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Prospectus Supplement

September 11, 2019

 

 

For the following funds with prospectuses dated January 1, 2019 – June 1, 2019 (each as supplemented to date)

Capital World Growth and Income Fund®

EuroPacific Growth Fund®

The New Economy Fund®
New World Fund®

 

    


The following is added to the section titled “The Capital SystemSM” in the “Management and organization” section for each of the funds listed above:

Mark E. Denning is no longer managing money in the fund.



 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep this supplement with your prospectus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lit. No. MFGEBS-347-0919P CGD/AFD/10039-S75319

 

 

 

 

THE FUND MAKES AVAILABLE A SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC OFFERING AND SALE OF ITS SHARES. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT ABOVE IS A FAIR AND ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE SPANISH EQUIVALENT.

 

/s/ MICHAEL W. STOCKTON
  MICHAEL W. STOCKTON
  SECRETARY

 

 

 

 

Statement of Additional
Information Supplement

September 11, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

For the following funds with statements of additional information dated January 1, 2019 – June 1, 2019 (as supplemented to date):

 

Capital World Growth and Income Fund®
EuroPacific Growth Fund®
The New Economy Fund®
New World Fund®

 

1. The table under the heading “Portfolio manager fund holdings and other managed accounts” in the “Management of the fund” section of the Capital World Growth and Income Fund 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
Sung Lee Over $1,000,000 2 $159.8 None None
L. Alfonso Barroso Over $1,000,000 3 $127.2 None None
Michael Cohen $100,001 – $500,000 2 $15.5 8 $4.29 324 $9.46
David M. Riley $100,001 – $500,000 3 $119.2 1 $0.48 None
Alexander G. Sheynkman $100,001 – $500,0005 1 $8.8 None None
Joyce E. Gordon Over $1,000,000 3 $246.5 1 $0.48 None
Jin Lee $100,001 – $500,0006 2 $134.8 None None

 

 
 

 

2. The table under the heading “Portfolio manager fund holdings and other managed accounts” in the “Management of the fund” section of the EuroPacific Growth Fund 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
Carl M. Kawaja Over $1,000,000 3 $230.1 2 $5.84 None
Christopher Thomsen Over $1,000,000 2 $48.1 1 $0.58 None
Jonathan Knowles $100,001 – $500,000 4 $172.9 3 $5.53 None
Sung Lee $500,001 – $1,000,000 3 $106.6 None None
Nicholas J. Grace $500,001 – $1,000,000 3 $43.7 1 $0.58 None
Jesper Lyckeus $100,001 – $500,000 2 $11.2 None None
Lawrence Kymisis $100,001 – $500,000 None None None
Andrew B. Suzman Over $1,000,000 21 $298.6 None None

 

 

3. The table under the heading “Portfolio manager fund holdings and other managed accounts” in the “Management of the fund” section of The New Economy Fund 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
Timothy D. Armour Over $1,000,000 None None None
Claudia P. Huntington Over $1,000,000 4 $138.9 1 $0.08 None
Harold H. La $100,001 – $500,000 2 $44.0 None None
             

 

 
 

 

4. The table under the heading “Portfolio manager fund holdings and other managed accounts” in the “Management of the fund” section of the New World Fund 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
Carl M. Kawaja Over $1,000,000 3 $330.7 2 $5.68 None
Nicholas J. Grace $500,001 – $1,000,000 3 $152.4 1 $0.77 None
Robert W. Lovelace Over $1,000,000 1 $78.4 7 $6.07 94 $1.43
Wahid Butt $100,001 – $500,000 None 1 $0.77 None
Bradford F. Freer $100,001 – $500,000 4 $48.3 1 $0.77 None
Winnie Kwan $100,001 – $500,000 2 $116.2 1 $0.77 None
Christopher Thomsen Over $1,000,000 2 $156.0 1 $0.77 None
Steven G. Backes $500,001 - $1,000,0005 2 $3.2 6 $3.85 2 $0.74
Jonathan Knowles $100,001 – $500,000 4 $271.0 3 $5.10 None

 

 

 

 

Keep this supplement with your statement of additional information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lit No. MFGEBS-348-0919O CGD/10149-S75320