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: 811-00116
The Investment Company of America
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
(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: March 31, 2014
Michael W. Stockton
The Investment Company of America
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Eric A. S. Richards
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
400 South Hope Street, 10th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071
(Counsel for the Registrant)
ITEM 1 – Schedule of Investments
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The Investment Company of America® Investment portfolio March 31, 2014 |
unaudited
| Common stocks 93.20% | ||
| Value | ||
| Energy 10.56% | Shares | (000) |
| Apache Corp. | 2,150,000 | $ 178,342 |
| Baker Hughes Inc. | 15,172,750 | 986,532 |
| BG Group PLC1 | 7,177,000 | 133,853 |
| BP PLC1 | 128,818,747 | 1,031,622 |
| BP PLC (ADR) | 620,500 | 29,846 |
| Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. | 6,010,000 | 230,343 |
| Chevron Corp. | 3,016,000 | 358,633 |
| ConocoPhillips | 10,750,000 | 756,263 |
| Devon Energy Corp. | 5,230,000 | 350,044 |
| Eni SpA1 | 14,657,000 | 368,076 |
| EOG Resources, Inc. | 2,872,200 | 563,439 |
| Halliburton Co. | 3,464,576 | 204,029 |
| Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 5,700,000 | 185,193 |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A (ADR) | 8,623,700 | 630,048 |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B1 | 9,250,000 | 360,874 |
| Schlumberger Ltd. | 6,360,999 | 620,197 |
| Southwestern Energy Co.2 | 10,722,700 | 493,351 |
| 7,480,685 | ||
| Materials 3.24% | ||
| ArcelorMittal1 | 7,540,000 | 122,150 |
| Barrick Gold Corp. | 1,725,000 | 30,757 |
| Dow Chemical Co. | 18,199,000 | 884,289 |
| International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | 3,006,500 | 287,632 |
| Newmont Mining Corp. | 1,375,000 | 32,230 |
| Praxair, Inc. | 4,151,500 | 543,722 |
| Rio Tinto PLC1 | 4,957,000 | 276,450 |
| United States Steel Corp. | 4,160,000 | 114,858 |
| 2,292,088 | ||
| Industrials 10.28% | ||
| CSX Corp. | 28,640,771 | 829,723 |
| Cummins Inc. | 2,175,000 | 324,053 |
| Danaher Corp. | 3,800,000 | 285,000 |
| Dover Corp. | 1,072,742 | 87,697 |
| Emerson Electric Co. | 2,130,000 | 142,284 |
| General Dynamics Corp. | 14,577,800 | 1,587,814 |
| General Electric Co. | 21,875,000 | 566,344 |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 6,400,000 | 520,512 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. | 1,000,000 | 163,240 |
| PACCAR Inc | 1,025,000 | 69,126 |
| Rockwell Automation | 700,000 | 87,185 |
| Schneider Electric SA1 | 3,918,000 | 348,335 |
| Textron Inc. | 7,530,200 | 295,862 |
| Union Pacific Corp. | 3,193,900 | 599,367 |
| Common stocks | ||
| Value | ||
| Industrials (continued) | Shares | (000) |
| United Continental Holdings, Inc.2 | 2,471,773 | $ 110,315 |
| United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 5,365,000 | 522,444 |
| United Technologies Corp. | 3,046,852 | 355,994 |
| Waste Management, Inc. | 9,039,500 | 380,292 |
| 7,275,587 | ||
| Consumer discretionary 9.57% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc.2 | 2,525,000 | 849,713 |
| Comcast Corp., Class A | 7,593,400 | 379,822 |
| Comcast Corp., Class A, special nonvoting shares | 6,000,000 | 292,560 |
| DIRECTV2 | 2,500,000 | 191,050 |
| Ford Motor Co. | 9,500,000 | 148,200 |
| General Motors Co. | 18,928,309 | 651,512 |
| Hasbro, Inc. | 4,395,645 | 244,486 |
| Home Depot, Inc. | 11,500,000 | 909,995 |
| Johnson Controls, Inc. | 18,474,700 | 874,223 |
| Kohl’s Corp. | 2,794,000 | 158,699 |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 2,978,000 | 240,563 |
| NIKE, Inc., Class B | 3,550,200 | 262,218 |
| Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.1 | 6,045,000 | 53,800 |
| Nordstrom, Inc. | 1,500,000 | 93,675 |
| Time Warner Inc. | 8,104,000 | 529,434 |
| Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A | 10,340,290 | 330,579 |
| Wynn Resorts, Ltd. | 1,527,800 | 339,401 |
| YUM! Brands, Inc. | 3,002,362 | 226,348 |
| 6,776,278 | ||
| Consumer staples 9.06% | ||
| Altria Group, Inc. | 35,779,053 | 1,339,210 |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev NV1 | 1,008,000 | 105,950 |
| Coca-Cola Co. | 15,366,600 | 594,073 |
| ConAgra Foods, Inc. | 5,521,100 | 171,320 |
| CVS/Caremark Corp. | 6,466,652 | 484,093 |
| General Mills, Inc. | 3,920,000 | 203,134 |
| Kellogg Co. | 1,000,000 | 62,710 |
| Kraft Foods Group, Inc. | 6,124,722 | 343,597 |
| Lorillard, Inc. | 1,220,132 | 65,985 |
| Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. | 3,130,000 | 260,228 |
| Mondelez International, Inc. | 11,825,000 | 408,554 |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | 5,220,000 | 435,870 |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | 22,804,572 | 1,867,010 |
| Reynolds American Inc. | 1,333,332 | 71,227 |
| 6,412,961 | ||
| Health care 14.61% | ||
| Abbott Laboratories | 6,635,000 | 255,514 |
| AbbVie Inc. | 27,592,000 | 1,418,229 |
| Aetna Inc. | 6,990,000 | 524,040 |
| Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2 | 2,857,000 | 434,635 |
| Allergan, Inc. | 1,690,000 | 209,729 |
| Amgen Inc. | 19,761,003 | 2,437,322 |
| Bayer AG1 | 1,981,500 | 267,972 |
| Biogen Idec Inc.2 | 1,120,000 | 342,574 |
| Common stocks | ||
| Value | ||
| Health care (continued) | Shares | (000) |
| Boston Scientific Corp.2 | 11,313,608 | $ 152,960 |
| Express Scripts Holding Co.2 | 5,396,000 | 405,186 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc.2 | 28,245,079 | 2,001,446 |
| Humana Inc. | 2,805,413 | 316,226 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 600,000 | 58,938 |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 2,800,000 | 158,956 |
| Novartis AG1 | 3,345,000 | 284,109 |
| Novartis AG (ADR) | 256,556 | 21,812 |
| Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B1 | 5,500,000 | 250,908 |
| St. Jude Medical, Inc. | 617,000 | 40,346 |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (ADR) | 4,100,000 | 216,644 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 6,681,123 | 547,785 |
| 10,345,331 | ||
| Financials 4.28% | ||
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B2 | 865,000 | 108,099 |
| Capital One Financial Corp. | 7,196,908 | 555,313 |
| Citigroup Inc. | 4,950,000 | 235,620 |
| Credit Suisse Group AG1 | 10,102,909 | 327,151 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 1,660,000 | 271,991 |
| HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)1 | 4,869,240 | 49,302 |
| HSBC Holdings PLC (Hong Kong)1 | 10,000,000 | 101,560 |
| HSBC Holdings PLC (ADR) | 1,529,416 | 77,740 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 5,180,000 | 314,478 |
| Prudential Financial, Inc. | 3,735,000 | 316,168 |
| Prudential PLC1 | 5,370,000 | 113,759 |
| Société Générale1 | 3,432,877 | 211,915 |
| U.S. Bancorp | 8,165,000 | 349,952 |
| 3,033,048 | ||
| Information technology 17.64% | ||
| Accenture PLC, Class A | 7,139,560 | 569,166 |
| Adobe Systems Inc.2 | 3,130,000 | 205,766 |
| Apple Inc. | 2,411,300 | 1,294,241 |
| ASML Holding NV1 | 4,250,000 | 393,470 |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 3,323,043 | 256,738 |
| Broadcom Corp., Class A | 17,964,700 | 565,529 |
| Google Inc., Class A2 | 1,248,580 | 1,391,555 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | 32,477,183 | 1,050,962 |
| Intel Corp. | 4,840,000 | 124,920 |
| International Business Machines Corp. | 1,324,741 | 254,999 |
| Intuit Inc. | 1,950,000 | 151,573 |
| KLA-Tencor Corp. | 6,276,900 | 433,985 |
| Linear Technology Corp. | 2,000,000 | 97,380 |
| Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | 2,757,700 | 91,335 |
| Microsoft Corp. | 22,334,100 | 915,475 |
| Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.1 | 838,000 | 78,863 |
| Oracle Corp. | 51,000,300 | 2,086,422 |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.1 | 505,000 | 638,607 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. | 27,675,773 | 1,304,913 |
| Western Union Co.3 | 35,700,000 | 584,052 |
| 12,489,951 | ||
| Common stocks | ||
| Value | ||
| Telecommunication services 5.43% | Shares | (000) |
| AT&T Inc. | 18,000,000 | $ 631,260 |
| CenturyLink, Inc. | 21,466,000 | 704,943 |
| SoftBank Corp.1 | 2,618,000 | 197,448 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | 41,926,939 | 1,994,465 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. (CDI)1 | 6,270,859 | 298,995 |
| Vodafone Group PLC1 | 5,277,727 | 19,430 |
| 3,846,541 | ||
| Utilities 3.95% | ||
| Dominion Resources, Inc. | 5,623,824 | 399,235 |
| Exelon Corp. | 33,054,600 | 1,109,313 |
| FirstEnergy Corp. | 10,806,025 | 367,729 |
| GDF SUEZ1 | 6,360,990 | 174,304 |
| NextEra Energy, Inc. | 300,000 | 28,686 |
| NRG Energy, Inc.3 | 19,495,000 | 619,941 |
| PG&E Corp. | 2,225,000 | 96,120 |
| 2,795,328 | ||
| Miscellaneous 4.58% | ||
| Other common stocks in initial period of acquisition | 3,244,894 | |
| Total common stocks (cost: $41,350,348,000) | 65,992,692 | |
| Convertible securities 0.07% | ||
| Principal amount | ||
| Materials 0.07% | (000) | |
| ArcelorMittal 5.00% convertible debenture 2014 | $ 48,620 | 48,863 |
| Total convertible securities (cost: $75,345,000) | 48,863 | |
| Bonds, notes & other debt instruments 0.14% | ||
| Financials 0.10% | ||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series I, junior subordinated 7.90% (undated)4 | 62,936 | 71,432 |
| U.S. Treasury bonds & notes 0.04% | ||
| U.S. Treasury 0.25% 2015 | 22,000 | 22,025 |
| U.S. Treasury 4.25% 2015 | 4,000 | 4,224 |
| 26,249 | ||
| Total bonds, notes & other debt instruments (cost: $88,357,000) | 97,681 | |
| Short-term securities 6.72% | ||
| Abbott Laboratories 0.08%–0.10% due 4/24–5/20/20145 | 62,700 | 62,696 |
| Chevron Corp. 0.07%–0.08% due 4/4–4/22/20145 | 80,000 | 79,997 |
| Coca-Cola Co. 0.11%–0.13% due 4/22–6/19/20145 | 235,200 | 235,172 |
| Emerson Electric Co. 0.09%–0.11% due 4/11–6/23/20145 | 69,850 | 69,842 |
| ExxonMobil Corp. 0.08% due 4/2/2014 | 83,400 | 83,399 |
| Fannie Mae 0.05%–0.16% due 4/21–11/17/2014 | 397,700 | 397,615 |
| Federal Farm Credit Banks 0.09%–0.13% due 4/11–9/3/2014 | 230,000 | 229,955 |
| Principal amount | Value | |
| Short-term securities | (000) | (000) |
| Federal Home Loan Bank 0.05%–0.16% due 4/4–12/15/2014 | $1,298,197 | $ 1,297,867 |
| Freddie Mac 0.06%–0.17% due 4/1/2014–1/16/2015 | 1,327,755 | 1,327,428 |
| General Electric Co. 0.05% due 4/1/2014 | 35,500 | 35,500 |
| John Deere Bank SA 0.08% due 4/16/20145 | 21,800 | 21,799 |
| John Deere Financial Ltd. 0.08%–0.09% due 4/9–5/7/20145 | 81,300 | 81,297 |
| Merck & Co. Inc. 0.08% due 5/22/20145 | 34,400 | 34,397 |
| National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 0.09%–0.10% due 4/17–5/8/2014 | 166,800 | 166,789 |
| Paccar Financial Corp. 0.07% due 5/5/2014 | 25,000 | 24,998 |
| PepsiCo Inc. 0.08% due 5/20/20145 | 48,000 | 47,995 |
| Pfizer Inc 0.09% due 6/18/20145 | 75,000 | 74,992 |
| Procter & Gamble Co. 0.08%–0.12% due 4/21–6/13/20145 | 233,600 | 233,584 |
| Regents of the University of California 0.12% due 5/8/2014 | 7,200 | 7,199 |
| U.S. Treasury Bill 0.131% due 5/29/2014 | 37,500 | 37,499 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 0.08% due 4/7–5/13/20145 | 212,000 | 211,991 |
| Total short-term securities (cost $4,761,581,000) | 4,762,011 | |
| Total investment securities (cost: $46,275,631,000) | 70,901,247 | |
| Other assets less liabilities | (93,379) | |
| Net assets | $70,807,868 |
As permitted by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, “Miscellaneous” securities include holdings in their first year of acquisition that have not previously been publicly disclosed.
Investments in affiliates
A company is an affiliate of the fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940 if the fund’s holdings in that company represent 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares. Further details on these holdings and related transactions during the three months ended March 31, 2014, appear below.
| Value of | ||||||
| affiliates at | ||||||
| Dividend income | 3/31/2014 | |||||
| Beginning shares | Additions | Reductions | Ending shares | (000) | (000) | |
| NRG Energy, Inc.6 | 12,723,600 | 6,771,400 | — | 19,495,000 | $ 2,298 | $ 619,941 |
| Western Union Co. | 35,700,000 | — | — | 35,700,000 | 4,463 | 584,052 |
| $6,761 | $1,203,993 |
1Valued under fair value procedures adopted by authority of the board of trustees. The total value of all such securities, including those in “Miscellaneous,” was $6,992,740,000, which represented 9.88% 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.
2Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
3Represents an affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
4Coupon rate may change periodically.
5Acquired 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 $1,153,762,000, which represented 1.63% of the net assets of the fund.
6This security was an unaffiliated issuer in its initial period of acquisition at 12/31/2013; it was not publicly disclosed.
Valuation disclosures
Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”), the fund’s investment adviser, values the fund’s investments at fair value as defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The net asset value of each share class of the fund is generally determined as of approximately 4:00 p.m. New York time each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Security transactions are recorded by the 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.
Methods and inputs — The fund’s investment adviser uses the following methods and inputs to establish the fair value of the 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 purchased with more than 60 days left to maturity, 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 fund is 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; 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 fund’s investment adviser deems it appropriate to do so (such as when vendor prices are unavailable or not deemed to be 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 fund’s investment adviser. Short-term securities purchased within 60 days to maturity are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The value of short-term securities originally purchased with maturities greater than 60 days is determined based on an amortized value to par when they reach 60 days.
Securities and other assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or are considered unreliable by the fund’s investment adviser are fair valued as determined in good faith under fair valuation guidelines adopted by authority of the 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 share class of the 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 — The fund’s board of trustees has delegated authority to the fund’s 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 with supplemental information to support the changes. The fund’s board and audit committee also regularly review reports that describe fair value determinations and methods.
The fund’s 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, including an annual control self-evaluation program facilitated by the investment adviser’s compliance group.
Classifications — The fund’s investment adviser classifies the 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 table presents the fund’s valuation levels as of March 31, 2014 (dollars in thousands):
| Investment securities | ||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2* | Level 3 | Total | |||
| Assets: | ||||||
| Common stocks: | ||||||
| Energy | $ 5,586,260 | $ 1,894,425 | $— | $ 7,480,685 | ||
| Materials | 1,893,488 | 398,600 | — | 2,292,088 | ||
| Industrials | 6,927,252 | 348,335 | — | 7,275,587 | ||
| Consumer discretionary | 6,722,478 | 53,800 | — | 6,776,278 | ||
| Consumer staples | 6,307,011 | 105,950 | — | 6,412,961 | ||
| Health care | 9,542,342 | 802,989 | — | 10,345,331 | ||
| Financials | 2,229,361 | 803,687 | — | 3,033,048 | ||
| Information technology | 11,379,011 | 1,110,940 | — | 12,489,951 | ||
| Telecommunication services | 3,330,668 | 515,873 | — | 3,846,541 | ||
| Utilities | 2,621,024 | 174,304 | — | 2,795,328 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 2,461,057 | 783,837 | — | 3,244,894 | ||
| Convertible securities | — | 48,863 | — | 48,863 | ||
| Bonds, notes & other debt instruments | — | 97,681 | — | 97,681 | ||
| Short-term securities | — | 4,762,011 | — | 4,762,011 | ||
| Total | $58,999,952 | $11,901,295 | $— | $70,901,247 | ||
*Securities with a value of $6,273,306,000, which represented 8.86% of the net assets of the fund, transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 since the prior fiscal year-end, primarily due to significant market movements following the close of local trading.
| Federal income tax information | (dollars in thousands) |
| Gross unrealized appreciation on investment securities | $25,312,861 |
| Gross unrealized depreciation on investment securities | (716,150) |
| Net unrealized appreciation on investment securities | 24,596,711 |
| Cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes | 46,304,536 |
Key to abbreviations
ADR = American Depositary Receipts
CDI = CREST Depository Interest
Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value.
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 American Funds website at americanfunds.com.
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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.
| THE INVESTMENT COMPANY OF AMERICA | |
| By /s/ James B. Lovelace | |
|
James B. Lovelace, Vice Chairman and Principal Executive Officer | |
| Date: May 29, 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/ James B. Lovelace |
|
James B. Lovelace, Vice Chairman and Principal Executive Officer |
| Date: May 29, 2014 |
| By /s/ Brian D. Bullard |
|
Brian D. Bullard, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer |
| Date: May 29, 2014 |
