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AMCAP
Fund
333 South Hope
Street
Los Angeles,
California 90071-1406
Phone (213) 486
9200
Fax (213) 486
9455
Email
vpc@capgroup.com
Vincent
P. Corti
Secretary
April 22,
2009
Ms. Laura Hatch,
Staff Accountant
U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission
100 F Street,
NE
Washington, DC
20549
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Re:
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AMCAP
Fund
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File
Nos. 811-01435 and
002-26516
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Dear Ms.
Hatch:
This letter is in
response to oral comments we received from you on April 17 to the fund’s
Post-Effective Amendment No. 82 to the Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. We appreciate your prompt
response to the filing. Our responses to your comments are set forth
below.
1.
Fees and expenses of the fund – page 2 of
the fund’s prospectus.
Comment: The
heading “example” in the expense example table should be the same font size as
the headings of the other tables in this section.
Response: We
have modified the font size of the heading to be consistent with the headings of
the other tables in this section.
2. Principal
investment strategies – page 3 of the fund’s prospectus.
Comment: This section should
describe only the fund’s principal investment strategy. Please modify the
language as follows:
“The fund invests
primarily in common stocks of issuers located in the U.S. with a record of above
average long-term growth.”
Response: The
language in this section has been modified accordingly.
The changes
described above will also be made to the fund’s retirement plan prospectus.
Thank you for your consideration of our response to your comments.
If
you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at (213) 486-9422 or
Tim McHale at (213) 615-0404.
Sincerely,
/s/ Vincent P.
Corti
Vincent P.
Corti
Secretary