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AMCAP Fund®

Prospectus Supplement

January 1, 2022

(for prospectus dated May 1, 2021, as supplemented to date)

 

 

 

 

The following is added to the section titled “The Capital SystemSM” in the “Management and organization” section of the prospectus:

 

Barry S. Crosthwaite no longer manages money in the fund.

 

 

 

 

Keep this supplement with your prospectus.

 

 

 

 

Lit. No. MFGEBS-501-0122P Printed in USA CGD/TM/10039-S87736

 

AMCAP Fund®

Statement of Additional

Information Supplement

January 1, 2022

(for statement of additional information dated

May 1, 2021, as supplemented to date)

 

 

 

The table under the heading “Portfolio manager fund holdings and other managed accounts” in the “Management of the fund” section of the statement of additional information is amended to read as follows. Footnotes in the statement of additional information remain unchanged.

Portfolio
manager
Dollar range
of fund
shares
owned1
Number
of other
registered
investment
companies (RICs)
for which
portfolio
manager
is a manager
(assets of RICs
in billions)2
Number
of other
pooled
investment
vehicles (PIVs)
for which
portfolio
manager
is a manager
(assets of PIVs
in billions)2
Number
of other
accounts
for which
portfolio
manager
is a manager
(assets of
other accounts
in billions) 2,3
James Terrile Over $1,000,000 2 $182.1 5 $1.84 None
Cheryl E. Frank Over $1,000,000 2 $71.3 5 $3.11 827 $12.82
Martin Jacobs Over $1,000,000 1 $111.1 4 $1.43 None
Aidan O’Connell Over $1,000,000 2 $74.7 2 $0.46 None
Lawrence R. Solomon Over $1,000,000 1 $257.4 3 $2.32 None
Jessica C. Spaly $500,001 – $1,000,000 None 2 $0.46 None
Eric H. Stern Over $1,000,000 2 $149.1 6 $3.27 2 $0.43
Gregory W. Wendt Over $1,000,000 2 $74.7 2 $0.46 None

 

Keep this supplement with your statement of additional information.

 

 

Lit. No. MFGEBS-500-0122P CGD/TM/10149-S87735