SCHEDULE 14A
INFORMATION
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AMCAP Fund,
Inc.
American Mutual
Fund, Inc.
EuroPacific Growth
Fund
Fundamental
Investors, Inc.
The Growth Fund of
America, Inc.
The Investment
Company of America
New Perspective
Fund, Inc.
New World Fund,
Inc.
SMALLCAP World
Fund, Inc.
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AMCAP
Fund, American Mutual Fund, EuroPacific Growth Fund,
Fundamental
Investors, The Growth Fund of America,
The
Investment Company of America, New Perspective Fund,
New
World Fund and SMALLCAP World Fund
This document is
intended for shareholders of record as of August 28, 2009 of one or more the
above-referenced funds and is a supplement (this “Supplement”) to the Joint
Proxy Statement dated August 28, 2009 (the “Proxy Statement”). The purpose of
this Supplement is to update Appendix 1 of the Proxy Statement to include the
following information with respect to William I. Miller and William H. Kling.
William I. Miller is the former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Irwin Financial Corporation and is currently serving as its sole
director. William H. Kling is a former director of Irwin Financial Corporation.
Irwin Financial Corporation filed a petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 of
the federal Bankruptcy Code on September 21, 2009. This action followed the
issuance of consent orders by relevant federal and state banking authorities and
the appointment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver for
Irwin Financial Corporation’s two banking subsidiaries.
This Supplement
should be read together with the Proxy Statement, which you may have already
received by mail and which is available at both americanfunds.com and
proxy-direct.com/afs. If you are not able to access the Proxy Statement on
either website, please call American Funds Service Company at 800/421-0180, ext.
34 or write to the secretary of the Fund at 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles,
California 90071.