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Intermediate Bond Fund of America®

Prospectus Supplement

January 4, 2021

(for prospectus dated October 30, 2020, as supplemented to date)

 

 

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

 

Effective January 4, 2021, Mark A. Brett will no longer manage money in the fund.

 

 

 

 

Keep this supplement with your prospectus.

 

 

 

 

Lit. No. MFGEBS-460-0121P Printed in USA CGD/TM/10039-S82445

 

Intermediate Bond Fund of America®

Statement of Additional

Information Supplement

January 4, 2021

(for statement of additional information dated

October 30, 2020, 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
David J. Betanzos $100,001 – $500,000 5 $92.3 None None
Karen Choi $500,001 – $1,000,000 1 $1.8 1 $0.08 None
Fergus N. MacDonald Over $1,000,000 7 $192.3 1 $0.21 None
John R. Queen $100,001 – $500,000 20 $266.0 1 $0.16 41 $0.86
Vincent J. Gonzales $100,001 – $500,000 2 $10.2 None None

 

 

 

  

Keep this supplement with your statement of additional information.

 

 

 

Lit. No. MFGEBS-461-0121P Printed in USA CGD/TM/10149-S82446