,852

*

 

Cypress Bioscience, Inc.

1,255,600

16,938

 

 

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. ADR

901,308

14,286

 

 

Perrigo Co.

596,006

14,131

*

^

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

1,141,949

13,361

 

 

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.

377,225

11,200

*

^

Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc.

244,103

10,726

*

 

Durect Corp.

1,671,700

9,729

 

 

Mylan Inc.

610,390

9,180

 

 

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

874,119

9,053

*

 

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

849,926

9,009

*

 

Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

556,349

8,601

*

 

MGI Pharma, Inc.

257,943

8,404

*

 

The Medicines Co.

391,500

7,497

*

 

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

218,700

6,683

*

 

Warner Chilcott Ltd.

357,500

6,624

*

 

Sciele Pharma, Inc.

258,340

6,572

*

 

Par Pharmaceutical Cos. Inc.

345,000

6,362

*

 

Impax Laboratories, Inc.

570,900

6,123

*

 

K-V Pharmaceutical Co. Class A

131,200

4,112

*

 

ViroPharma Inc.

424,900

3,658

*

 

Pain Therapeutics, Inc.

351,758

3,609

*

 

SuperGen, Inc.

692,800

3,125

*

 

Eurand NV

158,635

2,181

*

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

124,500

1,811

*

 

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd.

77,783

1,211

*

 

Replidyne, Inc.

182,121

1,138

*

 

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc.

21,800

230

*

 

Ucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc.

5,000

65

 

 

 

 

1,914,644

Industrials (15.6%)

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense (1.2%)

 

 

*

 

BE Aerospace, Inc.

473,773

23,551

 

 

Triumph Group, Inc.

288,000

22,931

*

 

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

205,350

22,669

*

 

AerCap Holdings NV

801,285

20,200

 

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

96,939

14,522

*

 

Ceradyne, Inc.

185,039

12,659

*

 

Orbital Sciences Corp.

297,737

7,601

 

 

Cubic Corp.

143,120

6,440

*

 

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.

114,500

5,989

*

 

AAR Corp.

181,340

5,812

 

 

*

 

Esterline Technologies Corp.

34,400

1,884

*

^

Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc.

44,800

969

 

 

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

16,600

934

*

 

Spirit Aerosystems Holdings Inc.

21,000

729

*

 

Ducommun, Inc.

17,400

691

*

 

Herley Industries Inc.

20,494

313

*

 

Edac Technologies Corp.

19,647

220

*

 

MTC Technologies, Inc.

2,100

38

 

Air Freight & Logistics (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

UTI Worldwide, Inc.

666,445

17,001

*

 

Dynamex Inc.

82,358

2,444

*

 

Hub Group, Inc.

68,604

1,740

 

 

Forward Air Corp.

35,100

1,145

*

 

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.

15,223

363

*

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

1,474

86

 

Airlines (0.6%)

 

 

*

 

AirTran Holdings, Inc.

1,635,200

17,022

*

 

UAL Corp.

296,100

14,183

*

 

Airasia Bhd.

20,949,800

12,309

*

 

Continental Airlines, Inc. Class B

250,000

8,588

*

^

Pinnacle Airlines Corp.

449,249

7,116

 

 

Skywest, Inc.

213,260

5,820

 

 

Copa Holdings SA Class A

123,000

4,651

*

 

Delta Air Lines Inc.

221,100

4,599

*

 

ExpressJet Holdings, Inc.

76,500

254

 

Building Products (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

385,065

9,061

*

 

Goodman Global, Inc.

329,807

8,130

 

 

Lennox International Inc.

209,440

7,477

*

 

NCI Building Systems, Inc.

130,900

5,129

 

^

Simpson Manufacturing Co.

148,100

4,442

 

 

AAON, Inc.

197,068

3,598

 

 

American Woodmark Corp.

42,000

1,065

 

 

Insteel Industries, Inc.

54,400

631

*

 

Owens Corning Inc.

16,600

384

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (5.2%)

 

 

 

 

The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

677,500

65,616

*2

 

The Advisory Board Co.

940,890

60,415

*

 

Corrections Corp. of America

1,407,116

39,807

*

 

Stericycle, Inc.

632,000

36,865

 

 

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

1,404,950

30,853

 

 

McGrath RentCorp

821,300

28,154

*

 

Covanta Holding Corp.

1,025,900

27,812

 

 

Equifax, Inc.

719,054

27,684

*

 

FTI Consulting, Inc.

463,755

25,182

*

 

Geo Group Inc.

740,130

23,410

*

 

Tetra Tech, Inc.

958,093

22,371

 

 

Manpower Inc.

294,605

22,019

*

 

Allied Waste Industries, Inc.

1,641,150

20,744

*

 

ChoicePoint Inc.

457,620

17,994

*

 

Huron Consulting Group Inc.

244,681

17,098

 

 

Steelcase Inc.

829,637

14,826

*

 

TeleTech Holdings, Inc.

529,700

13,205

*

 

Kenexa Corp.

380,900

11,168

 

 

Watson Wyatt & Co. Holdings

221,950

10,580

*

 

RSC Holdings Inc.

702,830

10,226

*

 

GeoEye Inc.

322,271

10,090

*

 

United Stationers, Inc.

160,100

9,271

*

 

Copart, Inc.

221,800

8,513

 

 

*

 

COMSYS IT Partners Inc.

406,342

7,225

*

 

Spherion Corp.

799,165

6,969

 

 

Deluxe Corp.

170,900

6,894

*

 

Labor Ready, Inc.

379,528

6,672

 

 

Resources Connection, Inc.

253,700

5,777

*

 

CRA International Inc.

107,837

5,584

 

 

Herman Miller, Inc.

201,400

5,482

 

 

Waste Industries USA, Inc.

144,399

5,198

 

 

Kelly Services, Inc. Class A

246,944

5,193

*

 

Layne Christensen Co.

90,469

5,151

*

 

Kforce Inc.

409,329

4,928

*

 

M&F Worldwide Corp.

69,100

3,626

*

 

Waste Connections, Inc.

105,900

3,580

 

 

Bowne & Co., Inc.

201,099

3,495

*

 

Mobile Mini, Inc.

175,990

3,156

 

^

HNI Corp.

63,500

2,753

*

 

Volt Information Sciences Inc.

140,500

2,185

 

 

CDI Corp.

65,580

1,807

 

 

Knoll, Inc.

93,000

1,766

*

 

IHS Inc. Class A

27,474

1,732

*

 

LECG Corp.

94,348

1,652

*

 

CBIZ Inc.

168,992

1,521

*

 

Consolidated Graphics, Inc.

23,500

1,504

 

 

Interface, Inc.

72,500

1,387

 

^

AMREP Corp.

36,980

1,382

 

 

Schawk, Inc.

58,100

1,320

*

 

GP Strategies Corp.

107,160

1,178

 

 

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

22,500

972

 

 

IKON Office Solutions, Inc.

73,370

968

 

 

Angelica Corp.

43,325

749

 

 

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

40,607

690

 

 

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

45,020

658

*

^

North American Galvanizing & Coatings Inc.

58,200

505

*

 

Exponent, Inc.

16,570

501

*

 

Diamond Management and Technology Consultants,Inc.

34,800

372

*

 

Team, Inc.

11,400

367

*

 

Westaff Inc.

94,500

328

*

 

Hudson Highland Group, Inc.

26,100

300

 

^

Industrial Services of America, Inc.

21,300

284

 

 

VSE Corp.

3,734

221

*

 

Pike Electric Corp.

5,800

114

*

 

Nashua Corp.

7,407

90

*

 

First Advantage Corp. Class A

1,300

24

*

 

A.T. Cross Co. Class A

1,180

14

*

 

National Technical Systems, Inc.

21

 

Construction & Engineering (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V.

1,010,005

50,500

*

 

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

491,900

42,869

*

 

Washington Group International, Inc.

267,200

26,012

 

 

Outotec OYJ

266,677

20,470

*

 

Perini Corp.

348,932

20,011

*

 

Quanta Services, Inc.

539,946

17,818

*

 

URS Corp.

182,200

11,262

*

 

Shaw Group, Inc.

108,370

8,084

 

 

Granite Construction Co.

109,100

4,672

*

 

Michael Baker Corp.

59,200

3,125

*

 

Furmanite Corp.

209,965

2,606

*

 

Integrated Electrical Services, Inc.

28,600

667

*

 

Meadow Valley Corp.

7,230

86

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment (1.4%)

 

 

*

 

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR

409,700

24,127

 

 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

417,493

19,956

*

 

General Cable Corp.

260,775

18,773

*

 

First Solar, Inc.

108,300

17,199

 

 

Ametek, Inc.

340,420

16,000

*

 

Thomas & Betts Corp.

215,100

12,048

 

 

Roper Industries Inc.

164,925

11,678

*

 

II-VI, Inc.

273,800

9,512

 

 

Belden Inc.

144,000

8,391

*

 

GrafTech International Ltd.

442,200

8,358

 

 

Regal-Beloit Corp.

147,200

7,219

*

 

Genlyte Group, Inc.

104,486

6,802

*

^

SunPower Corp. Class A

49,900

6,310

 

 

Woodward Governor Co.

45,200

3,028

*

 

AZZ Inc.

57,700

1,968

 

 

Baldor Electric Co.

7,010

283

 

 

Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc.

2,820

25

*

 

Nortech Systems, Inc.

2,500

18

*

 

LGL Group

560

6

 

Industrial Conglomerates (0.4%)

 

 

*

 

McDermott International, Inc.

378,450

23,108

 

 

China Everbright International Ltd.

29,931,000

15,874

 

 

Carlisle Co., Inc.

203,100

8,012

 

 

Teleflex Inc.

38,959

2,852

 

 

Tredegar Corp.

840

15

 

Machinery (3.1%)

 

 

 

 

Donaldson Co., Inc.

1,109,200

47,540

 

 

The Manitowoc Co., Inc.

940,460

46,327

 

 

Kennametal, Inc.

334,210

30,483

 

 

SPX Corp.

275,670

27,925

 

 

Albany International Corp.

638,600

23,947

*

 

AGCO Corp.

378,567

22,593

 

 

Harsco Corp.

354,615

21,497

 

 

Barnes Group, Inc.

569,370

20,913

 

 

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

274,773

19,852

 

 

Pall Corp.

359,300

14,397

*

 

The Middleby Corp.

208,380

13,580

 

 

Pentair, Inc.

355,400

12,578

 

 

Oshkosh Truck Corp.

187,390

10,157

 

 

Trinity Industries, Inc.

220,460

7,967

*

 

Terex Corp.

98,100

7,281

*

 

RBC Bearings Inc.

180,234

7,244

 

 

Robbins & Myers, Inc.

97,540

7,052

*

 

Astec Industries, Inc.

125,500

5,688

 

 

Mueller Industries Inc.

138,700

4,988

 

 

Cascade Corp.

72,000

4,535

 

 

Cummins Inc.

37,700

4,522

*

 

Gardner Denver Inc.

124,200

4,487

*

 

Hurco Cos., Inc.

58,725

3,353

 

^

American Railcar Industries, Inc.

139,870

3,167

 

 

Kaydon Corp.

57,700

3,104

 

 

The Timken Co.

64,900

2,159

 

 

Badger Meter, Inc.

40,600

1,561

*

 

Chart Industries, Inc.

46,200

1,515

*

 

EnPro Industries, Inc.

31,560

1,294

 

 

Nordson Corp.

22,400

1,198

 

 

Gorman-Rupp Co.

27,600

1,069

 

 

Flowserve Corp.

12,000

948

 

 

 

 

Sun Hydraulics Corp.

26,300

947

*

 

Hardinge, Inc.

26,767

865

 

 

Tennant Co.

13,986

660

 

 

Crane Co.

13,700

650

 

 

The Eastern Co.

31,450

626

 

 

The Toro Co.

11,200

623

 

 

Graco, Inc.

14,300

563

 

 

NACCO Industries, Inc. Class A

4,655

482

 

 

Federal Signal Corp.

34,790

466

*

 

Gehl Co.

18,804

360

*

 

Blount International, Inc.

28,100

344

*

 

K-Tron International, Inc

520

55

*

 

Xerium Technologies Inc.

11,600

48

*

 

Kadant Inc.

1,290

42

 

 

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.

600

24

 

Marine (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

Horizon Lines Inc.

718,150

22,593

*

 

TBS International Ltd.

38,500

2,419

*

 

Kirby Corp.

44,033

2,011

 

Road & Rail (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

824,502

22,855

 

 

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

957,402

18,210

 

 

Knight Transportation, Inc.

1,086,900

17,358

 

 

Heartland Express, Inc.

1,031,220

14,375

*

 

Hertz Global Holdings Inc.

476,442

10,329

*

 

Kansas City Southern

88,251

3,414

*

 

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

160,800

3,356

*

 

Saia, Inc.

208,049

2,931

*

 

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

90,555

2,046

 

 

Arkansas Best Corp.

58,300

1,600

*

 

YRC Worldwide, Inc.

46,500

1,143

*

 

Celadon Group Inc.

8,500

68

 

Trading Companies & Distributors (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Class A

695,360

33,871

 

 

GATX Corp.

202,429

8,294

 

 

Watsco, Inc.

185,600

7,728

*

 

TransDigm Group, Inc.

119,800

5,453

 

 

Aircastle Ltd.

154,600

4,995

 

 

Applied Industrial Technology, Inc.

109,125

3,868

 

 

Kaman Corp. Class A

83,568

3,151

*

 

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

156,542

2,760

*

 

Huttig Building Products, Inc.

65,750

273

 

 

Lawson Products, Inc.

140

5

 

 

 

 

1,962,093

Information Technology (21.6%)

 

 

 

Communications Equipment (3.4%)

 

 

*

 

Ciena Corp.

1,427,735

68,331

*

 

Riverbed Technology, Inc.

853,865

28,852

*

 

CommScope, Inc.

599,924

28,298

*

 

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.

1,310,200

24,501

*

 

ViaSat, Inc.

784,300

23,921

*

 

Polycom, Inc.

821,795

22,994

*

 

Comverse Technology, Inc.

1,132,770

21,772

*

 

Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. Class A

964,375

18,439

*

 

Sycamore Networks, Inc.

4,235,300

18,085

*

 

NICE-Systems Ltd. ADR

433,377

17,088

*

 

Mastec Inc.

1,033,900

16,325

*

 

JDS Uniphase Corp.

1,041,400

15,892

*

 

Powerwave Technologies, Inc.

2,336,600

12,991

 

 

*

 

Avocent Corp.

431,103

11,653

*

 

MRV Communications Inc.

3,556,300

10,100

*

 

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

185,821

10,081

 

 

ADTRAN Inc.

394,550

9,497

*

 

Bookham, Inc.

3,124,700

9,343

*

 

Harmonic, Inc.

649,787

8,005

*

 

F5 Networks, Inc.

193,425

6,969

*

 

Arris Group Inc.

325,304

3,741

*

 

Foundry Networks, Inc.

174,500

3,689

*

 

Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

82,200

3,336

*

 

Acme Packet, Inc.

222,226

3,191

*

 

Tekelec

229,783

3,033

 

 

Plantronics, Inc.

108,800

2,976

*

 

EMS Technologies, Inc.

97,700

2,740

*

 

C-COR Inc.

210,468

2,580

*

 

Anaren, Inc.

164,600

2,579

*

^

Aruba Networks, Inc.

116,600

2,226

*

 

Sonus Networks, Inc.

246,600

1,702

*

 

Dycom Industries, Inc.

54,300

1,534

*

 

Oplink Communications, Inc.

78,256

1,183

*

 

PC-Tel, Inc.

107,804

939

*

 

Symmetricom Inc.

155,760

738

*

 

Digi International, Inc.

44,374

712

*

 

Loral Space and Communications Ltd.

13,805

557

*

 

NETGEAR, Inc.

6,200

219

*

 

Channell Commercial Corp.

600

2

 

Computers & Peripherals (1.1%)

 

 

*

 

Western Digital Corp.

928,400

24,064

*

 

Hutchinson Technology, Inc.

894,600

21,229

*

 

Electronics for Imaging, Inc.

921,176

21,003

*

 

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

2,069,363

19,680

*

 

Emulex Corp.

665,326

14,411

*

 

Teradata Corp.

253,460

7,231

*

 

NCR Corp.

253,460

6,993

*

 

Novatel Wireless, Inc.

187,137

4,866

*

 

Intevac, Inc.

252,100

4,429

*

 

Lexmark International, Inc.

99,300

4,170

*

 

Network Appliance, Inc.

113,375

3,570

*

 

Immersion Corp.

216,600

3,507

 

 

Diebold, Inc.

70,447

2,948

*

 

Synaptics Inc.

43,500

2,364

*

 

Stratasys, Inc.

59,400

1,546

*

 

Iomega Corp.

121,724

478

*

 

Rimage Corp.

10,300

269

*

 

Super Micro Computer Inc.

2,839

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments (2.8%)

 

 

*

 

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.

505,600

53,771

*

 

Avnet, Inc.

996,790

41,586

*

 

Ingram Micro, Inc. Class A

1,751,800

37,208

*

 

Arrow Electronics, Inc.

672,254

26,877

*

 

FLIR Systems, Inc.

364,692

25,306

*

 

Trimble Navigation Ltd.

517,200

21,567

*

 

Anixter International Inc.

288,500

20,729

*

 

Littelfuse, Inc.

645,900

20,559

*

 

Insight Enterprises, Inc.

640,815

17,712

 

 

Amphenol Corp.

288,185

12,758

*

 

Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc.

146,976

11,555

*

 

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

481,970

9,885

 

 

*

 

Dolby Laboratories Inc.

175,700

7,285

*

 

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

495,710

6,241

*

 

Plexus Corp.

216,654

5,590

 

 

MTS Systems Corp.

121,745

5,416

*

 

FARO Technologies, Inc.

176,002

5,062

*

 

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc.

176,816

3,283

*

 

Rogers Corp.

59,300

2,907

 

 

AVX Corp.

112,220

1,734

*

 

Spectrum Control, Inc.

91,879

1,578

*

 

TTM Technologies, Inc.

122,800

1,576

*

 

PC Connection, Inc.

100,189

1,473

*

 

ScanSource, Inc.

37,900

1,400

*

 

Checkpoint Systems, Inc.

36,652

1,109

*

 

CPI International, Inc.

50,207

1,020

*

 

Perceptron, Inc.

51,638

744

*

 

OSI Systems Inc.

19,880

498

*

 

Gerber Scientific, Inc.

39,400

435

 

 

Technitrol, Inc.

14,110

415

*

 

LoJack Corp.

23,600

415

*

 

Tech Data Corp.

5,000

197

*

 

Zones, Inc.

15,033

155

*

 

Smart Modular Technologies Inc.

16,100

142

*

 

IntriCon Corp.

6,510

92

*

 

Vicon Industries Inc.

6,430

66

*

 

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc.

7,360

66

*

 

Schmitt Industries Inc.

4,100

30

*

 

Aetrium, Inc.

3,130

18

 

 

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

413

9

 

Internet Software & Services (2.1%)

 

 

*

 

Ariba, Inc.

2,997,805

38,792

*

 

DealerTrack Holdings Inc.

696,981

34,215

*

 

ValueClick, Inc.

1,112,235

30,242

*

 

VistaPrint Ltd.

520,470

24,759

*

 

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

543,000

21,280

*

 

VeriSign, Inc.

535,135

18,243

*

 

Digital River, Inc.

214,730

11,394

*

 

j2 Global Communications, Inc.

266,144

8,966

 

 

Marchex, Inc.

792,100

8,943

 

 

United Online, Inc.

450,927

7,936

*

 

Omniture, Inc.

227,200

7,761

*

 

Vignette Corp.

388,500

6,698

*

 

Interwoven Inc.

393,935

5,590

*

 

Chordiant Software, Inc.

375,824

5,408

*

 

Greenfield Online, Inc.

330,200

5,039

*

 

CNET Networks, Inc.

616,025

4,977

*

 

SAVVIS, Inc.

131,200

4,957

*

 

The Knot, Inc.

228,700

4,434

*

^

WebMD Health Corp. Class A

93,800

4,312

*

 

Travelzoo, Inc.

114,100

2,054

*

 

S1 Corp.

195,130

1,643

*

 

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.

127,038

1,554

 

^

Imergent, Inc.

55,050

1,328

*

 

SonicWALL, Inc.

127,830

1,322

 

 

 

 

*

Keynote Systems Inc.

79,766

1,172

*

Websense, Inc.

56,000

1,030

*

Internet Gold-Golden Lines Ltd.

61,386

795

*

Perficient, Inc.

38,689

729

*

Move, Inc.

141,600

360

 

 

 

NIC Inc.

49,300

359

*

Alibaba.com, Ltd.

201,500

351

 

iBasis, Inc.

41,700

329

*

Equinix, Inc.

1,200

140

 

IT Services (2.8%)

 

 

*

VeriFone Holdings, Inc.

1,460,350

72,185

 

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

1,083,000

32,490

*

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.

929,400

29,769

 

Syntel, Inc.

589,453

25,099

*

MPS Group, Inc.

1,736,029

21,197

*

Hewitt Associates, Inc.

593,565

20,941

*

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

253,792

20,405

*

Iron Mountain, Inc.

558,500

19,397

*

DST Systems, Inc.

226,800

19,212

*

Sapient Corp.

2,416,318

16,914

 

Total System Services, Inc.

417,904

12,520

*

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

252,508

10,469

 

Global Payments Inc.

192,260

9,144

*

Gartner, Inc. Class A

299,175

6,552

*

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Class A

120,120

6,085

 

MoneyGram International, Inc.

339,700

5,418

*

Global Cash Access, Inc.

324,934

3,246

*

Convergys Corp.

160,053

2,934

*

ManTech International Corp.

58,911

2,342

 

Broadridge Financial Solutions LLC

99,800

1,996

*

iGATE Corp.

202,600

1,777

*

Ceridian Corp.

45,900

1,650

*

MAXIMUS, Inc.

32,000

1,533

*

Ciber, Inc.

150,710

1,174

 

Integral Systems, Inc.

45,622

1,023

*

TechTeam Global, Inc.

67,779

869

*

SRA International, Inc.

29,500

810

*

CSG Systems International, Inc.

16,800

345

 

TNS Inc.

20,780

336

*

Perot Systems Corp.

8,130

119

*

CACI International, Inc.

2,200

118

*

Ness Technologies Inc.

7,157

84

*

Inx Inc.

4,055

54

*

Csp Inc.

2,080

16

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (4.5%)

 

 

*

Microsemi Corp.

2,653,890

70,620

*

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.

1,472,496

67,764

*

ON Semiconductor Corp.

3,722,937

37,974

 

Intersil Corp.

1,237,840

37,556

*

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

971,225

35,498

*

FEI Co.

1,072,033

31,100

*

Cymer, Inc.

700,200

29,758

*

Verigy Ltd.

1,022,600

23,510

*

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.

1,163,700

21,238

*

RF Micro Devices, Inc.

3,399,400

21,144

*

ATMI, Inc.

553,695

17,796

*

Integrated Device Technology Inc.

1,288,300

17,302

*

Novellus Systems, Inc.

502,536

14,277

*

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

356,360

13,609

*

Amkor Technology, Inc.

1,049,502

11,891

*

Atheros Communications, Inc.

240,950

8,457

*

Sigma Designs, Inc.

141,786

8,333

*

PMC Sierra Inc.

924,800

8,332

*

Zoran Corp.

323,272

8,243

 

 

*

Mattson Technology, Inc.

889,037

7,717

*

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.

102,005

7,469

*

 

Diodes Inc.

215,775

7,134

 

 

National Semiconductor Corp.

253,794

6,380

*

 

FormFactor Inc.

161,327

6,309

*

 

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

670,609

6,183

*

^

Netlogic Microsystems Inc.

177,750

5,901

*

 

Teradyne, Inc.

430,099

5,307

*

 

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

319,328

5,109

*

 

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc.

383,900

4,638

*

 

AMIS Holdings Inc.

503,292

3,860

*

 

ANADIGICS, Inc.

246,681

3,639

*

 

Semtech Corp.

139,300

2,383

*

 

Monolithic Power Systems

93,160

2,043

*

 

Cirrus Logic, Inc.

311,820

1,918

*

 

Standard Microsystem Corp.

38,612

1,506

*

 

LAM Research Corp.

27,200

1,365

*

 

Ceva, Inc.

129,311

1,227

*

 

Pericom Semiconductor Corp.

43,451

649

*

 

SRS Labs, Inc.

96,101

619

*

 

Power Integrations, Inc.

18,600

605

*

 

International Rectifier Corp.

18,000

601

*

 

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

73,100

553

*

 

MKS Instruments, Inc.

23,100

464

*

 

Hi/fn, Inc.

49,520

348

*

 

Trident Microsystems, Inc.

38,774

292

*

 

Brooks Automation, Inc.

15,000

195

*

 

Asyst Technologies, Inc.

28,400

136

*

 

IXYS Corp.

7,868

83

*

 

Aviza Technology Inc.

19,405

52

 

 

Trio-Tech International

600

7

*

 

MIPS Technologies, Inc.

640

5

*

 

White Electronic Designs Corp.

930

5

 

Software (4.9%)

 

 

*

 

Red Hat, Inc.

2,361,113

50,976

*

 

McAfee Inc.

1,093,140

45,201

*

 

BMC Software, Inc.

1,165,121

39,428

 

 

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

553,653

39,044

*

 

Synopsys, Inc.

1,324,700

37,436

*

 

salesforce.com, inc.

618,400

34,859

*

 

MICROS Systems, Inc.

455,006

32,679

*

 

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

1,585,800

31,082

*

 

Concur Technologies, Inc.

738,192

26,604

*

 

Mentor Graphics Corp.

1,540,634

24,681

*

 

ANSYS, Inc.

476,394

18,489

*

 

Informatica Corp.

915,414

15,635

*

 

Progress Software Corp.

461,791

15,105

*

 

Sybase, Inc.

475,351

13,595

*

 

The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.

382,800

13,210

*

 

NAVTEQ Corp.

155,600

12,012

*

 

Lawson Software, Inc.

948,428

10,708

*

 

Business Objects S.A. ADR

174,935

10,480

*

 

Sonic Solutions, Inc.

833,600

10,003

*

 

SPSS, Inc.

244,415

9,288

*

 

Novell, Inc.

1,158,083

8,755

*

 

Nuance Communications, Inc.

393,300

8,696

 

 

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

281,500

8,225

*

 

Compuware Corp.

802,400

8,024

*

 

Actuate Software Corp.

910,884

8,007

 

 

*

 

Taleo Corp. Class A

275,875

7,711

*

 

Activision, Inc.

300,500

7,107

*

 

THQ Inc.

249,700

6,764

*

 

Quest Software, Inc.

355,518

6,186

*

 

Ulticom, Inc.

676,000

5,662

*

 

EPIQ Systems, Inc.

291,200

5,646

*

 

Manhattan Associates, Inc.

167,886

5,063

*

 

FalconStor Software, Inc.

336,500

4,721

 

 

Fair Isaac, Inc.

121,900

4,622

*

 

BEA Systems, Inc.

210,400

3,556

*

 

JDA Software Group, Inc.

140,214

3,500

*

 

Parametric Technology Corp.

182,700

3,490

*

 

Radiant Systems, Inc.

157,884

2,577

*

 

Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc.

80,000

2,562

*

 

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.

56,800

2,272

*

 

VASCO Data Security International, Inc.

83,666

2,212

*

 

Aspen Technologies, Inc.

110,700

1,931

*

 

NetScout Systems, Inc.

121,109

1,872

*

 

Ansoft Corp.

52,626

1,583

*

 

OPNET Technologies, Inc.

116,504

1,432

*

 

Citrix Systems, Inc.

31,500

1,354

*

 

Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

118,024

1,351

*

^

i2 Technologies, Inc.

46,000

780

*

 

Sumtotal Systems Inc.

149,490

734

 

 

QAD Inc.

74,329

669

*

 

Epicor Software Corp.

55,800

652

*

 

Digimarc Corp.

59,480

537

*

 

Blackboard Inc.

8,400

419

*

 

Datawatch Corp.

26,010

128

*

 

Pervasive Software Inc.

18,850

87

*

 

Moldflow Corp.

3,400

52

*

 

Dynamics Research Corp.

3,731

42

*

 

NetManage, Inc.

1,301

5

*

 

BSQUARE Corp.

13

 

 

 

 

2,716,010

Materials (6.1%)

 

 

 

 

AptarGroup Inc.

1,774,000

79,298

*

 

Owens-Illinois, Inc.

1,422,800

63,201

*

 

AK Steel Holding Corp.

1,215,735

60,945

 

 

Albemarle Corp.

1,083,470

51,747

*

 

Terra Industries, Inc.

1,085,868

40,058

 

 

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

327,798

31,354

 

 

Hercules, Inc.

1,475,950

27,763

 

 

Nalco Holding Co.

1,072,900

26,672

 

 

Sealed Air Corp.

1,013,000

25,254

 

 

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

461,020

24,535

 

 

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

178,600

23,102

 

 

Celanese Corp. Series A

550,300

23,091

 

 

Ferro Corp.

1,037,900

21,505

 

 

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

218,200

19,180

 

 

Agrium, Inc.

297,300

18,899

 

 

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

248,200

17,429

 

 

Greif Inc. Class A

238,207

15,150

*

 

Rhodia SA

370,660

14,446

*

 

RTI International Metals, Inc.

174,800

13,666

 

 

Lubrizol Corp.

188,500

12,795

*

 

Pactiv Corp.

460,300

12,644

 

 

Ball Corp.

237,000

11,750

 

 

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

183,000

10,678

 

 

*

^

LSB Industries, Inc.

342,620

9,258

*

 

W.R. Grace & Co.

285,600

8,454

 

 

Cytec Industries, Inc.

123,900

8,265

*

 

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

178,267

6,968

 

 

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

125,400

6,547

 

 

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

85,100

6,449

 

 

Packaging Corp. of America

196,409

6,254

 

 

Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.

1,097,000

6,225

 

 

Cabot Corp.

154,610

5,413

*

 

Buckeye Technology, Inc.

287,201

5,147

 

 

Quanex Corp.

120,000

4,943

*

 

Crown Holdings, Inc.

175,000

4,340

 

 

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

75,989

4,147

 

 

Rock-Tenn Co.

130,900

3,817

 

 

FMC Corp.

57,888

3,329

 

 

NewMarket Corp.

58,800

3,161

 

 

RPM International, Inc.

131,000

2,807

*

 

Century Aluminum Co.

47,800

2,781

 

 

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

58,007

2,662

 

 

Airgas, Inc.

46,000

2,322

 

 

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. Class A

29,487

1,948

*

 

PolyOne Corp.

204,800

1,636

 

 

Penford Corp.

46,191

1,629

*

 

Flotek Industries, Inc.

30,800

1,565

 

 

A.M. Castle & Co.

49,840

1,500

 

 

Innospec, Inc.

68,777

1,464

 

 

Arch Chemicals, Inc.

29,200

1,332

*

 

Headwaters Inc.

85,000

1,220

*

 

AEP Industries, Inc.

20,480

816

 

 

Metal Management, Inc.

7,900

415

 

 

Sonoco Products Co.

6,300

195

 

 

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

5,900

165

 

 

Stepan Co.

3,330

115

 

 

NN, Inc.

8,837

94

*

 

Rock of Ages Corp.

11,950

75

 

 

U.S. Energy Corp.

11,410

63

 

 

Wausau Paper Corp.

3,680

37

 

 

 

 

762,720

Telecommunication Services (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

NTELOS Holdings Corp.

751,100

22,676

 

 

Partner Communications Company Ltd.

1,024,500

19,660

*

^

Clearwire Corp.

800,190

16,428

 

 

CenturyTel, Inc.

364,634

16,062

*

 

SBA Communications Corp.

395,065

14,064

*

 

American Tower Corp. Class A

302,575

13,368

 

 

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

184,473

12,876

*

 

PAETEC Holding Corp.

889,166

11,959

*

 

General Communication, Inc.

878,000

10,299

 

 

Golden Telecom, Inc.

85,700

8,866

*

 

Cogent Communications Group, Inc.

240,200

6,649

*

 

Syniverse Holdings Inc.

283,400

4,730

*

 

Leap Wireless International, Inc.

63,926

4,559

 

 

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

98,811

3,548

*

 

Premiere Global Services, Inc.

177,510

2,925

*

 

Centennial Communications Corp. Class A

57,200

586

*

 

Gilat Satellite Network Ltd.

49,489

551

 

 

Citizens Communications Co.

10,400

137

 

 

USA Mobility, Inc.

1,750

27

 

 

 

 

169,970

 

 

Utilities (0.6%)

 

 

*

 

El Paso Electric Co.

673,200

16,392

 

 

UGI Corp. Holding Co.

602,300

16,033

 

 

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

868,600

14,558

 

 

Energen Corp.

110,600

7,078

 

 

Ormat Technologies Inc.

105,100

5,668

 

 

Equitable Resources, Inc.

92,300

5,198

 

 

Sierra Pacific Resources

183,000

3,087

 

 

WGL Holdings Inc.

56,200

1,906

 

 

Westar Energy, Inc.

69,600

1,853

 

 

ALLETE, Inc.

9,770

427

 

 

ITC Holdings Corp.

6,500

372

*

 

Maine & Maritimes Corp.

10,730

326

 

 

Central Vermont Public Service Corp.

4,390

140

 

 

American States Water Co.

1,783

81

 

 

 

 

73,119

Exchange-Traded Funds (1.1%)

 

 

3

^

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF

1,165,083

86,472

3

 

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

713,200

54,731

 

 

 

 

141,203

Total Common Stocks (Cost $9,973,224)

 

11,997,939

Temporary Cash Investments (5.9%)1

 

 

Money Market Fund (5.4%)

 

 

4

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.955%

506,278,819

506,279

4

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.955%

170,847,200

170,847

 

 

 

677,126

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

($000)

 

Repurchase Agreement (0.4%)

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 4.960%, 11/1/07

 

 

 

(Dated 10/31/07, Repurchase Value $49,506,820,

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Assn.

 

 

 

6.000%, 8/1/37)

49,500

49,500

U.S. Agency Obligations (0.1%)

 

 

5

Federal Home Loan Bank

 

 

6

4.510%, 1/23/08

1,500

1,484

6

4.562%, 2/8/08

15,000

14,816

 

 

 

16,300

Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $742,926)

 

742,926

Total Investments (101.2%) (Cost $10,716,150)

 

12,740,865

Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (–1.2%)

 

(151,840)

Net Assets (100%)

 

12,589,025

 

 

*

Non-income-producing security.

^

Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers.

1

The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund's effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 97.5% and 3.7%, respectively, of net assets.

2

Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of such company.

3

Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group.

4

Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.

5

The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. If needed, access to additional funding from the U.S. Treasury (beyond the issuer's line of credit) would require congressional action.

6

Securities with a value of $16,300,000 and cash of $2,833,000, have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

ADR—American Depositary Receipt.

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Trustees and Shareholders of Vanguard Explorer Fund:

 

We have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the financial statements (not presented herein) of Vanguard Explorer Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2007, and for the year then ended and have issued our unqualified report thereon dated December 6, 2007. Our audit included an audit of the Fund’s schedule of investments as of October 31, 2007. This schedule of investments is the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this schedule of investments based on our audit.

 

In our opinion, the accompanying schedule of investments referred to above, when read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Fund referred to above, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Philadelphia, PA

December 6, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2007 Vanguard Group. Inc.

 

All rights reserved.

 

Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.

 

 

 

SNA240 122007

 

 

 


Item 2: Code of Ethics. The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Ethics was amended during the reporting period covered by this report to make certain technical, non-material changes.

 

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert. The following members of the Audit Committee have been determined by the Registrant’s Board of Trustees to be Audit Committee Financial Experts serving on its Audit Committee, and to be independent: Charles D. Ellis, Rajiv L. Gupta, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, André F. Perold, Alfred M. Rankin, Jr., and J. Lawrence Wilson.

 

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

Audit Fees of the Registrant

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2007: $33,000

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2006: $28,000

Aggregate Audit Fees of Registered Investment Companies in the Vanguard Group.

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2007: $2,835,320

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2006: $2,347,620

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2007: $630,400

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2006: $530,000

Includes fees billed in connection with assurance and related services provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

 

(c) Tax Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2007: $215,900

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2006: $101,300

Includes fees billed in connection with tax compliance, planning and advice services provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group and related to income and excise taxes.

 

(d) All Other Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2007: $0

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2006: $0

Includes fees billed for services related to risk management and privacy matters. Services were provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

(e) (1) Pre-Approval Policies. The policy of the Registrant’s Audit Committee is to consider and, if appropriate, approve before the principal accountant is engaged for such services, all specific audit and non-audit services provided to: (1) the Registrant; (2) The Vanguard Group, Inc.; (3) other entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant; and (4) other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group. In making a determination, the Audit Committee considers whether the services are consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

In the event of a contingency situation in which the principal accountant is needed to provide services in between scheduled Audit Committee meetings, the Chairman of the Audit Committee would be called on to consider and, if appropriate, pre-approve audit or permitted non-audit services in an amount sufficient to complete services through the next Audit Committee meeting, and to determine if such services would be consistent with maintaining the accountant’s independence. At the next scheduled Audit Committee meeting, services and fees would be presented to the Audit Committee for formal consideration, and, if appropriate, approval by the entire Audit Committee. The Audit Committee would again consider whether such services and fees are consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

The Registrant’s Audit Committee is informed at least annually of all audit and non-audit services provided by the principal accountant to the Vanguard complex, whether such services are provided to: (1) the Registrant; (2) The Vanguard Group, Inc.; (3) other entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant; or (4) other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

(2) No percentage of the principal accountant’s fees or services were approved pursuant to the waiver provision of paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) For the most recent fiscal year, over 50% of the hours worked under the principal accountant’s engagement were not performed by persons other than full-time, permanent employees of the principal accountant.

(g) Aggregate Non-Audit Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2007: $215,900

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2006: $101,300

Includes fees billed for non-audit services provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

(h) For the most recent fiscal year, the Audit Committee has determined that the provision of all non-audit services was consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

Item 5: Not Applicable.

 

Item 6: Not Applicable.

 

Item 7: Not Applicable.

 

Item 8: Not Applicable.

 

Item 9: Not Applicable.

 

Item 10: Not Applicable.

 

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Principal Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant's Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on their evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There were no significant changes in Registrant’s Internal Control Over Financial Reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect this control subsequent to the date of the evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Item 12: Exhibits.

 

 

(a)

Code of Ethics.

 

(b)

Certifications.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND

 

 

By:

(signature)

 

(HEIDI STAM)

 

JOHN J. BRENNAN*

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

 

Date: December 11, 2007

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND

 

 

By:

(signature)

 

(HEIDI STAM)

 

JOHN J. BRENNAN*

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

 

Date: December 11, 2007

 

 

VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND

 

 

By:

(signature)

 

(HEIDI STAM)

 

THOMAS J. HIGGINS

 

TREASURER

 

 

Date: December 11, 2007

 

 

*By Power of Attorney. See File Number 333-145624, filed on August 22, 2007. Incorporated by Reference.