UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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AMCAP Fund
American Balanced Fund
American Funds College Target Date Series
American Funds Corporate Bond Fund
American Funds Developing World Growth and Income Fund
American Funds Emerging Markets Bond Fund
American Funds Fundamental Investors
American Funds Global Balanced Fund
The American Funds Income Series
American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund
American Funds Mortgage Fund
American Funds Portfolio Series
American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio Series
American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
American Funds Strategic Bond Fund
American Funds Target Date Retirement Series
American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York
American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II
American Funds U.S. Government Money Market Fund
American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund
American High-Income Trust
American Mutual Fund
The Bond Fund of America
Capital Income Builder
Capital World Bond Fund
Capital World Growth and Income Fund
EuroPacific Growth Fund
The Growth Fund of America
The Income Fund of America
Intermediate Bond Fund of America
International Growth and Income Fund
The Investment Company of America
Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America
The New Economy Fund
New Perspective Fund
New World Fund, Inc.
Short-Term Bond Fund of America
SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.
The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America
Washington Mutual Investors Fund
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Shareholder
As a follow-up to our recent mailing to you, if you have not yet done so, we encourage you to vote on important proposal to elect‘FOR’ the election of board members of American Funds
All American Funds and/for your fund(s). For more information, please go to americanfunds.com/vote or American Funds Insurance Series® shareholders were sent proxy material relating to an important proposal for the upcoming American Funds shareholder meetings.call (800) 421-4225.
Please alert your clients who are invested in American Funds and/or American Funds Insurance Series that they will receive proxy material for each of their accounts by mail. Encourage them to vote promptly in order to avoid receiving follow-up phone calls and mailings about this important proxy measure.
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