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)
6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (213) 486-9200
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2015
Michael W. Stockton
American Funds Fundamental Investors
6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
ITEM 1 – Schedule of Investments
Common stocks 95.25% Consumer discretionary 18.34% |
Shares | Value (000) |
Amazon.com, Inc.1 | 4,906,800 | $2,511,742 |
Comcast Corp., Class A | 33,287,000 | 1,893,365 |
Home Depot, Inc. | 13,210,000 | 1,525,623 |
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A | 29,125,000 | 785,792 |
Walt Disney Co. | 7,140,000 | 729,708 |
Target Corp. | 7,015,000 | 551,800 |
Time Warner Inc. | 7,795,000 | 535,906 |
McDonald’s Corp. | 5,200,000 | 512,356 |
Expedia, Inc. | 3,980,000 | 468,366 |
Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 10,100,000 | 383,497 |
Macy’s, Inc. | 5,200,000 | 266,864 |
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 2,080,000 | 255,778 |
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. | 6,000,000 | 238,260 |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | 5,000,000 | 206,800 |
CBS Corp., Class B | 4,990,226 | 199,110 |
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 2,556,800 | 176,215 |
Starbucks Corp. | 3,070,000 | 174,499 |
Naspers Ltd., Class N2 | 1,300,000 | 163,115 |
Priceline Group Inc.1 | 120,000 | 148,423 |
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A1 | 838,000 | 147,362 |
JD.com, Inc., Class A (ADR)1 | 5,180,000 | 134,991 |
Liberty Global PLC, Class C1 | 2,353,511 | 96,541 |
Liberty Global PLC, Class A1 | 863,679 | 37,086 |
Viacom Inc., Class B | 2,500,000 | 107,875 |
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. | 1,412,328 | 75,023 |
Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A | 460,000 | 54,354 |
TopBuild Corp.1 | 1,084,082 | 33,574 |
Liberty Global PLC LiLAC, Class C1 | 117,675 | 4,029 |
Liberty Global PLC LiLAC, Class A1 | 43,183 | 1,455 |
12,419,509 | ||
Information technology 16.99% | ||
Microsoft Corp. | 63,155,000 | 2,795,240 |
Avago Technologies Ltd. | 10,704,932 | 1,338,224 |
Texas Instruments Inc. | 16,850,300 | 834,427 |
Google Inc., Class C1 | 779,317 | 474,152 |
Google Inc., Class A1 | 487,800 | 311,397 |
ASML Holding NV2 | 4,555,030 | 399,352 |
ASML Holding NV (New York registered) | 3,036,000 | 267,107 |
Intel Corp. | 21,815,173 | 657,509 |
Visa Inc., Class A | 8,780,000 | 611,615 |
Apple Inc. | 5,400,000 | 595,620 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.2 | 130,240,000 | 519,723 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ADR) | 3,484,800 | 72,310 |
Amphenol Corp., Class A | 6,750,000 | 343,980 |
salesforce.com, inc.1 | 4,865,000 | 337,777 |
Intuit Inc. | 3,760,000 | 333,700 |
Common stocks Information technology (continued) |
Shares | Value (000) |
Analog Devices, Inc. | 4,999,000 | $281,994 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 10,000,000 | 262,500 |
Baidu, Inc., Class A (ADR)1 | 1,890,000 | 259,705 |
MasterCard Inc., Class A | 2,500,000 | 225,300 |
International Business Machines Corp. | 1,450,000 | 210,206 |
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.2 | 1,200,000 | 155,842 |
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 1,955,000 | 117,085 |
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.2 | 9,543,400 | 63,017 |
KLA-Tencor Corp. | 825,140 | 41,257 |
11,509,039 | ||
Financials 15.46% | ||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 28,680,916 | 1,472,765 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 19,000,000 | 1,158,430 |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class A1 | 4,555 | 889,318 |
Capital One Financial Corp. | 10,162,000 | 736,948 |
CME Group Inc., Class A | 6,731,437 | 624,274 |
SunTrust Banks, Inc. | 14,403,987 | 550,808 |
American Express Co. | 6,495,000 | 481,474 |
ACE Ltd. | 4,350,000 | 449,790 |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 2,438,200 | 423,662 |
Citigroup Inc. | 8,500,000 | 421,685 |
Legal & General Group PLC2 | 109,784,921 | 396,443 |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 3,991,000 | 355,997 |
Crown Castle International Corp. | 3,557,039 | 280,544 |
Discover Financial Services | 5,200,000 | 270,348 |
American International Group, Inc. | 4,666,700 | 265,162 |
Weyerhaeuser Co.1 | 9,000,107 | 246,063 |
CNO Financial Group, Inc.3 | 11,900,000 | 223,839 |
KeyCorp | 16,060,000 | 208,941 |
American Tower Corp. | 2,000,000 | 175,960 |
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A2 | 11,460,000 | 164,636 |
Iron Mountain Inc. | 5,043,892 | 156,462 |
Aegon NV2 | 22,277,585 | 128,291 |
BlackRock, Inc. | 430,000 | 127,912 |
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. | 1,400,000 | 121,100 |
Equinix, Inc. | 375,000 | 102,525 |
Leucadia National Corp. | 1,166,445 | 23,632 |
Moody’s Corp. | 120,000 | 11,784 |
10,468,793 | ||
Health care 11.93% | ||
Express Scripts Holding Co.1 | 12,050,000 | 975,568 |
Medtronic PLC | 12,040,000 | 805,958 |
Merck & Co., Inc. | 16,235,000 | 801,847 |
Pfizer Inc. | 18,600,000 | 584,226 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 4,629,500 | 537,068 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 8,830,000 | 522,736 |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1 | 4,675,000 | 486,854 |
Boston Scientific Corp.1 | 23,855,000 | 391,461 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 3,000,000 | 366,840 |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1 | 759,000 | 353,041 |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3,418,790 | 335,691 |
Roche Holding AG, non-registered shares, non-voting2 | 1,125,000 | 297,398 |
Novartis AG2 | 3,190,000 | 293,846 |
Common stocks Health care (continued) |
Shares | Value (000) |
Johnson & Johnson | 3,100,000 | $289,385 |
Humana Inc. | 1,190,000 | 213,010 |
AstraZeneca PLC2 | 2,530,000 | 160,562 |
Abbott Laboratories | 3,816,771 | 153,511 |
Hologic, Inc.1 | 3,565,000 | 139,498 |
Aetna Inc. | 1,210,000 | 132,386 |
Baxter International Inc. | 3,751,755 | 123,245 |
Baxalta Inc. | 3,751,755 | 118,218 |
8,082,349 | ||
Consumer staples 10.85% | ||
Philip Morris International Inc. | 26,535,000 | 2,105,022 |
Coca-Cola Co. | 28,435,000 | 1,140,812 |
Reynolds American Inc. | 15,598,140 | 690,530 |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 7,460,000 | 536,672 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 5,375,000 | 446,662 |
Kroger Co. | 11,050,000 | 398,574 |
Kraft Heinz Co. | 4,900,000 | 345,842 |
Altria Group, Inc. | 6,310,000 | 343,264 |
British American Tobacco PLC2 | 5,905,000 | 326,350 |
Campbell Soup Co. | 6,000,000 | 304,080 |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 1,700,000 | 245,769 |
Diageo PLC2 | 7,000,000 | 188,373 |
CVS Health Corp. | 1,820,000 | 175,594 |
Pinnacle Foods Inc. | 2,490,000 | 104,281 |
7,351,825 | ||
Industrials 10.46% | ||
Boeing Co. | 8,320,000 | 1,089,504 |
General Electric Co. | 40,050,000 | 1,010,061 |
Union Pacific Corp. | 8,440,000 | 746,180 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 2,953,200 | 612,228 |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 4,675,000 | 454,877 |
Rockwell Automation | 3,500,000 | 355,145 |
Deere & Co. | 4,000,000 | 296,000 |
Caterpillar Inc. | 4,275,000 | 279,414 |
TransDigm Group Inc.1 | 1,310,000 | 278,257 |
Masco Corp. | 10,548,328 | 265,607 |
Honeywell International Inc. | 2,400,000 | 227,256 |
Cummins Inc. | 1,757,300 | 190,808 |
Grafton Group PLC, units2,3 | 15,037,000 | 152,148 |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 1,934,600 | 147,803 |
Ryanair Holdings PLC (ADR) | 1,850,000 | 144,855 |
KAR Auction Services, Inc. | 3,500,000 | 124,250 |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 740,000 | 122,803 |
Fastenal Co. | 3,100,000 | 113,491 |
MTU Aero Engines AG2 | 1,120,089 | 93,556 |
Meggitt PLC2 | 12,408,514 | 89,594 |
United Continental Holdings, Inc.1 | 1,567,600 | 83,161 |
Schneider Electric SE2 | 1,403,500 | 78,707 |
Waste Management, Inc. | 1,400,000 | 69,734 |
Airbus Group SE, non-registered shares2 | 975,000 | 57,911 |
7,083,350 |
Common stocks Energy 6.33% |
Shares | Value (000) |
ConocoPhillips | 9,610,000 | $460,896 |
Enbridge Inc. (CAD denominated) | 9,721,391 | 360,955 |
Chevron Corp. | 4,476,137 | 353,078 |
Baker Hughes Inc. | 6,458,300 | 336,090 |
Suncor Energy Inc. | 10,996,034 | 294,079 |
Concho Resources Inc.1 | 2,920,000 | 287,036 |
EOG Resources, Inc. | 3,935,000 | 286,468 |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B (ADR) | 4,663,834 | 221,439 |
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.3 | 10,185,882 | 211,808 |
Schlumberger Ltd. | 2,350,000 | 162,080 |
BP PLC2 | 30,000,000 | 152,060 |
Noble Energy, Inc. | 4,851,400 | 146,415 |
Phillips 66 | 1,709,488 | 131,357 |
TOTAL SA (ADR) | 1,908,259 | 85,318 |
TOTAL SA2 | 1,014,516 | 45,740 |
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 2,450,000 | 115,787 |
Cimarex Energy Co. | 1,100,000 | 112,728 |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 3,990,000 | 110,443 |
Murphy Oil Corp. | 4,140,000 | 100,188 |
BG Group PLC2 | 6,800,000 | 98,054 |
Southwestern Energy Co.1 | 7,000,000 | 88,830 |
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 449,469 | 54,673 |
Tourmaline Oil Corp.1 | 1,633,800 | 38,038 |
FMC Technologies, Inc.1 | 530,600 | 16,449 |
CONSOL Energy Inc. | 1,600,000 | 15,680 |
4,285,689 | ||
Materials 3.12% | ||
Praxair, Inc. | 6,795,000 | 692,139 |
LyondellBasell Industries NV | 4,270,000 | 355,947 |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. | 6,700,525 | 322,965 |
FMC Corp.3 | 6,758,000 | 229,164 |
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. | 9,500,000 | 195,225 |
Airgas, Inc. | 1,480,000 | 132,208 |
Dow Chemical Co. | 1,858,318 | 78,793 |
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 600,000 | 76,548 |
HudBay Minerals Inc. | 6,744,900 | 24,918 |
WestRock Co. | 51,319 | 2,640 |
The Chemours Co. | 256,000 | 1,656 |
2,112,203 | ||
Telecommunication services 0.91% | ||
Verizon Communications Inc. | 4,552,004 | 198,058 |
Deutsche Telekom AG2 | 10,000,000 | 177,520 |
SoftBank Group Corp.2 | 3,740,000 | 172,079 |
TDC A/S2 | 13,248,762 | 68,367 |
616,024 | ||
Utilities 0.19% | ||
PG&E Corp. | 2,500,000 | 132,000 |
Common stocks Miscellaneous 0.67% |
Shares | Value (000) |
Other common stocks in initial period of acquisition | $456,149 | |
Total common stocks (cost: $47,209,969,000) | 64,516,930 | |
Short-term securities 5.23% | Principal amount (000) |
|
Apple Inc. 0.13% due 10/8/20154 | $75,000 | 74,998 |
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 0.12% due 10/14/2015 | 38,800 | 38,798 |
Chariot Funding, LLC 0.30% due 11/6/20154 | 40,000 | 39,991 |
Chevron Corp. 0.13%–0.17% due 10/7/2015–11/10/20154 | 130,700 | 130,687 |
Coca-Cola Co. 0.18%–0.23% due 10/13/2015–11/5/20154 | 60,000 | 59,996 |
Estée Lauder Companies Inc. 0.17% due 10/8/20154 | 26,000 | 25,999 |
Fannie Mae 0.11%–0.27% due 10/26/2015–2/9/2016 | 513,200 | 513,177 |
Federal Farm Credit Banks 0.21% due 2/10/2016 | 50,000 | 49,988 |
Federal Home Loan Bank 0.09%–0.26% due 10/7/2015–4/12/2016 | 1,678,305 | 1,678,254 |
Freddie Mac 0.10%–0.23% due 10/5/2015–2/24/2016 | 464,500 | 464,466 |
General Electric Capital Corp. 0.21% due 11/30/2015 | 9,030 | 9,027 |
General Electric Co. 0.10% due 10/1/2015 | 24,550 | 24,550 |
John Deere Financial Ltd. 0.16% due 10/13/20154 | 50,000 | 49,998 |
Microsoft Corp. 0.16% due 10/20/20154 | 110,600 | 110,597 |
Qualcomm Inc. 0.12% due 10/7/20154 | 30,000 | 29,999 |
United Parcel Service Inc. 0.16% due 11/5/20154 | 90,000 | 89,990 |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 0.15% due 11/12/20154 | 35,100 | 35,096 |
Walt Disney Co. 0.13%–0.15% due 10/1/2015–10/26/20154 | 113,600 | 113,594 |
Total short-term securities (cost: $3,538,580,000) | 3,539,205 | |
Total investment securities 100.48% (cost: $50,748,549,000) | 68,056,135 | |
Other assets less liabilities (0.48)% | (321,772) | |
Net assets 100.00% | $67,734,363 |
Beginning shares |
Additions | Reductions | Ending shares |
Dividend income (000) |
Value of affiliates at 9/30/2015 (000) | |
FMC Corp. | 6,758,000 | — | — | 6,758,000 | $3,345 | $229,164 |
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | 11,900,000 | — | — | 11,900,000 | 2,380 | 223,839 |
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. | 8,107,500 | 2,078,382 | — | 10,185,882 | 6,216 | 211,808 |
Grafton Group PLC, units2 | 15,037,000 | — | — | 15,037,000 | 2,615 | 152,148 |
Denbury Resources Inc.5 | 20,500,000 | — | 20,500,000 | — | 1,956 | — |
$16,512 | $816,959 |
1 | Security did not produce income during the last 12 months. |
2 | Valued under fair value procedures adopted by authority of the board of trustees. The total value of all such securities was $4,442,684,000, which represented 6.56% of the net assets of the fund. This entire amount relates to certain securities trading outside the U.S. whose values were adjusted as a result of significant market movements following the close of local trading. |
3 | Represents an affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
4 | 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 $760,945,000, which represented 1.12% of the net assets of the fund. |
5 | Unaffiliated issuer at 9/30/2015. |
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: | ||||
Consumer discretionary | $12,256,394 | $163,115 | $— | $12,419,509 |
Information technology | 10,371,105 | 1,137,934 | — | 11,509,039 |
Financials | 9,779,423 | 689,370 | — | 10,468,793 |
Health care | 7,330,543 | 751,806 | — | 8,082,349 |
Consumer staples | 6,837,102 | 514,723 | — | 7,351,825 |
Industrials | 6,611,434 | 471,916 | — | 7,083,350 |
Energy | 3,989,835 | 295,854 | — | 4,285,689 |
Materials | 2,112,203 | — | — | 2,112,203 |
Telecommunication services | 198,058 | 417,966 | — | 616,024 |
Utilities | 132,000 | — | — | 132,000 |
Miscellaneous | 456,149 | — | — | 456,149 |
Short-term securities | — | 3,539,205 | — | 3,539,205 |
Total | $60,074,246 | $7,981,889 | $— | $68,056,135 |
* | Securities with a value of $4,442,684,000, which represented 6.56% of the net assets of the fund, were classified as Level 2 due to significant market movements following the close of local trading. |
Federal income tax information | (dollars in thousands) |
Gross unrealized appreciation on investment securities | $19,125,095 |
Gross unrealized depreciation on investment securities | (1,816,730) |
Net unrealized appreciation on investment securities | 17,308,365 |
Cost of investment securities | 50,747,770 |
Key to abbreviations |
ADR = American Depositary Receipts |
CAD = Canadian dollars |
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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 27, 2015 |
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 27, 2015 |
By /s/ Jeffrey P. Regal |
Jeffrey P. Regal, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer |
Date: November 27, 2015 |
American Funds Fundamental Investors 6455 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, California 92618 (213) 486-9200 |
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 27, 2015
/s/ Paul F. Roye
Paul F. Roye, Executive Vice President and
Principal Executive Officer
American Funds Fundamental Investors
American Funds Fundamental Investors 6455 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, California 92618 (213) 486-9200 |
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 27, 2015
/s/ Jeffrey P. Regal
Jeffrey P. Regal, Treasurer and
Principal Financial Officer
American Funds Fundamental Investors