N-CSR 1 eupac_ncsr.htm N-CSR

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: 811-03734

 

EuroPacific Growth Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

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

 

Date of fiscal year end: March 31

 

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2024

 

Brian C. Janssen

EuroPacific Growth Fund

6455 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, California 92618

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 
 

  

ITEM 1 – Reports to Stockholders

 

EuroPacific Growth Fund®

 

Annual report
for the year ended
March 31, 2024

 

Tap into the growth
potential of
international equities

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted new regulations that will change the content and design of annual and semi-annual shareholder reports beginning in July 2024. Certain types of information, including investment portfolio and financial statements, will not be included in the shareholder reports but will be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semi-annual basis on Form N-CSR.

 

If you would like to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the fund electronically, you may update your mailing preferences with your financial intermediary or enroll in e-delivery at capitalgroup.com (for accounts held directly with the fund).

 

 

EuroPacific Growth Fund seeks to provide you with long-term growth of capital.

 

This fund is one of more than 40 offered by Capital Group, home of American Funds, one of the nation’s largest mutual fund families. For over 90 years, Capital Group has invested with a long-term focus based on thorough research and attention to risk.

 

Fund results shown in this report, unless otherwise indicated, are for Class F-2 shares. Class A share results are shown at net asset value unless otherwise indicated. If a sales charge (maximum 5.75%) had been deducted from Class A shares, the results would have been lower. Results are for past periods and are not predictive of results for 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, refer to capitalgroup.com.

 

Refer to page 4 for Class F-2 and Class A share results with relevant sales charges deducted and fund expenses. For other share class results, refer to capitalgroup.com and americanfundsretirement.com.

 

Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower. Refer to capitalgroup.com for more information.

 

Investing outside the United States may be subject to risks, such as currency fluctuations, periods of illiquidity and price volatility. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in developing countries. Refer to the fund prospectus and the Risk Factors section of this report for more information on these and other risks associated with investing in the fund.

 

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
   
4 The value of a long-term perspective
   
6 Investment portfolio
   
15 Financial statements
   
40 Board of trustees and other officers

 

Fellow investors:

 

During a 12-month period when international equities rallied, EuroPacific Growth Fund generated strong results and finished ahead of its primary benchmark.

 

The fund’s Class F-2 shares rose 13.36% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. That result compares with a 13.26% return for the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA, which reflects the returns of more than 40 developed and developing country stock markets. The fund’s Class F-2 share results include a dividend of $1.05 per share. Both the fund and the index rebounded sharply from negative results in the prior fiscal year.

 

Equity markets advance

International markets moved higher as inflation cooled in most of the world’s major economic regions. After soaring the prior fiscal year, consumer prices declined rapidly under the weight of higher interest rates. The European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the U.S. Federal Reserve kept rates at relatively high levels in a bid to tame high inflation, which was sparked by massive government stimulus measures and global supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. By the first quarter of 2024, inflation had fallen enough that many investors started to speculate on the timing of interest rate cuts by the world’s largest central banks.

 

Stocks rose in all major developed markets, led by the U.S., Europe and Japan. European stocks advanced despite sluggish economic growth in the 20-member eurozone. Germany’s manufacturing sector was hit particularly hard by an economic slowdown in China, Germany’s largest trading partner. Japanese stocks generated impressive gains amid strong company earnings and shareholder-friendly corporate governance reforms. However, like Europe, Japan’s economy continued to struggle with weak growth rates. Emerging markets stocks were mixed as China’s economic woes and rising geopolitical tensions continued to put a damper on global trade. Conversely, India markets rallied as the Indian economy posted one of the fastest growth rates in the world.

 

Results at a glance

 

For periods ended March 31, 2024, with all distributions reinvested

 

   Cumulative total returns  Average annual total returns
   1 year  5 years  10 years  Lifetime1
                     
EuroPacific Growth Fund (Class F-2 shares)2,3   13.36%   6.80%   5.47%   10.20%
EuroPacific Growth Fund (Class A shares)   13.07    6.52    5.21    9.97 
MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA4   13.26    5.97    4.25    8.19 

 

Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.

 

1 Lifetime results are as of April 16, 1984, the inception date of Class A shares.
2 Results do not include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”).
3 Class F-2 shares were first offered on August 1, 2008. Class F-2 share results prior to the date of first sale are hypothetical based on the results of the original share class of the fund without a sales charge, adjusted for typical estimated expenses. Please refer to capitalgroup.com for more information on specific expense adjustments and the actual dates of first sale.
4 From April 16, 1984, through December 31, 1987, the MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East) Index was used because the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA did not yet exist. Since January 1, 1988, the MSCI ACWI ex USA has been used. The MSCI EAFE Index reflects dividends net of withholding taxes. Results of MSCI ACWI ex USA reflect dividends gross of withholding taxes through December 31, 2000, and dividends net of withholding taxes thereafter. 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. There have been periods when the fund has lagged the index. Source: MSCI.

 

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Market gains were tempered by ongoing conflicts in various hotspots around the world. Russian markets remained largely isolated by international sanctions as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its second year. In October, new hostilities broke out in the Middle East as Hamas launched a brutal attack against Israel. Punishing counterattacks by Israeli defense forces threatened to spark a wider conflict across the Middle East. Meanwhile, U.S.-China tensions continued to rise as tariffs and economic troubles dampened trade between the two nations. For the first time in years, Mexico surpassed China as the United States’ No. 1 trading partner.

 

Sector returns mostly positive

Nine of 11 sectors moved higher during the 12-month period. Information technology stocks enjoyed the largest gains, lifted by investor enthusiasm for rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. Semiconductor stocks rose sharply as demand soared for advanced computer chips used to power AI platforms. Financial stocks also rallied as higher interest rates boosted the profitability of banks and other lenders. Industrial stocks advanced as increases in defense spending by many nations buoyed the shares of aerospace and defense companies. Construction and engineering firms also benefited from the rise of “friendshoring,” or the expansion of trade and manufacturing facilities to friendly nations at a time when geopolitical tensions are on the rise.

 

Consumer staples stocks declined. Faced with elevated inflation, consumers cut back spending on some high-cost household appliances and alcoholic beverages. Stocks in the communication services sector also fell as investor enthusiasm waned for interactive media and gaming companies, many of which had seen their share prices rise sharply during the pandemic. Meanwhile, stocks in the utilities, materials, real estate and consumer discretionary sectors lagged the overall market gains.

 

Inside the portfolio

Select investments in the information technology sector produced solid results for the fund. Among IT stocks, Shopify was the largest contributor as the e-commerce firm posted strong financial results and partially recovered from steep losses during the prior 12-month period. Industrial stocks also proved to be a bright spot as shares of Airbus and Safran rallied. The two French aerospace giants benefited from a rebound in post-pandemic air travel, while Safran’s earnings were also boosted by increased military spending.

 

Among all holdings in the portfolio, Novo Nordisk was the top contributor to results. Shares of the Denmark-based health care company soared on the popularity of its GLP-1 (glucagon-like-peptide-1) drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, as doctors increasingly started prescribing them for non-diabetic patients seeking to lose weight. Elsewhere in the health care sector, shares of Daiichi Sankyo declined after the Japanese pharmaceutical company reported disappointing clinical trial results for a highly anticipated lung cancer treatment.

 

The largest detractor from results was Sea Limited, a Singapore-based tech conglomerate with operations in e-commerce, financial services and gaming. Shares of Sea dipped in the first quarter of 2023 after operating expenses and provisions for credit losses increased. At the end of the fiscal year, Sea was no longer held in the fund. Elsewhere in the portfolio, shares of Hong Kong-listed

 

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insurer AIA Group were hurt by slowing demand for insurance policies and a higher equity risk premium in China. Shares of Canada-based First Quantum Minerals declined sharply amid growing local political opposition to its largest copper mine in Panama.

 

Looking ahead

The outlook for international equities has improved, given macroeconomic tailwinds, accelerating corporate earnings and better-than-expected economic activity, particularly in the U.S. and India. Compared with the prior fiscal year, inflation levels have fallen dramatically around the world as central banks have kept interest rates at relatively high levels. It appears the battle against inflation is close to being won and, so far, it has been achieved without inducing a global recession. That turn of events is remarkable, given the near universal recession expectations a year ago.

 

Against this backdrop, market returns have started to broaden out, no longer dominated by just a handful of mega-cap U.S. technology stocks. There is no better example of that than Japan, which has enjoyed one of the strongest stock market rallies in the developed world, with key Japanese indexes surpassing levels last seen in the late 1980s. European stocks, while more muted in returns, have continued to move higher despite sluggish economic growth in the eurozone and recessionary conditions in Germany. That, too, is a remarkable achievement in a high interest-rate environment.

 

Going forward, the confluence of these events leaves us with a market that we believe will be increasingly focused on company fundamentals. Much will depend on the ability of companies to deliver top-line growth well beyond what they are getting simply from price increases. Valuations have recovered substantially in some sectors from the bear market of 2022, assisted by generally favorable macro conditions, so the next leg up will be largely determined by the achievements of superior companies maneuvering in a more challenging global environment.

 

With our emphasis on active stock selection, we remain confident that we have the right people in place all over the world to monitor developments and make decisions based on deep, company-specific fundamental research. That has always formed the basis of our long-term investment approach, and we believe it will be even more important in the years ahead.

 

Thank you for your commitment to the fund, and we look forward to reporting to you again in six months.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Gerald Du Manoir
Co-President

 

 

Carl M. Kawaja
Co-President

 

 

Christopher Thomsen
Co-President

 

May 9, 2024

 

For current information about the fund, refer to capitalgroup.com.

 

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The value of a long-term perspective

 

Fund results shown are for Class F-2 shares and Class A shares. Class A share results reflect deduction of the maximum sales charge of 5.75% on the $10,000 investment1; thus, the net amount invested was $9,425.2 Results are for past periods and are not predictive of results for 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, refer to capitalgroup.com.

 

Class F-2 shares were first offered on August 1, 2008. Class F-2 share results prior to the date of first sale are hypothetical based on the results of the original share class of the fund without a sales charge, adjusted for typical estimated expenses. Refer to capitalgroup.com for more information on specific expense adjustments and the actual dates of first sale.

 

The results shown are before taxes on fund distributions and sale of fund shares.

 

1 As outlined in the prospectus, the sales charge is reduced for accounts (and aggregated investments) of $25,000 or more and is eliminated for purchases of $1 million or more. There is no sales charge on dividends or capital gain distributions that are reinvested in additional shares.
2 The maximum initial sales charge was 8.50% prior to July 1, 1988.
3 For the period April 16, 1984, commencement of operations, through March 31, 1985.
4 The index is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
5 From April 16, 1984, through December 31, 1987, the MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East) Index was used because the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA did not yet exist. Since January 1, 1988, the MSCI ACWI ex USA has been used. The MSCI EAFE Index reflects dividends net of withholding taxes. The MSCI ACWI ex USA reflects dividends gross of withholding taxes through December 31, 2000, and dividends net of withholding taxes thereafter.
6 Assumes payment of the maximum 5.75% sales charge.

 

 

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How a hypothetical $10,000 investment has grown

This chart shows how a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class F-2 and Class A shares of EuroPacific Growth Fund grew from April 16, 1984, to March 31, 2024. As you can see, the investment grew to $485,155 or $419,657, respectively.

 

 

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Investment portfolio March 31, 2024

 

Sector diversification Percent of net assets

 

 

Country diversification by domicile  Percent of
net assets
Eurozone*   30.18%
Japan   11.95 
United Kingdom   9.35 
India   7.17 
Canada   6.74 
Denmark   5.80 
Taiwan   3.85 
United States   3.62 
China   3.57 
Other countries   14.79 
Short-term securities & other assets less liabilities   2.98 
* Countries using the euro as a common currency; those represented in the fund’s portfolio are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

 

Common stocks 96.52%  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Industrials 17.43%          
Airbus SE, non-registered shares   20,580,749   $3,790,589 
Safran SA   15,465,852    3,504,754 
Siemens AG   7,599,636    1,450,872 
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.   30,290,524    1,342,043 
Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd.   71,751,091    972,644 
Kingspan Group PLC1   10,341,625    942,325 
Melrose Industries PLC1   110,211,479    936,166 
SMC Corp.   1,314,379    736,549 
MTU Aero Engines AG   2,626,007    666,338 
Rheinmetall AG, non-registered shares   1,048,530    589,359 
Trane Technologies PLC   1,955,243    586,964 
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.   11,804,700    554,130 
Schneider Electric SE   2,417,558    546,805 
DSV A/S   3,040,494    493,420 
Rentokil Initial PLC   75,318,335    448,412 
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC2   81,266,619    437,669 
ABB, Ltd.   9,411,394    437,150 
Ashtead Group PLC   5,751,799    409,443 
Bunzl PLC   9,265,335    356,441 
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd.   7,310,099    329,900 
IMCD NV   1,658,583    292,292 
AB Volvo, Class B   10,593,916    287,117 
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI)2   122,334,467    272,910 
Wolters Kluwer NV   1,709,310    267,762 
Ryanair Holdings PLC (ADR)   1,715,893    249,817 
BAE Systems PLC   12,648,577    215,440 
Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd., Class A   25,422,166    215,338 
Daikin Industries, Ltd.   1,555,200    211,634 
ASSA ABLOY AB, Class B   6,837,942    196,182 
TFI International, Inc.3   1,173,309    187,096 
Grab Holdings, Ltd., Class A2   53,995,369    169,545 
Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Ltd.   1,866,305    164,552 
Rumo SA   34,489,564    153,076 
Brenntag SE   1,751,816    147,567 
Canadian National Railway Co. (CAD denominated)   1,074,740    141,524 
DHL Group   3,082,742    132,750 
Mitsubishi Corp.   5,661,900    130,420 
Thales SA   706,549    120,475 
Adecco Group AG   2,918,371    115,395 
Airports of Thailand PCL, foreign registered shares   58,474,713    104,992 
InPost SA2   6,505,749    100,263 
Deutsche Lufthansa AG   12,655,496    99,410 
Ferguson PLC   440,301    96,175 
NIBE Industrier AB, Class B   18,488,858    90,786 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Industrials (continued)          
Lifco AB, Class B   3,344,637   $87,366 
Hitachi, Ltd.   930,600    85,480 
Fluidra, SA, non-registered shares   3,597,667    85,079 
ZTO Express (Cayman), Inc., Class A (ADR)   2,940,138    61,566 
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, SAB de CV, Class B   3,753,279    60,282 
AirTAC International Group   1,721,923    60,261 
Epiroc AB, Class B   1,799,570    30,481 
Epiroc AB, Class A   1,570,807    29,511 
Komatsu, Ltd.   1,818,700    53,139 
Diploma PLC   1,111,232    52,203 
AutoStore Holdings, Ltd.2   27,429,467    50,480 
ITOCHU Corp.3   1,013,500    43,290 
VAT Group AG   82,288    42,638 
Astra International Tbk PT   125,352,257    40,717 
TELUS International (Cda), Inc., subordinate voting shares2   4,221,346    35,713 
Legrand SA   301,076    31,903 
Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC   186,661    23,677 
Wizz Air Holdings PLC2   698,165    18,910 
Rational AG   18,855    16,253 
Toromont Industries, Ltd.   55,500    5,341 
         24,608,781 
           
Information technology 17.33%          
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.   185,070,501    4,504,817 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ADR)   5,272,380    717,308 
ASML Holding NV   3,145,147    3,027,361 
SAP SE   12,187,222    2,372,721 
Shopify, Inc., Class A, subordinate voting shares2   21,678,278    1,672,913 
Tokyo Electron, Ltd.   5,535,283    1,446,896 
SK hynix, Inc.   9,847,794    1,338,642 
Capgemini SE   5,276,296    1,214,174 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.   17,261,761    1,056,542 
NEC Corp.3   11,754,470    853,360 
Keyence Corp.   1,652,715    759,214 
ASM International NV   973,972    594,630 
Sage Group PLC (The)   33,617,430    536,955 
NICE, Ltd. (ADR)2,3   1,856,569    483,859 
Disco Corp.   1,205,400    455,389 
Renesas Electronics Corp.   24,293,000    428,554 
Constellation Software, Inc.   144,647    395,108 
Fujitsu, Ltd.   21,804,290    358,652 
Dassault Systemes SE   8,049,606    356,404 
STMicroelectronics NV   8,117,587    349,606 
TDK Corp.   5,114,300    252,742 
OBIC Co., Ltd.   1,333,845    200,676 
Nemetschek SE   1,487,091    147,151 
NXP Semiconductors NV   557,892    138,229 
Lasertec Corp.   498,900    137,759 
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.   4,527,900    126,912 
Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd.   2,249,221    104,537 
Halma PLC   2,577,433    77,033 
Advantech Co., Ltd.   5,994,000    75,666 
MediaTek, Inc.   1,601,000    59,781 
Kokusai Electric Corp.3   1,951,200    54,007 
Infosys, Ltd.   2,868,376    51,521 
Canva, Inc.2,4,5   37,779    40,297 
Reply SpA   231,665    32,791 
ALTEN SA, non-registered shares   177,869    25,944 
E Ink Holdings, Inc.   2,419,000    17,309 
         24,465,460 
           
Financials 12.95%          
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA   129,176,557    1,538,558 
AIA Group, Ltd.   222,558,267    1,494,262 
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Ltd.   56,488,630    1,209,322 
NU Holdings, Ltd. / Cayman Islands, Class A2   98,682,791    1,177,286 
ICICI Bank, Ltd.   65,925,193    864,195 
ICICI Bank, Ltd. (ADR)   2,939,259    77,626 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Financials (continued)          
UBS Group AG   21,827,352   $671,387 
Edenred SA   11,358,115    606,068 
UniCredit SpA   15,421,845    585,237 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC   4,603,699    551,422 
Aon PLC, Class A   1,551,730    517,843 
ING Groep NV   31,114,232    511,771 
3i Group PLC   14,271,332    505,973 
Aegon, Ltd.   77,904,147    474,865 
Brookfield Corp., Class A   10,825,886    453,280 
FinecoBank SpA   29,888,102    447,719 
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT   644,038,900    409,252 
Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk PT   817,801,303    373,955 
HDFC Bank, Ltd.   21,155,987    367,276 
Adyen NV2   207,279    350,641 
Axis Bank, Ltd.   27,813,846    349,230 
Jio Financial Services, Ltd.2   81,596,106    346,088 
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.   10,134,900    314,866 
Bajaj Finserv, Ltd.   13,890,000    273,770 
Hana Financial Group, Inc.   5,868,256    251,512 
AXA SA3   6,683,549    251,035 
Deutsche Bank AG   15,708,734    247,126 
B3 SA - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao   102,080,754    244,038 
Bajaj Finance, Ltd.   2,635,688    228,965 
Erste Group Bank AG   4,825,126    214,991 
KB Financial Group, Inc.   3,273,691    169,004 
EXOR NV   1,333,490    148,251 
DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.   5,544,934    147,961 
Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG   298,238    145,529 
Resona Holdings, Inc.3   22,311,800    140,064 
Grupo Financiero Banorte, SAB de CV, Series O   12,464,163    132,233 
Euronext NV   1,379,857    131,300 
Royal Bank of Canada   1,249,826    126,057 
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co., Ltd.   8,516,965    118,111 
Bridgepoint Group PLC   35,820,173    117,638 
XP, Inc., Class A   4,033,261    103,493 
Intact Financial Corp.   630,039    102,347 
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.   5,006,500    100,739 
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A   6,347,074    85,950 
East Money Information Co., Ltd., Class A   41,445,440    73,917 
Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk PT   190,934,400    72,857 
NatWest Group PLC   20,013,877    67,067 
Prudential PLC   6,222,648    58,355 
Hiscox, Ltd.   3,661,717    57,308 
DNB Bank ASA   2,603,412    51,581 
Checkout Payments Group, Ltd., Class B2,4,5   479,280    47,736 
BDO Unibank, Inc.   14,762,200    40,572 
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., Class H   7,087,734    29,929 
Partners Group Holding AG   20,501    29,279 
Discovery, Ltd.   4,226,491    26,919 
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.   883,000    22,475 
Bank of Montreal   202,291    19,750 
Worldline SA, non-registered shares2   645,761    7,998 
PB Fintech, Ltd.2   422,651    5,697 
Sberbank of Russia PJSC4   48,140,292    6 
         18,289,676 
           
Consumer discretionary 11.82%          
Flutter Entertainment PLC1,2   10,702,592    2,113,655 
LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SE   2,199,199    1,978,041 
MercadoLibre, Inc.2   1,298,187    1,962,807 
adidas AG   4,880,809    1,089,992 
Evolution AB   5,166,424    642,231 
Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, Class A   4,120,179    628,181 
Maruti Suzuki India, Ltd.   3,659,034    552,802 
Ferrari NV (EUR denominated)   1,235,546    538,519 
Sony Group Corp.   6,276,633    538,394 
Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd.   98,237,374    493,264 
Amadeus IT Group SA, Class A, non-registered shares   7,608,494    487,909 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Consumer discretionary (continued)          
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC   4,625,779   $481,203 
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Class A   49,155,162    436,772 
Booking Holdings, Inc.   98,236    356,388 
Industria de Diseño Textil, SA   6,882,094    346,513 
Kering SA   810,906    320,500 
Entain PLC   30,139,717    303,338 
Trip.com Group, Ltd. (ADR)2   6,498,641    285,225 
Mercedes-Benz Group AG   3,448,664    274,617 
Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.   9,918,100    264,889 
Coupang, Inc., Class A2   13,019,300    231,613 
NEXT PLC   1,742,006    202,981 
Titan Co., Ltd.   4,185,820    190,805 
Meituan, Class B2   14,811,400    183,181 
Stellantis NV   5,366,390    152,525 
Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.   942,460    146,929 
B&M European Value Retail SA   20,023,027    137,935 
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.   5,956,278    137,215 
Hermès International   48,990    125,050 
D’Ieteren Group   551,922    122,423 
Dowlais Group PLC1   93,516,517    92,065 
TVS Motor Co., Ltd.   3,449,076    88,989 
Prosus NV, Class N   2,770,676    86,909 
Zalando SE, non-registered shares2   3,005,584    85,896 
BYD Co., Ltd., Class H2   2,458,000    63,311 
BYD Co., Ltd., Class A2   681,241    19,140 
Sands China, Ltd.2   26,853,200    75,651 
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd.   8,111,700    72,806 
Toyota Motor Corp.   2,785,400    69,773 
Shenzhou International Group Holdings, Ltd.   7,275,600    68,881 
Dollarama, Inc.   867,072    66,054 
Bridgestone Corp.   1,384,700    60,884 
Li Auto, Inc., Class A2   2,281,046    35,352 
Li Auto, Inc., Class A (ADR)2   358,496    10,855 
China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp., Ltd., Class H3   2,486,900    24,783 
China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp., Ltd., Class A   479,962    5,673 
H World Group, Ltd. (ADR)   729,168    28,219 
Suzuki Motor Corp.   220,100    2,528 
JD.com, Inc., Class A   95,600    1,318 
         16,684,984 
           
Health care 11.43%          
Novo Nordisk AS, Class B   54,732,739    6,976,714 
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.   73,082,310    2,306,211 
AstraZeneca PLC   12,741,819    1,717,245 
EssilorLuxottica SA   3,561,472    805,729 
Argenx SE (ADR)2   1,131,061    445,321 
Argenx SE, non-registered shares2   151,536    59,852 
HOYA Corp.   3,472,593    429,888 
Sanofi   3,889,675    381,702 
Sonova Holding AG   1,291,640    373,950 
Genmab AS2   912,327    274,997 
Eurofins Scientific SE, non-registered shares   4,010,666    255,634 
UCB SA   2,017,517    249,003 
Lonza Group AG   406,663    243,587 
Siemens Healthineers AG   3,350,200    205,007 
Hypera SA, ordinary nominative shares   29,270,999    192,187 
BeiGene, Ltd. (ADR)2   1,053,592    164,771 
Coloplast AS, Class B   1,126,375    151,903 
Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA   517,774    147,638 
Innovent Biologics, Inc.2   26,434,000    127,325 
Grifols, SA, Class A, non-registered shares2,3   13,751,807    123,704 
Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.   5,623,300    97,864 
WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., Class H3   11,842,608    56,135 
WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., Class A   5,597,352    35,764 
bioMérieux SA   818,157    90,253 
Ambu AS, Class B, non-registered shares2   4,537,492    74,522 
Rede D’Or Sao Luiz SA   7,659,500    38,653 
WuXi Biologics (Cayman), Inc.2   15,894,357    29,039 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Health care (continued)          
Bachem Holding AG3   242,697   $23,251 
Koninklijke Philips NV   1,152,023    23,125 
CSL, Ltd.   122,239    22,935 
Straumann Holding AG   115,306    18,411 
         16,142,320 
           
Materials 8.36%          
Fortescue, Ltd.   119,113,237    1,994,838 
Glencore PLC   361,567,476    1,986,502 
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.   28,776,200    1,251,569 
Linde PLC   2,127,428    987,807 
Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., Class A2   35,520,231    423,762 
Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., Class A2,5   25,725,343    306,908 
Sika AG   2,258,072    672,527 
Vale SA, ordinary nominative shares   28,429,401    344,810 
Vale SA (ADR), ordinary nominative shares   16,881,955    205,791 
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd.1   47,372,662    509,207 
Heidelberg Materials AG, non-registered shares   4,489,407    493,784 
DSM-Firmenich AG   4,322,606    491,527 
Lundin Mining Corp.1   46,480,734    475,599 
Rio Tinto PLC   4,021,952    254,678 
Air Liquide SA3   1,133,472    235,814 
CRH PLC   2,222,087    191,677 
Givaudan SA   38,827    172,899 
CEMEX, SAB de CV (ADR), ordinary participation certificates, units2   18,544,169    167,083 
Antofagasta PLC   5,667,253    145,848 
OCI NV   4,896,367    134,121 
Arkema SA   1,248,894    131,422 
BASF SE   2,272,915    129,792 
Wacker Chemie AG   869,816    98,110 
         11,806,075 
           
Energy 6.29%          
Reliance Industries, Ltd.   81,602,916    2,907,579 
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated)   34,423,389    2,625,941 
TotalEnergies SE   20,340,507    1,392,808 
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (CAD denominated)   60,939,080    1,218,287 
Cenovus Energy, Inc.   2,359,176    47,160 
Tourmaline Oil Corp.   7,580,094    354,396 
BP PLC   17,883,003    111,885 
Neste OYJ   3,865,153    104,665 
Shell PLC (EUR denominated)   2,423,011    80,918 
Aker BP ASA   1,394,588    34,658 
Gazprom PJSC2,4   79,314,536    6 
Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC4   3,432,340    6 
         8,878,297 
           
Consumer staples 5.87%          
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd., Class A   4,909,780    1,156,821 
Nestlé SA   10,617,904    1,127,310 
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.   23,347,500    872,948 
Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.   47,231,244    688,282 
Danone SA   9,848,461    636,332 
Philip Morris International, Inc.   5,127,241    469,758 
Pernod Ricard SA   2,465,264    398,815 
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV   6,020,379    366,713 
Treasury Wine Estates, Ltd.   30,675,434    248,871 
Carlsberg A/S, Class B   1,603,920    218,902 
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, nonvoting shares   17,106    204,661 
Godrej Consumer Products, Ltd.   12,800,404    192,123 
Kobe Bussan Co., Ltd.   7,684,700    189,706 
British American Tobacco PLC   6,133,501    186,258 
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.   3,221,152    183,845 
L’Oréal SA, non-registered shares   378,424    179,084 
JBS SA   37,335,309    160,049 
Avenue Supermarts, Ltd.2   2,713,697    147,251 
Fomento Económico Mexicano, SAB de CV   9,040,550    117,267 
Diageo PLC   2,919,827    107,812 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Consumer staples (continued)          
Uni-Charm Corp.   2,960,864   $94,549 
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.   2,450,100    90,345 
Suntory Beverage & Food, Ltd.   2,546,600    84,769 
Imperial Brands PLC   3,382,648    75,569 
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC   1,108,501    63,127 
Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food Co., Ltd., Class A   3,713,720    20,250 
         8,281,417 
           
Communication services 3.48%          
Bharti Airtel, Ltd.   106,137,122    1,563,503 
Bharti Airtel, Ltd., interim shares   1,365,265    13,453 
Tencent Holdings, Ltd.   18,284,030    709,692 
Publicis Groupe SA   5,569,993    607,228 
NetEase, Inc.   27,530,700    572,640 
Universal Music Group NV   11,148,647    335,333 
Nintendo Co., Ltd.   5,231,800    283,260 
SoftBank Group Corp.   4,125,700    244,250 
Deutsche Telekom AG   6,546,628    158,914 
Capcom Co., Ltd.   5,071,200    93,632 
Ubisoft Entertainment SA2   3,561,347    74,941 
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.   60,997,800    72,450 
HYBE Co., Ltd.   370,000    63,213 
América Móvil, SAB de CV, Class B (ADR)   2,638,759    49,239 
Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.   25,956,500    48,635 
MTN Group, Ltd.   4,006,710    19,830 
         4,910,213 
           
Utilities 0.92%          
Engie SA   27,060,255    452,798 
ENN Energy Holdings, Ltd.1   56,824,907    437,790 
E.ON SE   11,369,376    158,046 
Equatorial Energia SA, ordinary nominative shares   22,053,680    143,129 
National Grid PLC   3,635,557    48,915 
Iberdrola, SA, non-registered shares   2,345,936    29,093 
Enel SpA   4,142,015    27,343 
         1,297,114 
           
Real estate 0.64%          
Goodman Logistics (HK), Ltd. REIT   14,178,753    312,390 
ESR Group, Ltd.1   223,482,800    238,990 
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.   5,035,900    92,631 
KE Holdings, Inc., Class A (ADR)   6,417,685    88,115 
Ayala Land, Inc.   150,304,607    86,228 
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.   7,644,900    83,201 
         901,555 
           
Total common stocks (cost: $85,713,873,000)        136,265,892 
           
Preferred securities 0.48%          
Consumer discretionary 0.25%          
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, nonvoting non-registered preferred shares   3,483,403    346,795 
           
Health care 0.10%          
Sartorius AG, nonvoting non-registered preferred shares   212,310    84,428 
Grifols, SA, Class B, nonvoting non-registered preferred shares2   8,673,379    56,471 
         140,899 
           
Financials 0.09%          
Itaú Unibanco Holding SA, preferred nominative shares   19,532,856    134,908 
   
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Preferred securities (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Information technology 0.04%          
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., nonvoting preferred shares   936,000   $47,278 
Canva, Inc., Series A, noncumulative preferred shares2,4,5   3,308    3,528 
Canva, Inc., Series A-3, noncumulative preferred shares2,4,5   133    142 
Canva, Inc., Series A-4, noncumulative preferred shares2,4,5   11    12 
Canva, Inc., Series A-5, noncumulative preferred shares2,4,5   9    10 
         50,970 
           
Total preferred securities (cost: $635,185,000)        673,572 
           
Rights & warrants 0.02%          
Consumer discretionary 0.02%          
Midea Group Co., Ltd., warrants, expire 3/19/20252,7   3,154,400    28,029 
           
Information technology 0.00%          
Constellation Software, Inc., warrants, expire 3/31/20402,4   108,820    6 
           
Total rights & warrants (cost: $26,826,000)        28,029 
           
Short-term securities 3.31%          
Money market investments 3.21%          
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.37%1,8   45,328,779    4,531,065 
           
Money market investments purchased with collateral from securities on loan 0.10%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 5.26%8,9   21,400,000    21,400 
Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management, Institutional Shares 5.20%8,9   20,000,000    20,000 
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.37%1,8,9   169,103    16,903 
Invesco Short-Term Investments Trust – Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class 5.23%8,9   16,337,758    16,339 
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds – Government Portfolio, Institutional Class 5.22%8,9   15,700,000    15,700 
BlackRock Liquidity Funds – FedFund, Institutional Shares 5.20%8,9   14,300,000    14,300 
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Class I 5.21%8,9   14,300,000    14,300 
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund, Institutional Shares 5.20%8,9   14,300,000    14,300 
RBC Funds Trust – U.S. Government Money Market Fund, RBC Institutional Class 1 5.26%8,9   10,000,000    10,000 
         143,242 
           
Total short-term securities (cost: $4,675,973,000)        4,674,307 
Total investment securities 100.33% (cost: $91,051,857,000)        141,641,800 
Other assets less liabilities (0.33)%        (459,507)
           
Net assets 100.00%       $141,182,293 
   
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Investments in affiliates1

 

   Value at
4/1/2023
(000)
   Additions
(000)
   Reductions
(000)
   Net
realized
gain (loss)
(000)
   Net
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
(000)
   Value at
3/31/2024
(000)
   Dividend
or interest
income
(000)
 
Common stocks 4.07%                                   
Industrials 1.33%                                   
Kingspan Group PLC  $688,557   $312,051   $291,608   $(21,983)  $255,308   $942,325   $6,015 
Melrose Industries PLC   668,036    25,021    256,441    4,308    495,242    936,166    6,960 
                             1,878,491      
Information technology 0.00%                                   
NICE, Ltd.10   51,750        41,873    8,647    (18,524)        
NICE, Ltd. (ADR)2,3,11   896,614        413,431    (800)   1,476         
                                   
Consumer discretionary 1.56%                                   
Flutter Entertainment PLC2   1,874,750    1,261,353    1,178,958    27,425    129,085    2,113,655     
Flutter Entertainment PLC (CDI)10       1,222,505    1,229,329    6,824             
Dowlais Group PLC       250,330    19,958    (21,251)   (117,056)   92,065    1,915 
                             2,205,720      
Materials 0.70%                                   
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd.   1,163,840    78,445    117,649    (34,759)   (580,670)   509,207    8,022 
Lundin Mining Corp.   320,997        6,132    (206)   160,940    475,599    12,435 
                             984,806      
Energy 0.00%                                   
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated)11   3,254,271    172,824    1,619,523    481,924    336,445        116,923 
Communication services 0.00%                                   
Sea, Ltd., Class A (ADR)10   2,904,270    13,379    1,644,917    (288,901)   (983,831)        
Utilities 0.31%                                   
ENN Energy Holdings, Ltd.   760,808    15,581    8,918    3,955    (333,636)   437,790    20,586 
Real estate 0.17%                                   
ESR Group, Ltd.   247,664    114,064    3,779    (3,059)   (115,900)   238,990    4,396 
Total common stocks                            5,745,797      
Short-term securities 3.22%                                   
Money market investments 3.21%                                   
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.37%8   7,430,845    14,535,123    17,433,142    981    (2,742)   4,531,065    310,778 
Money market investments purchased with collateral from securities on loan 0.01%                                   
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.37%8,9   50,797         33,89412              16,903    13 
Total short-term securities                            4,547,968      
Total 7.29%                 $163,105   $(773,863)  $10,293,765   $488,030 

 

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Restricted securities5

 

   Acquisition
date(s)
  Cost
(000)
   Value
(000)
   Percent
of net
assets
 
Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., Class A2  12/18/2023  $230,721   $306,908    .22%
Checkout Payments Group, Ltd., Class B2,4  1/11/2022   148,840    47,736    .03 
Canva, Inc.2,4  8/26/2021-11/4/2021   64,403    40,297    .03 
Canva, Inc., Series A, noncumulative preferred shares2,4  11/4/2021   5,639    3,528    .0014 
Canva, Inc., Series A-3, noncumulative preferred shares2,4  11/4/2021   227    142    .0014 
Canva, Inc., Series A-4, noncumulative preferred shares2,4  11/4/2021   19    12    .0014 
Canva, Inc., Series A-5, noncumulative preferred shares2,4  11/4/2021   15    10    .0014 
Total     $449,864   $398,633    .28%

 

1 Affiliate of the fund or part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
2 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
3 All or a portion of this security was on loan. The total value of all such securities was $252,005,000, which represented .18% of the net assets of the fund. Refer to Note 5 for more information on securities lending.
4 Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
5 Restricted security, other than Rule 144A securities or commercial paper issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The total value of all such restricted securities was $398,633,000, which represented .28% of the net assets of the fund.
6 Amount less than one thousand.
7 Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A or, for commercial paper, Section 4(a)(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 $28,029,000, which represented .02% of the net assets of the fund.
8 Rate represents the seven-day yield at 3/31/2024.
9 Security purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan. Refer to Note 5 for more information on securities lending.
10 Affiliated issuer during the reporting period but no longer held at 3/31/2024.
11 Affiliated issuer during the reporting period but no longer an affiliate at 3/31/2024. Refer to the investment portfolio for the security value at 3/31/2024.
12 Represents net activity. Refer to Note 5 for more information on securities lending.
13 Dividend income is included with securities lending income in the fund’s statement of operations and is not shown in this table.
14 Amount less than .01%.

 

Key to abbreviation(s)

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

CAD = Canadian dollars

CDI = CREST Depository Interest

EUR = Euros

REIT = Real Estate Investment Trust

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial statements

 

Statement of assets and liabilities
at March 31, 2024
 
  (dollars in thousands)

 

Assets:          
Investment securities, at value (includes $252,005 of investment securities on loan):          
Unaffiliated issuers (cost: $81,662,432)  $131,348,035      
Affiliated issuers (cost: $9,389,425)   10,293,765   $141,641,800 
Cash        32,776 
Cash denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars (cost: $12,837)        12,837 
Receivables for:          
Sales of investments   319,588      
Sales of fund’s shares   147,834      
Dividends   412,189      
Securities lending income   205      
Other   3    879,819 
         142,567,232 
Liabilities:          
Collateral for securities on loan        143,242 
Payables for:          
Purchases of investments   442,538      
Repurchases of fund’s shares   273,579      
Investment advisory services   49,517      
Services provided by related parties   13,653      
Trustees’ deferred compensation   5,232      
U.S. and non-U.S. taxes   449,994      
Other   7,184    1,241,697 
Net assets at March 31, 2024       $141,182,293 
 
Net assets consist of:          
Capital paid in on shares of beneficial interest       $89,580,926 
Total distributable earnings (accumulated loss)        51,601,367 
Net assets at March 31, 2024       $141,182,293 

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial statements (continued)

 

Statement of assets and liabilities
at March 31, 2024 (continued)
 
  (dollars and shares in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding (no stated par value) —
unlimited shares authorized (2,404,590 total shares outstanding)

 

   Net assets   Shares
outstanding
   Net asset value
per share
 
Class A  $21,055,121    358,188   $58.78 
Class C   307,501    5,440    56.53 
Class T   12    *   58.86 
Class F-1   1,381,968    23,623    58.50 
Class F-2   21,871,909    372,852    58.66 
Class F-3   16,781,713    284,898    58.90 
Class 529-A   1,355,504    23,417    57.89 
Class 529-C   29,179    523    55.84 
Class 529-E   49,564    867    57.14 
Class 529-T   16    *   58.83 
Class 529-F-1   11    *   57.82 
Class 529-F-2   210,504    3,582    58.77 
Class 529-F-3   52    1    58.71 
Class R-1   106,219    1,921    55.30 
Class R-2   680,160    12,201    55.75 
Class R-2E   67,258    1,165    57.73 
Class R-3   1,650,054    28,883    57.13 
Class R-4   3,160,792    55,133    57.33 
Class R-5E   790,030    13,543    58.33 
Class R-5   3,526,758    60,015    58.76 
Class R-6   68,157,968    1,158,338    58.84 
   
* Amount less than one thousand.

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial statements (continued)

 

Statement of operations
for the year ended March 31, 2024 
(dollars in thousands)
   
Investment income:          
Income:          
Dividends (net of non-U.S. taxes of $203,103; also includes $488,030 from affiliates)  $2,748,817      
Interest from unaffiliated issuers   5,572      
Securities lending income (net of fees)   3,859   $2,758,248 
Fees and expenses*:          
Investment advisory services   561,936      
Distribution services   80,362      
Transfer agent services   68,111      
Administrative services   40,393      
529 plan services   913      
Reports to shareholders   3,070      
Registration statement and prospectus   1,140      
Trustees’ compensation   1,463      
Auditing and legal   474      
Custodian   14,044      
Other   267    772,173 
Net investment income        1,986,075 
           
Net realized gain (loss) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation):          
Net realized gain (loss) on:          
Investments (net of non-U.S. taxes of $170,306):          
Unaffiliated issuers   6,247,833      
Affiliated issuers   163,105      
In-kind redemptions   917,060      
Currency transactions   (10,001)   7,317,997 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:          
Investments (net of non-U.S. taxes of $417,930):          
Unaffiliated issuers   8,646,677      
Affiliated issuers   (773,863)     
Currency translations   (3,839)   7,868,975 
Net realized gain (loss) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation)        15,186,972 
           
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations       $17,173,047 
   
* Additional information related to class-specific fees and expenses is included in the notes to financial statements.
   
Statements of changes in net assets  
  (dollars in thousands)

 

   Year ended March 31, 
   2024   2023 
Operations:          
Net investment income  $1,986,075   $2,569,859 
Net realized gain (loss)   7,317,997    (1,263,352)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   7,868,975    (8,285,713)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   17,173,047    (6,979,206)
           
Distributions paid to shareholders   (5,120,514)   (2,567,051)
           
Net capital share transactions   (10,452,545)   (14,606,638)
           
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   1,599,988    (24,152,895)
           
Net assets:          
Beginning of year   139,582,305    163,735,200 
End of year  $141,182,293   $139,582,305 

 

Refer to the notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

1. Organization

 

EuroPacific Growth Fund (the “fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end, diversified management investment company. The fund seeks to provide long-term growth of capital. Shareholders approved a proposal to reorganize the fund from a Massachusetts business trust to a Delaware statutory trust. The reorganization may be completed in the next year; however, the fund reserves the right to delay the implementation.

 

The fund has 21 share classes consisting of six retail share classes (Classes A, C, T, F-1, F-2 and F-3), seven 529 college savings plan share classes (Classes 529-A, 529-C, 529-E, 529-T, 529-F-1, 529-F-2 and 529-F-3) and eight retirement plan share classes (Classes R-1, R-2, R-2E, R-3, R-4, R-5E, R-5 and R-6). The 529 college savings plan share classes can be used to save for college education. The retirement plan share classes are generally offered only through eligible employer-sponsored retirement plans. The fund’s share classes are described further in the following table:

 

Share class   Initial sales 
charge
  Contingent deferred sales
charge upon redemption
  Conversion feature
Classes A and 529-A   Up to 5.75% for Class A; up to 3.50% for Class 529-A   None (except 1.00% for certain redemptions within 18 months of purchase without an initial sales charge)   None
Classes C and 529-C   None   1.00% for redemptions within one year of purchase   Class C converts to Class A after eight years and Class 529-C converts to Class 529-A after five years
Class 529-E   None   None   None
Classes T and 529-T*   Up to 2.50%   None   None
Classes F-1, F-2, F-3, 529-F-1, 529-F-2 and 529-F-3   None   None   None
Classes R-1, R-2, R-2E, R-3, R-4, R-5E, R-5 and R-6   None   None   None
* Class T and 529-T shares are not available for purchase.

 

Holders of all share classes have equal pro rata rights to the assets, dividends and liquidation proceeds of the fund. Each share class has identical voting rights, except for the exclusive right to vote on matters affecting only its class. Share classes have different fees and expenses (“class-specific fees and expenses”), primarily due to different arrangements for distribution, transfer agent and administrative services. Differences in class-specific fees and expenses will result in differences in net investment income and, therefore, the payment of different per-share dividends by each share class.

 

2. Significant accounting policies

 

The fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board. The fund’s financial statements have been prepared to comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). These principles require the fund’s 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 fund follows 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 fund 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 fund will segregate liquid assets sufficient to meet its 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.

 

Class allocations — Income, fees and expenses (other than class-specific fees and expenses), realized gains and losses and unrealized appreciation and depreciation are allocated daily among the various share classes based on their relative net assets. Class-specific fees and expenses, such as distribution, transfer agent and administrative services, are charged directly to the respective share class.

 

Distributions paid to shareholders — Income dividends and capital gain distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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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 the 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.

 

In-kind redemptions — The fund normally redeems shares in cash; however, under certain conditions and circumstances, payment of the redemption price wholly or partly with portfolio securities or other fund assets may be permitted. A redemption of shares in-kind is based upon the closing value of the shares being redeemed as of the trade date. Realized gains or losses resulting from redemptions of shares in-kind are reflected separately in the fund’s statement of operations.

 

3. Valuation

 

Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”), the fund’s investment adviser, values the fund’s investments at fair value as defined by U.S. GAAP. The net asset value per share 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.

 

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, including depositary receipts, 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 evaluated prices obtained from third-party 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 & 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

 

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. 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.

 

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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 the fund’s investment adviser and approved by the 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, restrictions on resale of the security, relevant financial or business developments of the issuer, actively traded similar or related securities, dealer or broker quotes, 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 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 designated 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 “Committee”) to administer, implement and oversee the fair valuation process and to make fair value decisions. The Committee regularly reviews its own fair value decisions, as well as decisions made under its standing instructions to the investment adviser’s valuation team. The Committee reviews changes in fair value measurements from period to period, pricing vendor information and market data, and may, as deemed appropriate, update the fair valuation guidelines to better reflect the results of back testing and address new or evolving issues. 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. The Committee reports changes to the fair valuation guidelines to the board of trustees. The fund’s board and audit committee also regularly review reports that describe fair value determinations and methods.

 

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, 2024 (dollars in thousands):

 

   Investment securities 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Assets:                    
Common stocks:                    
Industrials  $24,608,781   $   $   $24,608,781 
Information technology   24,425,163        40,297    24,465,460 
Financials   18,241,940        47,736    18,289,676 
Consumer discretionary   16,684,984            16,684,984 
Health care   16,142,320            16,142,320 
Materials   11,806,075            11,806,075 
Energy   8,878,297        *   8,878,297 
Consumer staples   8,281,417            8,281,417 
Communication services   4,910,213            4,910,213 
Utilities   1,297,114            1,297,114 
Real estate   901,555            901,555 
Preferred securities   669,880        3,692    673,572 
Rights & warrants       28,029    *   28,029 
Short-term securities   4,674,307            4,674,307 
Total  $141,522,046   $28,029   $91,725   $141,641,800 
   
* Amount less than one thousand.
   
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4. Risk factors

 

Investing in the 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 the fund may decline — sometimes rapidly or unpredictably — due to various factors, including events or conditions affecting the general economy or particular industries or companies; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; governmental, governmental agency or central bank responses to economic conditions; changes in inflation rates; and currency exchange rate, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations.

 

Economies and financial markets throughout the world are highly interconnected. Economic, financial or political events, trading and tariff arrangements, wars, terrorism, cybersecurity events, natural disasters, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious disease), bank failures and other circumstances in one country or region, including actions taken by governmental or quasi-governmental authorities in response to any of the foregoing, could have impacts on global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the 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 the 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 the issuer’s financial condition or credit rating, changes in government regulations affecting the issuer or its competitive environment and strategic initiatives such as mergers, acquisitions or dispositions and the market response to any such initiatives. An individual security may also be affected by factors relating to the industry or sector of the issuer or the securities markets as a whole, and conversely an industry or sector or the securities markets may be affected by a change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer.

 

Investing in growth-oriented stocks — Growth-oriented common stocks and other equity-type securities (such as preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks and convertible bonds) may involve larger price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments. These risks may be even greater in the case of smaller capitalization stocks.

 

Investing outside the U.S. — Securities of issuers domiciled outside the U.S. or with significant operations or revenues outside the U.S., and securities tied economically to countries outside the U.S., may lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments (including social instability, regional conflicts, terrorism and war) in the countries or regions in which the issuers are domiciled, operate or generate revenue or to which the securities are tied economically. 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, such as nationalization, currency blockage or the imposition of price controls, sanctions, or punitive taxes, each of 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 U.S. Investments outside the U.S. may also be subject to different regulatory, legal, accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the U.S. In addition, the value of investments outside the U.S. may be reduced by foreign taxes, including foreign withholding taxes on interest and dividends. Further, there may be increased risks of delayed settlement of securities purchased or sold by the fund, which could impact the liquidity of the fund’s portfolio. The risks of investing outside the U.S. may be heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets.

 

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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 than those in developed countries. Accordingly, the governments of these countries may be less stable and more likely to intervene in the market economy, for example, by imposing capital controls, nationalizing a company or industry, placing restrictions on foreign ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country, and/or imposing punitive taxes that could adversely affect the prices of securities. Information regarding issuers in emerging markets may be limited, incomplete or inaccurate, and such issuers may not be subject to regulatory, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting and recordkeeping standards comparable to those to which issuers in more developed markets are subject. The fund’s rights with respect to its investments in emerging markets, if any, will generally be governed by local law, which may make it difficult or impossible for the fund to pursue legal remedies or to obtain and enforce judgments in local courts. 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, more vulnerable to market manipulation, and 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.

 

Management — The investment adviser to the fund actively manages the fund’s investments. Consequently, the fund is 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. Certain investment techniques

 

Securities lending — The fund has entered into securities lending transactions in which the fund earns income by lending investment securities to brokers, dealers or other institutions. Each transaction involves three parties: the fund, acting as the lender of the securities, a borrower, and a lending agent that acts as an intermediary.

 

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the fund under a securities lending agent agreement with the lending agent. The lending agent facilitates the exchange of securities between the fund and approved borrowers, ensures that securities loans are properly coordinated and documented, marks-to-market the value of collateral daily, secures additional collateral from a borrower if it falls below preset terms, and may reinvest cash collateral on behalf of the fund according to agreed parameters. The lending agent provides indemnification to the fund against losses resulting from a borrower default. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral and indemnification, the fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and a potential loss of income or value if a borrower fails to return securities, collateral investments decline in value or the lending agent fails to perform.

 

The borrower is required to post highly liquid assets, such as cash or U.S. government securities, as collateral for the loan in an amount at least equal to the value of the securities loaned. Investments made with cash collateral are recognized as assets in the fund’s investment portfolio. The same amount is recorded as a liability in the fund’s statement of assets and liabilities. While securities are on loan, the fund will continue to receive the equivalent of the interest, dividends or other distributions paid by the issuer, as well as a portion of the interest on the investment of the collateral. Additionally, although the fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are on loan, the fund has a right to consent on corporate actions and a right to recall loaned securities to vote. A borrower is obligated to return loaned securities at the conclusion of a loan or, during the pendency of a loan, on demand from the fund.

 

As of March 31, 2024, the total value of securities on loan was $252,005,000, and the total value of collateral received was $261,427,000. Collateral received includes cash of $143,242,000 and U.S. government securities of $118,185,000. Investment securities purchased from cash collateral are disclosed in the fund’s investment portfolio as short-term securities. Securities received as collateral are not recognized as fund assets. The contractual maturity of cash collateral received under the securities lending agreement is classified as overnight and continuous.

 

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6. Taxation and distributions

 

Federal income taxation — The 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 fund is 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 year ended March 31, 2024, the fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the statement of operations. During the year, the fund did not incur any significant interest or penalties.

 

The 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 are recorded net of non-U.S. taxes paid. The fund may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. As a result of rulings from European courts, the fund filed for additional reclaims related to prior years (“EU reclaims”). These reclaims are recorded when the amount is known and there are no significant uncertainties on collectability. During the year ended March 31, 2024, the fund recognized $12,604,000 in EU reclaims (net of $979,000 in fees and the effect of realized gain or loss from currency translations) and $1,135,000 in interest related to European court rulings, which is included in dividend income and interest income, respectively, in the fund’s statement of operations. For U.S. income tax purposes, EU reclaims received by the fund reduce the amount of foreign taxes that a fund may pass through to its shareholders to be utilized as tax deductions or credit on their income tax returns. If the fund receives EU reclaims and either does not pass through foreign taxes in the current year or EU reclaims received exceed foreign taxes for the year, and the fund previously passed through the refunded EU taxes to its shareholders, the fund will enter into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) in order to satisfy potential tax liability. Gains realized by the fund on the sale of securities in certain countries, if any, may be subject to non-U.S. taxes. The fund generally records 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; unrealized appreciation of certain investments in securities outside the U.S.; cost of investments sold; net capital losses; non-U.S. taxes on capital gains 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 fund for financial reporting purposes. The fund may also designate a portion of the amount paid to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for tax purposes.

 

During the year ended March 31, 2024, the fund reclassified $1,149,454,000 from total distributable earnings to capital paid in on shares of beneficial interest to align financial reporting with tax reporting. The fund also utilized capital loss carryforward of $1,951,631,000.

 

As of March 31, 2024, the tax basis components of distributable earnings, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and cost of investments were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

Undistributed ordinary income  $566,390 
Undistributed long-term capital gains   2,668,016 
Post-October capital loss deferral*   (771,450)
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments   52,572,550 
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments   (3,008,831)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   49,563,719 
Cost of investments   92,078,081 
   
* This deferral is considered incurred in the subsequent year.
   
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Distributions paid were characterized for tax purposes as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

   Year ended March 31, 2024   Year ended March 31, 2023 
Share class  Ordinary
income
   Long-term
capital gains
   Total
distributions
paid
   Ordinary
income
   Long-term
capital gains
   Total
distributions
paid
 
Class A  $323,248   $380,660   $703,908   $221,555   $108,575   $330,130 
Class C   2,769    6,152    8,921    2,112    2,357    4,469 
Class T                        
Class F-1   21,500    25,281    46,781    16,205    8,324    24,529 
Class F-2   389,651    391,146    780,797    254,810    110,961    365,771 
Class F-3   311,408    299,402    610,810    206,837    83,944    290,781 
Class 529-A   20,889    24,777    45,666    14,338    7,048    21,386 
Class 529-C   244    594    838    195    259    454 
Class 529-E   675    926    1,601    465    263    728 
Class 529-T                        
Class 529-F-1                        
Class 529-F-2   3,666    3,693    7,359    2,300    932    3,232 
Class 529-F-3                        
Class R-1   1,009    2,046    3,055    697    670    1,367 
Class R-2   6,946    13,048    19,994    4,283    3,164    7,447 
Class R-2E   787    1,217    2,004    512    337    849 
Class R-3   22,171    30,897    53,068    16,186    10,136    26,322 
Class R-4   54,585    62,551    117,136    43,638    21,713    65,351 
Class R-5E   15,277    15,629    30,906    12,521    5,108    17,629 
Class R-5   70,342    68,025    138,367    56,977    23,881    80,858 
Class R-6   1,305,083    1,244,220    2,549,303    959,276    366,472    1,325,748 
Total  $2,550,250   $2,570,264   $5,120,514   $1,812,907   $754,144   $2,567,051 
   
Amount less than one thousand.

 

7. Fees and transactions with related parties

 

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

 

Investment advisory services — The fund has an investment advisory and service agreement with CRMC that provides for monthly fees accrued daily. These fees are based on a series of decreasing annual rates beginning with 0.690% on the first $500 million of daily net assets and decreasing to 0.392% on such assets in excess of $186 billion. For the year ended March 31, 2024, the investment advisory services fees were $561,936,000, which were equivalent to an annualized rate of 0.417% of average daily net assets.

 

Class-specific fees and expenses — Expenses that are specific to individual share classes are accrued directly to the respective share class. The principal class-specific fees and expenses are further described below:

 

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Distribution services — The fund has plans of distribution for all share classes, except Class F-2, F-3, 529-F-2, 529-F-3, R-5E, R-5 and R-6 shares. Under the plans, the board of trustees approves certain categories of expenses that are used to finance activities primarily intended to sell fund shares and service existing accounts. The plans provide for payments, based on an annualized percentage of average daily net assets, ranging from 0.25% to 1.00% as noted in this section. In some cases, the board of trustees has limited the amounts that may be paid to less than the maximum allowed by the plans. All share classes with a plan may use up to 0.25% of average daily net assets to pay service fees, or to compensate AFD for paying service fees, to firms that have entered into agreements with AFD to provide certain shareholder services. The remaining amounts available to be paid under each plan are paid to dealers to compensate them for their sales activities.

 

  Share class  Currently approved limits  Plan limits
  Class A                    0.25%                          0.25%      
  Class 529-A   0.25    0.50 
  Classes C, 529-C and R-1   1.00    1.00 
  Class R-2   0.75    1.00 
  Class R-2E   0.60    0.85 
  Classes 529-E and R-3   0.50    0.75 
  Classes T, F-1, 529-T, 529-F-1 and R-4   0.25    0.50 

 

For Class A and 529-A shares, distribution-related expenses include the reimbursement of dealer and wholesaler commissions paid by AFD for certain shares sold without a sales charge. These share classes reimburse AFD for amounts billed within the prior 15 months but only to the extent that the overall annual expense limits are not exceeded. As of March 31, 2024, there were no unreimbursed expenses subject to reimbursement for Class A or 529-A shares.

 

Transfer agent services — The fund has a shareholder services agreement with AFS under which the fund compensates AFS for providing transfer agent services to each of the fund’s share classes. These services include recordkeeping, shareholder communications and transaction processing. Under this agreement, the fund also pays sub-transfer agency fees to AFS. These fees are paid by AFS to third parties for performing transfer agent services on behalf of fund shareholders.

 

Administrative services — The fund has an administrative services agreement with CRMC under which the fund compensates CRMC for providing administrative services to all share classes. Administrative services are provided by CRMC and its affiliates to help assist third parties providing non-distribution services to fund shareholders. These services include providing in-depth information on the fund and market developments that impact fund investments. Administrative services also include, but are not limited to, coordinating, monitoring and overseeing third parties that provide services to fund shareholders. The agreement provides the fund the ability to charge an administrative services fee at the annual rate of 0.05% of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class of the fund. Currently the fund pays CRMC an administrative services fee at the annual rate of 0.03% of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class of the fund for CRMC’s provision of administrative services.

 

529 plan services — Each 529 share class is subject to service fees to compensate the Virginia College Savings Plan (“Virginia529”) for its oversight and administration of the CollegeAmerica 529 college savings plan. The fees are based on the combined net assets invested in Class 529 and ABLE shares of the American Funds. Class ABLE shares are offered on other American Funds by Virginia529 through ABLEAmerica®, a tax-advantaged savings program for individuals with disabilities. Virginia529 is not considered a related party to the fund.

 

The quarterly fees are based on a series of decreasing annual rates beginning with 0.09% on the first $20 billion of the combined net assets invested in the American Funds and decreasing to 0.03% on such assets in excess of $75 billion. The fees for any given calendar quarter are accrued and calculated on the basis of the average net assets of Class 529 and ABLE shares of the American Funds for the last month of the prior calendar quarter. For the year ended March 31, 2024, the 529 plan services fees were $913,000, which were equivalent to 0.059% of the average daily net assets of each 529 share class.

 

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For the year ended March 31, 2024, class-specific expenses under the agreements were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

  Share class  Distribution
services
  Transfer agent
services
  Administrative
services
  529 plan
services
 
  Class A  $47,864  $28,255  $5,980  Not applicable  
  Class C  3,227  442  98  Not applicable  
  Class T    * * Not applicable  
  Class F-1  3,417  2,045  415  Not applicable  
  Class F-2  Not applicable  22,287  6,100  Not applicable  
  Class F-3  Not applicable  324  4,644  Not applicable  
  Class 529-A  2,864  1,595  386  $754  
  Class 529-C  315  41  10  19  
  Class 529-E  234  37  14  28  
  Class 529-T    * * *
  Class 529-F-1    * * *
  Class 529-F-2  Not applicable  96  57  112  
  Class 529-F-3  Not applicable  * * *
  Class R-1  1,044  106  31  Not applicable  
  Class R-2  4,646  2,166  186  Not applicable  
  Class R-2E  373  127  19  Not applicable  
  Class R-3  7,994  2,448  482  Not applicable  
  Class R-4  8,384  3,503  1,011  Not applicable  
  Class R-5E  Not applicable  1,304  249  Not applicable  
  Class R-5  Not applicable  1,953  1,106  Not applicable  
  Class R-6  Not applicable  1,382  19,605  Not applicable  
  Total class-specific expenses  $80,362  $68,111  $40,393  $913  
     
  * Amount less than one thousand.

 

Trustees’ deferred compensation — Trustees who are unaffiliated with CRMC may elect to defer the cash payment of part or all of their compensation. These deferred amounts, which remain as liabilities of the fund, are treated as if invested in shares of the fund or other American Funds. These amounts represent general, unsecured liabilities of the fund and vary according to the total returns of the selected funds. Trustees’ compensation of $1,463,000 in the fund’s statement of operations reflects $652,000 in current fees (either paid in cash or deferred) and a net increase of $811,000 in the value of the deferred amounts.

 

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

 

Investment in CCF — The 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 the fund’s short-term instruments. CCF shares are only available for purchase by CRMC, its affiliates, and other funds managed by CRMC or its affiliates, and are not available to the public. CRMC does not receive an investment advisory services fee from CCF.

 

Security transactions with related funds — The fund purchased investment securities from, and sold investment securities to, other funds managed by CRMC (or funds managed by certain affiliates of CRMC) under procedures adopted by the 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. Each transaction was executed at the current market price of the security and no brokerage commissions or fees were paid in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. During the year ended March 31, 2024, the fund engaged in such purchase and sale transactions with related funds in the amounts of $1,370,355,000 and $1,488,376,000, respectively, which generated $265,137,000 of net realized gains from such sales.

 

Interfund lending — Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund, 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. The fund did not lend or borrow cash through the interfund lending program at any time during the year ended March 31, 2024.

 

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8. Indemnifications

 

The 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, the fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since it is dependent on future claims that may be made against the fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote. Insurance policies are also available to the fund’s board members and officers.

 

9. Capital share transactions

 

Capital share transactions in the fund were as follows (dollars and shares in thousands):

 

   Sales*   Reinvestments of
distributions
   Repurchases*   Net increase
(decrease)
 
Share class  Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares 
                                 
Year ended March 31, 2024                         
                                         
Class A  $943,106    17,377   $688,261    12,787   $(2,685,496)   (49,555)  $(1,054,129)   (19,391)
Class C   29,451    565    8,877    171    (127,744)   (2,451)   (89,416)   (1,715)
Class T                                
Class F-1   85,786    1,575    45,470    849    (352,122)   (6,593)   (220,866)   (4,169)
Class F-2   3,764,600    70,034    753,004    14,025    (4,498,259)   (83,216)   19,345    843 
Class F-3   2,325,069    43,030    558,564    10,365    (2,850,852)   (52,470)   32,781    925 
Class 529-A   89,130    1,670    45,650    861    (218,625)   (4,093)   (83,845)   (1,562)
Class 529-C   5,902    115    838    17    (17,727)   (345)   (10,987)   (213)
Class 529-E   3,603    68    1,601    31    (8,721)   (166)   (3,517)   (67)
Class 529-T           1                1     
Class 529-F-1                                
Class 529-F-2   31,687    585    7,358    137    (33,136)   (609)   5,909    113 
Class 529-F-3   41    1                    41    1 
Class R-1   12,436    244    3,055    60    (29,520)   (579)   (14,029)   (275)
Class R-2   170,651    3,380    19,987    390    (180,387)   (3,512)   10,251    258 
Class R-2E   13,619    258    2,004    38    (16,821)   (317)   (1,198)   (21)
Class R-3   212,612    4,046    52,997    1,013    (476,768)   (9,069)   (211,159)   (4,010)
Class R-4   442,702    8,429    117,137    2,231    (1,342,309)   (25,312)   (782,470)   (14,652)
Class R-5E   170,069    3,178    30,904    578    (366,453)   (6,907)   (165,480)   (3,151)
Class R-5   367,871    6,805    138,055    2,567    (1,385,815)   (25,807)   (879,889)   (16,435)
Class R-6   9,024,999    166,717    2,543,428    47,238    (18,572,315)   (342,647)   (7,003,888)   (128,692)
Total net increase (decrease)  $17,693,334    328,077   $5,017,191    93,358   $(33,163,070)   (613,648)  $(10,452,545)   (192,213)

 

Refer to the end of the table for footnotes.

 

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   Sales*   Reinvestments of
distributions
   Repurchases*   Net increase
(decrease)
 
Share class  Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares 
                                 
Year ended March 31, 2023                    
                                         
Class A  $870,163    17,294   $322,091    6,548   $(2,939,573)   (58,968)  $(1,747,319)   (35,126)
Class C   32,645    671    4,441    94    (143,037)   (2,965)   (105,951)   (2,200)
Class T                                
Class F-1   103,734    2,083    23,688    484    (398,679)   (7,977)   (271,257)   (5,410)
Class F-2   3,963,028    79,235    350,797    7,146    (7,628,755)   (153,600)   (3,314,930)   (67,219)
Class F-3   3,027,141    60,603    262,610    5,330    (4,920,491)   (98,933)   (1,630,740)   (33,000)
Class 529-A   87,053    1,758    21,379    441    (186,220)   (3,777)   (77,788)   (1,578)
Class 529-C   6,301    132    453    10    (20,805)   (436)   (14,051)   (294)
Class 529-E   3,058    63    728    15    (6,902)   (141)   (3,116)   (63)
Class 529-T                                
Class 529-F-1                                
Class 529-F-2   26,562    528    3,233    66    (28,431)   (578)   1,364    16 
Class 529-F-3                                
Class R-1   14,336    301    1,366    30    (30,529)   (645)   (14,827)   (314)
Class R-2   134,872    2,868    7,445    159    (137,384)   (2,876)   4,933    151 
Class R-2E   10,601    216    849    17    (16,003)   (326)   (4,553)   (93)
Class R-3   245,850    5,055    26,293    550    (597,138)   (12,213)   (324,995)   (6,608)
Class R-4   492,635    10,165    65,306    1,360    (1,297,109)   (26,512)   (739,168)   (14,987)
Class R-5E   196,991    3,966    17,628    361    (367,041)   (7,289)   (152,422)   (2,962)
Class R-5   430,996    8,588    80,681    1,641    (1,275,643)   (25,562)   (763,966)   (15,333)
Class R-6   9,176,005    183,062    1,323,491    26,879    (15,947,348)   (316,060)   (5,447,852)   (106,119)
Total net increase (decrease)  $18,821,971    376,588   $2,512,479    51,131   $(35,941,088)   (718,858)  $(14,606,638)   (291,139)
   
* Includes exchanges between share classes of the fund.
  Amount less than one thousand.

 

10. Investment transactions

 

The fund engaged in purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term securities and U.S. government obligations, if any, of $38,567,867,000 and $49,008,814,000, respectively, during the year ended March 31, 2024.

 

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Financial highlights

 

       Income (loss) from investment operations1   Dividends and distributions                         
Year ended    Net asset
value,
beginning
of year
   Net
investment
income
(loss)
   Net gains
(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 year
   Total return2,3    Net assets,
end of
year
(in millions)
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets before
reimburse-
ments4 
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets after
reimburse-
ments3,4 
   Ratio of
net income
(loss) to
average
net assets3 
 
Class A:                                                                 
3/31/2024  $53.82   $.65   $6.26   $6.91   $(.89)  $(1.06)  $(1.95)  $58.78    13.07%  $21,055    .84%   .84%   1.21%
3/31/2023   56.81    .80    (2.94)   (2.14)   (.58)   (.27)   (.85)   53.82    (3.62)   20,320    .84    .84    1.60 
3/31/2022   68.98    .57    (6.39)   (5.82)   (.94)   (5.41)   (6.35)   56.81    (9.65)   23,445    .80    .80    .85 
3/31/2021   43.13    .34    25.63    25.97    (.12)       (.12)   68.98    60.22    27,945    .83    .83    .58 
3/31/2020   50.99    .53    (6.84)   (6.31)   (.58)   (.97)   (1.55)   43.13    (13.03)   19,075    .84    .84    1.02 
Class C:                                                                 
3/31/2024   51.79    .25    6.02    6.27    (.47)   (1.06)   (1.53)   56.53    12.23    307    1.59    1.59    .48 
3/31/2023   54.77    .43    (2.86)   (2.43)   (.28)   (.27)   (.55)   51.79    (4.35)   371    1.58    1.58    .89 
3/31/2022   66.76    .07    (6.15)   (6.08)   (.50)   (5.41)   (5.91)   54.77    (10.32)   512    1.55    1.55    .11 
3/31/2021   41.98    (.09)   24.87    24.78                66.76    59.03    706    1.56    1.56    (.15)
3/31/2020   49.70    .15    (6.69)   (6.54)   (.21)   (.97)   (1.18)   41.98    (13.68)   654    1.58    1.58    .30 
Class T:                                                                 
3/31/2024   53.89    .81    6.27    7.08    (1.05)   (1.06)   (2.11)   58.86    13.365    6    .565    .565    1.485 
3/31/2023   56.86    .93    (2.95)   (2.02)   (.68)   (.27)   (.95)   53.89    (3.37)5    6    .575    .575    1.845 
3/31/2022   69.04    .73    (6.40)   (5.67)   (1.10)   (5.41)   (6.51)   56.86    (9.45)5    6    .575    .575    1.095 
3/31/2021   43.13    .49    25.65    26.14    (.23)       (.23)   69.04    60.615    6    .585    .585    .825 
3/31/2020   50.99    .65    (6.82)   (6.17)   (.72)   (.97)   (1.69)   43.13    (12.82)5    6    .595    .595    1.255 
Class F-1:                                                                 
3/31/2024   53.56    .65    6.23    6.88    (.88)   (1.06)   (1.94)   58.50    13.02    1,382    .86    .86    1.21 
3/31/2023   56.53    .80    (2.93)   (2.13)   (.57)   (.27)   (.84)   53.56    (3.61)   1,489    .85    .85    1.61 
3/31/2022   68.67    .55    (6.38)   (5.83)   (.90)   (5.41)   (6.31)   56.53    (9.71)   1,877    .84    .84    .81 
3/31/2021   42.93    .33    25.51    25.84    (.10)       (.10)   68.67    60.21    2,439    .84    .84    .56 
3/31/2020   50.75    .53    (6.82)   (6.29)   (.56)   (.97)   (1.53)   42.93    (13.05)   2,259    .85    .85    1.02 
Class F-2:                                                                 
3/31/2024   53.71    .79    6.27    7.06    (1.05)   (1.06)   (2.11)   58.66    13.36    21,872    .57    .57    1.47 
3/31/2023   56.66    .95    (2.95)   (2.00)   (.68)   (.27)   (.95)   53.71    (3.36)   19,982    .57    .57    1.89 
3/31/2022   68.83    .73    (6.38)   (5.65)   (1.11)   (5.41)   (6.52)   56.66    (9.44)   24,887    .57    .57    1.08 
3/31/2021   43.00    .50    25.56    26.06    (.23)       (.23)   68.83    60.61    26,751    .57    .57    .83 
3/31/2020   50.83    .66    (6.81)   (6.15)   (.71)   (.97)   (1.68)   43.00    (12.80)   18,607    .59    .59    1.27 
Class F-3:                                                                 
3/31/2024   53.93    .86    6.27    7.13    (1.10)   (1.06)   (2.16)   58.90    13.50    16,782    .46    .46    1.58 
3/31/2023   56.87    1.00    (2.95)   (1.95)   (.72)   (.27)   (.99)   53.93    (3.25)   15,313    .46    .46    1.98 
3/31/2022   69.06    .80    (6.40)   (5.60)   (1.18)   (5.41)   (6.59)   56.87    (9.34)   18,026    .46    .46    1.19 
3/31/2021   43.12    .56    25.66    26.22    (.28)       (.28)   69.06    60.78    19,700    .46    .46    .94 
3/31/2020   50.98    .70    (6.82)   (6.12)   (.77)   (.97)   (1.74)   43.12    (12.70)   12,239    .47    .47    1.34 
Class 529-A:
3/31/2024   53.03    .63    6.17    6.80    (.88)   (1.06)   (1.94)   57.89    13.04    1,355    .87    .87    1.18 
3/31/2023   56.00    .78    (2.91)   (2.13)   (.57)   (.27)   (.84)   53.03    (3.66)   1,325    .87    .87    1.57 
3/31/2022   68.08    .55    (6.29)   (5.74)   (.93)   (5.41)   (6.34)   56.00    (9.67)   1,487    .83    .83    .83 
3/31/2021   42.58    .32    25.30    25.62    (.12)       (.12)   68.08    60.16    1,736    .85    .85    .55 
3/31/2020   50.35    .51    (6.75)   (6.24)   (.56)   (.97)   (1.53)   42.58    (13.05)   1,096    .87    .87    .98 

 

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EuroPacific Growth Fund 29
 

Financial highlights (continued)

 

       Income (loss) from investment operations1   Dividends and distributions                         
Year ended    Net asset
value,
beginning
of year
   Net
investment
income
(loss)
   Net gains
(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 year
   Total return2,3    Net assets,
end of
year
(in millions)
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets before
reimburse-
ments4 
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets after
reimburse-
ments3,4 
   Ratio of
net income
(loss) to
average
net assets3 
 
Class 529-C:                                                           
3/31/2024  $51.16   $.23   $5.93   $6.16   $(.42)  $(1.06)  $(1.48)  $55.84    12.19%  $29    1.63%   1.63%   .45%
3/31/2023   54.10    .40    (2.83)   (2.43)   (.24)   (.27)   (.51)   51.16    (4.40)   38    1.64    1.64    .84 
3/31/2022   66.00    .04    (6.08)   (6.04)   (.45)   (5.41)   (5.86)   54.10    (10.37)   56    1.60    1.60    .06 
3/31/2021   41.51    (.08)   24.57    24.49                66.00    59.00    83    1.60    1.60    (.15)
3/31/2020   49.18    .13    (6.62)   (6.49)   (.21)   (.97)   (1.18)   41.51    (13.72)   148    1.61    1.61    .26 
Class 529-E:                                                           
3/31/2024   52.37    .50    6.09    6.59    (.76)   (1.06)   (1.82)   57.14    12.78    50    1.10    1.10    .96 
3/31/2023   55.34    .66    (2.87)   (2.21)   (.49)   (.27)   (.76)   52.37    (3.86)   49    1.09    1.09    1.34 
3/31/2022   67.36    .39    (6.23)   (5.84)   (.77)   (5.41)   (6.18)   55.34    (9.90)   55    1.07    1.07    .59 
3/31/2021   42.15    .19    25.04    25.23    (.02)       (.02)   67.36    59.81    67    1.07    1.07    .34 
3/31/2020   49.87    .39    (6.70)   (6.31)   (.44)   (.97)   (1.41)   42.15    (13.24)   46    1.09    1.09    .77 
Class 529-T:                                                           
3/31/2024   53.87    .77    6.27    7.04    (1.02)   (1.06)   (2.08)   58.83    13.335    6    .625    .625    1.425 
3/31/2023   56.83    .90    (2.93)   (2.03)   (.66)   (.27)   (.93)   53.87    (3.41)5    6    .625    .625    1.805 
3/31/2022   69.01    .69    (6.39)   (5.70)   (1.07)   (5.41)   (6.48)   56.83    (9.49)5    6    .625    .625    1.035 
3/31/2021   43.12    .46    25.64    26.10    (.21)       (.21)   69.01    60.545    6    .635    .635    .775 
3/31/2020   50.98    .63    (6.83)   (6.20)   (.69)   (.97)   (1.66)   43.12    (12.87)5    6    .645    .645    1.195 
Class 529-F-1:                                                           
3/31/2024   52.98    .73    6.16    6.89    (.99)   (1.06)   (2.05)   57.82    13.255    6    .685    .685    1.365 
3/31/2023   55.93    .86    (2.89)   (2.03)   (.65)   (.27)   (.92)   52.98    (3.48)5    6    .665    .665    1.755 
3/31/2022   68.03    .66    (6.29)   (5.63)   (1.06)   (5.41)   (6.47)   55.93    (9.52)5    6    .655    .655    1.005 
3/31/2021   42.54    .56    25.20    25.76    (.27)       (.27)   68.03    60.525    6    .635    .635    1.075 
3/31/2020   50.32    .62    (6.75)   (6.13)   (.68)   (.97)   (1.65)   42.54    (12.86)   126    .64    .64    1.20 
Class 529-F-2:                                                           
3/31/2024   53.81    .80    6.27    7.07    (1.05)   (1.06)   (2.11)   58.77    13.36    211    .57    .57    1.47 
3/31/2023   56.77    .93    (2.94)   (2.01)   (.68)   (.27)   (.95)   53.81    (3.37)   187    .58    .58    1.86 
3/31/2022   68.94    .71    (6.39)   (5.68)   (1.08)   (5.41)   (6.49)   56.77    (9.46)   196    .59    .59    1.06 
3/31/20217,8    57.39    .13    11.63    11.76    (.21)       (.21)   68.94    20.509    208    .259    .259    .199 
Class 529-F-3:                                                           
3/31/2024   53.76    .92    6.15    7.07    (1.06)   (1.06)   (2.12)   58.71    13.42    6    .53    .53    1.69 
3/31/2023   56.72    .94    (2.93)   (1.99)   (.70)   (.27)   (.97)   53.76    (3.35)   6    .53    .53    1.88 
3/31/2022   68.89    .76    (6.38)   (5.62)   (1.14)   (5.41)   (6.55)   56.72    (9.38)   6    .52    .52    1.13 
3/31/20217,8    57.39    .16    11.62    11.78    (.28)       (.28)   68.89    20.549    6    .279    .229    .239 
Class R-1:                                                           
3/31/2024   50.73    .25    5.89    6.14    (.51)   (1.06)   (1.57)   55.30    12.25    106    1.56    1.56    .50 
3/31/2023   53.68    .42    (2.79)   (2.37)   (.31)   (.27)   (.58)   50.73    (4.30)   111    1.56    1.56    .89 
3/31/2022   65.57    .07    (6.04)   (5.97)   (.51)   (5.41)   (5.92)   53.68    (10.34)   135    1.56    1.56    .10 
3/31/2021   41.23    (.09)   24.43    24.34                65.57    59.03    182    1.57    1.57    (.16)
3/31/2020   48.86    .14    (6.56)   (6.42)   (.24)   (.97)   (1.21)   41.23    (13.68)   144    1.58    1.58    .29 

 

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30 EuroPacific Growth Fund
 

Financial highlights (continued)

 

       Income (loss) from investment operations1   Dividends and distributions                         
Year ended    Net asset
value,
beginning
of year
   Net
investment
income
(loss)
   Net gains
(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 year
   Total return2,3    Net assets,
end of
year
(in millions)
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets before
reimburse-
ments4 
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets after
reimburse-
ments3,4 
   Ratio of
net income
(loss) to
average
net assets3 
 
Class R-2:                                                                 
3/31/2024  $51.18   $.24   $5.96   $6.20   $(.57)  $(1.06)  $(1.63)  $55.75    12.25%  $680    1.56%   1.56%   .47%
3/31/2023   54.18    .43    (2.81)   (2.38)   (.35)   (.27)   (.62)   51.18    (4.28)   611    1.52    1.52    .89 
3/31/2022   66.17    .07    (6.08)   (6.01)   (.57)   (5.41)   (5.98)   54.18    (10.32)   639    1.55    1.55    .11 
3/31/2021   41.60    (.08)   24.65    24.57                66.17    59.03    731    1.55    1.55    (.14)
3/31/2020   49.30    .14    (6.61)   (6.47)   (.26)   (.97)   (1.23)   41.60    (13.65)   534    1.57    1.57    .28 
Class R-2E:
3/31/2024   52.90    .42    6.15    6.57    (.68)   (1.06)   (1.74)   57.73    12.59    67    1.27    1.27    .78 
3/31/2023   55.91    .58    (2.90)   (2.32)   (.42)   (.27)   (.69)   52.90    (4.03)   63    1.27    1.27    1.17 
3/31/2022   67.96    .27    (6.31)   (6.04)   (.60)   (5.41)   (6.01)   55.91    (10.09)   71    1.27    1.27    .40 
3/31/2021   42.60    .08    25.28    25.36                67.96    59.50    105    1.27    1.27    .14 
3/31/2020   50.42    .29    (6.76)   (6.47)   (.38)   (.97)   (1.35)   42.60    (13.40)   77    1.28    1.28    .56 
Class R-3:                                                                 
3/31/2024   52.36    .50    6.08    6.58    (.75)   (1.06)   (1.81)   57.13    12.75    1,650    1.11    1.11    .95 
3/31/2023   55.32    .66    (2.88)   (2.22)   (.47)   (.27)   (.74)   52.36    (3.89)   1,722    1.11    1.11    1.34 
3/31/2022   67.33    .36    (6.22)   (5.86)   (.74)   (5.41)   (6.15)   55.32    (9.93)   2,185    1.11    1.11    .55 
3/31/2021   42.15    .17    25.01    25.18                67.33    59.74    2,838    1.12    1.12    .29 
3/31/2020   49.86    .38    (6.70)   (6.32)   (.42)   (.97)   (1.39)   42.15    (13.28)   2,395    1.13    1.13    .75 
Class R-4:                                                                 
3/31/2024   52.53    .66    6.10    6.76    (.90)   (1.06)   (1.96)   57.33    13.08    3,161    .81    .81    1.24 
3/31/2023   55.46    .80    (2.87)   (2.07)   (.59)   (.27)   (.86)   52.53    (3.59)   3,665    .81    .81    1.64 
3/31/2022   67.49    .56    (6.25)   (5.69)   (.93)   (5.41)   (6.34)   55.46    (9.67)   4,701    .81    .81    .85 
3/31/2021   42.19    .34    25.08    25.42    (.12)       (.12)   67.49    60.24    6,256    .81    .81    .60 
3/31/2020   49.91    .54    (6.71)   (6.17)   (.58)   (.97)   (1.55)   42.19    (13.03)   5,278    .82    .82    1.04 
Class R-5E:
3/31/2024   53.42    .77    6.21    6.98    (1.01)   (1.06)   (2.07)   58.33    13.33    790    .62    .62    1.44 
3/31/2023   56.37    .90    (2.92)   (2.02)   (.66)   (.27)   (.93)   53.42    (3.42)   892    .62    .62    1.80 
3/31/2022   68.47    .76    (6.41)   (5.65)   (1.04)   (5.41)   (6.45)   56.37    (9.49)   1,108    .62    .62    1.12 
3/31/2021   42.77    .47    25.44    25.91    (.21)       (.21)   68.47    60.54    2,241    .61    .61    .81 
3/31/2020   50.58    .62    (6.76)   (6.14)   (.70)   (.97)   (1.67)   42.77    (12.82)   1,745    .62    .62    1.20 
Class R-5:                                                                 
3/31/2024   53.80    .84    6.25    7.09    (1.07)   (1.06)   (2.13)   58.76    13.44    3,527    .52    .52    1.56 
3/31/2023   56.74    .97    (2.94)   (1.97)   (.70)   (.27)   (.97)   53.80    (3.31)   4,113    .51    .51    1.94 
3/31/2022   68.92    .78    (6.40)   (5.62)   (1.15)   (5.41)   (6.56)   56.74    (9.40)   5,208    .51    .51    1.16 
3/31/2021   43.04    .53    25.61    26.14    (.26)       (.26)   68.92    60.74    7,032    .51    .51    .90 
3/31/2020   50.88    .70    (6.82)   (6.12)   (.75)   (.97)   (1.72)   43.04    (12.75)   5,759    .52    .52    1.33 
Class R-6:                                                                 
3/31/2024   53.87    .86    6.27    7.13    (1.10)   (1.06)   (2.16)   58.84    13.48    68,158    .46    .46    1.59 
3/31/2023   56.81    .99    (2.94)   (1.95)   (.72)   (.27)   (.99)   53.87    (3.25)   69,331    .46    .46    1.97 
3/31/2022   69.00    .80    (6.40)   (5.60)   (1.18)   (5.41)   (6.59)   56.81    (9.35)   79,147    .46    .46    1.19 
3/31/2021   43.08    .56    25.64    26.20    (.28)       (.28)   69.00    60.78    91,476    .46    .46    .94 
3/31/2020   50.93    .71    (6.82)   (6.11)   (.77)   (.97)   (1.74)   43.08    (12.70)   60,141    .47    .47    1.36 

 

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   Year ended March 31,
   2024   2023   2022   2021   2020 
Portfolio turnover rate for all share classes10   30%    34%    29%    32%    38% 

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns exclude any applicable sales charges, including contingent deferred sales charges.
3 This column reflects the impact, if any, of certain reimbursements from CRMC. During one of the years shown, CRMC reimbursed a portion of transfer agent services fees for Class 529-F-3 shares.
4 Ratios do not include expenses of any Central Funds. The fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any Central Funds.
5 All or a significant portion of assets in this class consisted of seed capital invested by CRMC and/or its affiliates. Fees for distribution services are not charged or accrued on these seed capital assets. If such fees were paid by the fund on seed capital assets, fund expenses would have been higher and net income and total return would have been lower.
6 Amount less than $1 million.
7 Based on operations for a period that is less than a full year.
8 Class 529-F-2 and 529-F-3 shares began investment operations on October 30, 2020.
9 Not annualized.
10 Rates do not include the 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 Shareholders and Board of Trustees of EuroPacific Growth Fund:

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of EuroPacific Growth Fund (the “Fund”), including the investment portfolio, as of March 31, 2024, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of March 31, 2024, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights 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 Fund 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 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, 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 and financial highlights. 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 and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2024, by correspondence with the custodian 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 opinion.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

Costa Mesa, California
May 9, 2024

 

We have served as the auditor of one or more American Funds investment companies since 1956.

 

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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, distribution and service (12b-1) 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 (October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024).

 

Actual expenses:

The first line of each share class in the table on the following page 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 share class in the table on the following page 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:

Retirement plan participants may be subject to certain fees charged by the plan sponsor, and Class F-1, F-2, F-3, 529-F-1, 529-F-2 and 529-F-3 shareholders may be subject to fees charged by financial intermediaries, typically ranging from 0.75% to 1.50% of assets annually depending on services offered. You can estimate the impact of these fees by adding the amount of the fees to the total estimated expenses you paid on your account during the period as calculated above. In addition, your ending account value would be lower by the amount of these fees.

 

Note that the expenses shown in the table on the following page are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the second line of each share class in the table 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.

 

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Expense example (continued)

 

   Beginning
account value
10/1/2023
   Ending
account value
3/31/2024
   Expenses paid
during period*
   Annualized
expense ratio
 
Class A – actual return  $1,000.00   $1,183.80   $4.64    .85%
Class A – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,020.75    4.29    .85 
Class C – actual return   1,000.00    1,179.39    8.66    1.59 
Class C – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,017.05    8.02    1.59 
Class T – actual return   1,000.00    1,185.27    3.06    .56 
Class T – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,022.20    2.83    .56 
Class F-1 – actual return   1,000.00    1,183.56    4.64    .85 
Class F-1 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,020.75    4.29    .85 
Class F-2 – actual return   1,000.00    1,185.33    3.11    .57 
Class F-2 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,022.15    2.88    .57 
Class F-3 – actual return   1,000.00    1,186.10    2.51    .46 
Class F-3 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,022.70    2.33    .46 
Class 529-A – actual return   1,000.00    1,183.63    4.75    .87 
Class 529-A – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,020.65    4.39    .87 
Class 529-C – actual return   1,000.00    1,179.30    8.77    1.61 
Class 529-C – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,016.95    8.12    1.61 
Class 529-E – actual return   1,000.00    1,182.21    5.95    1.09 
Class 529-E – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,019.55    5.50    1.09 
Class 529-T – actual return   1,000.00    1,184.98    3.50    .64 
Class 529-T – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,021.80    3.23    .64 
Class 529-F-1 – actual return   1,000.00    1,184.72    3.71    .68 
Class 529-F-1 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,021.60    3.44    .68 
Class 529-F-2 – actual return   1,000.00    1,185.27    3.22    .59 
Class 529-F-2 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,022.05    2.98    .59 
Class 529-F-3 – actual return   1,000.00    1,185.49    2.90    .53 
Class 529-F-3 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,022.35    2.68    .53 
Class R-1 – actual return   1,000.00    1,179.59    8.50    1.56 
Class R-1 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,017.20    7.87    1.56 
Class R-2 – actual return   1,000.00    1,179.47    8.50    1.56 
Class R-2 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,017.20    7.87    1.56 
Class R-2E – actual return   1,000.00    1,181.28    6.93    1.27 
Class R-2E – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,018.65    6.41    1.27 
Class R-3 – actual return   1,000.00    1,182.00    6.06    1.11 
Class R-3 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,019.45    5.60    1.11 
Class R-4 – actual return   1,000.00    1,183.74    4.48    .82 
Class R-4 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,020.90    4.14    .82 
Class R-5E – actual return   1,000.00    1,185.10    3.39    .62 
Class R-5E – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,021.90    3.13    .62 
Class R-5 – actual return   1,000.00    1,185.86    2.79    .51 
Class R-5 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,022.45    2.58    .51 
Class R-6 – actual return   1,000.00    1,185.80    2.51    .46 
Class R-6 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,022.70    2.33    .46 

 

* The “expenses paid during period” are equal to the “annualized expense ratio,” multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period, and divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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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. The fund hereby designates the following amounts for the fund’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2024:

 

Long-term capital gains  $2,570,264,000
Foreign taxes  $0.15 per share
Foreign source income  $1.08 per share
Qualified dividend income   100%
Section 163(j) interest dividends  $280,843,000
Corporate dividends received deduction  $44,772,000
U.S. government income that may be exempt from state taxation  $97,925,000

 

Individual shareholders should refer to their Form 1099 or other tax information, which will be mailed in January 2025, to determine the calendar year amounts to be included on their 2024 tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory and Service Agreement

 

The fund’s board has approved the continuation of the fund’s Investment Advisory and Service Agreement (the “agreement”) with Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) through November 30, 2024. The board approved the agreement following the recommendation of the fund’s Contracts Committee (the “committee”), which is composed of all the fund’s independent board members. The board and the committee determined in the exercise of their business judgment that the fund’s advisory fee structure was fair and reasonable in relation to the services provided, and that approving the agreement was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.

 

In reaching this decision, the board and the committee took into account their interactions with CRMC and information furnished to them throughout the year and otherwise provided to them, as well as information prepared specifically in connection with their review of the agreement, and 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 and committee member did not necessarily attribute the same weight to each factor.

 

1. Nature, extent and quality of services

 

The board and the committee 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 the fund’s assets are managed, including liquidity management), financial, investment operations, compliance, trading, proxy voting, shareholder communications, and other services; and the ongoing evolution of CRMC’s organizational structure designed to maintain and strengthen these qualities. The board and the committee also considered the nature, extent and quality of administrative and shareholder services provided by CRMC to the fund under the agreement and other agreements, as well as the benefits to fund shareholders from investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds. The board and the committee considered the risks assumed by CRMC in providing services to the fund, including operational, business, financial, reputational, regulatory and litigation risks. The board and the committee concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by CRMC have benefited and should continue to benefit the fund and its shareholders.

 

2. Investment results

 

The board and the committee considered the investment results of the fund in light of its objective. They compared the fund’s investment results with those of other funds (including funds that currently form the basis of the Lipper index for the category in which the fund is included), and data such as relevant market and fund indexes over various periods (including the fund’s lifetime) through March 31, 2023. They generally placed greater emphasis on investment results over longer-term periods. On the basis of this evaluation and the board’s and the committee’s ongoing review of investment results, and considering the relative market conditions during certain reporting periods, the board and the committee concluded that the fund’s investment results have been satisfactory for renewal of the agreement, and that CRMC’s record in managing the fund indicated that its continued management should benefit the fund and its shareholders.

 

3. Advisory fees and total expenses

 

The board and the committee compared the advisory fees and total expense levels of the fund to those of other relevant funds. They observed that the fund’s advisory fees and expenses generally compared favorably to those of other similar funds included in the comparable Lipper category. The board and the committee also considered the breakpoint discounts in the fund’s advisory fee structure that reduce the level of fees charged by CRMC to the fund as fund assets increase. In addition, they reviewed information regarding the effective advisory fees charged to non-mutual fund clients by CRMC and its affiliates. They noted that, to the extent there were differences between the advisory fees paid by the fund and the advisory fees paid by those clients, the differences appropriately reflected the investment, operational, regulatory and market differences between advising the fund and the other clients. The board and the committee concluded that the fund’s cost structure was fair and reasonable in relation to the services provided, as well as in relation to the risks assumed by the adviser in sponsoring and managing the fund, and that the fund’s shareholders receive reasonable value in return for the advisory fees and other amounts paid to CRMC by the fund.

 

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4. Ancillary benefits

 

The board and the committee considered a variety of other benefits that CRMC and its affiliates receive as a result of CRMC’s relationship with the fund and other American Funds, including fees for administrative services provided to certain share classes; fees paid to CRMC’s affiliated transfer agent; sales charges and distribution fees received and retained by the fund’s principal underwriter, an affiliate of CRMC; and possible ancillary benefits to CRMC and its institutional management affiliates in managing other investment vehicles. The board and the committee reviewed CRMC’s portfolio trading practices, noting that CRMC bears the cost of third-party research. The board and committee also noted that CRMC benefited from the use of commissions from portfolio transactions made on behalf of the fund to facilitate payment to certain broker-dealers for research to comply with regulatory requirements applicable to these firms, with all such amounts reimbursed by CRMC. The board and the committee took these ancillary benefits into account in evaluating the reasonableness of the advisory fees and other amounts paid to CRMC by the fund.

 

5. Adviser financial information

 

The board and the committee reviewed information regarding CRMC’s costs of providing services to the American Funds, including personnel, systems and resources of investment, compliance, trading, accounting and other administrative operations. They considered CRMC’s costs and related cost allocation methodology, as well as its track record of investing in technology, infrastructure and staff to maintain and expand services and capabilities, respond to industry and regulatory developments, and attract and retain qualified personnel. They noted information regarding the compensation structure for CRMC’s investment professionals. They reviewed information on the profitability of the investment adviser and its affiliates. The board and the committee also compared CRMC’s profitability and compensation data to the reported results and data of a number of large, publicly held investment management companies. The board and the committee noted the competitiveness and cyclicality of both the mutual 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. They further considered the breakpoint discounts in the fund’s advisory fee structure and CRMC’s sharing of potential economies of scale, or efficiencies, through breakpoints and other fee reductions and costs voluntarily absorbed. The board and the committee concluded that the fund’s advisory fee structure reflected a reasonable sharing of benefits between CRMC and the fund’s shareholders.

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program unaudited

 

The fund has adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “program”). The fund’s board has designated Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) as the administrator of the program. Personnel of CRMC or its affiliates conduct the day-to-day operation of the program pursuant to policies and procedures administered by the Capital Group Liquidity Risk Management Committee.

 

Under the program, CRMC manages the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet shareholder redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the fund. This risk is managed by monitoring the degree of liquidity of the fund’s investments, limiting the amount of the fund’s illiquid investments, and utilizing various risk management tools and facilities available to the fund for meeting shareholder redemptions, among other means. CRMC’s process of determining the degree of liquidity of the fund’s investments is supported by one or more third-party liquidity assessment vendors.

 

The fund’s board reviewed a report prepared by CRMC regarding the operation and effectiveness of the program for the period October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023. No significant liquidity events impacting the fund were noted in the report. In addition, CRMC provided its assessment that the program had been effective in managing the fund’s liquidity risk.

 

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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 trustee3
  Other directorships4
held by trustee
Vanessa C. L. Chang, 1952  2005  Former Director, EL & EL Investments (real estate)  28  Edison International/Southern California Edison; Transocean Ltd. (offshore drilling contractor)
Pablo R. González Guajardo, 1967  2014  CEO, Kimberly-Clark de México, SAB de CV  30  América Móvil, SAB de CV (telecommunications company); Kimberly-Clark de México, SAB de CV (consumer staples)
Martin E. Koehler, 1957  2015  Independent management consultant  6  None
Pascal Millaire, 1983  2019  CEO and Director, CyberCube Analytics, Inc. (cyber risk software for insurers)  3  None
William I. Miller, 1956
Chair of the Board
(Independent and Non-Executive)
  1992  President, The Wallace Foundation  3  Cummins, Inc.
Josette Sheeran, 1954  2015  Strategic Advisor to the CEO, Canoo Inc.; Trustee and former Executive Chair, The McCain Institute; former Professor of Practice, Arizona State University; President Emeritus and former CEO, Asia Society; former United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti  8  None
Christopher E. Stone, 1956  2020  Professor of Practice of Public Integrity, University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government  11  None
Amy Zegart, PhD, 1967  2019  Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University  8  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

 

Interested trustees5,6

 

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 trustee3
  Other directorships4
held by trustee
Carl M. Kawaja, 1964
Co-President
  2003  Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company7; Chairman and Director, Capital Research and Management Company  3  None
Joanna F. Jonsson, 1963  2019  Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Vice Chair, President and Director, Capital Research and Management Company; Vice Chair and Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.7  3  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 referring to the Capital Group website at capitalgroup.com. The address for all trustees and officers of the fund is 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Attention: Secretary.

 

Refer to page 42 for footnotes.

 

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Other officers6

 

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
Gerald Du Manoir, 1966
Co-President
  2020  Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company;
Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company7;
Vice President, Capital Guardian (Canada), Inc.7
Christopher Thomsen, 1970
Co-President
  2015  Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research Company7
Walt Burkley, 1966
Principal Executive Officer
  2012  Senior Vice President and General Counsel — Legal and Compliance Group, Capital Research and Management Company; General Counsel and Secretary, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.7;
Director, Capital Research Company7; Director, Capital Research and Management Company
Michael W. Stockton, 1967
Executive Vice President
  2013  Senior Vice President — Legal and Compliance Group, Capital Research and Management Company
Noriko Honda Chen, 1967
Senior Vice President
  2020  Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company;
Chair, President, Principal Executive Officer and Director, Capital Research Company 7;
Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.7; Director, Capital International K.K.7
Nicholas J. Grace, 1966
Senior Vice President
  2004  Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research Company7
Lawrence Kymisis, 1970
Senior Vice President
  2019  Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research Company7
Harold H. La, 1970
Senior Vice President
  2022  Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International, Inc.7
Sung Lee, 1966
Senior Vice President
  2003  Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Group Investment Management Pte. Ltd.7;
Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.7
Samir Parekh, 1974
Senior Vice President
  2023  Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital International, Inc.7
Lara Pellini, 1975
Senior Vice President
  2015  Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research Company7;
Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.7
Andrew B. Suzman, 1967
Senior Vice President
  2019  Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company;
Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company7
Tomonori Tani, 1977
Senior Vice President
  2023  Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company

 

Refer to page 42 for footnotes.

 

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Other officers (continued)6

 

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
Leo Hee, 1971
Vice President
  2014  Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Group Investment Management Pte. Ltd.7
Jennifer L. Butler, 1966
Secretary
  2013  Assistant Vice President — Legal and Compliance Group, Capital Research and Management Company
Brian C. Janssen, 1972
Treasurer
  2010  Senior Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company
Michael R. Tom, 1988
Assistant Secretary
  2021  Associate — Legal and Compliance Group, Capital Research and Management Company
Sandra Chuon, 1972
Assistant Treasurer
  2019  Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company
Gregory F. Niland, 1971
Assistant Treasurer
  2016  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 Funds managed by Capital Research and Management Company or its affiliates.
4 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.
5 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).
6 All of the trustees and/or officers listed, with the exception of Lawrence Kymisis, 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.
7 Company affiliated with Capital Research and Management Company.

 

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Office of the fund

333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406

 

Investment adviser

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

 

Transfer agent for shareholder accounts

American Funds Service Company
(Write to the address nearest you.)

 

P.O. Box 6007
Indianapolis, IN 46206-6007

 

P.O. Box 2280
Norfolk, VA 23501-2280

 

Custodian of assets

JPMorgan Chase Bank
270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017-2070

 

Counsel

Dechert LLP

45 Fremont Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2223

 

Independent registered public accounting firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP
695 Town Center Drive
Suite 1000
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-7188

 

Principal underwriter

American Funds Distributors, Inc.
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406

 

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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 refer to the Capital Group website at capitalgroup.com.

 

“American Funds Proxy Voting Procedures and Principles” — which describes how we vote proxies relating to portfolio securities — is available on our website or upon request by calling AFS. The 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.

 

EuroPacific Growth Fund files a complete list of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form NPORT-P. The list of portfolio holdings is available free of charge on the SEC website and on our website.

 

This report is for the information of shareholders of EuroPacific Growth Fund, but it also may be used as sales literature when preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus or summary prospectus, which gives details about charges, expenses, investment objectives and operating policies of the fund. If used as sales material after June 30, 2024, this report must be accompanied by an American Funds statistical update for the most recently completed calendar quarter.

 

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.

 

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On or around July 1, 2024, American Funds Distributors, Inc. will be renamed Capital Client Group, Inc.

   

The Capital Advantage®

 

Since 1931, Capital Group, home of American Funds, has helped investors pursue long-term investment success. Our consistent approach — in combination with The Capital SystemTM — has resulted in superior outcomes.

 

Aligned with investor success

We base our decisions on a long-term perspective, which we believe aligns our goals with the interests of our clients. Our portfolio managers average 28 years of investment industry experience, including 22 years at our company, reflecting a career commitment to our long-term approach.1

 

The Capital System

The Capital System combines individual accountability with teamwork. Funds using The Capital System are divided into portions that are managed independently by investment professionals with diverse backgrounds, ages and investment approaches. An extensive global research effort is the backbone of our system.

 

American Funds’ superior outcomes

Equity-focused funds have beaten their Lipper peer indexes in 84% of 10-year periods and 97% of 20-year periods.2 Relative to their peers, our fixed income funds have helped investors achieve better diversification through attention to correlation between bonds and equities.3 Fund management fees have been among the lowest in the industry.4

 

  1 Investment industry experience as of December 31, 2023.
  2 Based on Class F-2 share results for rolling monthly 10- and 20-year periods starting with the first 10- or 20-year period after each mutual fund’s inception through December 31, 2023. Periods covered are the shorter of the fund’s lifetime or since the comparable Lipper index inception date (except Capital Income Builder and SMALLCAP World Fund, for which the Lipper average was used). Expenses differ for each share class, so results will vary. Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
  3 Based on Class F-2 share results as of December 31, 2023. Thirteen of the 18 fixed income American Funds that have been in existence for the three-year period showed a three-year correlation lower than their respective Morningstar peer group averages. S&P 500 Index was used as an equity market proxy. Correlation based on monthly total returns. Correlation is a statistical measure of how a security and an index move in relation to each other. A correlation ranges from -1 to 1. A positive correlation close to 1 implies that as one moved, either up or down, the other moved in “lockstep,” in the same direction. A negative correlation close to -1 indicates the two have moved in the opposite direction.
  4 On average, our mutual fund management fees were in the lowest quintile 55% of the time, based on the 20-year period ended December 31, 2023, versus comparable Lipper categories, excluding funds of funds.

 

Class F-2 shares were first offered on August 1, 2008. Class F-2 share results prior to the date of first sale are hypothetical based on the results of the original share class of the fund without a sales charge, adjusted for typical estimated expenses. Results for certain funds with an inception date after August 1, 2008, also include hypothetical returns because those funds’ Class F-2 shares sold after the funds’ date of first offering. Refer to capitalgroup.com for more information on specific expense adjustments and the actual dates of first sale.

 

Capital Group manages equity assets through three investment groups. These groups make investment and proxy voting decisions independently. Fixed income investment professionals provide fixed income research and investment management across the Capital organization; however, for securities with equity characteristics, they act solely on behalf of one of the three equity investment groups.

 

All Capital Group trademarks mentioned are owned by The Capital Group Companies, Inc., an affiliated company or fund. All other company and product names mentioned are the property of their respective companies.

 

   

 

ITEM 2 – Code of Ethics

The Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions. A copy of the code of ethics is available without charge at capitalgroup.com.

 

ITEM 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

The Registrant’s board has determined that Pablo R. González Guajardo, 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

  EUPAC
     
Registrant:    
a)  Audit Fees:    
Audit 2023           134,000
  2024           144,000
     

b)  Audit-Related Fees:    
  2023             24,000
  2024             22,000
     
c)  Tax Fees:    
  2023             46,000
  2024             84,000
  The tax fees consist of professional services relating to the preparation of the Registrant’s tax returns.  
     
d)  All Other Fees:    
  2023  None
  2024  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:    
  2023       2,177,000
  2024       2,128,000
  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:    
  2023           394,000
  2024  None
  The tax fees consist of consulting services relating to the Registrant’s investments.  
     
     
d)  All Other Fees:    
  2023  None
  2024  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 $2,641,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $2,233,000 for fiscal year 2024. 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.  
     
i)  Not applicable.    
     
j)  Not applicable.    

 

 

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 – Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

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

 

 

ITEM 13 – Exhibits

 

(a)(1) Code of Ethics – See Item 2
   
(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.

 

  EUROPACIFIC GROWTH FUND
   
  By __/s/ Walter R. Burkley________________
 

Walter R. Burkley,

Principal Executive Officer

   
  Date: May 31, 2024

 

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: May 31, 2024

 

 

 

By ___/s/ Brian C. Janssen__________________

Brian C. Janssen, Treasurer and

Principal Financial Officer

 

Date: May 31, 2024