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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

Certified Shareholder Report of

Registered Management Investment Companies

 

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-23734

 

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

6455 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, California 92618

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (949) 975-5000

 

Date of fiscal year end: May 31

 

Date of reporting period: May 31, 2022

 

Troy S. Tanner

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

6455 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, California 92618

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 
 

  

ITEM 1 – Reports to Stockholders

  

Capital Group Growth ETFSM
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETFSM
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETFSM
Capital Group Core Equity ETFSM
Capital Group Dividend Value ETFSM
   
First report for the period ended May 31, 2022  

 

 

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These five Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds pursue a variety of objectives for investors and are offered by Capital Group, home of American Funds. For over 90 years, Capital Group has invested with a long-term focus based on thorough research and attention to risk.

 

Figures shown are past results and are not predictive of results in future periods. Current and future results may be lower or higher than those shown. Prices and returns will vary, so investors may lose money. Investing for short periods makes losses more likely. For current information and month-end results, visit capitalgroup.com. Market price returns are determined using the official closing price of the fund’s shares and do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times.

 

Here are the total returns on a $1,000 investment with all distributions reinvested for periods ended June 30, 2022 (the most recent calendar quarter-end):

 

    Since fund
inception
(2/22/22)
  30-day SEC
yield as of
5/31/2022
  Expense
ratio
Capital Group Growth ETF             0.40 %     0.39%  
Net asset value     –18.16 %                
Market price     –18.12                  
S&P 500 Index     –11.56                  
                         
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF             0.73       0.47  
Net asset value     –18.01                  
Market price     –17.77                  
MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)     –13.37                  
                         
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF             1.46       0.54  
Net asset value     –15.93                  
Market price     –15.44                  
MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA     –14.80                  
                         
Capital Group Core Equity ETF             1.26       0.33  
Net asset value     –11.61                  
Market price     –11.57                  
S&P 500 Index     –11.56                  
                         
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF             1.73       0.33  
Net asset value     –9.35                  
Market price     –9.35                  
S&P 500 Index     –11.56                  

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are actively managed and do not seek to replicate a specific index. ETFs are bought and sold through an exchange at the then current market price, not net asset value (NAV), and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV when traded on an exchange. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. There can be no guarantee that an active market for ETFs will develop or be maintained, or that the ETF’s listing will continue or remain unchanged.

 

ETF market price returns since inception are calculated using NAV for the period until market price became available (generally a few days after inception).

 

As nondiversified funds, Capital Group Equity ETFs have the ability to invest a larger percentage of assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, a single issuer could adversely affect a fund’s results more than if the fund invested a smaller percentage of assets in securities of that issuer. See the applicable prospectus for details.

 

Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value.

 

Contents

 

1 Letter to investors
   
3 Summary investment portfolio
   
20 Financial statements
   
38 Board of trustees and other officers

 

Fellow investors:

 

We are pleased to present you with the first report for Capital Group Growth ETF, Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF, Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, Capital Group Core Equity ETF and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF. For the funds’ inception date — February 22, 2022 — to the end of the fiscal year, May 31, 2022, the funds’ results, which includes dividends reinvested, were as follows:

 

Capital Group Growth ETF dropped –8.69% on a net asset value (NAV) basis and –8.65% on a market price basis, notably lagging the fund’s benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, which declined –3.60%.

 

Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF slumped –11.44% on a NAV basis and –11.32% on a market price basis, trailing the fund’s primary benchmark, MSCI All Country World Index, which returned –5.39%. The funds did not distribute any capital gains during the inception date to fiscal year-end period.

 

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF weakened –6.90% on a NAV basis and –7.02% on a market price basis, while the fund’s primary benchmark, MSCI All Country World Index excluding USA, fell –6.78%.

 

Capital Group Core Equity ETF declined –3.59% on a NAV basis and –3.55% on a market price basis, which was in line with the fund’s benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, which decreased –3.60% over the period.

 

Capital Group Dividend Value ETF slipped –0.46% on a NAV basis and –0.37% on a market price basis, which was more than 300 basis points better than the S&P 500 Index, the fund’s primary benchmark.

 

Economic and market backdrop The global economy and equity markets faced headwinds over the funds’ lifetimes as a once-strong environment became hampered by labor market and supply chain constraints, rising rates, heightened geopolitical conflict and rapidly escalating inflation. For the February 22, 2022, to May 31, 2022 period, the S&P 500 Index declined –3.60%, while the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) and MSCI ACWI excluding USA dropped –5.39% and –6.78%, respectively.

 

The U.S. economy showed signs of weakness as gross domestic product declined 1.4% in the first quarter, a notable reversal from the 6.9% growth experienced in the last quarter of 2021. Declines in fixed investment and defense spending, along with record trade imbalances hampered growth. Consumer spending rose 2.7%, but this came as inflation reached the highest level in nearly 40 years.

 

In Europe, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sharply higher inflation threatened to derail Europe’s pandemic recovery efforts. The conflict sent energy prices soaring and resulted in unprecedented sanctions on Russia which effectively removed the country from the global financial system.

 

Meanwhile, in the Asia-Pacific region and emerging markets, rounds of COVID lockdowns in China hampered economic growth across the region. However, for

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 1
 

some commodity-producing countries, global shortages drove up prices and provided a tailwind to growth.

 

Central banks throughout the world faced escalating inflation and fears of an impending global recession. Monetary policymakers at the U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates and signaled additional monetary measures, such as greater rate hikes and unwinding the Fed’s balance sheet, to dampen high inflation. Similarly, the Bank of England and Swiss National Bank raised benchmark interest rates. The European Central Bank outlined expectations for raising benchmark rates later in 2022.

 

Looking forward

Volatile equity markets can be painful for investors — especially in a high inflation environment — and reinforce the need to take a long-term approach to investing. We are mindful that financial markets may be volatile and result in uneven returns in the future. Yet, market volatility can create new or enhance existing investment opportunities in what we believe are companies with great potential. In this environment, we continue to employ the funds’ flexibility and deep fundamental research on a company-by-company basis to uncover attractive investment opportunities.

 

We appreciate your investment in these ETFs and look forward to helping you pursue your investment goals.

 

Cordially,

Irfan Furniturewala
Co-President, Capital Group Growth ETF

 

Alan J. Wilson
Co-President, Capital Group Growth ETF

 

Patrice Collette
President, Capital Group Global
Growth Equity ETF

 

Sung Lee
President, Capital Group
International Focus Equity ETF

 

Keiko McKibben
Co-President, Capital Group
Core Equity ETF

 

Carlos A. Schonfeld
Co-President, Capital Group
Core Equity ETF

 

Christopher D. Buchbinder
President, Capital Group
Dividend Value ETF

 

July 14, 2022

 

2 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

Capital Group Growth ETF

Investment portfolio May 31, 2022

 

Sector diversification Percent of net assets

 

 

Largest equity holdings     Percent of
net assets
Tesla     8.31 %
Microsoft     6.21  
Meta Platforms     5.98  
Alphabet     3.62  
UnitedHealth Group     2.82  
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals     2.52  
Broadcom     2.49  
Netflix     2.32  
Amazon.com     2.14  
Bank of America     1.91  

 

Common stocks 97.21%   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Information technology 22.31%                
Microsoft Corp.     65,149     $ 17,712  
Broadcom, Inc.     12,252       7,108  
ASML Holding NV     5,746       3,306  
ASML Holding NV (New York registered) (ADR)     2,179       1,256  
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (ADR)     32,066       3,056  
Applied Materials, Inc.     25,991       3,048  
Apple, Inc.     13,602       2,025  
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.1     7,130       1,774  
Mastercard, Inc., Class A     4,833       1,730  
Micron Technology, Inc.     22,980       1,697  
Cloudflare, Inc., Class A1     27,541       1,542  
ServiceNow, Inc.1     3,115       1,456  
Wolfspeed, Inc.1     18,406       1,385  
NVIDIA Corp.     7,133       1,332  
Tyler Technologies, Inc.1     3,639       1,295  
Salesforce, Inc.1     7,796       1,249  
Shopify, Inc., Class A, subordinate voting shares1     3,111       1,167  
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     9,347       977  
RingCentral, Inc., Class A1     15,085       952  
Bill.com Holdings, Inc.1     7,984       944  
Visa, Inc., Class A     4,277       907  
Keyence Corp.     2,000       801  
Genpact, Ltd.     17,806       790  
Trimble, Inc.1     10,789       734  
Unity Software, Inc.1     17,044       681  
MongoDB, Inc., Class A1     2,702       641  
Intel Corp.     13,336       592  
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A1     7,657       575  
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.1     9,461       533  
NetApp, Inc.     7,046       507  
Amadeus IT Group SA, Class A, non-registered shares1     8,082       502  
Concentrix Corp.     3,178       492  
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A1     1,646       436  
Nuvei Corp., subordinate voting shares1,2     8,459       433  
              63,635  
                 
Consumer discretionary 19.47%                
Tesla, Inc.1     31,273       23,713  
Amazon.com, Inc.1     2,540       6,107  
Dollar General Corp.     24,299       5,354  
Home Depot, Inc.     9,574       2,898  
D.R. Horton, Inc.     32,550       2,446  
LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SE     3,178       2,037  
Las Vegas Sands Corp.1     53,804       1,908  
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.1     1,216       1,705  
Booking Holdings, Inc.1     644       1,445  

 

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Capital Group Growth ETF (continued)

 

Common stocks (continued)   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Consumer discretionary (continued)                
Hermès International     1,094     $ 1,304  
Airbnb, Inc., Class A1     10,123       1,224  
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.1     18,382       1,067  
NVR, Inc.1     230       1,024  
Target Corp.     5,280       855  
Aramark     22,408       772  
Darden Restaurants, Inc.     5,719       715  
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd.1     37,601       602  
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.1     7,588       381  
              55,557  
                 
Communication services 16.01%                
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A1     88,167       17,073  
Alphabet, Inc., Class C1     2,720       6,204  
Alphabet, Inc., Class A1     1,814       4,127  
Netflix, Inc.1     33,487       6,612  
Activision Blizzard, Inc.     35,159       2,738  
Verizon Communications, Inc.     46,559       2,388  
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A1     3,326       1,686  
Snap, Inc., Class A, nonvoting shares1     91,531       1,291  
ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.1     29,945       1,209  
Comcast Corp., Class A     26,125       1,157  
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.1     30,737       797  
Pinterest, Inc., Class A1     19,948       392  
              45,674  
                 
Health care 13.70%                
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     16,164       8,030  
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1     10,809       7,185  
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.1     19,247       4,381  
Centene Corp.1     43,579       3,549  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     5,259       2,985  
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1     8,673       2,330  
NovoCure, Ltd.1     27,573       2,216  
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1     12,904       1,623  
Moderna, Inc.1     7,014       1,019  
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.1     9,693       978  
Seagen, Inc.1     6,363       863  
AstraZeneca PLC     6,506       857  
Danaher Corp.     3,183       840  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.     10,935       709  
Horizon Therapeutics PLC1     6,442       578  
Molina Healthcare, Inc.1     1,876       545  
Inari Medical, Inc.1     5,802       382  
              39,070  
                 
Industrials 9.08%                
Carrier Global Corp.     86,352       3,395  
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.     23,068       3,232  
TransDigm Group, Inc.1     5,257       3,183  
Delta Air Lines, Inc.1     73,479       3,063  
Uber Technologies, Inc.1     103,025       2,390  
United Rentals, Inc.1     6,841       2,040  
Caterpillar, Inc.     7,192       1,552  
MTU Aero Engines AG     7,103       1,402  
Robert Half International, Inc.     13,469       1,214  
Ryanair Holdings PLC (ADR)1     13,920       1,214  
Airbus SE, non-registered shares     10,266       1,199  

 

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Capital Group Growth ETF (continued)

 

Common stocks (continued)   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Industrials (continued)                
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.1     16,760     $ 798  
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.1     45,462       785  
Axon Enterprise, Inc.1     4,331       439  
              25,906  
                 
Financials 6.12%                
Bank of America Corp.     146,469       5,449  
Capital One Financial Corp.     16,507       2,111  
S&P Global, Inc.     5,195       1,815  
First Republic Bank     11,314       1,754  
KKR & Co., Inc.     17,375       952  
Western Alliance Bancorporation     11,058       900  
SVB Financial Group1     1,834       896  
MSCI, Inc.     1,801       797  
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A     11,244       760  
Blackstone, Inc., nonvoting shares     5,041       594  
Apollo Asset Management, Inc.     9,268       534  
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     4,559       467  
Signature Bank     1,997       432  
              17,461  
                 
Energy 5.61%                
Halliburton Company     119,548       4,842  
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated)     66,612       4,408  
Cenovus Energy, Inc.     135,774       3,147  
EQT Corp.     22,289       1,064  
Suncor Energy, Inc.     22,299       897  
ConocoPhillips     7,393       831  
EOG Resources, Inc.     5,864       803  
              15,992  
                 
Materials 2.62%                
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.     40,490       1,673  
Grupo México, SAB de CV, Series B     264,411       1,306  
Vale SA, ordinary nominative shares (ADR)     60,086       1,085  
Linde PLC     3,184       1,034  
Barrick Gold Corp.     48,779       999  
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.     7,716       762  
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.1     22,856       628  
              7,487  
                 
Consumer staples 1.97%                
Costco Wholesale Corp.     4,212       1,964  
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A     6,924       1,700  
Altria Group, Inc.     26,251       1,420  
Molson Coors Beverage Company, Class B, restricted voting shares     9,482       529  
              5,613  
                 
Utilities 0.32%                
PG&E Corp.1     73,747       900  
                 
Total common stocks (cost: $290,856,000)             277,295  

 

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Capital Group Growth ETF (continued)

 

Short-term securities 2.82%   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Money market investments 2.82%                
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%3,4     80,564     $ 8,056  
                 
Total short-term securities (cost: $8,056,000)             8,056  
Total investment securities 100.03% (cost: $298,912,000)             285,351  
Other assets less liabilities (0.03)%             (82 )
                 
Net assets 100.00%           $ 285,269  

 

Investments in affiliates4

 

    Value of
affiliate at
2/22/20225
(000)
    Additions
(000)
    Reductions
(000)
    Net
realized
gain
(000)
    Net
unrealized
appreciation
(000)
    Value of
affiliate at
5/31/2022
(000)
    Dividend
income
(000)
 
Short-term securities 2.82%                                                        
Money market investments 2.82%                                                        
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%3   $     $ 12,829     $ 4,773     $ 6    $ 6    $ 8,056     $ 5  

 

1 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
2 Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities was $433,000, which represented 0.15% of the net assets of the fund.
3 Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2022.
4 Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5 Commencement of operations.
6 Amount less than one thousand.

 

Key to abbreviations

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

CAD = Canadian dollars

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

6 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF

 

Investment portfolio May 31, 2022

 

Sector diversification Percent of net assets

 

 

 

Country diversification by domicile   Percent of
net assets
United States     48.55 %
Eurozone*     15.88  
Taiwan     5.65  
United Kingdom     4.43  
Hong Kong     2.20  
China     2.19  
India     2.14  
Switzerland     1.88  
Canada     1.60  
Other     6.68  
Short-term securities & other assets less liabilities     8.80  
* Countries using the euro as a common currency; those represented in the fund’s portfolio are France, Germany and the Netherlands.

 

Common stocks 88.60%   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Information technology 26.88%            
Microsoft Corp.     56,520     $ 15,366  
ASML Holding NV     21,797       12,543  
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (ADR)     130,461       12,433  
Adyen NV1,2     2,240       3,480  
Applied Materials, Inc.     29,575       3,469  
Broadcom, Inc.     4,267       2,475  
Fiserv, Inc.2     19,768       1,980  
Hexagon AB, Class B     132,546       1,614  
Keyence Corp.     3,200       1,282  
Zendesk, Inc.2     13,931       1,274  
NVIDIA Corp.     6,492       1,212  
MongoDB, Inc., Class A2     4,853       1,151  
EPAM Systems, Inc.2     2,723       922  
              59,201  
                 
Consumer discretionary 15.51%                
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.2     4,771       6,692  
Amazon.com, Inc.2     2,357       5,667  
LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SE     7,933       5,086  
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A2     31,481       2,375  
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.     5,327       1,935  
Renault SA2     66,733       1,830  
NIKE, Inc., Class B     13,894       1,651  
Cie. Financière Richemont SA, Class A     13,464       1,493  
Prosus NV, Class N     28,461       1,475  
Home Depot, Inc.     3,552       1,075  
Booking Holdings, Inc.2     427       958  
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises, Ltd.     19,011       939  
IDP Education, Ltd.     47,480       820  
MercadoLibre, Inc.2     993       780  
Coupang, Inc., Class A2     53,644       725  
MGM China Holdings, Ltd.2     1,289,200       651  
              34,152  
                 
Health care 14.84%                
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     10,339       5,136  
Pfizer, Inc.     65,511       3,475  
AstraZeneca PLC     25,161       3,315  
ResMed, Inc.     13,112       2,668  
Cigna Corp.     9,408       2,524  
DexCom, Inc.2     8,418       2,508  

 

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Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF (continued)

 

Common stocks (continued)   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Health care (continued)                
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2     3,710     $ 2,466  
Merck & Co., Inc.     25,510       2,348  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.2     1,731       2,226  
CVS Health Corp.     16,057       1,554  
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp., Ltd.     95,105       1,301  
Bayer AG     16,557       1,183  
NovoCure, Ltd.2     12,737       1,024  
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.2     13,979       953  
              32,681  
                 
Consumer staples 8.75%                
British American Tobacco PLC     120,366       5,312  
Philip Morris International, Inc.     31,998       3,400  
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd., Class A     12,300       3,333  
Nestlé SA     21,593       2,634  
Altria Group, Inc.     44,890       2,428  
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.     62,508       2,171  
              19,278  
                 
Financials 8.47%                
AIA Group, Ltd.     407,000       4,196  
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A     56,145       3,796  
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Ltd.     105,176       2,502  
AXA SA     78,010       1,969  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     11,992       1,585  
Société Générale     46,741       1,255  
Citigroup, Inc.     23,351       1,247  
Prudential PLC     87,652       1,146  
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., Class H     151,000       968  
              18,664  
                 
Communication services 4.87%                
Alphabet, Inc., Class A2     3,919       8,916  
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A2     9,367       1,814  
              10,730  
                 
Industrials 4.04%                
MTU Aero Engines AG     7,631       1,506  
Caterpillar, Inc.     6,957       1,502  
DSV A/S     8,785       1,442  
Airbus SE, non-registered shares     11,028       1,288  
Alliance Global Group, Inc.     5,749,800       1,174  
NIBE Industrier AB, Class B     119,577       1,042  
GT Capital Holdings, Inc.     97,940       940  
              8,894  
                 
Energy 3.09%                
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated)     53,163       3,518  
Reliance Industries, Ltd.     64,763       2,196  
Equinor ASA     28,089       1,081  
Gazprom PJSC (ADR)3     18,466       4 
              6,795  
                 
Materials 1.91%                
Sherwin-Williams Company     15,668       4,200  

 

8 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF (continued)

 

Common stocks (continued)   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Real estate 0.24%                
Country Garden Services Holdings Co., Ltd.     135,000     $ 535  
                 
Total common stocks (cost: $199,793,000)             195,130  
                 
Preferred securities 2.60%                
Health care 1.53%                
Sartorius AG, nonvoting non-registered preferred shares     8,363       3,372  
                 
Information technology 1.07%                
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., nonvoting preferred shares     48,244       2,367  
                 
Total preferred securities (cost: $5,557,000)             5,739  
                 
Short-term securities 10.05%                
Money market investments 10.05%                
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%5,6     221,270       22,127  
                 
Total short-term securities (cost: $22,127,000)             22,127  
Total investment securities 101.25% (cost: $227,477,000)             222,996  
Other assets less liabilities (1.25)%             (2,753 )
                 
Net assets 100.00%           $ 220,243  

 

Investments in affiliates6                                
                                 
    Value of
affiliate at
2/22/20227
(000)
    Additions
(000)
    Reductions
(000)
    Net
realized
loss
(000)
    Net
unrealized
appreciation
(000)
    Value of
affiliate at
5/31/2022
(000)
    Dividend
income
(000)
 
Short-term securities 10.05%                                                        
Money market investments 10.05%                                                        
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%5   $     $ 35,041     $ 12,914     $ 4    $ 4    $ 22,127     $ 11  

 

1 Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities was $3,480,000, which represented 1.58% of the net assets of the fund.
2 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
3 Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
4 Amount less than one thousand.
5 Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2022.
6 Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
7 Commencement of operations.

 

Key to abbreviations

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

CAD = Canadian dollars

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 9
 

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

 

Investment portfolio May 31, 2022

 

Sector diversification Percent of net assets

 

 

 

Country diversification by domicile   Percent of
net assets
Eurozone*     22.86 %
Japan     12.94  
India     10.83  
Canada     7.80  
China     5.71  
Brazil     4.83  
Hong Kong     3.50  
Australia     3.36  
United Kingdom     3.32  
Other     12.74  
Short-term securities & other assets less liabilities     12.11  
* Countries using the euro as a common currency; those represented in the fund’s portfolio are Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

 

Common stocks 87.89%   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Industrials 14.06%                
Airbus SE, non-registered shares     42,033     $ 4,909  
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.     100,400       3,692  
Ryanair Holdings PLC (ADR)1     23,728       2,069  
Melrose Industries PLC     1,070,193       1,826  
Safran SA     17,141       1,771  
International Container Terminal Services, Inc.     335,030       1,388  
ASSA ABLOY AB, Class B     54,347       1,337  
Siemens AG     9,629       1,266  
MTU Aero Engines AG     6,173       1,218  
SMC Corp.     2,300       1,190  
Ashtead Group PLC     22,670       1,186  
NIBE Industrier AB, Class B     124,888       1,088  
Kingspan Group PLC     12,826       1,057  
Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd., Class A     101,000       929  
Aena SME, SA, non-registered shares1,2     5,123       782  
Grab Holdings, Ltd., Class A1     280,354       746  
              26,454  
                 
Information technology 12.60%                
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.     191,000       3,685  
ASML Holding NV     5,597       3,221  
Shopify, Inc., Class A, subordinate voting shares1     6,787       2,546  
Nice, Ltd. (ADR)1     11,866       2,358  
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.     82,700       2,280  
SK hynix, Inc.     20,983       1,832  
Fujitsu, Ltd.     11,700       1,758  
STMicroelectronics NV     40,157       1,605  
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.     22,814       1,243  
Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A1     6,914       1,226  
NXP Semiconductors NV     5,617       1,066  
Infineon Technologies AG     28,203       876  
              23,696  
                 
Health care 11.21%                
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd.     230,200       6,114  
Olympus Corp.     161,000       3,365  
Grifols, SA, Class A, non-registered shares     106,984       2,250  
WuXi Biologics (Cayman), Inc.1,2     302,000       2,232  
Bayer AG     22,051       1,576  
WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., Class H2     118,300       1,460  
M3, Inc.     41,100       1,193  

 

10 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF (continued)

 

Common stocks (continued)   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Health care (continued)            
Siemens Healthineers AG2     18,606     $ 1,116  
Alcon, Inc.     13,570       1,016  
Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA2     538,501       761  
              21,083  
                 
Financials 11.15%                
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Ltd.     208,983       4,971  
AIA Group, Ltd.     375,800       3,874  
ABN AMRO Bank NV2     277,004       3,243  
HDFC Bank, Ltd. (ADR)     33,215       1,912  
Aegon NV     324,382       1,732  
CaixaBank, SA     355,076       1,284  
ING Groep NV     101,831       1,151  
XP, Inc., Class A1     48,605       1,099  
Bajaj Finance, Ltd.     11,323       887  
KBC Groep NV     12,996       811  
              20,964  
                 
Materials 10.75%                
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd.     273,466       7,918  
Vale SA, ordinary nominative shares (ADR)     204,600       3,693  
Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd.     255,561       3,688  
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.     16,900       2,407  
Linde PLC (EUR denominated)1     5,192       1,680  
Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., Class A1     110,493       842  
              20,228  
                 
Energy 9.83%                
Reliance Industries, Ltd.     246,061       8,344  
Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), ordinary nominative shares (ADR)     213,399       2,962  
Neste OYJ     47,813       2,192  
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated)     27,140       1,796  
TotalEnergies SE     26,968       1,610  
Cenovus Energy, Inc.     68,253       1,582  
              18,486  
                 
Consumer discretionary 8.38%                
MercadoLibre, Inc.1     3,939       3,095  
Evolution AB2     23,826       2,492  
Sony Group Corp.     25,000       2,353  
LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SE     2,728       1,749  
Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd.     320,000       1,707  
Ferrari NV     8,470       1,649  
Maruti Suzuki India, Ltd.     11,538       1,184  
Entain PLC1     51,553       950  
Americanas SA, ordinary nominative shares     139,876       591  
              15,770  
                 
Consumer staples 3.65%                
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd., Class A     7,900       2,141  
Danone SA     31,958       1,878  
British American Tobacco PLC     32,343       1,427  
Treasury Wine Estates, Ltd.     165,311       1,412  
              6,858  

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 11
 

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF (continued)

 

Common stocks (continued)   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Communication services 3.62%                
Bharti Airtel, Ltd.1     339,911     $ 3,066  
Universal Music Group NV     49,663       1,114  
Sea, Ltd., Class A (ADR)1     11,119       919  
Informa PLC1     124,844       857  
Ubisoft Entertainment SA1     16,320       854  
              6,810  
                 
Utilities 2.11%                
ENN Energy Holdings, Ltd.     259,400       3,977  
                 
Real estate 0.53%                
ESR Cayman, Ltd.1,2     335,600       994  
                 
Total common stocks (cost: $165,575,000)             165,320  

 

Short-term securities 12.83%            
Money market investments 12.83%                
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%3,4     241,229       24,123  
                 
Total short-term securities (cost: $24,123,000)             24,123  
Total investment securities 100.72% (cost: $189,698,000)             189,443  
Other assets less liabilities (0.72)%             (1,347 )
                 
Net assets 100.00%           $ 188,096  

 

Investments in affiliates4                                
                                           
    Value of
affiliate at
2/22/20225
(000)
    Additions
(000)
    Reductions
(000)
    Net
realized
gain
(000)
    Net
unrealized
appreciation
(000)
    Value of
affiliate at
5/31/2022
(000)
    Dividend
income
(000)
 
Short-term securities 12.83%                                                        
Money market investments 12.83%                                                        
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%3   $     $ 45,230     $ 21,107     $ 6    $ 6    $ 24,123     $ 16  

 

1 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
2 Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities was $13,080,000, which represented 6.95% of the net assets of the fund.
3 Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2022.
4 Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5 Commencement of operations.
6 Amount less than one thousand.

 

Key to abbreviations

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

CAD = Canadian dollars

EUR = Euros

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

12 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

Capital Group Core Equity ETF

 

Investment portfolio May 31, 2022

 

Sector diversification Percent of net assets

 

 

 

Largest equity holdings   Percent of
net assets
Microsoft     6.29 %
Broadcom     4.50  
Alphabet     4.26  
UnitedHealth Group     3.68  
Amazon.com     2.82  
Abbott Laboratories     2.31  
Philip Morris International     2.15  
Meta Platforms     2.11  
Comcast     1.93  
Raytheon Technologies     1.87  

 

Common stocks 94.36%   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Information technology 21.79%                
Microsoft Corp.     37,991     $ 10,329  
Broadcom, Inc.     12,747       7,395  
Mastercard, Inc., Class A     8,242       2,949  
Apple, Inc.     13,502       2,010  
Visa, Inc., Class A     7,938       1,684  
Accenture PLC, Class A     4,176       1,246  
ASML Holding NV     2,081       1,197  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     5,087       1,134  
Applied Materials, Inc.     7,805       915  
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.     44,000       849  
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     6,917       723  
Concentrix Corp.     4,511       699  
Global Payments, Inc.     5,206       682  
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.1     2,438       607  
QUALCOMM, Inc.     4,129       591  
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A1     7,595       570  
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     7,078       529  
Intel Corp.     11,790       524  
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.1     4,150       503  
ServiceNow, Inc.1     1,034       483  
Dye & Durham, Ltd.     9,004       166  
              35,785  
                 
Health care 12.69%                
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     12,157       6,039  
Abbott Laboratories     32,232       3,786  
AbbVie, Inc.     11,177       1,647  
Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B     11,771       1,304  
Anthem, Inc.     2,454       1,250  
AstraZeneca PLC     7,632       1,006  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     1,692       960  
Humana, Inc.     2,061       936  
Danaher Corp.     3,408       899  
GSK PLC     30,826       673  
PerkinElmer, Inc.     4,425       662  
Eli Lilly and Company     2,111       662  
Pfizer, Inc.     11,663       619  
Seagen, Inc.1     2,971       403  
              20,846  
                 
Industrials 11.77%                
Raytheon Technologies Corp.     32,306       3,073  
General Electric Co.     29,075       2,276  
Carrier Global Corp.     42,493       1,671  
Northrop Grumman Corp.     3,480       1,629  

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 13
 

Capital Group Core Equity ETF (continued)

 

Common stocks (continued)   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Industrials (continued)                
Woodward, Inc.     12,356     $ 1,256  
General Dynamics Corp.     5,475       1,231  
TFI International, Inc.     13,762       1,129  
Waste Connections, Inc.     8,642       1,102  
TransDigm Group, Inc.1     1,359       823  
Lockheed Martin Corp.     1,688       743  
Waste Management, Inc.     4,473       709  
BWX Technologies, Inc.     13,523       692  
Norfolk Southern Corp.     2,795       670  
ITT, Inc.     8,591       634  
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.     2,398       619  
Air Lease Corp., Class A     11,754       442  
Safran SA     3,099       320  
Airbus SE, non-registered shares     2,641       309  
              19,328  
                 
Communication services 10.72%                
Alphabet, Inc., Class A1     1,795       4,084  
Alphabet, Inc., Class C1     1,280       2,919  
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A1     17,936       3,473  
Comcast Corp., Class A     71,640       3,172  
Netflix, Inc.1     8,610       1,700  
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A1     2,383       1,208  
Electronic Arts, Inc.     5,891       817  
Tencent Holdings, Ltd.     5,300       245  
              17,618  
                 
Financials 9.91%                
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     22,487       2,973  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.     7,964       1,397  
BlackRock, Inc.     2,056       1,376  
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.     7,970       1,275  
Chubb, Ltd.     5,925       1,252  
Bank of America Corp.     27,717       1,031  
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.     5,237       848  
Aon PLC, Class A     2,762       761  
B3 SA-Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao     273,171       734  
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     6,900       707  
Charles Schwab Corp.     10,028       703  
Discover Financial Services     5,500       624  
Moody’s Corp.     2,057       620  
KeyCorp     26,842       536  
Webster Financial Corp.     10,365       509  
American International Group, Inc.     8,260       485  
State Street Corp.     6,239       452  
              16,283  
                 
Consumer discretionary 8.36%                
Amazon.com, Inc.1     1,929       4,638  
General Motors Company1     47,315       1,830  
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.1     6,919       1,109  
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     12,709       1,018  
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.     7,226       1,018  
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.1     16,422       954  
Home Depot, Inc.     3,097       938  
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC     9,697       603  
Lear Corp.     3,466       488  

 

14 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

Capital Group Core Equity ETF (continued)

 

Common stocks (continued)   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Consumer discretionary (continued)                
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.1     348     $ 488  
Kering SA     622       340  
Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A1     9,937       312  
              13,736  
                 
Energy 6.11%                
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated)     39,501       2,614  
Chevron Corp.     12,423       2,170  
ConocoPhillips     17,582       1,976  
Baker Hughes Co., Class A     36,534       1,314  
EOG Resources, Inc.     6,905       946  
TC Energy Corp.     10,271       594  
Equitrans Midstream Corp.     53,342       420  
              10,034  
                 
Consumer staples 4.85%                
Philip Morris International, Inc.     33,287       3,537  
British American Tobacco PLC     47,323       2,088  
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.     25,634       891  
Molson Coors Beverage Company, Class B, restricted voting shares     10,354       578  
Nestlé SA     3,835       468  
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV     7,292       408  
              7,970  
                 
Materials 2.97%                
Linde PLC     3,872       1,257  
LyondellBasell Industries NV     9,300       1,062  
Celanese Corp.     6,591       1,032  
Vale SA, ordinary nominative shares (ADR)     50,160       905  
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     15,828       619  
              4,875  
                 
Utilities 2.77%                
PG&E Corp.1     99,599       1,215  
Edison International     11,724       820  
Sempra Energy     4,075       668  
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.     19,745       633  
AES Corp.     28,364       625  
Enel SpA     90,001       584  
              4,545  
                 
Real estate 2.42%                
VICI Properties, Inc. REIT     70,323       2,169  
Equinix, Inc. REIT     1,417       974  
Crown Castle International Corp. REIT     4,356       826  
              3,969  
                 
Total common stocks (cost: $156,472,000)             154,989  

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 15
 

Capital Group Core Equity ETF (continued)

 

Short-term securities 5.44%   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Money market investments 5.44%                
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%2,3     89,385     $ 8,939  
                 
Total short-term securities (cost: $8,939,000)             8,939  
Total investment securities 99.80% (cost: $165,411,000)             163,928  
Other assets less liabilities 0.20%             323  
                 
Net assets 100.00%           $ 164,251  

 

Investments in affiliates3                                
                                           
    Value of
affiliate at
2/22/20224
(000)
    Additions
(000)
    Reductions
(000)
    Net
realized
gain
(000)
    Net
unrealized
appreciation
(000)
    Value of
affiliate at
5/31/2022
(000)
    Dividend
income
(000)
 
Short-term securities 5.44%                                                        
Money market investments 5.44%                                                        
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%2   $     $ 13,490     $ 4,551     $ 5    $ 5    $ 8,939     $ 5  

 

1 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
2 Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2022.
3 Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4 Commencement of operations.
5 Amount less than one thousand.

 

Key to abbreviations

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

CAD = Canadian dollars

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

16 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

Capital Group Dividend Value ETF

 

Investment portfolio May 31, 2022

 

 

Sector diversification Percent of net assets

 

 

Largest equity holdings   Percent of
net assets
Microsoft     6.30 %
Broadcom     6.14  
Raytheon Technologies     5.78  
Philip Morris International     4.92  
Abbott Laboratories     4.62  
General Electric     4.00  
Baker Hughes     3.68  
Comcast     3.63  
Edison International     3.50  
British American Tobacco     2.93  

 

 

Common stocks 96.47%   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Industrials 18.60%                
Raytheon Technologies Corp.     183,017     $ 17,408  
General Electric Co.     153,580       12,024  
General Dynamics Corp.     37,404       8,412  
Carrier Global Corp.     150,030       5,898  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     18,297       3,807  
Union Pacific Corp.     14,732       3,238  
TFI International, Inc.     33,018       2,709  
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     20,782       2,467  
              55,963  
                 
Information technology 15.34%                
Microsoft Corp.     69,754       18,964  
Broadcom, Inc.     31,829       18,465  
Apple, Inc.     58,718       8,740  
              46,169  
                 
Health care 13.85%                
Abbott Laboratories     118,314       13,897  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     15,428       7,664  
Amgen, Inc.     26,263       6,743  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.     77,856       5,049  
Medtronic PLC     43,429       4,349  
AbbVie, Inc.     26,930       3,969  
              41,671  
                 
Energy 11.14%                
Baker Hughes Co., Class A     307,860       11,077  
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.     109,733       7,278  
EOG Resources, Inc.     46,568       6,378  
Chevron Corp.     34,329       5,996  
Halliburton Company     69,188       2,802  
              33,531  
                 
Consumer staples 8.91%                
Philip Morris International, Inc.     139,316       14,802  
British American Tobacco PLC     199,619       8,809  
Coca-Cola Company     50,204       3,182  
              26,793  

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 17
 
 

Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (continued)

 

Common stocks (continued)   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Communication services 8.05%                
Comcast Corp., Class A     246,879     $ 10,932  
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A1     22,658       4,388  
Alphabet, Inc., Class A1     1,806       4,109  
Omnicom Group, Inc.     39,769       2,967  
Netflix, Inc.1     9,224       1,821  
              24,217  
                 
Consumer discretionary 7.13%                
McDonald’s Corp.     27,545       6,947  
TopBuild Corp.1     16,491       3,253  
Aptiv PLC1     29,987       3,186  
General Motors Company1     81,622       3,157  
Amazon.com, Inc.1     1,228       2,952  
Burlington Stores, Inc.1     11,621       1,956  
              21,451  
                 
Utilities 4.52%                
Edison International     150,604       10,529  
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.     44,689       3,063  
              13,592  
                 
Financials 4.05%                
American International Group, Inc.     108,331       6,357  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     44,009       5,819  
              12,176  
                 
Materials 3.53%                
Linde PLC     25,733       8,355  
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     58,148       2,273  
              10,628  
                 
Real estate 1.35%                
Crown Castle International Corp. REIT     21,445       4,067  
                 
Total common stocks (cost: $293,448,000)             290,258  
                 
Short-term securities 3.35%                
Money market investments 3.35%                
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%2,3     100,768       10,077  
                 
Total short-term securities (cost: $10,077,000)             10,077  
Total investment securities 99.82% (cost: $303,525,000)             300,335  
Other assets less liabilities 0.18%             539  
                 
Net assets 100.00%           $ 300,874  

 

18 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 
 

Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (continued)

 

Investments in affiliates3

 

      Value of
affiliate at
2/22/20224
(000)
      Additions
(000)
      Reductions
(000)
      Net
realized
loss
(000)
      Net
unrealized
appreciation
(000)
      Value of
affiliate at
5/31/2022
(000)
      Dividend
income
(000)
 
Short-term securities 3.35%                                                        
Money market investments 3.35%                                                        
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%2   $     $ 15,284     $ 5,207     $ 5   $ 5   $ 10,077     $ 7  

 

1 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
2 Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2022.
3 Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4 Commencement of operations.
5 Amount less than one thousand.

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 19
 
 
Financial statements
   
Statements of assets and liabilities
at May 31, 2022
(dollars and shares in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

    Growth
ETF
    Global
Growth
Equity
ETF
    International
Focus Equity
ETF
    Core
Equity
ETF
    Dividend
Value
ETF
 
Assets:                                        
Investment securities, at value:                                        
Unaffiliated issuers   $ 277,295     $ 200,869     $ 165,320     $ 154,989     $ 290,258  
Affiliated issuers     8,056       22,127       24,123       8,939       10,077  
Cash     51                   24       254  
Cash denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars     *     220       25       *      
Receivables for:                                        
Sales of investments     252       404       321              
Sales of fund’s shares     4,456       1,734             3,796       8,890  
Dividends and interest     112       124       459       108       271  
      290,222       225,478       190,248       167,856       309,750  
                                         
Liabilities:                                        
Payables for:                                        
Purchases of investments     4,881       4,702       536       3,571       8,814  
Investment advisory services     72       65       62       34       62  
Bank overdraft           429       1,494              
Non-U.S. taxes           39       60              
      4,953       5,235       2,152       3,605       8,876  
Net assets at May 31, 2022   $ 285,269     $ 220,243     $ 188,096     $ 164,251     $ 300,874  
                                         
Net assets consist of:                                        
Capital paid in on shares of beneficial interest     300,232       228,061       190,367       166,541       303,812  
Total accumulated loss     (14,963 )     (7,818 )     (2,271 )     (2,290 )     (2,938 )
Net assets at May 31, 2022   $ 285,269     $ 220,243     $ 188,096     $ 164,251     $ 300,874  
Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding (no stated par value) — unlimited shares authorized                                        
Net assets   $ 285,269     $ 220,243     $ 188,096     $ 164,251     $ 300,874  
Shares outstanding     12,804       10,164       8,244       6,924       12,244  
Net asset value per share   $ 22.28     $ 21.67     $ 22.82     $ 23.72     $ 24.57  
Investment securities, at cost:                                        
Unaffiliated issuers   $ 290,856     $ 205,350     $ 165,575     $ 156,472     $ 293,448  
Affiliated issuers     8,056       22,127       24,123       8,939       10,077  
Cash denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars, at cost     *     220       25       *      

 

* Amount less than one thousand.

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

20 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 
 
Financial statements (continued)
   
Statements of operations
for the period February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, to May 31, 2022
(dollars in thousands)

 

    Growth
ETF
    Global
Growth
Equity
ETF
    International
Focus Equity
ETF
    Core
Equity
ETF
    Dividend
Value
ETF
 
Investment income:                                        
Income (net of non-U.S. taxes*):                                        
Dividends:                                        
Unaffiliated issuers   $ 329     $ 525     $ 1,077     $ 348     $ 646  
Affiliated issuers     5       11       16       5       7  
      334       536       1,093       353       653  
Fees and expenses:                                        
Investment advisory services     147       133       130       73       117  
Net investment income     187       403       963       280       536  
                                         
Net realized (loss) gain and unrealized depreciation:                                        
Net realized (loss) gain* on:                                        
Investments in:                                        
Unaffiliated issuers     (1,588 )     (3,688 )     (2,884 )     (1,006 )     (177 )
Affiliated issuers                              
In-kind redemptions     148                         262  
Currency transactions     (2 )     (11 )     (31 )     (1 )     (2 )
      (1,442 )     (3,699 )     (2,915 )     (1,007 )     83  
                                         
Net unrealized (depreciation) appreciation* on:                                        
Investments in:                                        
Unaffiliated issuers     (13,561 )     (4,520 )     (317 )     (1,483 )     (3,190 )
Affiliated issuers                             † 
Currency translations           (2 )     (2 )            
      (13,561 )     (4,522 )     (319 )     (1,483 )     (3,190 )
Net realized (loss) gain and unrealized depreciation     (15,003 )     (8,221 )     (3,234 )     (2,490 )     (3,107 )
                                         
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations   $ (14,816 )   $ (7,818 )   $ (2,271 )   $ (2,210 )   $ (2,571 )

 

* Additional information related to non-U.S. taxes, if any, is included in the notes to financial statements.
Amount less than one thousand.

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 21
 
 
Financial statements (continued)  
Statements of changes in net assets (dollars in thousands)

 

 

    Growth
ETF
    Global Growth
Equity
ETF
    International
Focus Equity
ETF
 
      Period ended
May 31, 2022*
      Period ended
May 31, 2022*
      Period ended
May 31, 2022*
 
                         
Operations:                        
Net investment income   $ 187     $ 403     $ 963  
Net realized (loss) gain     (1,442 )     (3,699 )     (2,915 )
Net unrealized depreciation     (13,561 )     (4,522 )     (319 )
Total decrease in net assets resulting from operations     (14,816 )     (7,818 )     (2,271 )
                         
Distributions paid to shareholders                  
                         
Net capital share transactions     300,085       228,061       190,367  
                         
Total increase in net assets     285,269       220,243       188,096  
                         
Net assets:                        
Beginning of period                  
End of period   $ 285,269     $ 220,243     $ 188,096  

 

    Core
Equity
ETF
    Dividend
Value
ETF
       
      Period ended
May 31, 2022*
      Period ended
May 31, 2022*
         
Operations:                        
Net investment income   $ 280     $ 536          
Net realized (loss) gain     (1,007 )     83          
Net unrealized depreciation     (1,483 )     (3,190 )        
Total decrease in net assets resulting from operations     (2,210 )     (2,571 )        
                         
Distributions paid to shareholders     (80 )     (105 )        
                         
Net capital share transactions     166,541       303,550          
                         
Total increase in net assets     164,251       300,874          
                         
Net assets:                        
Beginning of period                    
End of period   $ 164,251     $ 300,874          

 

* For the period February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, to May 31, 2022.

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

22 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 
 

Notes to financial statements

 

1. Organization

 

Capital Group Growth ETF (“Growth ETF”), Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF (“Global Growth Equity ETF”), Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF (“International Focus Equity ETF”), Capital Group Core Equity ETF (“Core Equity ETF”), and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (“Dividend Value ETF”) (each a “fund”, or collectively the “funds”) were each organized on January 12, 2021, as a Delaware statutory trust. Each fund’s fiscal year ends on May 31. The funds, each operating as an exchange-traded fund, are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as open-end, non-diversified management investment companies.

 

Each fund’s investment objectives are as follows:

 

Growth ETF – To provide growth of capital.

 

Global Growth Equity ETF – To provide long-term growth of capital.

 

International Focus Equity ETF – To provide long-term growth of capital.

 

Core Equity ETF – To achieve long-term growth of capital and income.

 

Dividend Value ETF – To produce income exceeding the average yield on U.S. stocks generally and provide an opportunity for growth of principal consistent with sound common stock investing.

 

2. Significant accounting policies

 

Each fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board. Each fund’s financial statements have been prepared to comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). These principles require the funds’ investment adviser to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, have been evaluated through the date of issuance in the preparation of the financial statements. The funds follow the significant accounting policies described in this section, as well as the valuation policies described in the next section on valuation.

 

Security transactions and related investment income — Security transactions are recorded by the funds as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are determined based on the specific identified cost of the securities. In the event a security is purchased with a delayed payment date, the funds will segregate liquid assets sufficient to meet their payment obligations. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Market discounts, premiums and original issue discounts on fixed-income securities are amortized daily over the expected life of the security.

 

Distributions paid to shareholders — Income dividends and capital gain distributions are recorded on each fund’s ex-dividend date.

 

Currency translation — Assets and liabilities, including investment securities, denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates supplied by one or more pricing vendors on the valuation date. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates on the dates of such transactions. The effects of changes in exchange rates on investment securities are included with the net realized gain or loss and net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments in each fund’s statement of operations. The realized gain or loss and unrealized appreciation or depreciation resulting from all other transactions denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are disclosed separately.

 

3. Valuation

 

Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”), the funds’ investment adviser, values each fund’s investments at fair value as defined by U.S. GAAP. The net asset value per share of each fund is calculated once daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4 p.m. New York time, each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Security transactions are recorded by each fund as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Assets and liabilities, including investment securities, denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates supplied by one or more pricing vendors on the valuation date.

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 23
 

Methods and inputs — The funds’ investment adviser uses the following methods and inputs to establish the fair value of each fund’s assets and liabilities. Use of particular methods and inputs may vary over time based on availability and relevance as market and economic conditions evolve.

 

Equity securities are generally valued at the official closing price of, or the last reported sale price on, the exchange or market on which such securities are traded, as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued or, lacking any sales, at the last available bid price. Prices for each security are taken from the principal exchange or market on which the security trades.

 

Fixed-income securities, including short-term securities, are generally valued at prices obtained from one or more pricing vendors. Vendors value such securities based on one or more of the inputs described in the following table. The table provides examples of inputs that are commonly relevant for valuing particular classes of fixed-income securities in which the funds are authorized to invest. However, these classifications are not exclusive, and any of the inputs may be used to value any other class of fixed-income security.

 

Fixed-income class   Examples of standard inputs
All   Benchmark yields, transactions, bids, offers, quotations from dealers and trading systems, new issues, spreads and other relationships observed in the markets among comparable securities; and proprietary pricing models such as yield measures calculated using factors such as cash flows, financial or collateral performance and other reference data (collectively referred to as “standard inputs”)
Corporate bonds, notes & loans; convertible securities   Standard inputs and underlying equity of the issuer
Bonds & notes of governments & government agencies   Standard inputs and interest rate volatilities
Mortgage-backed; asset-backed obligations   Standard inputs and cash flows, prepayment information, default rates, delinquency and loss assumptions, collateral characteristics, credit enhancements and specific deal information

 

When the funds’ investment adviser deems it appropriate to do so (such as when vendor prices are unavailable or deemed to be not representative), fixed-income securities will be valued in good faith at the mean quoted bid and ask prices that are reasonably and timely available (or bid prices, if ask prices are not available) or at prices for securities of comparable maturity, quality and type.

 

Securities with both fixed-income and equity characteristics, or equity securities traded principally among fixed-income dealers, are generally valued in the manner described for either equity or fixed-income securities, depending on which method is deemed most appropriate by the funds’ investment adviser. The Capital Group Central Cash Fund (“CCF”), a fund within the Capital Group Central Fund Series (“Central Funds”), is valued based upon a floating net asset value, which fluctuates with changes in the value of CCF’s portfolio securities. The underlying securities are valued based on the policies and procedures in CCF’s statement of additional information.

 

Securities and other assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or are considered unreliable by the funds’ investment adviser are fair valued as determined in good faith under fair value guidelines adopted by authority of each fund’s board of trustees as further described. The investment adviser follows fair valuation guidelines, consistent with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules and guidance, to consider relevant principles and factors when making fair value determinations. The investment adviser considers relevant indications of value that are reasonably and timely available to it in determining the fair value to be assigned to a particular security, such as the type and cost of the security; contractual or legal restrictions on resale of the security; relevant financial or business developments of the issuer; actively traded similar or related securities; conversion or exchange rights on the security; related corporate actions; significant events occurring after the close of trading in the security; and changes in overall market conditions. In addition, the closing prices of equity securities that trade in markets outside U.S. time zones may be adjusted to reflect significant events that occur after the close of local trading but before the net asset value of each fund is determined. Fair valuations and valuations of investments that are not actively trading involve judgment and may differ materially from valuations that would have been used had greater market activity occurred.

 

Processes and structure — Each fund’s board of trustees has delegated authority to the funds’ investment adviser to make fair value determinations, subject to board oversight. The investment adviser has established a Joint Fair Valuation Committee (the “Fair Valuation Committee”) to administer, implement and oversee the fair valuation process, and to make fair value decisions. The Fair Valuation Committee regularly reviews its own fair value decisions, as well as decisions made under its standing instructions to the investment adviser’s valuation teams. The Fair Valuation Committee reviews changes in fair value measurements from period to period and may, as deemed appropriate, update the fair valuation guidelines to better reflect the results of back testing and address new or evolving issues. The Fair Valuation Committee reports any changes to the fair valuation guidelines to the board of trustees. Each fund’s board and audit committee also regularly review reports that describe fair value determinations and methods.

 

24 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

The funds’ investment adviser has also established a Fixed-Income Pricing Review Group to administer and oversee the fixed-income valuation process, including the use of fixed-income pricing vendors. This group regularly reviews pricing vendor information and market data. Pricing decisions, processes and controls over security valuation are also subject to additional internal reviews facilitated by the investment adviser’s global risk management group.

 

Classifications — The funds’ investment adviser classifies each fund’s assets and liabilities into three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets or liabilities. Level 1 values are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 values are based on significant observable market inputs, such as quoted prices for similar securities and quoted prices in inactive markets. Certain securities trading outside the U.S. may transfer between Level 1 and Level 2 due to valuation adjustments resulting from significant market movements following the close of local trading. Level 3 values are based on significant unobservable inputs that reflect the investment adviser’s determination of assumptions that market participants might reasonably use in valuing the securities. The valuation levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with the underlying investment. For example, U.S. government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market. The following tables present the funds’ valuation levels as of May 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):

 

Growth ETF

 

At May 31, 2022, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1.

 

Global Growth Equity ETF

 

          Investment securities        
    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Assets:                                
Common stocks:                                
Information technology   $ 59,201     $     $     $ 59,201  
Consumer discretionary     34,152                   34,152  
Health care     32,681                   32,681  
Consumer staples     19,278                   19,278  
Financials     18,664                   18,664  
Communication services     10,730                   10,730  
Industrials     8,894                   8,894  
Energy     6,795             *     6,795  
Materials     4,200                   4,200  
Real estate     535                   535  
Preferred securities     5,739                   5,739  
Short-term securities     22,127                   22,127  
Total   $ 222,996     $     $ *    $ 222,996  

 

* Amount less than one thousand.

 

International Focus Equity ETF

 

At May 31, 2022, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1.

 

Core Equity ETF

 

At May 31, 2022, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1.

 

Dividend Value ETF

 

At May 31, 2022, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1.

 

4. Risk factors

 

Investing in each fund may involve certain risks including, but not limited to, those described below.

 

Market conditions — The prices of, and the income generated by, the common stocks and other securities held by a fund may decline due to various factors, including events or conditions affecting the general economy or particular industries; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; governmental, governmental agency or central bank responses to economic conditions; and currency exchange rate, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations.

 

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Economies and financial markets throughout the world are highly interconnected. Events (including public health emergencies, such as the spread of infectious disease) and other circumstances in one country or region could have impacts on global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not a fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may be negatively affected by developments in other countries and regions.

 

Issuer risks — The prices of, and the income generated by, securities held by a fund may decline in response to various factors directly related to the issuers of such securities, including reduced demand for an issuer’s goods or services, poor management performance, major litigation, investigations or other controversies related to the issuer, changes in government regulations affecting the issuer or its competitive environment and strategic initiatives and the market response to any such initiatives.

 

Investing in growth-oriented stocks — Growth-oriented common stocks may involve larger price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments.

 

Investing in income-oriented stocks — The value of a fund’s securities and income provided by the fund may be reduced by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources available for dividend payments at, the companies in which the fund invests.

 

Investing outside the U.S. — Securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States, or with significant operations or revenues outside the United States, may lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments in the countries or regions in which the issuers operate or generate revenue. These securities may also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Issuers of these securities may be more susceptible to actions of foreign governments, which could adversely impact the value of these securities. Securities markets in certain countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the United States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject to different accounting and auditing practices and standards and different regulatory, legal and reporting requirements, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the United States. In addition, the value of investments outside the United States may be reduced by foreign taxes. Further, there may be increased risks of delayed settlement of securities purchased or sold by the fund.

 

Investing in emerging markets — Investing in emerging markets may involve risks in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in the securities markets of developed countries. For instance, emerging market countries tend to have less developed political, economic and legal systems and accounting and auditing practices and standards than those in developed countries. Accordingly, the governments of these countries may be less stable and more likely to intervene in the market economy in a manner that could adversely affect the prices of securities. Information regarding issuers in emerging markets may be limited, incomplete or inaccurate, and there may be fewer rights and remedies available to the fund and its shareholders. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on relatively few industries, may have limited access to capital and may be more susceptible to changes in local and global trade conditions and downturns in the world economy. Securities markets in these countries can also be relatively small and have substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities issued in these countries may be more volatile and less liquid, and may be more difficult to value, than securities issued in countries with more developed economies and/or markets. Less certainty with respect to security valuations may lead to additional challenges and risks in calculating the fund’s net asset value. Additionally, emerging markets are more likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the holding of securities by banks, agents and depositories that are less established than those in developed countries.

 

Market trading — Each fund’s shares are listed for trading on an exchange and are bought and sold on the secondary market at market prices. The market prices of each fund’s shares are expected to fluctuate, in some cases materially, in response to changes in the fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), the intraday value of each fund’s holdings, and supply and demand for each fund’s shares. The existence of significant market volatility, disruptions to creations and redemptions, or potential lack of an active trading market for fund shares (including through a trading halt), among other factors, may result in the shares of each fund trading significantly above (at a premium) or below (at a discount) to NAV. If you buy fund shares when their market price is at a premium or sell the fund shares when their market price is at a discount, you may pay more than, or receive less than, NAV, respectively.

 

Foreign securities held by the funds may be traded in markets that close at a different time than the exchange on which the fund’s shares are listed. Liquidity in those securities may be reduced after the applicable closing times. Accordingly, during the time when the fund’s exchange is open but after the applicable market closing, fixing or settlement times, bid-ask spreads on the fund’s exchange and the corresponding premium or discount to the fund’s NAV may widen.

 

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Authorized participant concentration — Only authorized participants may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with each of the funds, and none of them is obligated to do so. Each fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as authorized participants. If authorized participants exit the business or are unable to or elect not to engage in creation or redemption transactions, and no other authorized participant engages in such function, fund shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask spreads and possibly face trading halts or delisting.

 

Nondiversification — As nondiversified funds, each fund has the ability to invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, poor performance by a single issuer could adversely affect fund performance more than if each fund were invested in a larger number of issuers. Each fund’s share price can be expected to fluctuate more than might be the case if each fund were more broadly diversified.

 

Management — The investment adviser to the funds actively manages the funds’ investments. Consequently, the funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses, including models, tools and data, employed by the investment adviser in this process may be flawed or incorrect and may not produce the desired results. This could cause the fund to lose value or its investment results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.

 

5. Taxation and distributions

 

Federal income taxation — Each fund complies with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and intends to distribute substantially all of its net taxable income and net capital gains each year. The funds are not subject to income taxes to the extent such distributions are made. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

 

As of and during the period ended May 31, 2022, none of the funds had a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. Each fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in their respective statements of operations. During the period, none of the funds incurred any significant interest or penalties.

 

Each fund’s tax returns are generally not subject to examination by federal, state and, if applicable, non-U.S. tax authorities after the expiration of each jurisdiction’s statute of limitations, which is typically three years after the date of filing but can be extended in certain jurisdictions.

 

Non-U.S. taxation — Dividend and interest income, if any, are recorded net of non-U.S. taxes paid. The funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. These reclaims are recorded when the amount is known and there are no significant uncertainties on collectability. Gains realized by the funds on the sale of securities in certain countries, if any, may be subject to non-U.S. taxes. If applicable, the funds record an estimated deferred tax liability based on unrealized gains to provide for potential non-U.S. taxes payable upon the sale of these securities.

 

Distributions — Distributions determined on a tax basis may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences are due primarily to different treatment for items such as currency gains and losses; short-term capital gains and losses; capital losses related to sales of certain securities within 30 days of purchase; cost of investments sold; net capital losses and income on certain investments. The fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the year in which the net investment income and net realized gains are recorded by the funds for financial reporting purposes.

 

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Additional tax basis disclosures for each fund as of May 31, 2022, were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

    Growth
ETF
    Global Growth
Equity
ETF
    International
Focus Equity
ETF
    Core
Equity
ETF
    Dividend
Value
ETF
 
Undistributed ordinary income   $ 185     $ 391     $ 945     $ 199     $ 430  
Capital loss carryforward*     (1,059 )     (3,092 )     (1,836 )     (841 )     (173 )
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments     7,551       5,686       6,548       4,757       7,157  
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments     (21,639 )     (10,804 )     (7,928 )     (6,405 )     (10,351 )
Net unrealized depreciation on investments     (14,088 )     (5,118 )     (1,380 )     (1,648 )     (3,194 )
Cost of investments     299,439       228,293       190,785       165,576       303,529  
Reclassification from total accumulated loss to capital paid in on shares of beneficial interest     147                         262  

 

* Each fund’s capital loss carryforward will be used to offset any capital gains realized by the fund in future years. Funds with a capital loss carryforward will not make distributions from capital gains while a capital loss carryforward remains.

 

Distributions paid by each fund during the period February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, to May 31, 2022, were characterized for tax purposes as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

Fund   Ordinary
income
    Long-term
capital gains
    Total
distributions
paid
 
Growth ETF   $     $     $  
Global Growth Equity ETF                  
International Focus Equity ETF                  
Core Equity ETF     80             80  
Dividend Value ETF     105             105  

 

6. Fees and transactions

 

CRMC, the funds’ investment adviser, is the parent company of American Funds Distributors, Inc.® (“AFD”), the principal underwriter of the fund’s’ shares. CRMC and AFD are considered related parties to the funds.

 

Investment advisory services – Each fund has an investment advisory and service agreement with CRMC that provides for monthly fees, accrued daily. These fees are based on an annual rate of daily net assets as follows:

 

Fund   Annual rate
Growth ETF     0.39 %   
Global Growth Equity ETF     0.47  
International Focus Equity ETF     0.54  
Core Equity ETF     0.33  
Dividend Value ETF     0.33  

 

Under the terms of the agreements, in addition to providing investment advisory services, the investment adviser and its affiliates provide certain administrative services to help assist third parties providing non-distribution services to the funds’ shareholders. These services include providing in-depth information on each fund and market developments that impact each fund’s investments. The agreement provides that the investment adviser will pay all ordinary operating expenses of each fund other than management fees, interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, costs of holding shareholder meetings, legal fees and expenses relating to arbitration or litigation, payments under each fund’s plan of distribution (if any) and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses. Additionally, each fund will be responsible for its non-operating expenses, including brokerage commissions and fees and expenses associated with the fund’s securities lending program, if applicable.

 

Transfer agency and administration services — Each fund has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement and an administration agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”). Under the terms of the transfer agency agreement, State Street (or an agent, including an affiliate) acts as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for each fund. Under the terms of the administration agreement, State Street provides necessary administrative, legal, tax and accounting, regulatory and financial reporting services for the maintenance and operations of each fund. The investment adviser bears the costs of services under these agreements.

 

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Affiliated officers and trustees – Officers and certain trustees of each fund are or may be considered to be affiliated with CRMC and AFD. No affiliated officers or trustees received any compensation directly from any of the funds.

 

Investment in CCF — Each fund holds shares of CCF, an institutional prime money market fund managed by CRMC. CCF invests in high-quality, short-term money market instruments. CCF is used as the primary investment vehicle for each fund’s short-term investments. CCF shares are only available for purchase by CRMC, its affiliates, and other funds managed by CRMC. CCF shares are not available to the public. CRMC does not receive an investment advisory services fee from CCF.

 

Security transactions with related funds — Each fund may purchase from, or sell securities to, other CRMC-managed funds (or funds managed by certain affiliates of CRMC) under procedures adopted by each fund’s board of trustees. The funds involved in such transactions are considered related by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common trustees and/or common officers. When such transactions occur, each transaction is executed at the current market price of the security and no brokerage commissions or fees are paid in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. None of the funds engaged in any such purchase or sale transactions with any related funds during the period ended May 31, 2022.

 

Interfund lending - Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the funds, along with other CRMC-managed funds (or funds managed by certain affiliates of CRMC), may participate in an interfund lending program. The program provides an alternate credit facility that permits the funds to lend or borrow cash for temporary purposes directly to or from one another, subject to the conditions of the exemptive order. None of the funds lent or borrowed cash through the interfund lending program at any time during the period ended May 31, 2022.

 

7. Indemnifications

 

Each fund’s organizational documents provide board members and officers with indemnification against certain liabilities or expenses in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, each fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. Each fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since it is dependent on future claims that may be made against each fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote. Insurance policies are also available to each fund’s board members and officers.

 

8. Capital share transactions

 

The funds issue and redeem shares at NAV only with certain authorized participants in large increments known as creation units. Purchases of creation units are made by tendering a basket of designated securities and cash to a fund, and redemption proceeds are paid with a basket of securities from a fund’s portfolio with a balancing cash component to equate the market value of the basket of securities delivered or redeemed to the NAV per creation unit on the transaction date. The funds may issue creation units to authorized participants in advance of the delivery and settlement of all or a portion of the designated securities. When this occurs, the authorized participant provides cash collateral in an amount equal to 105% of the daily marked to market value of the securities that have not yet been delivered to the fund. Cash may be substituted equivalent to the value of certain securities generally when they are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery. Realized gains or losses resulting from redemptions of shares in-kind are reflected separately in the fund’s statement of operations.

 

Each fund’s shares are available in smaller increments to investors in the secondary market at market prices and may be subject to commissions. Authorized participants pay a transaction fee to the shareholder servicing agent when purchasing and redeeming creation units of a fund. The transaction fee is used to defray the costs associated with the issuance and redemption of creation units. In addition, for cash creation unit transactions, a variable fee for creation transactions and redemption transactions may be charged to the authorized participant to cover certain brokerage, tax, foreign exchange, execution, market impact and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades. Variable fees, if any, are included in capital share transactions in each fund’s statement of changes in net assets.

 

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Capital share transactions in each of the funds were as follows (dollars and shares in thousands):

 

Growth ETF                            
                             
    Sales     Reinvestments of distributions     Repurchases     Net increase  
    Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares  
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022    
    $ 301,946       12,884     $           $ (1,861 )     (80 )   $ 300,085       12,804  
                                                                 
Global Growth Equity ETF                                            
                                                                 
      Sales       Reinvestments of distributions       Repurchases       Net increase  
      Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares  
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022                        
    $ 228,061       10,164     $           $           $ 228,061       10,164  
                                                                 
International Focus Equity ETF                                            
                                                                 
      Sales       Reinvestments of distributions       Repurchases       Net increase  
      Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares  
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022                        
    $ 190,367       8,244     $           $           $ 190,367       8,244  
                                                                 
Core Equity ETF                                            
                                                                 
      Sales       Reinvestments of distributions       Repurchases       Net increase  
      Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares  
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022                        
    $ 166,541       6,924     $           $           $ 166,541       6,924  
                                                                 
Dividend Value ETF                                            
                                                                 
      Sales       Reinvestments of distributions       Repurchases       Net increase  
      Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount       Shares  
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022                        
    $ 311,566       12,584     $           $ (8,016 )     (340 )   $ 303,550       12,244  

 

* Commencement of operations.

 

9. Investment transactions

 

The following table presents purchases and sales of investments, excluding in-kind transactions, short-term securities and U.S. government obligations, if any, during the period February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, to May 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):

 

Fund   Purchases     Sales  
Growth ETF   $ 18,374     $ 13,778  
Global Growth Equity ETF     31,119       18,952  
International Focus Equity ETF     57,375       19,808  
Core Equity ETF     7,927       6,591  
Dividend Value ETF     9,061       3,909  

 

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The following table presents the value of securities received and delivered in-kind from the authorized participants to support creation and redemption transactions, if any, during the period February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, to May 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):

 

Fund   In-kind creations     In-kind redemptions  
Growth ETF   $ 289,167     $ 1,468  
Global Growth Equity ETF     196,872        
International Focus Equity ETF     130,892        
Core Equity ETF     156,143        
Dividend Value ETF     295,536       7,325  

 

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Financial highlights

 

          Loss from
investment operations1
    Dividends and distributions                                
Period ended   Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
    Net losses on
securities
(both
realized and
unrealized)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
(from net
investment
income)
    Distributions
(from capital
gains)
    Total
dividends
and
distributions
    Net asset
value, end
of period
    Total
return2
    Net assets,
end of
period
(in millions)
    Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets2,3
    Ratio of
net income
to average
net assets2
 
Growth ETF                                                                                                
5/31/20224,5   $ 24.40     $ .03     $ (2.15 )   $ (2.12 )   $     $     $     $ 22.28       (8.69 )%   $ 285       .10 %     .13 %
Global Growth Equity ETF                                                                                            
5/31/20224,5   $ 24.47     $ .08     $ (2.88 )   $ (2.80 )   $     $     $     $ 21.67       (11.44 )%   $ 220       .13 %     .38 %
International Focus Equity ETF                                                                                          
5/31/20224,5   $ 24.51     $ .24     $ (1.93 )   $ (1.69 )   $     $     $     $ 22.82       (6.90 )%   $ 188       .14 %     1.07 %
Core Equity ETF                                                                                                
5/31/20224,5   $ 24.63     $ .08     $ (.96 )   $ (.88 )   $ (.03 )   $     $ (.03 )   $ 23.72       (3.59 )%   $ 164       .09 %     .34 %
Dividend Value ETF                                                                                                
5/31/20224,5   $ 24.71     $ .10     $ (.21 )   $ (.11 )   $ (.03 )   $     $ (.03 )   $ 24.57       (.46 )%   $ 301       .09 %     .41 %

 

Portfolio turnover rate6 Period ended
May 31, 20222,4,5
Growth ETF 9
Global Growth Equity ETF 17  
International Focus Equity ETF 21  
Core Equity ETF 8  
Dividend Value ETF 3  

 

1  Based on average shares outstanding.
2  Not annualized.
3  Ratios do not include expenses of any Central Funds. Each fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any Central Funds, if applicable.
4  Based on operations for a period that is less than a full year.
5  For the period February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, through May 31, 2022.
6  Rates do not include each fund’s portfolio activity with respect to any Central Funds.

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Capital Group Growth ETF, Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF, Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, Capital Group Core Equity ETF, and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF

 

Opinions on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the investment portfolio, of Capital Group Growth ETF, Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF, Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, Capital Group Core Equity ETF, and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of May 31, 2022, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for the period February 22, 2022 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2022 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of May 31, 2022, and the results of each of their operations, changes in their net assets and each of the financial highlights for the period February 22, 2022 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2022 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinions

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Los Angeles, California
July 14, 2022

 

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in The Capital Group Companies Investment Company Complex since 1934.

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 33
 
Expense example unaudited

 

As a fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, such as initial sales charges on purchase payments and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions (loads), and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the fund so you can compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period.

 

Actual expenses:

The first line of each fund in the tables below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading titled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes:

The second line of each fund in the tables below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio for the share class and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of the share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5.00% hypothetical example with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Notes:

Note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the second line of each share class in the tables is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
account value
    Ending
account value
5/31/2022
    Expenses
paid during
period*
    Annualized
expense
ratio
 
Growth ETF                        
Actual return   $ 1,000.00     $ 913.10     $ 1.00       .39 %
Assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,022.99       1.97       .39  
Global Growth Equity ETF                                
Actual return   $ 1,000.00     $ 885.60     $ 1.19       .47 %
Assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,022.59       2.37       .47  
International Focus Equity ETF                                
Actual return   $ 1,000.00     $ 931.00     $ 1.40       .54 %
Assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,022.24       2.72       .54  
Core Equity ETF                                
Actual return   $ 1,000.00     $ 964.10     $ .87       .33 %
Assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,023.29       1.66       .33  
Dividend Value ETF                                
Actual return   $ 1,000.00     $ 995.40     $ .88       .33 %
Assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,023.29       1.66       .33  

 

* The period for the “annualized expense ratio” and “actual return” line is based on the number of days from February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, through May 31, 2022, and accordingly, is not representative of a full period. The “assumed 5% return” line is based on 182 days.

 

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Tax information unaudited

 

We are required to advise you of the federal tax status of certain distributions received by shareholders during the fiscal year. Each fund hereby designates the following amounts for the funds’ fiscal year ended May 31, 2022:

 

    Capital Group
Growth
ETF
    Capital Group
Global Growth
Equity
ETF
    Capital Group
International
Focus Equity
ETF
    Capital Group
Core Equity
ETF
    Capital Group
Dividend
Value
ETF
 
Foreign taxes (per share)   $     $     $ 0.01     $     $  
Foreign source income (per share)   $     $     $ 0.14     $     $  
Qualified dividend income     %     %     %     100 %     100 %
Corporate dividends received deduction     %     %     %     100 %     100 %

 

Individual shareholders should refer to their Form 1099 or other tax information, which will be mailed in January 2023, to determine the calendar year amounts to be included on their 2022 tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory and Service Agreement

 

Capital Group Growth ETF

Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF
Capital Group Core Equity ETF

Capital Group Dividend Value ETF

 

The boards of Capital Group Growth ETF, Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF, Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, Capital Group Core Equity ETF and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (the “board”), including a majority of its independent board members, have approved each fund’s Investment Advisory and Service Agreement (the “agreement”) with Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) for an initial term through July 31, 2023. The board determined in the exercise of its business judgment that each fund’s contractual fee rate was fair and reasonable in relation to the services provided, and that approving the agreement was in the best interests of each fund and its shareholders.

 

In reaching this decision, the board took into account information prepared specifically in connection with their review of the agreement and information otherwise provided in the meeting material, as well as information previously provided to them in their capacity as board members of other investment companies managed by CRMC, and they were advised by their independent counsel with respect to the matters considered. They considered the following factors, among others, but did not identify any single issue or particular piece of information that, in isolation, was the controlling factor, and each board member did not necessarily attribute the same weight to each factor.

 

1. Nature, extent and quality of services

 

The board considered the depth and quality of CRMC’s investment management process, including its global research capabilities; the experience, capability and integrity of its senior management and other personnel; the low turnover rates of its key personnel; the overall financial strength and stability of CRMC and the Capital Group organization; the resources and systems CRMC devotes to investment management (the manner in which each fund’s assets will be managed, including liquidity management), financial, investment operations, compliance, trading, proxy voting, and other services; and the ongoing evolution of CRMC’s organizational structure designed to maintain and strengthen these qualities. The board also considered the nature, extent and quality of administrative services to be provided by CRMC to each fund under the agreement and other agreements. The board considered the risks assumed by CRMC in providing services to each fund, including operational, business, financial, reputational, regulatory and litigation risks. The board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by CRMC should benefit each fund and its shareholders.

 

2. Investment results

 

The board considered the manner in which CRMC proposed to manage each fund in light of its objective and strategy. They also considered the proposed investment policies and restrictions on each fund, and CRMC’s experience in managing similar strategies. On the basis of this evaluation and the board’s plan to undertake ongoing review of investment operations and results, the board concluded that CRMC’s management should benefit each fund and its shareholders. This report, including the letter to shareholders and related disclosures, contains certain information about each fund’s investment results and related benchmarks.

 

3. Advisory fees and total expenses

 

The board reviewed the proposed unitary fee structure and considered that CRMC would be, with certain exceptions, responsible for the operating expenses of each fund. The board considered the contractual fee rate that will be paid by each fund to CRMC and compared the estimated expense ratio of each fund to the expense ratios of other relevant funds. The board concluded that the proposed contractual fee rate was fair and reasonable in relation to the services that CRMC proposed to provide, as well as in relation to the risks assumed by the adviser in sponsoring and managing each fund, and that each fund’s shareholders would likely receive reasonable value in return for the fees paid to CRMC by each fund.

 

36 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

4. Ancillary benefits

 

The board considered a variety of other benefits that CRMC and its affiliates could receive as a result of CRMC’s proposed relationship with each fund and other funds it sponsors, including fees for administrative services and possible ancillary benefits to CRMC and its institutional management affiliates in managing other investment vehicles. The board considered CRMC’s portfolio trading practices, noting that, since 2019, CRMC has borne the cost of third-party research. The board also noted that CRMC benefited from the use of commissions from portfolio transactions made on behalf of each fund to facilitate payments to certain broker-dealers for research to comply with regulatory requirements, with all such amounts reimbursed to each fund by CRMC. The board took these ancillary benefits into account in evaluating the reasonableness of the fees payable to CRMC by each fund under the agreement.

 

5. Adviser financial information

 

The board considered CRMC’s commitment to providing to each fund the necessary resources, including personnel, systems and resources of investment, compliance, trading, accounting and other administrative operations. The board noted the competitiveness and cyclicality of both the registered fund industry and the capital markets, and the importance in that environment of CRMC’s long-term profitability for maintaining its independence, company culture and management continuity. The board further considered that shareholders would benefit from the unitary fee structure because expenses would be limited even when each fund was new and not achieving economies of scale. The board also considered the fact that increases in assets would not lead to fee decreases, even if economies of scale are achieved, because the unitary fee structure does not contain breakpoints, and that they would have the opportunity to further review the appropriateness of the fees payable to CRMC under the agreement experienced in the future. The board concluded that each fund’s proposed contractual fee rate reflected a reasonable sharing of benefits between CRMC and each fund’s shareholders.

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 37
 

Board of trustees and other officers

 

Independent trustees1
 
Name and year of birth   Year first
elected
a trustee
of the fund2
  Principal occupation(s) during past five years   Number of
portfolios in fund
complex overseen
by trustee
  Other directorships3
held by trustee
Vanessa C. L. Chang, 1952
Chair of the Board
(Independent and
Non-Executive)
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Former Director, EL & EL Investments (real estate)   22   Edison International/Southern
California Edison; Transocean Ltd. (offshore drilling contractor)
Jennifer C. Feikin, 1968   CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Business Advisor; previously held positions at Google, AOL, 20th Century Fox and McKinsey & Company;
Trustee, The Nature Conservancy of Utah; former Trustee, The Nature Conservancy of California; former Director, First Descents
  15   Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
Pablo R. González Guajardo, 1967   CGGR
CGGO
CGDV
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  CEO, Kimberly-Clark de México, SAB de CV   22   América Móvil, SAB de CV (telecommunications company); Grupo Lala, SAB de CV (dairy company); Grupo Sanborns, SAB de CV (retail stores and restaurants); Kimberly-Clark de México, SAB de CV (consumer staples)
Leslie Stone Heisz, 1961   CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Former Managing Director, Lazard (retired, 2010); Director, Edwards Lifesciences; Trustee, Public Storage; Director, Kaiser Permanente (California public benefit corporation); Former Lecturer, UCLA Anderson School of Management   15   None
William D. Jones, 1955   CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Real estate developer/owner, President and CEO, CityLink Investment Corporation (acquires, develops and manages real estate ventures in urban communities) and for the former City Scene Management Company (provided commercial
asset management services)
  23   Biogen Inc.; Sempra Energy

 

Interested trustees4,5
 
Name, year of birth and
position with fund
  Year first
elected
a trustee
or officer
of the fund2
  Principal occupation(s) during past five years
and positions held with affiliated entities or
the principal underwriter of the fund
  Number of
portfolios in fund
complex overseen
by trustee
  Other directorships3
held by trustee
William L. Robbins, 1968
Trustee: CGGR, CGGO, CGXU, CGDV
Senior Vice President and Trustee: CGUS
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company6;
Chair and Director, Capital Group International, Inc.6
  10   None
                     
The fund’s statement of additional information includes further details about fund trustees and is available without charge upon request by calling American Funds Service Company at (800) 421-4225 or by visiting the American Funds website at americanfunds.com. The address for all trustees and officers of the fund is 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Attention: Secretary.

 

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Other officers5
 
Name, year of birth and
position with fund
  Year first
elected an officer
of the fund2
  Principal occupation(s) during past five years and positions held with affiliated entities
or the principal underwriter of the fund
Irfan M. Furniturewala, 1971
Co-President
  CGGR   2021   Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Alan J. Wilson, 1961
Co-President
  CGGR   2021   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital Research and Management Company
Patrice Collette, 1967
President
  CGGO   2021   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital International, Inc.6
Sung Lee, 1966
President
  CGXU   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International, Inc.6; Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.6
Keiko McKibben, 1969
Co-President
  CGUS   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Carlos A. Schonfeld, 1971
Co-President
  CGUS   2021   Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital International Limited6
Christopher D. Buchbinder, 1971
CGDV President
      2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.6
Walt Burkley, 1966
Principal Executive Officer
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital Research Company6; Director, Capital Research and Management Company
Michael W. Stockton, 1967
Executive Vice President
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Senior Vice President — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company
Erik A. Vayntrub, 1984
Senior Vice President
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company; Secretary, Capital Management Services, Inc.6
Paul Benjamin, 1979
Senior Vice President
  CGGR   2021   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital Strategy Research, Inc.6
Mark L. Casey, 1970
Senior Vice President
  CGGR   2021   Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Anne-Marie Peterson, 1972
Senior Vice President
  CGGR   2021   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Andraz Razen, 1975
Senior Vice President
  CGGR   2021   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research Company
Paul Flynn, 1966
Senior Vice President
  CGGO   2021   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital International, Inc.6
Roz Hongsaranagon, 1979
Senior Vice President
  CGGO   2021   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Jonathan Knowles, PhD, 1961
Senior Vice President
  CGGO   2021   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital International, Inc.6
Nicholas J. Grace, 1966
Senior Vice President
  CGXU   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research Company6
Renaud H. Samyn, 1974
Senior Vice President
  CGXU   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Inc.6
Christopher Thomsen, 1970
Senior Vice President
  CGXU   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research Company6
Charles E. Ellwein, 1968
Senior Vice President
  CGUS   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital Research and Management Company
J. Blair Frank, 1966
Senior Vice President
  CGUS   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Donald D. O’Neal, 1960
Senior Vice President
  CGUS   2021   Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company6

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds 39
 
Other officers5 (continued)
 
Name, year of birth and
position with fund
  Year first
elected an officer
of the fund2
  Principal occupation(s) during past five years and positions held with affiliated entities
or the principal underwriter of the fund
Martin Jacobs, 1962
Senior Vice President
  CGDV   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.6
James B. Lovelace, 1956
Senior Vice President
  CGDV   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company6
Keiko McKibben, 1969
Senior Vice President
  CGDV   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
James Terrile, 1965
Senior Vice President
  CGDV   2021   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Jennifer L. Butler, 1966
Secretary
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Assistant Vice President — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company
Troy S. Tanner, 1983
Treasurer
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company
Susan K. Countess, 1966
Assistant Secretary
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Associate — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company
Michael R. Tom, 1988
Assistant Secretary
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Associate — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company
Sandra Chuon, 1972
Assistant Treasurer
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company
Gregory F. Niland, 1971
Assistant Treasurer
  CGGR
CGGO
CGXU
CGUS
CGDV
  2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
  Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company

 

1 The term independent trustee refers to a trustee who is not an “interested person” of the fund within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
2 Trustees and officers of the fund serve until their resignation, removal or retirement.
3 This includes all directorships/trusteeships (other than those in the American Funds or other funds managed by Capital Research and Management Company or its affiliates) that are held by each trustee as a trustee or director of a public company or a registered investment company.
4 The term interested trustee refers to a trustee who is an “interested person” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, on the basis of their affiliation with the fund’s investment adviser, Capital Research and Management Company, or affiliated entities (including the fund’s principal underwriter).
5 All of the trustees and/or officers listed are officers and/or directors/trustees of one or more of the other funds for which Capital Research and Management Company serves as investment adviser.
6 Company affiliated with Capital Research and Management Company.

 

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Office of the fund
6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618-4518

 

Investment adviser
Capital Research and Management Company
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406

 

Transfer agent for shareholder accounts
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900

 

Custodian of assets
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900

 

Counsel
Dechert LLP
One Bush Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104-4446

 

Independent registered public accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
601 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017-3874

 

Principal underwriter

American Funds Distributors, Inc.
333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406

 

44 Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds
 

Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectus and summary prospectus, which can be obtained from your financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. You may also call American Funds Service Company (AFS) at (800) 421-4225 or visit the Capital Group website at capitalgroup.com.

 

“Proxy Voting Procedures and Principles” — which describes our procedures and principles for voting portfolio securities — is available on our American Funds website or upon request by calling AFS. Each fund files its proxy voting record with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the 12 months ended June 30 by August 31. The proxy voting record is available free of charge on the SEC website at sec.gov and on our website.

 

Capital Group Equity Exchange-Traded Funds

 

Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.

 

Investing outside the United States involves risks, such as currency fluctuations, periods of illiquidity and price volatility, as more fully described in the prospectus. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in developing countries. The expense ratio is as of the fund’s prospectus available at the time of publication. The expense ratio is estimated.

 

S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization-weighted index based on the results of approximately 500 widely held common stocks. This index is unmanaged, and its results include reinvested dividends and/or distributions but do not reflect the effect of sales charges, commissions, account fees, expenses or U.S. federal income taxes. Each S&P Index (“Index”) shown is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates and has been licensed for use by Capital Group. Copyright © 2022 S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a division of S&P Global, and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Redistribution or reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC.

 

MSCI All Country World ex USA Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market results in the global developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States. The index consists of more than 40 developed and emerging market country indexes. Results reflect dividends gross of withholding taxes through December 31, 2000, and dividends net of withholding taxes thereafter. MSCI All Country World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market results in the global developed and emerging markets, consisting of more than 40 developed and emerging market country indexes. Results reflect dividends gross of withholding taxes through December 31, 2000, and dividends net of withholding taxes thereafter. These indexes are unmanaged, and its results include reinvested dividends and/or distributions but do not reflect the effect of sales charges, commissions, account fees, expenses or U.S. federal income taxes.

 

MSCI has not approved, reviewed or produced this report, makes no express or implied warranties or representations and is not liable whatsoever for any data in the report. You may not redistribute the MSCI data or use it as a basis for other indices or investment products.

 

American Funds Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

This content, developed by Capital Group, home of American Funds, should not be used as a primary basis for investment decisions and is not intended to serve as impartial investment or fiduciary advice.

 

 

 

ITEM 2 – Code of Ethics

 

The Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to its Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer. The Registrant undertakes to provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of the Code of Ethics. Such request can be made by calling 800/421-4225 or to the Secretary of the Registrant, 6455 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, California 92618.

 

ITEM 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

The Registrant’s board has determined that Leslie Stone Heisz, a member of the Registrant’s audit committee, is an “audit committee financial expert” and "independent," as such terms are defined in this Item. This designation will not increase the designee’s duties, obligations or liability as compared to his or her duties, obligations and liability as a member of the audit committee and of the board, nor will it reduce the responsibility of the other audit committee members. There may be other individuals who, through education or experience, would qualify as "audit committee financial experts" if the board had designated them as such. Most importantly, the board believes each member of the audit committee contributes significantly to the effective oversight of the Registrant’s financial statements and condition.

 

ITEM 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services

  CGXU
     
Registrant:    

a)  Audit Fees:    
Audit 2021  None
  2022  None
     
b)  Audit-Related Fees:    
  2021  None
  2022  None
     
c)  Tax Fees:    
  2021  None
  2022  None
  The tax fees consist of professional services relating to the preparation of the Registrant’s tax returns.  
     
d)  All Other Fees:    
  2021  None
  2022  None
     
  Adviser and affiliates (includes only fees for non-audit services billed to the adviser and affiliates for engagements that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant and were subject to the pre-approval policies described below):  
a)  Audit Fees:    
  Not Applicable  
     
b)  Audit-Related Fees:    
  2021  None
  2022  None
  The audit-related fees consist of assurance and related services relating to the examination of the Registrant’s transfer agent, principal underwriter and investment adviser conducted in accordance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements Number 18 issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  
     
c)  Tax Fees:    
  2021  None
  2022  None
  The tax fees consist of consulting services relating to the Registrant’s investments.  
     
     

d)  All Other Fees:    
  2021                2,000
  2022  None
  The other fees consist of subscription services related to an accounting research tool.  
     
     
  All audit and permissible non-audit services that the Registrant’s audit committee considers compatible with maintaining the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence are required to be pre-approved by the committee.  The pre-approval requirement will extend to all non-audit services provided to the Registrant, the investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant. The committee will not delegate its responsibility to pre-approve these services to the investment adviser. The committee may delegate to one or more committee members the authority to review and pre-approve audit and permissible non-audit services.  Actions taken under any such delegation will be reported to the full committee at its next meeting. The pre-approval requirement is waived with respect to non-audit services if certain conditions are met. The pre-approval requirement was not waived for any of the non-audit services listed above provided to the Registrant, adviser and affiliates.  
     
  Aggregate non-audit fees paid to the Registrant’s auditors, including fees for all services billed to the Registrant, adviser and affiliates that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, were $0 for fiscal year 2021 and $0 for fiscal year 2022. The non-audit services represented by these amounts were brought to the attention of the committee and considered to be compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence.  

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

 

Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

ITEM 6 – Schedule of Investments

 

Not applicable, insofar as the schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

ITEM 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a closed-end management investment company.

 

ITEM 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a closed-end management investment company.

 

ITEM 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

 

Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a closed-end management investment company.

 

ITEM 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s board of trustees since the Registrant last submitted a proxy statement to its shareholders. The procedures are as follows. The Registrant has a nominating and governance committee comprised solely of persons who are not considered ‘‘interested persons’’ of the Registrant within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The committee periodically reviews such issues as the board’s composition, responsibilities, committees, compensation and other relevant issues, and recommends any appropriate changes to the full board of trustees. While the committee normally is able to identify from its own resources an ample number of qualified candidates, it will consider shareholder suggestions of persons to be considered as nominees to fill future vacancies on the board. Such suggestions must be sent in writing to the nominating and governance committee of the Registrant, c/o the Registrant’s Secretary, and must be accompanied by complete biographical and occupational data on the prospective nominee, along with a written consent of the prospective nominee for consideration of his or her name by the nominating and governance committee.

 

ITEM 11 – Controls and Procedures

 

(a) The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 30a-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940), that such controls and procedures are adequate and reasonably designed to achieve the purposes described in paragraph (c) of such rule.
   
(b)

There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s semi-annual period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 12 – Exhibits

 

(a)(1) The Code of Ethics that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2 is attached as an exhibit hereto.
   
(a)(2) The certifications required by Rule 30a-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached as exhibits hereto.
 
 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  CAPITAL GROUP INTERNATIONAL FOCUS EQUITY ETF
   
  By __/s/ Walter R. Burkley________________
 

Walter R. Burkley,

Principal Executive Officer

   
  Date: July 29, 2022

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

 

By _ /s/ Walter R. Burkley_____________

Walter R. Burkley,

Principal Executive Officer

 
Date: July 29, 2022

 

 

 

By ___/s/ Troy S. Tanner__________________

Troy S. Tanner, Treasurer and

Principal Financial Officer

 
Date: July 29, 2022