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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Retiree email notification
American Funds investors: YourIMPORTANT NOTICE
PROXY MATERIAL FOR
INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
Dear Shareholder:
You recently received a notice relating to the upcoming Special Meeting of Shareholders for International Growth and Income Fund. Due to an error on the part of the fund’s proxy mail vendor, the proposal on the notice you received was listed incorrectly. However, the proposal was accurately described in the fund’s proxy statement and on all other voting platforms, including the fund’s online and telephonic voting platforms.
Please find enclosed a revised notice card, which includes an accurate description of the proposal to be voted on at the fund’s upcoming meeting of shareholders. If you have already voted, you need not vote counts
As a follow-up to our recent mailing,again. If you have not yet voted (or, if you haven’t yet donehave, but would like to confirm or change your vote), you may do so by following the instructions and using the unique identifier(s) included in the enclosed notice(s).
Note that all costs associated with this additional mailing will be borne by the fund’s proxy mailing vendor (andnot by the fund or its shareholders).
We sincerely regret any inconvenience this error may have caused, and we encouragethank you to vote‘FOR’the electionfor your continued support of American Funds board members representing your fund(s). For more information, please go to americanfunds.com/vote or call (800) 421-4225.Funds.
October 2018