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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number: 811-01530

 

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

 

Date of fiscal year end:   October 31

 

Date of reporting period:   January 31, 2015

 

Item 1: Schedule of Investments

 


Vanguard Explorer Fund

Schedule of Investments
As of January 31, 2015

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (96.0%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (16.1%)    
* IMAX Corp. 3,062,992 102,090
* Urban Outfitters Inc. 2,485,860 86,657
* Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. 447,120 58,993
* LKQ Corp. 2,259,854 58,327
* Life Time Fitness Inc. 1,046,000 57,185
* Tumi Holdings Inc. 2,324,189 52,689
  Churchill Downs Inc. 536,148 50,929
  Tractor Supply Co. 620,415 50,359
  Cheesecake Factory Inc. 923,673 48,502
  Texas Roadhouse Inc. Class A 1,385,546 46,541
  Wolverine World Wide Inc. 1,635,828 46,049
* Five Below Inc. 1,227,872 40,913
  Hanesbrands Inc. 361,477 40,261
* CarMax Inc. 630,410 39,148
* Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. 216,215 38,555
* Live Nation Entertainment Inc. 1,519,665 36,122
  Lennar Corp. Class A 793,955 35,657
  New York Times Co. Class A 2,744,966 34,559
  PulteGroup Inc. 1,595,100 32,843
  Service Corp. International 1,418,665 32,104
* Crocs Inc. 3,015,851 31,968
  Brunswick Corp. 588,660 31,952
* Standard Pacific Corp. 4,476,220 31,423
* Jarden Corp. 636,327 30,556
  DSW Inc. Class A 809,646 28,791
*,^ DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. Class A 1,409,130 26,308
* Grand Canyon Education Inc. 582,001 25,503
* G-III Apparel Group Ltd. 254,290 24,717
  National CineMedia Inc. 1,666,304 23,995
* Cabela's Inc. 414,075 22,753
  HSN Inc. 291,821 22,599
  Papa John's International Inc. 351,567 22,310
* Dorman Products Inc. 485,090 22,183
* Burlington Stores Inc. 387,118 19,313
  Sotheby's 382,374 16,270
* Vitamin Shoppe Inc. 373,500 15,788
* Gentherm Inc. 394,495 14,510
  Ryland Group Inc. 360,369 14,469
  Ross Stores Inc. 156,400 14,343
  Sonic Corp. 470,880 14,254
  Carter's Inc. 172,580 14,064
* Francesca's Holdings Corp. 870,300 13,803
* Hibbett Sports Inc. 282,197 13,275
* Steven Madden Ltd. 378,292 12,991
* Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. 401,977 12,493
* Universal Electronics Inc. 191,549 12,209
* Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. 625,817 12,185
* Michaels Cos. Inc. 453,295 11,695
* Under Armour Inc. Class A 157,372 11,343

 

 

* Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. 134,055 10,389
* MarineMax Inc. 401,499 10,242
  Vail Resorts Inc. 115,812 10,164
*,^ iRobot Corp. 316,093 9,973
  Columbia Sportswear Co. 232,896 9,898
  Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. 190,975 9,864
  Brinker International Inc. 163,304 9,542
  Callaway Golf Co. 1,167,673 9,528
* Ascena Retail Group Inc. 818,400 9,461
  Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. 198,341 9,384
*,^ Noodles & Co. Class A 365,100 9,383
* BJ's Restaurants Inc. 210,410 9,319
* Netflix Inc. 20,600 9,101
  Capella Education Co. 132,402 9,002
* Deckers Outdoor Corp. 133,750 8,834
* Vince Holding Corp. 375,000 8,794
* Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Class A 12,300 8,731
* ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc. 308,538 8,719
  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 201,212 8,644
* Bloomin' Brands Inc. 336,025 8,305
* Chuy's Holdings Inc. 378,767 8,094
* La Quinta Holdings Inc. 397,963 8,091
  Williams-Sonoma Inc. 101,893 7,973
  Monro Muffler Brake Inc. 131,517 7,515
* Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc. 122,230 7,220
* Skechers U.S.A. Inc. Class A 114,950 6,937
  Cinemark Holdings Inc. 177,060 6,581
  Abercrombie & Fitch Co. 256,400 6,543
  Harman International Industries Inc. 48,800 6,326
* Rentrak Corp. 64,250 4,943
  Domino's Pizza Inc. 43,342 4,293
* NVR Inc. 3,200 4,014
*,^ Habit Restaurants Inc. Class A 115,725 3,819
  Jack in the Box Inc. 44,700 3,790
* Tesla Motors Inc. 17,939 3,652
  Cablevision Systems Corp. Class A 190,300 3,600
* Murphy USA Inc. 46,400 3,239
  Aramark 100,600 3,151
  Big Lots Inc. 66,000 3,030
* Starz 102,100 3,014
* Barnes & Noble Inc. 119,400 2,805
  Nutrisystem Inc. 157,300 2,803
* Strayer Education Inc. 40,600 2,720
  Foot Locker Inc. 51,100 2,720
* Asbury Automotive Group Inc. 36,100 2,679
* Tower International Inc. 109,700 2,597
  La-Z-Boy Inc. 97,000 2,589
  Dana Holding Corp. 119,100 2,486
* SodaStream International Ltd. 127,000 2,294
* Boyd Gaming Corp. 170,300 2,224
* Outerwall Inc. 35,621 2,211
  Cato Corp. Class A 51,500 2,184
* Liberty Ventures Class A 58,000 2,166
  Dillard's Inc. Class A 17,200 1,954
^ Buckle Inc. 37,600 1,910
*,^ zulily Inc. Class A 97,215 1,798
  Brown Shoe Co. Inc. 62,900 1,786

 

 

* Jamba Inc. 107,000 1,758
* Performance Sports Group Ltd. 95,000 1,758
* Skullcandy Inc. 169,666 1,700
* Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc. 22,840 1,311
* Diamond Resorts International Inc. 45,100 1,280
  Tupperware Brands Corp. 17,500 1,183
* Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. 54,200 1,118
* Visteon Corp. 10,600 1,028
* Orbitz Worldwide Inc. 104,800 967
* Tenneco Inc. 17,677 909
* Zoe's Kitchen Inc. 28,700 888
  Lithia Motors Inc. Class A 9,946 842
* Shake Shack Inc. Class A 11,100 510
  Polaris Industries Inc. 3,500 506
*,^ Wayfair Inc. 21,608 423
* Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. Class A 65,300 303
* Malibu Boats Inc. Class A 9,300 203
      1,906,261
Consumer Staples (2.3%)    
* TreeHouse Foods Inc. 1,031,295 93,538
* United Natural Foods Inc. 713,494 55,139
  Ingredion Inc. 406,125 32,750
  Greencore Group plc 4,249,599 19,709
  PriceSmart Inc. 136,040 11,125
* Monster Beverage Corp. 90,200 10,549
  Sanderson Farms Inc. 110,486 8,835
* Boulder Brands Inc. 741,916 7,441
* Fresh Market Inc. 163,100 6,216
* Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc. 183,700 5,658
* Rite Aid Corp. 487,400 3,402
* Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. 90,400 3,292
  Avon Products Inc. 325,400 2,519
  Pilgrim's Pride Corp. 83,786 2,275
  Cal-Maine Foods Inc. 64,000 2,243
  Keurig Green Mountain Inc. 18,000 2,206
* Harbinger Group Inc. 93,700 1,170
* SUPERVALU Inc. 69,000 672
* Seaboard Corp. 98 375
      269,114
Energy (3.5%)    
  Energen Corp. 591,960 37,542
* RSP Permian Inc. 1,212,570 32,497
* Whiting Petroleum Corp. 938,479 28,173
  Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. 1,579,970 27,112
^ Core Laboratories NV 259,072 24,029
* Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. 917,680 23,933
  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 853,775 22,625
  Superior Energy Services Inc. 995,525 19,911
* Gulfport Energy Corp. 511,776 19,698
  Western Refining Inc. 454,080 16,860
* Matador Resources Co. 778,450 16,783
* Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. 329,980 14,882
  Alon USA Energy Inc. 1,133,892 13,697
* Paramount Resources Ltd. Class A 540,500 12,127
* RigNet Inc. 312,446 10,692
  Atwood Oceanics Inc. 355,565 10,162

 

 

* Diamondback Energy Inc. 120,960 8,345
* Southwestern Energy Co. 333,605 8,270
  Oceaneering International Inc. 151,100 7,912
  RPC Inc. 541,950 6,758
* Rice Energy Inc. 366,000 6,251
  US Silica Holdings Inc. 244,172 6,153
* Dril-Quip Inc. 72,743 5,400
* Key Energy Services Inc. 3,168,890 5,324
  Range Resources Corp. 98,900 4,576
* Forum Energy Technologies Inc. 258,200 3,989
  Scorpio Tankers Inc. 487,873 3,840
  Nabors Industries Ltd. 252,400 2,905
* REX American Resources Corp. 45,667 2,535
* Kosmos Energy Ltd. 276,300 2,423
* Pacific Ethanol Inc. 242,600 2,084
  Green Plains Inc. 84,500 1,978
  SM Energy Co. 49,800 1,884
* Basic Energy Services Inc. 245,000 1,441
* CHC Group Ltd. 539,134 1,024
* Clayton Williams Energy Inc. 13,800 772
* FMSA Holdings Inc. 50,100 260
      414,847
Financials (8.4%)    
  NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. 1,707,417 77,858
* Affiliated Managers Group Inc. 334,311 68,708
  WisdomTree Investments Inc. 2,381,673 41,489
  PacWest Bancorp 966,063 41,304
  Assured Guaranty Ltd. 1,564,750 38,211
  Redwood Trust Inc. 1,834,930 36,570
  International Bancshares Corp. 1,599,347 36,001
* Paramount Group Inc. 1,853,983 35,875
  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 771,619 35,834
  Zions Bancorporation 1,442,580 34,564
  Synovus Financial Corp. 1,209,863 31,178
  First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. 1,411,225 30,666
  Financial Engines Inc. 847,762 30,435
  Primerica Inc. 600,190 29,793
  MSCI Inc. Class A 527,720 28,402
* MGIC Investment Corp. 3,219,653 27,431
  Solar Capital Ltd. 1,433,800 26,497
  HFF Inc. Class A 753,215 25,587
  MFA Financial Inc. 2,584,725 20,264
  Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC Class A 1,812,630 20,102
  Radian Group Inc. 1,227,511 19,346
  STAG Industrial Inc. 720,900 18,888
* Signature Bank 156,180 18,293
  LPL Financial Holdings Inc. 360,765 14,845
*,2 eHealth Inc. 1,380,405 14,135
  Cohen & Steers Inc. 332,381 13,987
* SVB Financial Group 111,500 12,588
* Encore Capital Group Inc. 299,621 11,152
* First BanCorp 1,865,430 10,241
* PRA Group Inc. 199,300 9,869
* Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. 225,855 9,226
  MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 120,995 9,192
  Lexington Realty Trust 762,755 8,703
* First NBC Bank Holding Co. 277,697 8,598

 

 

* Opus Bank 311,465 8,129
Cardinal Financial Corp. 450,444 8,022
Evercore Partners Inc. Class A 163,805 7,841
* Hilltop Holdings Inc. 427,300 7,756
Bank of the Ozarks Inc. 225,861 7,325
East West Bancorp Inc. 199,417 7,215
First Horizon National Corp. 320,605 4,165
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. 159,278 4,063
Lazard Ltd. Class A 83,100 3,806
* Cowen Group Inc. Class A 878,643 3,655
* Credit Acceptance Corp. 20,717 3,266
Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. 130,920 3,041
* Iron Mountain Inc. 72,200 2,876
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. Class A 62,100 2,777
Nelnet Inc. Class A 49,676 2,173
* Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. 158,500 2,127
* World Acceptance Corp. 28,076 2,062
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. 44,000 1,930
Reinsurance Group of America Inc. Class A 22,600 1,872
Extra Space Storage Inc. 28,000 1,848
Apartment Investment & Management Co. 45,400 1,810
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. 34,700 1,757
DuPont Fabros Technology Inc. 46,600 1,736
Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. 30,700 1,685
* InfraREIT Inc. 62,500 1,663
Columbia Property Trust Inc. 57,800 1,414
* Howard Hughes Corp. 8,500 1,110
CBOE Holdings Inc. 16,800 1,083
Geo Group Inc. 21,800 949
Sovran Self Storage Inc. 9,600 910
Investar Holding Corp. 40,168 562
Rayonier Inc. 18,000 528
* Outfront Media Inc. 14,900 422
Federal Realty Investment Trust 2,400 345
Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. 9,200 323
* Western Alliance Bancorp 11,200 288
QTS Realty Trust Inc. Class A 7,400 281
Universal Health Realty Income Trust 5,000 269
* Square 1 Financial Inc. Class A 6,900 161
    999,077
Health Care (17.9%)    
* Akorn Inc. 2,385,140 101,559
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. 1,825,145 89,998
* Alkermes plc 1,008,972 72,898
* Globus Medical Inc. 2,971,108 70,059
Cooper Cos. Inc. 422,699 66,638
* Cepheid 1,069,950 60,463
* Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 408,270 54,982
* Mallinckrodt plc 466,893 49,486
* athenahealth Inc. 347,290 48,520
* ABIOMED Inc. 917,024 47,447
^ ResMed Inc. 742,189 46,365
* Charles River Laboratories International Inc. 666,520 46,223
* Hospira Inc. 671,190 42,574
Kindred Healthcare Inc. 2,293,199 42,332
* WellCare Health Plans Inc. 549,680 40,044
* Quidel Corp. 1,680,024 39,548

 

 

* Molina Healthcare Inc. 772,035 39,304
* ICON plc 662,027 37,338
* Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 122,059 37,100
* Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. 382,033 35,846
* Catamaran Corp. 714,808 35,676
  Universal Health Services Inc. Class B 337,860 34,641
* TESARO Inc. 815,928 32,825
* Bruker Corp. 1,606,950 30,307
* Team Health Holdings Inc. 586,090 30,301
* Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. 512,788 29,614
* Nektar Therapeutics 1,977,908 28,957
* Insulet Corp. 982,285 28,869
* Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc 166,754 28,238
* LifePoint Hospitals Inc. 427,910 27,917
* Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. 2,269,960 27,035
* Actavis plc 100,140 26,691
* NuVasive Inc. 518,850 24,033
* Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. Class A 209,240 23,952
* PharMerica Corp. 1,023,682 23,555
* Medivation Inc. 209,990 22,851
* Illumina Inc. 112,300 21,920
* Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. 194,100 21,378
* IDEXX Laboratories Inc. 123,800 19,612
* Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 580,120 19,579
* QIAGEN NV 827,000 18,963
* PTC Therapeutics Inc. 327,624 17,990
* Align Technology Inc. 328,994 17,453
* Medidata Solutions Inc. 367,119 15,782
* Spectranetics Corp. 471,969 15,438
* Hologic Inc. 491,600 14,927
* Neogen Corp. 319,650 14,736
* Cardiovascular Systems Inc. 402,000 13,704
* Cerner Corp. 206,000 13,668
* CareFusion Corp. 228,675 13,560
*,^ AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. 306,438 13,541
* Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc. 354,324 13,323
* Luminex Corp. 743,030 13,114
* Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc. 377,012 12,962
* Prestige Brands Holdings Inc. 373,793 12,806
* LDR Holding Corp. 371,925 12,448
* HMS Holdings Corp. 598,655 11,844
* Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. 108,829 11,683
* NxStage Medical Inc. 540,105 9,662
* Cyberonics Inc. 172,370 9,579
* Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 49,466 9,064
* IPC Healthcare Inc. 222,370 8,975
*,^ Exact Sciences Corp. 322,451 8,774
* AMN Healthcare Services Inc. 457,923 8,618
* Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc. 235,000 8,545
* Masimo Corp. 317,680 8,107
* Acceleron Pharma Inc. 200,622 7,919
* Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc. 241,490 7,778
* INC Research Holdings Inc. Class A 321,889 7,500
* Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 131,600 7,491
* Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. 109,325 7,490
* Endologix Inc. 433,871 6,044
* HealthEquity Inc. 282,325 5,864

 

 

* Tornier NV 239,443 5,787
* Incyte Corp. 67,640 5,392
* Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc. 175,025 4,894
*,^ Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. 403,660 4,844
* Puma Biotechnology Inc. 22,475 4,744
* United Therapeutics Corp. 32,900 4,643
* Centene Corp. 42,200 4,607
* Omnicell Inc. 140,308 4,466
* Cambrex Corp. 193,043 4,330
  CONMED Corp. 89,490 4,263
* PAREXEL International Corp. 60,800 3,706
* Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. 99,180 3,338
* Natus Medical Inc. 86,700 3,260
* Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. 53,600 3,243
* NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. 67,845 3,111
* Depomed Inc. 165,700 3,027
* Synageva BioPharma Corp. 26,035 3,000
*,^ Sequenom Inc. 796,400 2,931
* Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. 187,800 2,900
* Lannett Co. Inc. 57,700 2,737
* DexCom Inc. 45,206 2,702
* Chimerix Inc. 67,213 2,696
* Clovis Oncology Inc. 41,033 2,675
* Affymetrix Inc. 235,100 2,596
* Seattle Genetics Inc. 82,500 2,571
  PDL BioPharma Inc. 309,500 2,256
* Revance Therapeutics Inc. 137,041 2,206
*,^ Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc. 232,100 2,189
* Novadaq Technologies Inc. 152,543 2,171
* Premier Inc. Class A 61,600 2,002
* MedAssets Inc. 102,900 1,905
*,^ Juno Therapeutics Inc. 38,529 1,647
* Anika Therapeutics Inc. 39,400 1,544
* Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. Class A 88,900 1,385
* Covance Inc. 12,700 1,349
* Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc. 46,300 1,189
* VWR Corp. 48,700 1,177
* PRA Health Sciences Inc. 39,500 1,032
* Alliance HealthCare Services Inc. 43,200 974
* Spark Therapeutics Inc. 19,020 951
* Dyax Corp. 54,400 822
* Prothena Corp. plc 33,894 767
* OraSure Technologies Inc. 82,200 755
  Phibro Animal Health Corp. Class A 25,600 700
* Cytokinetics Inc. 88,400 627
  Chemed Corp. 6,006 607
  HealthSouth Corp. 12,200 538
* Merge Healthcare Inc. 142,900 529
* CTI BioPharma Corp. 239,600 527
* Ophthotech Corp. 7,400 416
* Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc. 13,025 353
* Surgical Care Affiliates Inc. 10,100 326
* Myriad Genetics Inc. 8,000 299
* Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. 31,800 190
* HealthStream Inc. 5,700 161
* Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. 18,200 151
* Entellus Medical Inc. 6,800 147

 

 

* Flex Pharma Inc. 9,300 137
    2,110,519
Industrials (16.6%)    
* Clean Harbors Inc. 1,439,434 68,114
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. Class A 807,119 60,590
AO Smith Corp. 905,710 53,808
* Advisory Board Co. 1,086,565 50,938
HEICO Corp. Class A 1,018,374 48,037
* JetBlue Airways Corp. 2,813,930 47,246
2 John Bean Technologies Corp. 1,527,093 46,103
* Armstrong World Industries Inc. 901,545 45,708
Waste Connections Inc. 1,004,380 43,409
Pentair plc 688,910 42,582
Acuity Brands Inc. 282,980 42,416
ManpowerGroup Inc. 574,080 41,839
* WageWorks Inc. 737,715 40,604
* IHS Inc. Class A 346,900 39,939
Watsco Inc. 357,565 38,925
* Stericycle Inc. 295,840 38,841
* Generac Holdings Inc. 863,791 37,782
* WESCO International Inc. 543,715 36,298
Ryder System Inc. 438,030 36,265
* Middleby Corp. 378,716 35,986
EnerSys 604,465 35,289
* Swift Transportation Co. 1,413,850 34,752
* Huron Consulting Group Inc. 456,700 34,353
Watts Water Technologies Inc. Class A 575,979 33,770
* Teledyne Technologies Inc. 348,043 33,078
Corporate Executive Board Co. 482,591 33,067
* TASER International Inc. 1,205,079 32,549
* Orbital Sciences Corp. 1,137,450 31,951
* American Woodmark Corp. 769,419 31,646
AMETEK Inc. 656,380 31,441
* Trex Co. Inc. 718,145 30,543
* Esterline Technologies Corp. 260,280 29,175
* UTi Worldwide Inc. 2,393,990 28,417
RBC Bearings Inc. 477,194 27,696
Kennametal Inc. 858,554 26,976
Robert Half International Inc. 433,280 25,156
* B/E Aerospace Inc. 406,427 23,707
* On Assignment Inc. 674,441 23,693
Carlisle Cos. Inc. 251,635 22,567
^ Greenbrier Cos. Inc. 424,492 22,044
Herman Miller Inc. 745,965 21,670
* Quanta Services Inc. 778,920 20,626
* United Rentals Inc. 233,376 19,335
Flowserve Corp. 342,870 18,683
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV 501,365 17,302
* Proto Labs Inc. 264,736 17,046
* Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A 193,030 15,915
Tennant Co. 231,896 15,122
Mobile Mini Inc. 414,407 15,043
* DXP Enterprises Inc. 360,136 14,773
* Verisk Analytics Inc. Class A 218,200 14,041
* NCI Building Systems Inc. 880,883 13,592
Kaman Corp. 350,827 13,338
* Sensata Technologies Holding NV 246,618 12,163

 

 

* Rush Enterprises Inc. Class A 400,058 11,202
* Astronics Corp. 181,380 10,101
* Saia Inc. 238,011 10,023
Knight Transportation Inc. 347,480 9,900
Towers Watson & Co. Class A 72,700 8,615
* TriNet Group Inc. 246,497 8,176
Columbus McKinnon Corp. 321,272 8,048
Nordson Corp. 106,279 7,743
NN Inc. 334,353 7,707
* Rexnord Corp. 302,276 7,481
Exponent Inc. 90,422 7,246
Expeditors International of Washington Inc. 163,906 7,159
KAR Auction Services Inc. 208,030 7,096
Woodward Inc. 155,676 6,945
* Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. 338,669 6,882
* CAI International Inc. 323,546 6,785
* Polypore International Inc. 142,674 6,380
MSA Safety Inc. 131,277 5,732
* Kirby Corp. 76,720 5,561
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc. 211,813 5,295
Heartland Express Inc. 203,869 5,237
Alaska Air Group Inc. 76,748 5,209
* Paylocity Holding Corp. 186,657 4,398
Cintas Corp. 55,700 4,384
* Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. Class A 94,200 4,243
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. 35,200 4,104
IDEX Corp. 54,150 3,918
* Spirit Airlines Inc. 47,100 3,492
* Echo Global Logistics Inc. 132,100 3,487
Deluxe Corp. 52,409 3,403
Trinity Industries Inc. 128,400 3,399
Lennox International Inc. 34,000 3,343
Pitney Bowes Inc. 131,300 3,149
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. 44,300 3,008
Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. 93,100 2,916
Mueller Water Products Inc. Class A 283,700 2,902
Allegion plc 47,900 2,587
* Meritor Inc. 201,200 2,575
* Korn/Ferry International 85,200 2,428
Aircastle Ltd. 120,700 2,421
* Hawaiian Holdings Inc. 119,800 2,329
Douglas Dynamics Inc. 94,900 1,916
Toro Co. 27,800 1,805
McGrath RentCorp 58,176 1,767
* Avis Budget Group Inc. 29,200 1,673
* Power Solutions International Inc. 33,200 1,468
* TrueBlue Inc. 62,845 1,386
ITT Corp. 38,700 1,386
* DigitalGlobe Inc. 50,300 1,353
Primoris Services Corp. 72,000 1,352
Quanex Building Products Corp. 36,800 693
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. 10,300 645
* Enphase Energy Inc. 43,700 541
Harsco Corp. 34,000 502
* Blount International Inc. 31,300 485
Argan Inc. 15,300 465
* PAM Transportation Services Inc. 7,500 434

 

 

  HNI Corp. 5,800 286
* Hudson Technologies Inc. 78,511 265
* Moog Inc. Class A 2,200 155
      1,961,535
Information Technology (23.6%)    
* Alliance Data Systems Corp. 353,873 102,209
* Cadence Design Systems Inc. 4,448,350 80,026
* Bankrate Inc. 5,147,864 64,245
* Demandware Inc. 1,194,778 63,992
* Ultimate Software Group Inc. 432,299 63,985
* Dealertrack Technologies Inc. 1,364,880 54,868
  Belden Inc. 648,085 53,752
* Microsemi Corp. 1,823,130 50,792
* Silicon Laboratories Inc. 1,106,789 48,433
  Teradyne Inc. 2,598,710 47,037
* Rogers Corp. 617,963 45,643
* Euronet Worldwide Inc. 986,000 44,755
* Cardtronics Inc. 1,323,270 44,475
* TiVo Inc. 4,226,090 44,205
* Proofpoint Inc. 863,678 43,184
* CoStar Group Inc. 228,507 42,162
* ON Semiconductor Corp. 4,046,200 40,502
* Ciena Corp. 2,047,620 37,922
* WEX Inc. 405,800 37,354
* Mellanox Technologies Ltd. 846,035 37,242
* Atmel Corp. 4,393,655 36,599
* WNS Holdings Ltd. ADR 1,594,630 35,879
* Electronics For Imaging Inc. 898,946 34,744
* VeriFone Systems Inc. 1,104,110 34,658
* SPS Commerce Inc. 579,404 34,359
* Acxiom Corp. 1,835,750 33,411
  IAC/InterActiveCorp 534,044 32,550
* Red Hat Inc. 507,100 32,348
  Power Integrations Inc. 626,020 32,290
  Convergys Corp. 1,661,631 31,837
  Methode Electronics Inc. 859,765 31,098
* Finisar Corp. 1,674,635 30,378
* F5 Networks Inc. 268,435 29,963
* Ruckus Wireless Inc. 2,785,200 29,495
  FactSet Research Systems Inc. 199,650 28,668
* PTC Inc. 847,659 28,320
* Cavium Inc. 463,212 27,241
* HomeAway Inc. 1,053,185 26,846
*,^ SunPower Corp. Class A 1,083,230 26,127
* Palo Alto Networks Inc. 199,306 25,190
* Pandora Media Inc. 1,491,249 24,755
* First Solar Inc. 583,588 24,697
* Super Micro Computer Inc. 670,102 24,506
  SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. 434,598 24,046
* Aruba Networks Inc. 1,422,600 23,587
  Littelfuse Inc. 236,085 23,311
  Intersil Corp. Class A 1,628,095 23,298
* Radware Ltd. 1,209,700 23,275
* Constant Contact Inc. 605,616 22,904
  j2 Global Inc. 393,656 22,612
* Infoblox Inc. 1,194,600 22,303
* Cognex Corp. 598,100 21,980

 

 

* Verint Systems Inc. 372,850 19,903
* Manhattan Associates Inc. 429,451 19,171
* Semtech Corp. 752,852 19,168
* Tyler Technologies Inc. 179,989 19,093
*,^ Stratasys Ltd. 239,508 19,038
* Syntel Inc. 435,494 18,835
* Akamai Technologies Inc. 319,549 18,583
  MAXIMUS Inc. 329,664 18,369
  Monolithic Power Systems Inc. 382,934 18,186
* comScore Inc. 425,841 17,698
* Fortinet Inc. 590,600 17,656
* Gigamon Inc. 948,085 17,454
* Qlik Technologies Inc. 611,300 17,361
^ Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 1,113,040 16,395
* Informatica Corp. 387,085 16,136
* Aspen Technology Inc. 450,945 15,939
* GrubHub Inc. 433,100 14,912
* Gartner Inc. 173,113 14,580
  MercadoLibre Inc. 114,200 14,154
  Brocade Communications Systems Inc. 1,269,100 14,112
  Solera Holdings Inc. 271,549 14,012
* PROS Holdings Inc. 575,300 13,974
* Virtusa Corp. 369,677 13,848
*,^ VASCO Data Security International Inc. 640,665 13,774
  Brooks Automation Inc. 1,025,722 13,242
* Nanometrics Inc. 826,028 12,836
  Heartland Payment Systems Inc. 249,485 12,417
* SolarWinds Inc. 254,926 12,275
* LivePerson Inc. 1,135,723 12,152
* Imperva Inc. 288,400 12,044
* Entegris Inc. 926,064 12,039
  FLIR Systems Inc. 391,600 11,826
* Polycom Inc. 870,250 11,574
* LinkedIn Corp. Class A 49,862 11,206
* Guidewire Software Inc. 211,500 10,596
* Riverbed Technology Inc. 510,000 10,496
  Microchip Technology Inc. 229,500 10,350
* Integrated Device Technology Inc. 548,373 10,030
*,^ InvenSense Inc. 652,400 9,636
*,^ Endurance International Group Holdings Inc. 547,860 9,210
* Sonus Networks Inc. 471,520 8,997
* Progress Software Corp. 355,000 8,893
* Diodes Inc. 323,485 8,550
*,^ TrueCar Inc. 469,778 8,259
* Inphi Corp. 419,834 8,229
* IPG Photonics Corp. 108,000 8,061
* Allot Communications Ltd. 878,400 7,914
* EPAM Systems Inc. 153,300 7,501
* II-VI Inc. 412,366 7,089
* Cimpress NV 87,114 7,017
* Tableau Software Inc. Class A 86,800 7,010
* Trimble Navigation Ltd. 289,900 6,911
*,^ FireEye Inc. 195,500 6,610
* Synchronoss Technologies Inc. 149,400 6,345
  FEI Co. 74,800 6,150
  Blackbaud Inc. 133,866 5,851
  National Instruments Corp. 189,100 5,688

 

 

  Information Services Group Inc. 1,406,173 5,653
  Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. 184,089 5,401
* Qorvo Inc. 63,957 4,724
* ANSYS Inc. 58,100 4,687
*,^ Care.com Inc. 576,757 4,597
  Skyworks Solutions Inc. 54,600 4,535
  Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. 93,300 4,477
* Perficient Inc. 235,000 4,230
* WebMD Health Corp. 104,668 4,056
* Entropic Communications Inc. 1,512,830 3,918
* Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. 121,800 3,909
  Jack Henry & Associates Inc. 62,900 3,860
*,^ Cree Inc. 104,400 3,692
* CommScope Holding Co. Inc. 127,117 3,573
* Shutterstock Inc. 62,475 3,517
  CDW Corp. 102,100 3,498
  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 118,941 3,462
* ARRIS Group Inc. 131,100 3,437
* PDF Solutions Inc. 203,350 3,380
  DST Systems Inc. 33,996 3,287
* Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. 91,000 3,036
  Science Applications International Corp. 61,100 2,980
* Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. 99,200 2,948
* Envestnet Inc. 54,382 2,799
* AVG Technologies NV 141,400 2,797
* ChannelAdvisor Corp. 284,909 2,701
* Plexus Corp. 65,500 2,482
* Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. 74,700 2,461
* Anixter International Inc. 31,931 2,406
* RealPage Inc. 133,310 2,401
*,^ Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 882,900 2,269
* Nimble Storage Inc. 95,000 2,131
* Sykes Enterprises Inc. 89,000 2,004
* Cvent Inc. 79,309 1,981
* Glu Mobile Inc. 524,300 1,840
  Pegasystems Inc. 91,400 1,789
  Diebold Inc. 52,400 1,635
* Amkor Technology Inc. 197,500 1,254
* E2open Inc. 201,187 1,185
  CSG Systems International Inc. 44,500 1,091
*,^ Ambarella Inc. 16,900 935
* Quantum Corp. 482,000 762
* Synaptics Inc. 9,900 760
* MicroStrategy Inc. Class A 4,400 711
* iGATE Corp. 8,800 311
  QAD Inc. Class A 15,700 304
* Callidus Software Inc. 16,199 242
* ePlus Inc. 3,400 229
* TeleTech Holdings Inc. 7,200 159
* Angie's List Inc. 26,900 123
* ShoreTel Inc. 16,200 115
  Hackett Group Inc. 14,100 107
*,^ Arista Networks Inc. 1,600 101
      2,790,355
Materials (5.7%)    
* Graphic Packaging Holding Co. 6,065,204 87,824
  Ball Corp. 858,665 54,379

 

 

  Minerals Technologies Inc. 803,770 52,510
  Smurfit Kappa Group plc 1,852,536 45,165
  Ashland Inc. 336,465 39,878
  PolyOne Corp. 1,106,765 39,390
  Sensient Technologies Corp. 624,080 38,069
  KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. 1,160,894 34,676
* Constellium NV Class A 1,834,245 33,768
  OM Group Inc. 1,051,300 29,436
  Methanex Corp. 635,890 28,043
* WR Grace & Co. 316,690 27,451
  Allegheny Technologies Inc. 871,180 24,855
  Steel Dynamics Inc. 1,437,480 24,495
  Worthington Industries Inc. 662,525 19,829
  Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. 366,714 14,251
  Eagle Materials Inc. 166,284 11,843
  FMC Corp. 194,515 11,185
  Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. Class A 174,700 11,081
  Airgas Inc. 79,700 8,977
  Balchem Corp. 115,521 6,119
  Valspar Corp. 69,712 5,816
  Sealed Air Corp. 123,800 5,014
  Quaker Chemical Corp. 54,515 4,302
  Packaging Corp. of America 55,293 4,194
  Avery Dennison Corp. 57,200 2,990
* Stillwater Mining Co. 201,300 2,752
* Berry Plastics Group Inc. 72,500 2,452
  International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 17,600 1,868
  Westlake Chemical Corp. 29,400 1,685
  Silgan Holdings Inc. 25,800 1,326
* Ferro Corp. 115,600 1,287
  NewMarket Corp. 2,773 1,247
* Owens-Illinois Inc. 29,100 679
* Century Aluminum Co. 22,900 529
* Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc. 33,600 356
      679,721
Other (0.8%)    
^,3 Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF 463,200 57,803
^ iShares Russell 2000 ETF 214,010 24,761
* Dropbox Private Placement 378,066 7,222
* Pure Storage Inc. Private Placement 437,384 6,878
      96,664
Telecommunication Services (0.7%)    
* Vonage Holdings Corp. 9,148,921 38,426
* SBA Communications Corp. Class A 296,575 34,610
* 8x8 Inc. 480,226 3,703
  Inteliquent Inc. 107,200 1,803
* FairPoint Communications Inc. 99,400 1,487
* Level 3 Communications Inc. 23,300 1,159
  IDT Corp. Class B 28,000 598
* Cincinnati Bell Inc. 171,800 503
* General Communication Inc. Class A 9,900 145
      82,434
Utilities (0.4%)    
  ITC Holdings Corp. 1,078,310 45,871

 

 

American States Water Co.     55,200 2,188
        48,059
Total Common Stocks (Cost $8,984,990)       11,358,586
  Coupon      
Temporary Cash Investments (5.7%)1        
Money Market Fund (5.4%)        
4,5 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 0.133%   638,555,053 638,555
 
      Face  
    Maturity Amount  
    Date ($000)  
Repurchase Agreement (0.2%)        
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.        
(Dated 1/30/15, Repurchase Value        
$21,100,000, collateralized by U.S.        
Treasury Note\Bond, 2.125%, 9/30/21, with        
a value of $21,522,000) 0.050% 2/2/15 21,100 21,100
 
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)        
6,7 Fannie Mae Discount Notes 0.170% 6/17/15 1,500 1,499
8 Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes 0.060% 2/3/15 100 100
7,8 Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes 0.075% 2/4/15 1,000 1,000
7,8 Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes 0.140% 7/8/15 1,900 1,899
7,8 Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes 0.130% 7/24/15 6,000 5,995
        10,493
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $670,149)       670,148
Total Investments (101.7%) (Cost $9,655,139)       12,028,734
Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (-1.7%)5       (205,147)
Net Assets (100%)       11,823,587

* Non-income-producing security.
^ Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $124,565,000.
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 4.2%, 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 Includes $129,260,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
6 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations
have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as
needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
7 Securities with a value of $7,595,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
8 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S.
Treasury nor backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.

A. 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

 

Explorer Fund

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.

B. 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).

C. Repurchase Agreements: The fund enters into repurchase agreements with institutional counterparties. Securities pledged as collateral to the fund under 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. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into repurchase agreements only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master repurchase agreements with its counterparties. The master repurchase agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty's default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any repurchase agreements with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund. Such action may be subject to legal proceedings, which may delay or limit the disposition of collateral.

D. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments as of January 31, 2015, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 11,279,612 64,874 14,100
Temporary Cash Investments 638,555 31,593

 

 

Explorer Fund

Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (3,797)
Total 11,914,370 96,467 14,100
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

E. 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. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund's performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded as an asset (liability).

At January 31, 2015, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Long Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts (Short) (Depreciation) 
E-mini Russell 2000 Index March 2015 1,136 131,912 (3,465)
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index March 2015 234 33,495 (549)
        (4,014)

 

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

F. Certain of the fund's investments are in companies that are considered to be affiliated companies of the fund because the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of the company or the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group. Transactions during the period in securities of these companies were as follows:

      Current Period Transactions    
  Oct. 31,   Proceeds     Jan. 31,
  2014   from   Capital Gain 2015
  Market Purchases Securities   Distributions Market
  Value at Cost Sold1 Income Received Value
  ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
American Woodmark Corp. 32,677 513 1,665 NA2
eHealth Inc. 36,335 1,891 14,135
John Bean Technologies Corp. NA3 8,909 1,045 136 46,103

 

 

Explorer Fund

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 453,977 NA4 NA4 12 638,555
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth 57,914 580 57,803
ETF            
Total 580,903     728 756,596

1 Includes net realized gain (loss) on affiliated investment securities sold of ($281,000).
2 Not applicable—at January 31, 2015, the security was still held, but the issuer was no longer an affiliated company of the fund.
3 Not applicable—at October 31, 2014, the issuer was not an affiliated company of the fund.
4 Not applicable—purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.

G. At January 31, 2015, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $9,655,139,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,373,595,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $2,841,361,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $467,766,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.


Item 2: 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. During the last fiscal quarter, there was no significant change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3: Exhibits

(a) Certifications

  VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND
 
By: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Date: March 19, 2015  

 

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:

/s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Date: March 19, 2015  

 

VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND

 

 

/s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
  THOMAS J. HIGGINS
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Date:  March 19, 2015  

 

* By:/s/ Heidi Stam
Heidi Stam, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on April 22, 2014 see file Number 2-17620, Incorporated by Reference.