UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings of
Registered Management Investment Company
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-00032
American Funds Fundamental Investors
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
One Market, Steuart Tower
Suite 2000
San Francisco, California 94105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (415) 421-9360
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2014
Michael W. Stockton
American Funds Fundamental Investors
One Market, Steuart Tower
Suite 2000
San Francisco, California 94105
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Mark D. Perlow
K&L Gates LLP
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200
San Francisco, California 94111
(Counsel for the Registrant)
ITEM 1 – Schedule of Investments
Common stocks 95.44% Financials 16.06% |
Shares | Value (000) |
Wells Fargo & Co. | 24,745,916 | $1,283,571 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 16,205,000 | 976,189 |
American Express Co. | 9,770,000 | 855,266 |
Capital One Financial Corp. | 10,162,000 | 829,422 |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class A1 | 3,835 | 793,461 |
CME Group Inc., Class A | 8,007,600 | 640,248 |
ACE Ltd. | 4,450,000 | 466,672 |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 2,438,200 | 447,580 |
Legal & General Group PLC | 119,784,921 | 444,499 |
Citigroup Inc. | 8,000,000 | 414,560 |
American International Group, Inc. | 7,641,700 | 412,805 |
Moody’s Corp. | 4,115,000 | 388,868 |
SunTrust Banks, Inc. | 10,103,987 | 384,255 |
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 10,924,239 | 348,046 |
Equity Residential | 4,506,171 | 277,490 |
Aon PLC, Class A | 2,860,000 | 250,736 |
CNO Financial Group, Inc.2 | 11,900,000 | 201,824 |
BlackRock, Inc. | 600,000 | 196,992 |
KeyCorp | 14,060,000 | 187,420 |
American Tower Corp. | 2,000,000 | 187,260 |
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. | 2,200,000 | 185,790 |
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A | 3,820,000 | 179,724 |
XL Group PLC | 5,367,000 | 178,023 |
Deutsche Bank AG | 4,696,000 | 164,741 |
Aegon NV | 18,277,585 | 150,795 |
Charles Schwab Corp. | 4,376,200 | 128,617 |
Leucadia National Corp. | 4,589,846 | 109,422 |
Crown Castle International Corp. | 1,251,522 | 100,785 |
Synchrony Financial1 | 4,100,000 | 100,655 |
11,285,716 | ||
Consumer discretionary 15.83% | ||
Amazon.com, Inc.1 | 6,607,800 | 2,130,619 |
Comcast Corp., Class A | 34,585,000 | 1,859,981 |
Home Depot, Inc. | 14,110,000 | 1,294,451 |
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A | 26,125,000 | 895,826 |
Walt Disney Co. | 9,390,000 | 835,992 |
Time Warner Inc. | 9,230,000 | 694,188 |
Expedia, Inc. | 4,891,000 | 428,549 |
Carnival Corp., units | 7,920,000 | 318,146 |
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 3,400,000 | 303,280 |
Macy’s, Inc. | 5,000,000 | 290,900 |
CBS Corp., Class B | 5,125,000 | 274,188 |
Viacom Inc., Class B | 3,175,000 | 244,285 |
Marriott International, Inc., Class A | 3,066,045 | 214,317 |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | 4,600,000 | 202,400 |
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 3,430,000 | 181,516 |
Common stocks Consumer discretionary (continued) |
Shares | Value (000) |
Naspers Ltd., Class N | 1,500,000 | $165,518 |
Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A | 920,000 | 151,552 |
Liberty Global PLC, Class C1 | 2,353,511 | 96,529 |
Liberty Global PLC, Class A1 | 863,679 | 36,741 |
Altice SA1 | 2,427,171 | 128,542 |
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. | 650,000 | 121,602 |
Starbucks Corp. | 1,000,000 | 75,460 |
Toyota Motor Corp. | 930,000 | 54,804 |
VF Corp. | 750,000 | 49,523 |
Lennar Corp., Class A | 740,000 | 28,734 |
D.R. Horton, Inc. | 1,300,000 | 26,676 |
Toll Brothers, Inc.1 | 640,000 | 19,942 |
Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 76,800 | 4,778 |
11,129,039 | ||
Information technology 15.65% | ||
Microsoft Corp. | 56,205,000 | 2,605,664 |
Google Inc., Class C1 | 1,362,800 | 786,826 |
Google Inc., Class A1 | 1,327,800 | 781,291 |
Avago Technologies Ltd. | 10,161,993 | 884,093 |
ASML Holding NV | 4,555,030 | 453,470 |
ASML Holding NV (New York registered) | 2,481,000 | 245,172 |
Apple Inc. | 6,880,000 | 693,160 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 27,230,000 | 685,379 |
Texas Instruments Inc. | 12,070,300 | 575,632 |
Intel Corp. | 12,000,000 | 417,840 |
Amphenol Corp., Class A | 3,573,900 | 356,890 |
Analog Devices, Inc. | 6,799,000 | 336,482 |
Intuit Inc. | 2,962,382 | 259,653 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 59,120,000 | 233,219 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (ADR) | 1,200,000 | 24,216 |
salesforce.com, inc.1 | 4,430,000 | 254,858 |
LinkedIn Corp., Class A1 | 1,020,000 | 211,946 |
MasterCard Inc., Class A | 2,500,000 | 184,800 |
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 1,455,000 | 165,433 |
Visa Inc., Class A | 750,000 | 160,027 |
Baidu, Inc., Class A (ADR)1 | 725,000 | 158,217 |
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | 5,000,000 | 151,200 |
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 1,955,000 | 108,092 |
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd. | 10,397,300 | 102,904 |
Rackspace Hosting, Inc.1 | 3,138,200 | 102,148 |
Concur Technologies, Inc.1 | 474,000 | 60,113 |
10,998,725 | ||
Industrials 13.79% | ||
Boeing Co. | 11,400,000 | 1,452,132 |
Union Pacific Corp. | 12,840,000 | 1,392,113 |
General Electric Co. | 43,250,000 | 1,108,065 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 3,113,200 | 569,031 |
Airbus Group NV | 8,490,000 | 534,235 |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 4,350,000 | 496,552 |
Rockwell Automation | 3,500,000 | 384,580 |
Caterpillar Inc. | 3,775,000 | 373,838 |
Deere & Co. | 3,800,000 | 311,562 |
Masco Corp. | 12,350,000 | 295,412 |
Common stocks Industrials (continued) |
Shares | Value (000) |
Siemens AG | 2,000,000 | $238,388 |
United Technologies Corp. | 2,200,000 | 232,320 |
TransDigm Group Inc. | 1,260,000 | 232,256 |
Honeywell International Inc. | 2,400,000 | 223,488 |
Schneider Electric SE | 2,807,000 | 215,559 |
Iron Mountain Inc. | 6,319,011 | 206,316 |
Cummins Inc. | 1,410,000 | 186,092 |
United Continental Holdings, Inc.1 | 3,600,000 | 168,444 |
Waste Management, Inc. | 3,400,000 | 161,602 |
MTU Aero Engines AG | 1,835,346 | 156,706 |
Grafton Group PLC, units2 | 15,037,000 | 152,601 |
Fastenal Co. | 3,100,000 | 139,190 |
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC1 | 8,060,000 | 126,026 |
Ryanair Holdings PLC (ADR)1 | 1,850,000 | 104,395 |
Meggitt PLC | 14,055,334 | 102,810 |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 740,000 | 97,502 |
Civeo Corp. | 2,934,000 | 34,064 |
9,695,279 | ||
Health care 10.11% | ||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 22,285,000 | 1,321,055 |
Gilead Sciences, Inc.1 | 6,418,790 | 683,280 |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1 | 5,800,000 | 651,398 |
Express Scripts Holding Co.1 | 8,880,000 | 627,194 |
Pfizer Inc. | 18,600,000 | 550,002 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 9,500,000 | 486,210 |
Johnson & Johnson | 4,000,000 | 426,360 |
Roche Holding AG | 1,325,000 | 392,906 |
Baxter International Inc. | 3,751,755 | 269,263 |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1 | 728,000 | 262,459 |
Hologic, Inc.1 | 10,005,000 | 243,422 |
Boston Scientific Corp.1 | 20,000,000 | 236,200 |
AbbVie Inc. | 3,400,000 | 196,384 |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.1 | 1,700,000 | 173,655 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 1,400,000 | 170,380 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 1,852,000 | 159,735 |
AstraZeneca PLC | 1,612,100 | 116,077 |
PerkinElmer, Inc. | 2,035,000 | 88,726 |
Humana Inc. | 396,000 | 51,595 |
7,106,301 | ||
Energy 9.18% | ||
ConocoPhillips | 8,910,000 | 681,793 |
Suncor Energy Inc. | 15,592,932 | 564,294 |
Noble Energy, Inc. | 7,678,400 | 524,895 |
FMC Technologies, Inc.1 | 6,803,310 | 369,488 |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B (ADR) | 4,663,834 | 369,003 |
Chevron Corp. | 3,016,137 | 359,885 |
Baker Hughes Inc. | 5,000,000 | 325,300 |
Concho Resources Inc.1 | 2,420,000 | 303,444 |
Denbury Resources Inc.2 | 18,900,000 | 284,067 |
Enbridge Inc. | 5,903,972 | 282,613 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 2,600,000 | 249,990 |
Southwestern Energy Co.1 | 7,000,000 | 244,650 |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 9,870,000 | 226,911 |
Common stocks Energy (continued) |
Shares | Value (000) |
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. | 6,922,900 | $218,452 |
Schlumberger Ltd. | 2,100,000 | 213,549 |
EOG Resources, Inc. | 2,000,000 | 198,040 |
Oceaneering International, Inc. | 2,449,764 | 159,651 |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 3,990,000 | 152,977 |
BG Group PLC | 7,950,000 | 146,925 |
Phillips 66 | 1,670,000 | 135,788 |
Murphy Oil Corp. | 2,140,000 | 121,787 |
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 500,000 | 98,485 |
Oil States International, Inc.1 | 1,467,000 | 90,807 |
CONSOL Energy Inc. | 1,600,000 | 60,576 |
Spectra Energy Corp | 1,300,000 | 51,038 |
Seventy Seven Energy, Inc.1 | 705,000 | 16,737 |
6,451,145 | ||
Consumer staples 5.75% | ||
Philip Morris International Inc. | 15,820,000 | 1,319,388 |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 8,910,000 | 746,123 |
PepsiCo, Inc. | 5,000,000 | 465,450 |
British American Tobacco PLC | 5,345,000 | 301,717 |
Campbell Soup Co. | 6,000,000 | 256,380 |
Walgreen Co. | 4,000,000 | 237,080 |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 1,700,000 | 213,044 |
Japan Tobacco Inc. | 4,705,000 | 153,023 |
Pernod Ricard SA | 1,150,000 | 130,203 |
Altria Group, Inc. | 2,595,000 | 119,214 |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 900,000 | 96,813 |
4,038,435 | ||
Materials 4.00% | ||
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. | 18,062,708 | 624,247 |
LyondellBasell Industries NV | 4,770,000 | 518,308 |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. | 6,000,000 | 430,560 |
FMC Corp. | 5,951,805 | 340,384 |
Mosaic Co. | 5,500,000 | 244,255 |
Monsanto Co. | 1,500,000 | 168,765 |
Praxair, Inc. | 1,300,000 | 167,700 |
MeadWestvaco Corp. | 3,660,000 | 149,841 |
Dow Chemical Co. | 1,858,318 | 97,450 |
HudBay Minerals Inc. | 6,744,900 | 57,635 |
Rio Tinto PLC | 254,356 | 12,500 |
2,811,645 | ||
Telecommunication services 1.50% | ||
Verizon Communications Inc. | 8,080,362 | 403,937 |
SoftBank Corp. | 5,240,000 | 367,361 |
Deutsche Telekom AG | 12,800,000 | 194,005 |
Orange | 6,000,000 | 90,220 |
1,055,523 |
Common stocks Utilities 0.42% |
Shares | Value (000) |
PG&E Corp. | 2,500,000 | $112,600 |
National Grid PLC | 7,034,860 | 101,272 |
FirstEnergy Corp. | 2,500,000 | 83,925 |
297,797 | ||
Miscellaneous 3.15% | ||
Other common stocks in initial period of acquisition | 2,210,198 | |
Total common stocks (cost: $44,070,369,000) | 67,079,803 | |
Short-term securities 4.47% | Principal amount (000) |
|
3M Co. 0.07% due 11/3/20143 | $ 25,000 | 24,998 |
Abbott Laboratories 0.10% due 12/2/2014—12/15/20143 | 99,500 | 99,486 |
Apple Inc. 0.07%—0.09% due 10/8/2014—10/16/20143 | 87,400 | 87,397 |
Chariot Funding, LLC 0.26% due 1/26/20153 | 25,000 | 24,985 |
Chevron Corp. 0.10%—0.12% due 10/8/2014—1/21/20153 | 106,000 | 105,970 |
Ciesco LLC 0.18% due 12/4/2014 | 25,900 | 25,892 |
Coca-Cola Co. 0.11%—0.17% due 10/20/2014—1/23/20153 | 192,700 | 192,653 |
Emerson Electric Co. 0.09% due 10/23/20143 | 30,000 | 29,999 |
Fannie Mae 0.06%—0.12% due 10/2/2014—6/1/2015 | 740,231 | 740,028 |
Federal Farm Credit Banks 0.11%—0.14% due 3/30/2015—7/2/2015 | 62,500 | 62,472 |
Federal Home Loan Bank 0.05%—0.10% due 10/14/2014—3/25/2015 | 499,550 | 499,513 |
Freddie Mac 0.06%—0.17% due 10/17/2014—7/23/2015 | 641,985 | 641,791 |
IBM Corp. 0.07%—0.10% due 10/3/2014—12/23/20143 | 111,100 | 111,095 |
Medtronic Inc. 0.08% due 11/4/20143 | 5,100 | 5,100 |
Paccar Financial Corp. 0.08% due 10/24/2014 | 22,100 | 22,098 |
PepsiCo Inc. 0.07% due 12/1/20143 | 40,500 | 40,493 |
Private Export Funding Corp. 0.13%—0.26% due 12/5/2014—1/22/20153 | 76,600 | 76,571 |
Procter & Gamble Co. 0.10%—0.12% due 10/24/2014—1/12/20153 | 169,700 | 169,679 |
United Parcel Service Inc. 0.13% due 1/2/20153 | 54,300 | 54,284 |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 0.09% due 10/27/20143 | 50,000 | 49,999 |
Wells Fargo & Co. 0.14% due 10/8/2014 | 80,000 | 79,999 |
Total short-term securities (cost: $3,144,031,000) | 3,144,502 | |
Total investment securities 99.91% (cost: $47,214,400,000) | 70,224,305 | |
Other assets less liabilities 0.09% | 60,049 | |
Net assets 100.00% | $70,284,354 |
Beginning shares |
Additions | Reductions | Ending shares |
Dividend income (000) |
Value of affiliates at 9/30/2014 (000) | |
Denbury Resources Inc. | 13,800,000 | 5,100,000 | — | 18,900,000 | $2,917 | $284,067 |
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | 11,900,000 | — | — | 11,900,000 | 2,142 | 201,824 |
Grafton Group PLC, units | 15,037,000 | — | — | 15,037,000 | 2,303 | 152,601 |
$7,362 | $638,492 |
1 | Security did not produce income during the last 12 months. |
2 | Represents an affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
3 | Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) 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 $1,072,709,000, which represented 1.53% of the net assets of the fund. |
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; 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 |
Investment securities | ||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
Assets: | ||||
Common stocks: | ||||
Financials | $11,285,716 | $— | $— | $11,285,716 |
Consumer discretionary | 11,129,039 | — | — | 11,129,039 |
Information technology | 10,998,725 | — | — | 10,998,725 |
Industrials | 9,695,279 | — | — | 9,695,279 |
Health care | 7,106,301 | — | — | 7,106,301 |
Energy | 6,451,145 | — | — | 6,451,145 |
Consumer staples | 4,038,435 | — | — | 4,038,435 |
Materials | 2,811,645 | — | — | 2,811,645 |
Telecommunication services | 1,055,523 | — | — | 1,055,523 |
Utilities | 297,797 | — | — | 297,797 |
Miscellaneous | 2,210,198 | — | — | 2,210,198 |
Short-term securities | — | 3,144,502 | — | 3,144,502 |
Total | $67,079,803 | $3,144,502 | $— | $70,224,305 |
Federal income tax information | (dollars in thousands) |
Gross unrealized appreciation on investment securities | $23,403,034 |
Gross unrealized depreciation on investment securities | (398,493) |
Net unrealized appreciation on investment securities | 23,004,541 |
Cost of investment securities | 47,219,764 |
Key to abbreviation | |
ADR = American Depositary Receipts |
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ITEM 2 – Controls and Procedures
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.
There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 3 – Exhibits
The certifications required by Rule 30a-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Section 302 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.
AMERICAN FUNDS FUNDAMENTAL INVESTORS | |
By /s/ Paul F. Roye | |
Paul F. Roye, Executive Vice President and Principal Executive Officer | |
Date: November 28, 2014 |
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/ Paul F. Roye _ |
Paul F. Roye, Executive Vice President and Principal Executive Officer |
Date: November 28, 2014 |
By /s/ Jeffrey P. Regal |
Jeffrey P. Regal, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer |
Date: November 28, 2014 |
American Funds Fundamental Investors One Market, Steuart Tower Suite 2000 San Francisco, California 94105 (415) 421-9360 |
CERTIFICATION
I, Paul F. Roye, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of American Funds Fundamental Investors; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which this report is filed; |
4. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have: |
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and | |
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and | |
5. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's Board of Trustees (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and | |
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: November 28, 2014
/s/ Paul F. Roye
Paul F. Roye, Executive Vice President and
Principal Executive Officer
American Funds Fundamental Investors
American Funds Fundamental Investors One Market, Steuart Tower Suite 2000 San Francisco, California 94105 (415) 421-9360 |
CERTIFICATION
I, Jeffrey P. Regal, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of American Funds Fundamental Investors; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which this report is filed; |
4. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have: |
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and | |
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and | |
5. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's Board of Trustees (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and | |
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: November 28, 2014
/s/ Jeffrey P. Regal
Jeffrey P. Regal, Treasurer and
Principal Financial Officer
American Funds Fundamental Investors