Prospectus Supplement September 3, 2021 |
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For the following
funds with prospectuses dated January 1, 2021 – February 1, 2021 (as supplemented to date)
American Funds Global Balanced FundSM Capital Income Builder® Capital World Growth and Income 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:
David
M. Riley will no longer manage money in the fund.
Keep this supplement with your prospectus.
Lit. No. MFGEBS-490-0921P CGD/AFD/10039-S87225
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/ | JENNIFER L. BUTLER |
| JENNIFER L. BUTLER | |
| SECRETARY | |
| /s/ | JULIE E. LAWTON |
| JULIE E. LAWTON | |
| SECRETARY |
Statement
of Additional September 3, 2021
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For the following
funds with statements of additional information dated January 1, 2021 – February 1, 2021
(each as supplemented to date):
American Funds Global Balanced FundSM Capital Income Builder® Capital World Growth and Income Fund®
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1.
The table under the heading “Portfolio manager fund holdings and other managed accounts” in the “Management of the
fund” section of the American Funds Global Balanced Fund statement of additional information is amended to read as follows:
The following table reflects information as of October 31, 2020:
| 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 | |||
| Alfonso Barroso | Over $1,000,000 | 4 | $198.1 | 3 | $0.77 | None | |
| Bradford F. Freer | $500,001 – $1,000,000 | 5 | $109.3 | 1 | $0.35 | None | |
| Thomas H. Høgh | $100,001 – $500,000 | 3 | $16.4 | 4 | $2.75 | None | |
| Winnie Kwan | $100,001 – $500,000 | 4 | $143.0 | 2 | $0.57 | None | |
| Robert H. Neithart | Over $1,000,000 | 5 | $83.8 | 6 | $5.08 | 5 | $2.46 |
| Andrew A. Cormack | $100,001 – $500,000 | 2 | $16.0 | 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 Capital Income Builder statement of additional information is amended to read as follows:
The following table reflects information as of October 31, 2020:
| 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 | |||
| Winnie Kwan | $500,001 – $1,000,000 | 4 | $70.4 | 2 | $0.57 | None | |
| David A. Hoag | Over $1,000,000 | 8 | $270.8 | 2 | $5.07 | None | |
| Steven T. Watson | Over $1,000,000 | 5 | $126.1 | 6 | $10.42 | 725 | $21.06 |
| Aline Avzaradel | $100,001 – $500,000 | 1 | $1.0 | 1 | $0.21 | None | |
| Alfonso Barroso | Over $1,000,000 | 4 | $125.5 | 3 | $0.77 | None | |
| Grant L. Cambridge | Over $1,000,000 | 3 | $157.8 | 5 | $2.47 | 147 | $9.04 |
| Joyce E. Gordon | Over $1,000,000 | 5 | $357.9 | 6 | $1.84 | None | |
| James B. Lovelace | Over $1,000,000 | 3 | $165.1 | 4 | $1.28 | None | |
| Fergus N. MacDonald | $500,001 – $1,000,000 | 7 | $125.4 | 1 | $0.21 | None | |
| Caroline Randall | $100,001 – $500,000 | 2 | $106.1 | 1 | $0.21 | None | |
| Bradley J. Vogt | Over $1,000,000 | 6 | $346.8 | 3 | $5.38 | None | |
| Philip Winston | $100,001 – $500,000 | 6 | $3.1 | 9 | $5.75 | 8404 | $24.55 |
3. 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:
The following table reflects information as of November 30, 2020:
| 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 | 3 | $193.7 | 3 | $2.46 | None | |
| Michael Cohen | $100,001 – $500,000 | 2 | $20.3 | 10 | $5.86 | 274 | $9.76 |
| Alfonso Barroso | Over $1,000,000 | 4 | $135.1 | 3 | $0.85 | None | |
| Jeremy Burge | $100,001 - $500,000 | None | 3 | $8.74 | None | ||
| Leo Hee | $100,001 - $500,000 | 2 | $78.9 | 4 | $8.88 | None |
| Jin Lee | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | 2 | $161.2 | 3 | $1.25 | None |
| Alex Sheynkman | $100,001 – $500,000 | 1 | $9.3 | 2 | $0.62 | None |
| Lara Pellini | $100,001 – $500,000 | 1 | $182.2 | 3 | $2.46 | None |
Keep this supplement with your statement of additional information.
Lit No. MFGEBS-489-0921O CGD/10149-S87222