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CORTI TITLE SECRETARY EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR 2 ica_ctrltr.htm CTRLTR Unassociated Document
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
The Investment Company of America:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The Investment Company of America (hereafter referred to as the "Fund") as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting, including control activities for safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting.  In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls.  A fund’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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.  A fund's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the fund; and (3)  provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a fund’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis.  A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Fund's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
 
Our consideration of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that might be significant deficiencies or material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of December 31, 2008.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Directors of The Investment Company of America and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Los Angeles, California
February 5, 2009
 EX-99.77C VOTES 3 ica_77c.htm 77C Unassociated Document
The Investment Company of America
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California 90071-1406

Phone (213) 486 9200
Fax (213) 486 9455




For period ending 12/31/08
File number 811 – 00116


77C.              Matters submitted to a vote of security holders.

a)           Annual meeting of shareholders – August 7, 2008

(1)           Directors elected:
 
 
Director
Votes For
Votes Withheld
     
Louise H. Bryson
1,802,002,907
30,173,448
Mary Anne Dolan
1,802,114,486
30,061,869
Martin Fenton
1,800,929,104
31,247,251
Leonard R. Fuller
1,801,992,346
30,184,009
Claudio X. Gonzalez Laporte
1,784,307,634
47,868,721
L. Daniel Jorndt
1,802,322,383
29,853,972
James B. Lovelace
1,802,408,961
29,767,394
John G. McDonald
1,800,019,188
32,157,167
Bailey Morris-Eck
1,802,038,596
30,137,759
Richard G. Newman
1,800,748,045
31,428,310
Donald D. O’Neal
1,802,445,377
29,730,978
Olin C. Robison
1,800,727,093
31,449,262
R. Michael Shanahan
1,802,063,414
30,112,941

EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB 4 ica_addtlinfo.htm ADDTLINFO Unassociated Document
The Investment Company of America
333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071
Telephone (213) 486-9200

Because the electronic format for filing Form N-SAR does not provide adequate space for responding to Items 72DD1 and 72DD2, 73A1 and 73A2, 74U1 and74U2, and 74V1 and 74V2, complete answers are as follows:

Item 72DD1 and 72DD2
Total income dividends for which record date passed during the period

Share Class
Total Income Dividends
(000’s omitted)
Class A
$1,457,129
Class B
$53,327
Class C
$45,028
Class F-1
$33,642
Class F-2
$803
Total
$1,589,929
Class 529-A
$27,448
Class 529-B
$3,525
Class 529-C
$5,170
Class 529-E
$1,033
Class 529-F-1
$469
Class R-1
$992
Class R-2
$9,472
Class R-3
$17,275
Class R-4
$9,247
Class R-5
$59,192
Total
$133,823

Item 73 A1 and 73A2
Distributions per share for which record date passed during the period

Share Class
Dividends from Net Investment Income
Class A
$0.6800
Class B
$0.4649
Class C
$0.4550
Class F-1
$0.6711
Class F-2
$0.3638
Class 529-A
$0.6606
Class 529-B
$0.4381
Class 529-C
$0.4398
Class 529-E
$0.5821
Class 529-F-1
$0.7207
Class R-1
$0.4649
Class R-2
$0.4370
Class R-3
$0.5875
Class R-4
$0.6667
Class R-5
$0.7490
 
Item 74U1 and 74U2
Number of shares outstanding

Share Class
Shares Outstanding
(000’s omitted)
Class A
2,063,247
Class B
104,996
Class C
94,797
Class F-1
48,178
Class F-2
3,967
Total
2,315,185
Class 529-A
42,896
Class 529-B
8,086
Class 529-C
11,933
Class 529-E
1,836
Class 529-F-1
699
Class R-1
2,141
Class R-2
22,392
Class R-3
27,140
Class R-4
14,539
Class R-5
88,827
Total
220,489

Item 74V1 and 74V2
Net asset value per share (to nearest cent)

Share Class
Net Asset Value
Per Share
Class A
$20.96
Class B
$20.87
Class C
$20.82
Class F-1
$20.93
Class F-2
$20.96
Class 529-A
$20.93
Class 529-B
$20.89
Class 529-C
$20.89
Class 529-E
$20.89
Class 529-F-1
$20.92
Class R-1
$20.87
Class R-2
$20.88
Class R-3
$20.92
Class R-4
$20.93
Class R-5
$20.95
 
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