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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: 811-05888

 

 

 

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

6455 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, California 92618

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (213) 486-9200

 

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

 

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Michael W. Stockton

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

 

 
 

ITEM 1 – Reports to Stockholders

 

Staying the course in
a volatile world

 

Special feature page 4

 

SMALLCAP World Fund®

 

Annual report
for the year ended
September 30, 2016

 

SMALLCAP World Fund seeks to provide you with long-term growth of capital.

 

This fund is one of more than 40 offered by one of the nation’s largest mutual fund families, American Funds, from Capital Group. For 85 years, Capital 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 A shares at net asset value. If a sales charge (maximum 5.75%) had been deducted, 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. Share prices and returns will vary, so investors may lose money. Investing for short periods makes losses more likely. Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value. For current information and month-end results, visit americanfunds.com.

 

See page 3 for Class A share results with relevant sales charges deducted. For other share class results, visit americanfunds.com and americanfundsretirement.com.

 

Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, investment results reflect fee waivers, without which results would have been lower. Visit americanfunds.com for more information.

 

Investing outside the United States may be subject to risks, such as currency fluctuations and political instability. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in developing countries. Investing in small-capitalization stocks can involve greater risk than is customarily associated with investing in stocks of larger, more established companies. 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.

 

 

 

Special feature

 

4 Finding opportunity in volatile times
   
Contents
   
1 Letter to investors
3 The value of a long-term perspective
10 Summary investment portfolio
16 Financial statements
38 Board of directors and other officers

 

Fellow investors:

 

In a market environment beset by geopolitical and economic issues, SMALLCAP World Fund produced a double-digit return for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2016. Investing with an eye toward the long term, the fund managers’ efforts resulted in a total return of 11.72%.

 

By way of comparison, the MSCI All Country World Small Cap Index, an unmanaged index of global small-cap equities that does not include fees or expenses, returned 14.21% for the same period, while the Lipper Global Small-/Mid-Cap Funds Average, a measure of the fund’s peer group, returned 13.54%.

 

The fund paid a one-time capital gain payment of $2.83 a share during the fiscal year.

 

The fund’s return came at a difficult time for the global small-cap marketplace, and while it lagged its benchmark for this period, the fund’s managers sought to reduce volatility and make prudent investments not just for these 12 months, but for years to come. This long-term approach has resulted in returns that have surpassed our benchmarks over longer periods.

 

The year in review

The fund’s fiscal year was particularly challenging, with the market facing a number of geopolitical uncertainties. The vote in the United Kingdom for that country to leave the European Union immediately introduced numerous concerns across Europe regarding the strength of the euro and London’s position as a financial capital. Likewise, the U.S. presidential campaigns also created instability in domestic markets.

 

Terrorism also prompted a great deal of distress both in the U.S. and Europe, with a string of attacks prompting greater calls for strengthened borders and curbs on immigration. The refugee crisis in Europe continues unabated, thanks to a civil war in Syria that may threaten to involve Russia and the United States to greater degrees in the future.

 

While these problems do not have direct bearing on equities, they prompt a great deal of uncertainty among investors — and in times of uncertainty, some investors choose to sell. Our view of investing in volatile markets is much more nuanced; our special feature on page 4 highlights our investment process in challenging times.

 

Results at a glance

 

For periods ended September 30, 2016, with all distributions reinvested

 

    Cumulative
total returns
  Average annual
total returns
    1 year   5 years   10 years   Lifetime
(since 4/30/90)
                 
SMALLCAP World Fund (Class A shares)     11.72 %     13.54 %     6.83 %     9.50 %
MSCI All Country World Small Cap Index*     14.21       12.47       6.59       n/a  
Lipper Global Small-/Mid-Cap Funds Average      13.54       11.85       5.66       9.00  

 

* Source: MSCI. The market index is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. The market index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market results of smaller capitalization companies in both developed and emerging markets. Results reflect dividends net of withholding taxes. This index was not in existence when the fund’s Class A shares were first sold; therefore, lifetime results are not available.
Lipper averages reflect the current composition of all eligible mutual funds (all share classes) within a given category.

 

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That said, there were bright spots to be found in the global economy, with low unemployment in the United States and Britain, an increase in household incomes, and strong earnings from a variety of businesses around the world.

 

How the fund responded

The fund’s investment professionals, while taking the year’s challenges into account, continued to engage in the kind of bottom-up global research that has been a hallmark of the fund for more than 25 years.

 

Information technology shares were of particular benefit to the fund over the past 12 months, with Top-10 holding DeNA (up 94.2%) and AAC Technologies Holdings (up 61.9%) adding to returns. Consumer stocks such as Domino’s Pizza (up 40.7%) and Raia Drogasil (up 106.6%) also aided the fund.

 

Health care stocks — biotechnology in particular — detracted from returns this year, with Myriad Genetics (down 45.1%) and Endo International (down 70.9%) among them. Film company Lions Gate Entertainment (down 45.7%) also hurt the fund’s returns for the period.

 

The fund’s holdings in U.S.-based companies declined slightly from a year ago, though U.S. companies generally had positive absolute returns during the period. The fund’s European exposure rose slightly, with U.K. stocks generally faring poorly compared to other markets. While the amount the fund invested in Asia and Latin America declined during the past year, these holdings generally helped the fund’s return; shares of Japanese, Brazilian and Korean companies were particularly noteworthy.

 

The fund had 7.5% of its assets in cash and cash-like securities at the end of the period, reflecting a more conservative stance in the face of increased volatility. A higher cash position helps cushion volatility — and also makes it easier for the fund’s investment professionals to take advantage of buying opportunities when they arise.

 

The road ahead

Over the past year, the fund’s investment professionals focused not only on providing solid returns for our shareholders, but also on protecting the portfolio from potential downside risks. We are gratified by the fund’s gains over the past several years, and we hope to preserve them going forward.

 

We are hopeful that the end of election season in the United States will bring about greater certainty and stability around the world and in the global equity markets. Overseas, the war in Syria, the European refugee crisis and the U.K.’s exit from the European Union remain in flux, and may weigh on markets there and around the world. New political leadership both in Europe and the United States may help ease some of these concerns.

 

We remain encouraged by the strength of corporate earnings, and we are seeing opportunities for new, small-capitalization companies to come to market with initial public offerings, which we will study carefully for potential investment.

 

And as always, we continue to comb the world for new, innovative small companies that have the potential to become tomorrow’s leaders in any number of industries and nations. We thank you for your continued support of SMALLCAP World Fund, and we look forward to reporting to you again in six months.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jonathan Knowles

Vice Chairman of the Board

 

Gregory W. Wendt

President

 

November 11, 2016

 

For current information about the fund, visit americanfunds.com.

 

Where the fund’s assets are invested (by country of domicile)

 

 

  As of September 30, 2016   Percent of
net assets
n United States     41.2 %
n Asia & Pacific Basin     23.4  
n Europe     21.0  
n Other (including Canada & Latin America)     6.9  
n Short-term securities & other assets less liabilities     7.5  

 

 

 

  As of September 30, 2015   Percent of
net assets
n United States     44.2 %
n Asia & Pacific Basin     21.2  
n Europe     20.1  
n Other (including Canada & Latin America)     4.3  
n Short-term securities & other assets less liabilities     10.2  

 

 

Largest equity holdings        
         
    Percent of
net assets
Domino’s Pizza     1.4 %
Incyte     1.1  
DeNA     1.0  
Molina Healthcare     .9  
GW Pharmaceuticals     .9  
Kotak Mahindra Bank     .8  
Qorvo     .7  
China Biologic     .7  
GVC     .6  
Emmi     .6  

 

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The value of a long-term perspective

 

This chart shows how a $10,000 investment in SMALLCAP World Fund’s Class A shares grew from April 30, 1990 — the fund’s inception — through September 30, 2016, the end of the fund’s latest fiscal year. As you can see, the $10,000 would have grown to $103,536 even after deducting the maximum 5.75% sales charge.

 

Fund results shown reflect deduction of the maximum sales charge of 5.75% on the $10,000 investment.1 Thus, the net amount invested was $9,425.

 

 

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 MSCI All Country World Small Cap Index is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Results reflect dividends net of withholding taxes. Source: MSCI. Because the index was not in existence when the fund’s Class A shares were first sold, cumulative returns through May 31, 1994, reflect the returns of the S&P Developed <$1.2 Billion Index. Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC.
3 Computed from data supplied by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
4 For the period April 30, 1990, commencement of operations, through September 30, 1990.

 

Past results are not predictive of results for future periods. The results shown are before taxes on fund distributions and sale of fund shares.

 

Average annual total returns based on a $1,000 investment (for periods ended September 30, 2016)*

 

    1 year   5 years   10 years
             
Class A shares   5.29%   12.20%   6.20%

 

* Assumes reinvestment of all distributions and payment of the maximum 5.75% sales charge.
   
  The total annual fund operating expense ratio is 1.10% for Class A shares as of the prospectus dated December 1, 2016 (unaudited).
   
  Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, investment results reflect fee waivers, without which results would have been lower. Visit americanfunds.com for more information.

 

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“The past 15 years or so have seen so much change around the world, it can seem a little daunting. But yet there’s so much good happening in the world as well. So the first thing to remember is change is a constant, and it’s not always for the worse.”

 

— Jonathan Knowles

 

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Finding opportunity in volatile times

 

In a changing world, uncertainty can lead to short-term market fluctuations and volatility. The investment professionals of SMALLCAP World Fund nonetheless continue to seek out new opportunities around the globe, with an eye toward the long term.

 

For individual investors, reading the headlines every day can be a source of worry. Over the past year, we’ve seen refugee crises in Europe, concerns about Chinese economic stability, the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union, and historically low interest rates that have some economists worried.

 

All these things are important, and can have an impact on your portfolio — just as they can have an impact on SMALLCAP World Fund. But while these global events require research and monitoring, they don’t stop the fund’s investment professionals in their search for potential small-company investments around the world.

 

“There are always going to be surprises out there. There’s always going to be volatility,” says portfolio manager Greg Wendt. “But if anything, these are the times when it’s important to stay the course and stick to the long-term approach we’ve always had.”

 

And indeed, the fund’s portfolio managers and investment analysts continue to evaluate companies across the globe. When markets are uncertain, the need for companies with strong balance sheets, effective management teams, and the potential to break through with new products and services is as important as ever.

 

The more things change

“If you really think about it, the past 15 years or so have seen so much change around the world, it can seem a little daunting,” says portfolio manager Jonathan Knowles. “We’ve had 9/11 and terrorism. We’ve had financial crises, wars in the Middle East, geopolitical and economic changes like we’ve never had, all happening at what seems to be a very rapid pace.

 

“But yet there’s so much good happening in the world as well,” Jonathan adds. “Think about the revolution we’ve had in technology, and how that technology has improved the lives of so many people and made our governments more accountable. Even more recently, we have unemployment in the U.S. and the U.K. around 5%, and household incomes are climbing. So the first thing to remember is change is a constant, and it’s not always for the worse.”

 

It’s those positive changes — breakthroughs in health care and technology, new and innovative services, the development of cheaper forms of energy — that attract many of the fund’s investment professionals, such as:

 

Domino’s Pizza, which leveraged technology early on to speed ordering and delivering while managing inventory;

 

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Kotak Mahindra Bank, which brought modern banking systems to underserved areas of India and has grown its market share at the expense of government-run banks;
   
AAC Technologies Holdings, a manufacturer that supplies small but critical components to the world’s most popular smartphones.

 

These and other companies represented in the fund portfolio have proven to be innovators in both large and small ways, creating value for shareholders amidst change.

 

The more they stay the same

Some of the companies represented in the portfolio aren’t known for innovation, but run their businesses very well. Jumbo, a Greek discount retailer, is simply very well managed, Jonathan says, and has grown geographically into Bulgaria and Romania. Emmi, a Swiss dairy, successfully diversified its product offerings to include high-end coffee beverages to help counter the high cost of Swiss milk. Hoshizaki, a Japanese company, is becoming one of the world’s leading providers of ice machines.

 

 

 

“Some of the companies I view favorably are businesses with big moats,” says portfolio manager Lawrence Kymisis. “By moats, I mean that these companies are somewhat insulated from volatility due to their fundamental strength. They’re in sectors where it’s tough for competitors to gain a foothold. They have pricing power. They have strong cash positions and little debt. And they’re aware of risks. They have a view of all possible outcomes and what they can do to make the most of them.”

 

That high-level view is the hallmark of a strong management team — a critical piece of the puzzle for many of the fund’s investment professionals.

 

“I think the best source of resiliency is really good management,” says portfolio manager Claudia Huntington. “Who’s running the show is so critically important, because good management teams position companies well to take advantage of downturns and be cautious on upturns.”

 

That management know-how can help companies weather difficult times and prepare for the future. Jacinto Hernandez, an investment analyst covering the oil services sector, continues to study how companies have managed through this year’s decline in oil prices. Those declines are hurting the bottom line now, but as a long-term investor, he’s looking for the seeds of recovery.

 

“We put in a lot of time getting to know the companies — conducting research and meeting with management,” says Jacinto, a 15-year veteran analyst. “We know the managers. And when you combine the analysis of the sector with the potential for management to capitalize on opportunities, you end up with a list of strong potential investments. All you do then is wait until the time is right.”

 

“Daily volatility is quite eye-opening sometimes, but we have a certain luxury in our approach, because we focus on the long-term.”

 

— Lawrence Kymisis

 

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“I think the best source of resiliency is really good management. Who’s running the show is so critically important, because good management teams position companies well to take advantage of downturns and be cautious on upturns.”

 

— Claudia Huntington

 

Taking advantage of volatility

While the fund embraces a long-term approach to investing, short-term market volatility can make a difference in actually purchasing a company’s stock.

 

“The price you pay for a stock makes a difference in your return over the long term,” Jacinto says. “I have a lot of quality companies I’m interested in, but if I feel they’re too expensive, I’ll wait. Then you hit a patch of volatility, the price goes down, and now you can have an attractive long-term investment.”

 

On the other hand, it takes fortitude to stay with a company during a downturn — but that’s the hallmark of long-term investing. If the company’s fundamentals and management remain sound, then the fund’s investment professionals can stay with the stock and wait out the volatility.

 

“Daily volatility is quite eye-opening sometimes, but we have a certain luxury in our approach, because we focus on the long-term,” Lawrence says. “When the Brexit vote happened and the markets in the U.K. fell, some companies took justified hits, and some took hits that weren’t justified. When the long-term fundamentals remain sound, you stay with it — or even add to your holding if the prices are right.”

 

 

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“Everything you see in the newspaper, everything that’s going on in the world, we take that into account. But ultimately, it’s about finding what we can invest in for the long term.”

 

— Greg Wendt

 

Focused on the long-term

The difficulty in investing in a volatile market is trying to figure out whether the market is simply going through a rough patch, or if there are signs of longer term difficulties ahead. That’s where research and experience come into play.

 

“Most of us have been through a number of market cycles, and there’s always uncertainty out there,” Claudia says. “Our challenge is to gather all the facts we can, seek out informed opinions, and then make a judgment on what kind of portfolio you’re going to build. Sometimes, that short-term volatility is just that — short term. But you have to be open-minded about what you’re seeing and make adjustments when that’s what the facts are calling for.”

 

Many of the fund’s investment professionals view their holdings through three different lenses: macroeconomic, overall industries, and individual companies. Their investment theses — their philosophies and views of the marketplace — are informed by each of these.

 

The fund’s bottom-up research identifies potential investments in individual companies. Sector analysts place those companies in context and evaluate the health and outlook for the overall industry. And the fund’s economic experts provide insights and analysis related to market movements, economic reports and global issues.

 

“I think in today’s market, you have to be relatively open-minded when it comes to some of your longer term assumptions and perhaps question them more frequently than you have in the past,” Lawrence says. “Today, you need to be flexible and adaptable, and I think we’re up to the challenge.”

 

Staying the course

As you can see here, investing is both art and science — gathering as much information as possible to make an informed judgment on an individual company, or an industry, or even the entire global marketplace. The fund’s long-term approach allows portfolio managers and analysts to do this work without worrying about the short-term changes in the market.

 

Indeed, it’s worth noting that the compensation paid to our investment professionals is heavily influenced by results over one-, three-, five- and eight-year periods, with increasing weight placed on each succeeding period to encourage a long-term investment approach.

 

That’s because we feel the long-term approach works best — for the fund’s results, and for our shareholders’ individual investments as well.

 

“Everything you see in the newspaper, everything that’s going on in the world, we take that into account,” Greg says. “But ultimately, it’s about finding what we can invest in for the long term.” n

 

 

 

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The New Geography of Investing®

 

Where a company does business can be more important than where it’s located. Here’s a look at SMALLCAP World Fund’s portfolio in terms of where its equity holdings earn their revenue. The charts below show the countries and regions in which the fund’s equity investments are located, and where the revenue comes from.

 

Equity portion breakdown by domicile (%)

 

 

 

  Region   Fund     Index  
n United States   44 %   51 %
n Canada     4       4  
n Europe     22       19  
n Japan     7       11  
n Asia-Pacific ex. Japan     4       4  
n Emerging markets     19       11  
  Total     100 %     100 %

 

Equity portion breakdown by revenue (%)

 

 

 

  Region   Fund     Index  
n United States     45 %     45 %
n Canada     3       3  
n Europe     17       17  
n Japan     7       10  
n Asia-Pacific ex. Japan     2       4  
n Emerging markets     26       21  
  Total     100 %     100 %

 

Compared with the MSCI ACWI Small Cap Index as a percent of net assets. Source: MSCI.

All figures include convertible securities.

 

SMALLCAP World Fund source: Capital Group (as of September 30, 2016).

 

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Summary investment portfolio September 30, 2016

 

Industry sector diversification

Percent of net assets

 

 

 

Country diversification by domicile   Percent of
net assets
United States     41.22 %
United Kingdom     8.10  
Euro zone*     7.59  
Japan     6.65  
India     4.68  
Canada     3.31  
China     3.12  
Taiwan     2.30  
Sweden     2.12  
Other countries     13.39  
Short-term securities & other assets less liabilities     7.52  
* Countries using the euro as a common currency; those represented in the fund’s portfolio are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain.

 

Common stocks 91.62%   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Consumer discretionary 17.71%                
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.1     2,828,769     $ 429,549  
GVC Holdings PLC1,2     19,280,894       185,433  
Dollarama Inc.     2,005,000       156,540  
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.1     7,751,786       154,958  
Seria Co., Ltd.2     1,425,324       115,492  
YOOX Net-A-Porter Group SPA2,3     3,627,000       112,384  
AA PLC2     28,448,238       109,034  
Ted Baker PLC1,2     3,340,342       106,681  
Matahari Department Store Tbk PT2     73,537,800       104,390  
Ladbrokes PLC1,2     55,522,600       100,752  
POYA International Co., Ltd.1,2     6,735,908       100,313  
Other securities             3,612,664  
              5,288,190  
                 
Health care 16.66%                
Incyte Corp.3     3,497,991       329,826  
Molina Healthcare, Inc.1,3     4,526,000       263,956  
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (ADR)1,3     1,976,400       262,328  
China Biologic Products, Inc.1,3     1,682,523       209,440  
Insulet Corp.1,3     3,921,000       160,526  
NuVasive, Inc.3     2,199,400       146,612  
Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.1,3     3,122,044       122,447  
Sysmex Corp.2     1,643,000       121,724  
Centene Corp.3     1,709,439       114,464  
bluebird bio, Inc.3     1,619,352       109,760  
athenahealth, Inc.3     866,310       109,259  
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC2     4,155,953       108,771  
Other securities             2,915,421  
              4,974,534  
                 
Information technology 14.14%                
DeNA Co., Ltd.1,2     8,201,010       297,406  
Qorvo, Inc.3     3,884,370       216,515  
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.2     17,790,500       180,151  
Finisar Corp.1,3     5,729,000       170,724  
Zynga Inc., Class A3     54,170,000       157,635  
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.1,2     83,546,386       157,334  
Globant SA1,3     2,717,510       114,461  
Kakaku.com, Inc.2     5,997,300       108,289  
Inphi Corp.1,3     2,459,199       107,000  
Other securities             2,712,572  
              4,222,087  

 

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    Shares     Value
(000)
 
Industrials 11.32%                
Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd.2     1,895,100     $ 173,095  
ITT Corp.     3,580,000       128,307  
Loomis AB, Class B2     4,019,042       124,086  
Oshkosh Corp.     2,105,000       117,880  
Kirby Corp.3     1,747,000       108,594  
NIBE Industrier AB, Class B2     11,580,000       102,997  
Havells India Ltd.2     16,048,000       101,115  
Other securities             2,523,798  
              3,379,872  
                 
Financials 8.96%                
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.2     20,057,040       234,722  
Validus Holdings, Ltd.     3,033,000       151,104  
Essent Group Ltd.3     4,177,925       111,175  
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.     660,000       109,289  
Umpqua Holdings Corp.     7,004,541       105,418  
GT Capital Holdings, Inc.2     3,485,200       103,359  
VZ Holding AG2     363,400       101,759  
Other securities             1,757,827  
              2,674,653  
                 
Consumer staples 6.06%                
Emmi AG1,2     270,100       184,747  
Raia Drogasil SA, ordinary nominative     7,917,574       161,363  
Lion Corp.2     7,637,000       123,531  
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.3     5,862,600       121,063  
Pinnacle Foods Inc.     2,389,050       119,859  
COSMOS Pharmaceutical Corp.2     515,200       110,525  
Other securities             990,143  
              1,811,231  
                 
Energy 4.66%                
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.     2,942,071       136,983  
InterOil Corp.3     2,344,500       119,382  
Seven Generations Energy Ltd., Class A3     4,675,000       112,532  
Other securities             1,023,354  
              1,392,251  
                 
Materials 4.51%                
James Hardie Industries PLC (CDI)2     6,855,000       107,525  
Other securities             1,240,815  
              1,348,340  
                 
Other 2.77%                
Other securities             828,628  
                 
Miscellaneous 4.83%                
Other common stocks in initial period of acquisition             1,443,425  
                 
Total common stocks (cost: $19,866,355,000)             27,363,211  
                 
Preferred securities 0.00%                
Consumer staples 0.00%                
Other securities             117  
                 
Total preferred securities (cost: $185,000)             117  
                 
Rights & warrants 0.02%                
Other 0.02%                
Other securities             4,018  
                 
Total rights & warrants (cost: $926,000)             4,018  

 

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Convertible stocks 0.33%   Shares     Value
(000)
 
Other 0.33%                
Other securities           $ 99,653  
                 
Total convertible stocks (cost: $108,394,000)             99,653  
                 
Bonds, notes & other debt instruments 0.51%   Principal amount
(000)
         
Other 0.51%                
Other securities             152,038  
                 
Total bonds, notes & other debt instruments (cost: $133,136,000)             152,038  
                 
Short-term securities 7.51%                
Bank of Nova Scotia 0.92% due 10/14/20164     14,500       14,498  
BNP Paribas, New York Branch 0.27% due 10/3/2016     100,700       100,698  
Federal Home Loan Bank 0.26%–0.50% due 10/21/2016–1/25/2017   $ 515,590       515,325  
Gotham Funding Corp. 0.49%–0.76% due 10/4/2016–11/18/20164     51,700       51,680  
Liberty Street Funding Corp. 0.71%–0.92% due 10/14/2016–12/13/20164     86,000       85,929  
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. 0.67% due 11/7/20164     83,500       83,451  
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. 0.69%–1.20% due 10/12/2016–2/24/20174     143,600       143,385  
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 0.60%–0.90% due 11/15/2016–12/6/20164     190,600       190,405  
U.S. Treasury Bills 0.30%–0.41% due 11/25/2016–2/9/2017     175,000       174,851  
Victory Receivables Corp. 0.78%–1.02% due 11/14/2016–12/15/20164     59,000       58,938  
Other securities             824,852  
                 
Total short-term securities (cost: $2,243,615,000)             2,244,012  
Total investment securities 99.99% (cost: $22,352,611,000)             29,863,049  
Other assets less liabilities 0.01%             2,791  
                 
Net assets 100.00%           $ 29,865,840  

 

This summary investment portfolio is designed to streamline the report and help investors better focus on the fund’s principal holdings. See the inside back cover for details on how to obtain a complete schedule of portfolio holdings.

 

As permitted by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, “Miscellaneous” securities including holdings in their first year of acquisition that have not previously been publicly disclosed.

 

“Other securities” includes all issues that are not disclosed separately in the summary investment portfolio. Some securities in “Other securities” (with aggregate value of $127,085,000, an aggregate cost of $126,971,000, and which represented .43% of the net assets of the fund) were acquired from 12/3/2013 to 5/7/2015 through private placement transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, which may subject them to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. “Other securities” also includes securities which were pledged as collateral. The total value of pledged collateral was $312,000, which represented less than .01% of the net assets of the fund.

 

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Forward currency contracts

 

The fund has entered into forward currency contracts as shown in the following table. The average month-end notional amount of open forward currency contracts while held was $533,574,000.

 

                    Unrealized  
                    (depreciation)  
            Contract amount   appreciation  
          Receive   Deliver   at 9/30/2016  
    Settlement date   Counterparty   (000)   (000)   (000)  
Sales:                        
Australian dollars   10/26/2016   HSBC Bank   $40,607   A$53,150   $    (47 )
British pounds   10/13/2016   Citibank   $45,229   £34,459     552  
British pounds   10/17/2016   Barclays Bank PLC   $13,737   £10,590     6  
British pounds   10/19/2016   Bank of America, N.A.   $31,789   £24,400     150  
British pounds   10/20/2016   Citibank   $56,101   £42,055     1,568  
British pounds   10/26/2016   JPMorgan Chase   $41,901   £32,000     401  
British pounds   11/3/2016   UBS AG   $50,157   £38,626     57  
British pounds   11/7/2016   HSBC Bank   $9,085   £7,000     5  
Canadian dollars   10/7/2016   UBS AG   $26,198   C$34,000     281  
Euros   10/20/2016   HSBC Bank   $12,381   €11,023     (13 )
Euros   10/20/2016   Barclays Bank PLC   $24,447   €21,762     (23 )
Euros   10/26/2016   Citibank   $94,973   €84,399     45  
Euros   10/28/2016   JPMorgan Chase   $39,897   €35,481     (15 )
Japanese yen   10/19/2016   HSBC Bank   $11,826   ¥1,200,000     (17 )
Japanese yen   10/20/2016   Bank of America, N.A.   $7,719   ¥791,840     (96 )
Japanese yen   10/28/2016   UBS AG   $6,685   ¥669,165     79  
Japanese yen   11/17/2016   JPMorgan Chase   $8,328   ¥845,410     (26 )
                    $2,907  

 

Investments in affiliates

 

A company is an affiliate of the fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940 if the fund’s holdings in that company represent 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares. The value of the fund’s affiliated-company holdings is either shown in the summary investment portfolio or included in the value of “Other securities” under the respective industry sectors. Further details on such holdings and related transactions during the year ended September 30, 2016, appear below.

 

                                  Value of  
                            Dividend     affiliates at  
    Beginning                 Ending     income     9/30/2016  
    shares     Additions     Reductions     shares     (000)     (000)  
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.     3,125,769             297,000       2,828,769     $ 4,307     $ 429,549  
DeNA Co., Ltd.2     4,061,000       4,140,010             8,201,010       1,037       297,406  
Molina Healthcare, Inc.3     3,898,100       627,900             4,526,000             263,956  
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (ADR)3     1,652,700       323,700             1,976,400             262,328  
China Biologic Products, Inc.3     283,500       1,568,023       169,000       1,682,523             209,440  
GVC Holdings PLC2     1,663,694       17,617,200             19,280,894       267       185,433  
Emmi AG2     290,775       6,600       27,275       270,100       1,319       184,747  
Finisar Corp.3     5,386,000       828,000       485,000       5,729,000             170,724  
Insulet Corp.3     2,374,000       1,547,000             3,921,000             160,526  
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.2,5     69,178,554       14,367,832             83,546,386       6,533       157,334  
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.     6,877,000       1,543,000       668,214       7,751,786       2,017       154,958  
Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.3     3,002,044       120,000             3,122,044             122,447  
Globant SA3     2,467,480       250,030             2,717,510             114,461  
Inphi Corp.3     2,437,199       22,000             2,459,199             107,000  
Ted Baker PLC2     3,167,993       172,349             3,340,342       2,247       106,681  
Ladbrokes PLC2,5     11,755,600       43,767,000             55,522,600       1,638       100,752  
POYA International Co., Ltd.2     5,588,216       1,147,692             6,735,908       1,812       100,313  
BCA Marketplace PLC2     42,870,000                   42,870,000       3,537       100,019  
Zoopla Property Group PLC2     23,421,100       230,906             23,652,006       1,390       99,612  
WHA Corp. PCL2,3     677,141,200       403,877,700             1,081,018,900             97,788  
WHA Corp. PCL, warrants, expire 20203     6,909,830                   6,909,830             1,715  
King Slide Works Co., Ltd.2     6,683,000       940,000             7,623,000       2,431       98,787  
Financial Engines, Inc.     2,520,930       616,070             3,137,000       795       93,200  
Quotient Technology Inc.3,6     4,881,613       1,830,000             6,711,613             89,332  
Vitrolife AB2,5     771,000       616,559             1,387,559       407       87,992  

 

SMALLCAP World Fund 13
 

Investments in affiliates (continued)

 

    Beginning
shares
    Additions     Reductions     Ending
shares
    Dividend
income
(000)
    Value of
affiliates at
9/30/2016
(000)
 
MGM Growth Properties LLC REIT, Class A           3,311,387             3,311,387     $ 2,155     $ 86,328  
CONMED Corp.     2,141,654                   2,141,654       1,713       85,795  
Taiwan Paiho Ltd.2           22,578,000             22,578,000       1,423       81,064  
zooplus AG, non-registered shares2,3     527,778       31,000             558,778             80,976  
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.2     1,845,000       280,000             2,125,000       1,969       80,047  
Bravida Holding AB2           11,545,792             11,545,792             76,729  
Myriad Genetics, Inc.3     5,766,556             2,054,300       3,712,256             76,398  
Sirius Minerals Plc2,3     153,077,760       26,600,000       1,100       179,676,660             75,529  
Sirius Minerals Plc, warrants, expire 20152,4     26,600,000             26,600,000                    
Jin Co., Ltd.2           1,608,000             1,608,000       395       74,525  
Entertainment One Ltd.2     15,254,082       9,896,549             25,150,631       390       73,804  
Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.5     1,736,300       2,174,953       900,000       3,011,253       944       71,474  
Genomma Lab Internacional, SAB de CV, Series B3     36,988,000       30,495,000             67,483,000             70,581  
Continental Building Products, Inc.3     3,035,700       295,000             3,330,700             69,911  
eMemory Technology Inc.2     6,146,000                   6,146,000       1,140       65,828  
NCC Group PLC2     13,350,000       1,036,000             14,386,000       902       65,374  
Glaukos Corp.3,5     668,534       1,216,070       178,534       1,706,070             64,387  
Evolution Gaming Group AB2           1,943,200             1,943,200       562       63,249  
Installed Building Products, Inc.3     1,704,039                   1,704,039             61,124  
Teladoc, Inc.3           3,295,269             3,295,269             60,336  
Beauty Community PCL2     150,000,000       67,500,000             217,500,000       856       60,176  
Tele Columbus AG2,3     2,976,000       3,720,000             6,696,000             58,353  
Iridium Communications Inc.3     4,889,615       1,119,001             6,008,616             48,730  
Iridium Communications Inc., Series A, convertible preferred4     60,000                   60,000       549       6,094  
CenterState Banks, Inc.     1,802,399       956,000             2,758,399       372       48,906  
Natera, Inc.3,5     1,795,567       2,695,996       391,760       4,099,803             45,549  
Trupanion, Inc.3     2,155,668       134,832             2,290,500             38,709  
CCL Products (India) Ltd.2     7,278,328       2,200,774             9,479,102       338       37,248  
RIB Software AG2     2,476,356       428,637             2,904,993       517       35,766  
Monash IVF Group Ltd.2           18,520,000             18,520,000       632       34,914  
Century Communities, Inc.3     1,716,000             140,000       1,576,000             33,900  
Actua Corp3     2,602,000                   2,602,000             33,696  
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.3     1,703,194       160,000       140,143       1,723,051             33,668  
Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC (ADR)3     1,713,918       2,887,082             4,601,000             32,437  
Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC2,4     16,938,900             16,938,900                    
KEYW Holding Corp.3     2,836,400                   2,836,400             31,314  
istyle Inc.2           3,832,900             3,832,900             31,165  
Transocean Partners LLC           3,208,898       738,835       2,470,063       1,988       30,456  
Stock Spirits Group PLC2     15,474,743       2,035,497       3,105,566       14,404,674       3,077       28,799  
Virtus Health Ltd.2           4,603,000             4,603,000       516       27,193  
Blue Nile, Inc.           753,000             753,000             25,918  
XP Power Ltd.2,5     735,164       404,836             1,140,000       951       24,454  
Sonus Networks, Inc.3     2,938,000       287,000       349,800       2,875,200             22,369  
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp.3     2,355,000                   2,355,000             19,641  
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd.           12,444,000             12,444,000       94       14,275  
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd.           4,490,000             4,490,000       102       5,151  
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd.4     12,444,000             12,444,000             279        
Zegona Communications PLC2     12,305,654                   12,305,654       361       17,673  
Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.3           3,010,000             3,010,000             15,802  
San Leon Energy PLC2,3     4,003,000       21,800,000             25,803,000             15,677  
TravelCenters of America LLC3     2,023,750                   2,023,750             14,490  
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd.2     2,157,380                   2,157,380       193       14,034  
GoldMoney Inc.2,3           7,062,200       3,531,100       3,531,100             12,085  
J. Kumar Infraprojects Ltd.2     1,780,000       2,312,000             4,092,000       123       11,255  
Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Ltd.2     2,389,000                   2,389,000       54       9,948  
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.3     1,030,000                   1,030,000             8,343  
Kennady Diamonds Inc.3     372,952       2,185,000             2,557,952             7,818  
Lekoil Ltd. (CDI)2,3     19,430,400       5,778,000             25,208,400             7,119  
Savannah Petroleum PLC2,3     10,844,000       7,000,000             17,844,000             7,049  
Mytrah Energy Ltd.2,3     10,418,000                   10,418,000             6,988  
Hummingbird Resources PLC2,3     1,650,000       37,840,000       20,570,000       18,920,000             6,003  
Providence Resources PLC2,3           35,235,000             35,235,000             4,338  
BNK Petroleum Inc.3     12,804,914                   12,804,914             2,098  

 

14 SMALLCAP World Fund
 
    Beginning
shares
    Additions     Reductions     Ending
shares
    Dividend
income
(000)
    Value of
affiliates at
9/30/2016
(000)
 
Neovasc Inc. (CAD denominated)3     4,246,900       595,000       1,367,233       3,474,667     $     $ 1,775  
Neovasc Inc.     503,836             503,836                    
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.2,3           42,000,000             42,000,000             1,166  
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.2,3,4     15,715,000                   15,715,000             436  
Greenko Group PLC2     9,748,155                   9,748,155       14,064       128  
Altisource Asset Management Corp.3,7     116,926       11,050       127,976                    
ARC Document Solutions, Inc.3,7     3,760,323             3,760,323                    
ChemoCentryx, Inc.3,7     3,467,240             3,467,240                    
Cox & Kings Ltd.2,7     10,130,825       330,000       3,960,825       6,500,000       97        
Cox & Kings Ltd. (GDR)2,7     330,000             330,000                    
CPI Card Group Inc.7           3,450,000       1,496,736       1,953,264       398        
Delphi Energy Corp.3,7     10,178,500             10,178,500                    
Demandware, Inc.3,7     2,529,356       7,100       2,536,456                    
EVINE Live Inc., Class A3,7     3,987,540             3,987,540                    
EXACT Sciences Corp.3,7     6,801,000       800,000       5,446,930       2,154,070              
HKBN Ltd.2,7     60,888,000             33,910,000       26,978,000       2,452        
ITT Educational Services, Inc.3,7     1,869,000             1,869,000                    
Lands’ End, Inc.3,7     1,704,000             200,000       1,504,000              
Mothercare PLC2,3,7     10,810,000       290,000       3,480,673       7,619,327              
Northgate PLC2,7     6,908,399             6,908,399             513        
Novadaq Technologies Inc.3,7     3,084,948             1,493,175       1,591,773              
Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.3,7     1,955,700       21,878       1,977,578                    
Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc.3,7     1,202,000             402,000       800,000              
Poundland Group PLC2,7     15,898,506       1,545,000       17,443,506             416        
Regulus Therapeutics Inc.7     2,015,000       1,520,000       3,535,000                    
RMP Energy Inc.7     6,670,300             6,670,300                    
Sinmag Equipment Corp.2,7     3,877,020             3,877,020                    
Spire Healthcare Group PLC2,7     22,412,000             9,032,999       13,379,001       1,059        
Super Group Ltd.2,7     59,000,000             29,455,900       29,544,100       813        
Suprema Inc.2,7     868,200             868,200                    
Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd.2,7     3,770,400       951,600       3,919,900       802,100       582        
Talmer Bancorp, Inc., Class A7     3,434,028       310,000       3,744,028             455        
Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri Ltd.2,7     4,335,732             4,335,732                    
Twelve, Inc., Series C, convertible preferred2,7     3,475,770             3,475,770                    
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.7           3,485,000       542,929       2,942,071       712        
                                    $ 73,893     $ 6,153,065  

 

The following footnotes apply to either the individual securities noted or one or more of the securities aggregated and listed as a single line item.

 

1 Represents an affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
2 Valued under fair value procedures adopted by authority of the board of directors. The total value of all such securities, including those in “Miscellaneous” and “Other securities,” was $12,605,952,000, which represented 42.21% of the net assets of the fund. This amount includes $12,471,296,000 related to certain securities trading outside the U.S. whose values were adjusted as a result of significant market movements following the close of local trading.
3 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
4 Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities, including those in “Other securities,” was $1,137,896,000, which represented 3.81% of the net assets of the fund.
5 This security was an unaffiliated issuer in its initial period of acquisition at 9/30/2015; it was not publicly disclosed.
6 This security changed its name due to a corporate action during the reporting period.
7 Unaffiliated issuer at 9/30/2016.

 

Key to abbreviations and symbols

A$ = Australian dollars

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

£ = British pounds

CAD/C$ = Canadian dollars

CDI = CREST Depository Interest

€ = Euros

GDR = Global Depositary Receipts

¥ = Japanese yen

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

SMALLCAP World Fund 15
 

Financial statements

 

Statement of assets and liabilities
at September 30, 2016
  (dollars in thousands)  
       
Assets:                
Investment securities, at value:                
Unaffiliated issuers (cost: $17,874,507)   $ 23,709,984          
Affiliated issuers (cost: $4,478,104)     6,153,065     $ 29,863,049  
Cash             5,125  
Cash denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars (cost: $9,210)             9,210  
Unrealized appreciation on open forward currency contracts             3,144  
Receivables for:                
Sales of investments     93,687          
Sales of fund’s shares     43,239          
Dividends and interest     29,798          
Other     1,540       168,264  
              30,048,792  
Liabilities:                
Unrealized depreciation on open forward currency contracts             237  
Payables for:                
Purchases of investments     85,406          
Repurchases of fund’s shares     55,603          
Investment advisory services     15,138          
Services provided by related parties     7,502          
Directors’ deferred compensation     3,570          
Non-U.S. taxes     14,508          
Other     988       182,715  
Net assets at September 30, 2016           $ 29,865,840  
                 
Net assets consist of:                
Capital paid in on shares of capital stock           $ 22,472,419  
Accumulated net investment loss             (145,843 )
Undistributed net realized gain             38,296  
Net unrealized appreciation             7,500,968  
Net assets at September 30, 2016           $ 29,865,840  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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(dollars and shares in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

Total authorized capital stock — 1,000,000 shares,

$.01 par value (635,719 total shares outstanding)

 

    Net assets     Shares
outstanding
    Net asset
value per share
 
Class A   $ 18,761,818       397,139     $ 47.24  
Class B     22,785       533       42.74  
Class C     823,554       19,572       42.08  
Class F-1     718,549       15,373       46.74  
Class F-2     2,117,855       44,306       47.80  
Class 529-A     1,024,316       21,915       46.74  
Class 529-B     3,819       89       43.11  
Class 529-C     286,140       6,678       42.85  
Class 529-E     52,916       1,162       45.53  
Class 529-F-1     90,231       1,910       47.23  
Class R-1     32,618       753       43.34  
Class R-2     616,369       14,219       43.35  
Class R-2E     6,033       128       47.07  
Class R-3     783,293       17,235       45.45  
Class R-4     763,785       16,290       46.89  
Class R-5E     10       *     47.30  
Class R-5     358,736       7,412       48.40  
Class R-6     3,403,013       71,005       47.93  

 

* Amount less than one thousand.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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Statement of operations
for the year ended September 30, 2016
  (dollars in thousands)  
       
Investment income:                
Income:                
Dividends (net of non-U.S. taxes of $15,797; also includes $73,893 from affiliates)   $ 301,992          
Interest     18,588     $ 320,580  
Fees and expenses*:                
Investment advisory services     170,916          
Distribution services     66,960          
Transfer agent services     44,470          
Administrative services     6,653          
Reports to shareholders     1,735          
Registration statement and prospectus     1,195          
Directors’ compensation     658          
Auditing and legal     726          
Custodian     3,887          
State and local taxes     1          
Other     1,517          
Total fees and expenses before reimbursement     298,718          
Less transfer agent services reimbursement            
Total fees and expenses after reimbursement             298,718  
Net investment income             21,862  
                 
Net realized loss and unrealized appreciation:                
Net realized (loss) gain on:                
Investments (net of non-U.S. taxes of $669; also includes $241,202 net loss from affiliates)     (123,000 )        
Forward currency contracts     30,100          
Currency transactions     390       (92,510 )
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:                
Investments (net of non-U.S. taxes of $13,746)     3,235,568          
Forward currency contracts     (7,523 )        
Currency translations     1,053       3,229,098  
Net realized loss and unrealized appreciation             3,136,588  
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations           $ 3,158,450  

 

* Additional information related to class-specific fees and expenses is included in the Notes to Financial Statements.
Amount less than one thousand.

 

 

Statements of changes in net assets

(dollars in thousands)

 

    Year ended September 30  
    2016     2015  
Operations:                
Net investment income   $ 21,862     $ 15,445  
Net realized (loss) gain     (92,510 )     1,912,240  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     3,229,098       (1,435,307 )
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     3,158,450       492,378  
Distributions paid to shareholders from net realized gain on investments     (1,672,921 )     (2,489,781 )
Net capital share transactions     2,176,139       2,563,419  
Total increase in net assets     3,661,668       566,016  
Net assets:                
Beginning of year     26,204,172       25,638,156  
End of year (including accumulated net investment loss: $(145,843) and $(181,544), respectively)   $ 29,865,840     $ 26,204,172  

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

1. Organization

 

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. (the “fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 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 Maryland corporation 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 18 share classes consisting of five retail share classes (Classes A, B and C, as well as two F share classes, F-1 and F-2), five 529 college savings plan share classes (Classes 529-A, 529-B, 529-C, 529-E and 529-F-1) 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%   None (except 1% for certain redemptions within one year of purchase without an initial sales charge)   None
Classes B and 529-B*   None   Declines from 5% to 0% for redemptions within six years of purchase   Classes B and 529-B convert to Classes A and 529-A, respectively, after eight years
Class C   None   1% for redemptions within one year of purchase   Class C converts to Class F-1 after 10 years
Class 529-C   None   1% for redemptions within one year of purchase   None
Class 529-E   None   None   None
Classes F-1, F-2 and 529-F-1   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 B and 529-B shares of the fund are not available for purchase.

 

On November 20, 2015, the fund made an additional retirement plan share class (Class R-5E) available for sale pursuant to an amendment to its registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Refer to the fund’s prospectus for more details.

 

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.

 

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Class allocations — Income, fees and expenses (other than class-specific fees and expenses) and realized and unrealized gains and losses 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.

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders — Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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.

 

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 of each share class of the fund is generally determined as of approximately 4:00 p.m. New York time each day the New York Stock Exchange is open.

 

Methods and inputs — The fund’s investment adviser uses the following methods and inputs to establish the fair value of the fund’s assets and liabilities. Use of particular methods and inputs may vary over time based on availability and relevance as market and economic conditions evolve.

 

Equity securities are generally valued at the official closing price of, or the last reported sale price on, the exchange or market on which such securities are traded, as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued or, lacking any sales, at the last available bid price. Prices for each security are taken from the principal exchange or market on which the security trades.

 

Fixed-income securities, including short-term securities, are generally valued at prices obtained from one or more pricing vendors. Vendors value such securities based on one or more of the inputs described in the following table. The table provides examples of inputs that are commonly relevant for valuing particular classes of fixed-income securities in which the fund is authorized to invest. However, these classifications are not exclusive, and any of the inputs may be used to value any other class of fixed-income security.

 

Fixed-income class   Examples of standard inputs
All   Benchmark yields, transactions, bids, offers, quotations from dealers and trading systems, new issues, spreads and other relationships observed in the markets among comparable securities; and proprietary pricing models such as yield measures calculated using factors such as cash flows, financial or collateral performance and other reference data (collectively referred to as “standard inputs”)
Corporate bonds & notes; convertible securities   Standard inputs and underlying equity of the issuer
Bonds & notes of governments & government agencies   Standard inputs and interest rate volatilities

 

When the fund’s investment adviser deems it appropriate to do so (such as when vendor prices are unavailable or deemed to be not representative), fixed-income securities will be valued in good faith at the mean quoted bid and ask prices that are reasonably and timely available (or bid prices, if ask prices are not available) or at prices for securities of comparable maturity, quality and type.

 

Securities with both fixed-income and equity characteristics, or equity securities traded principally among fixed-income dealers, are generally valued in the manner described for either equity or fixed-income securities, depending on which method is deemed most appropriate by the fund’s investment adviser. Forward currency contracts are valued at the mean of representative quoted bid and ask prices, generally based on prices supplied by one or more pricing vendors.

 

Securities and other assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or are considered unreliable by the fund’s investment adviser are fair valued as determined in good faith under fair valuation guidelines adopted by authority of the fund’s board of directors as further described. The investment adviser follows fair valuation guidelines, consistent with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules and guidance, to consider relevant principles and factors when making fair value determinations. The investment adviser considers relevant indications of value that are reasonably and timely available to it in determining the fair value to be assigned to a particular security, such as the type and cost of the security; contractual or legal restrictions on resale of the security; relevant financial or

 

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business developments of the issuer; actively traded similar or related securities; conversion or exchange rights on the security; related corporate actions; significant events occurring after the close of trading in the security; and changes in overall market conditions. In addition, the closing prices of equity securities that trade in markets outside U.S. time zones may be adjusted to reflect significant events that occur after the close of local trading but before the net asset value of each share class of the fund is determined. Fair valuations and valuations of investments that are not actively trading involve judgment and may differ materially from valuations that would have been used had greater market activity occurred.

 

Processes and structure — The fund’s board of directors has delegated authority to the fund’s investment adviser to make fair value determinations, subject to board oversight. The investment adviser has established a Joint Fair Valuation Committee (the “Fair Valuation Committee”) to administer, implement and oversee the fair valuation process, and to make fair value decisions. The Fair Valuation Committee regularly reviews its own fair value decisions, as well as decisions made under its standing instructions to the investment adviser’s valuation teams. The Fair Valuation Committee reviews changes in fair value measurements from period to period and may, as deemed appropriate, update the fair valuation guidelines to better reflect the results of back testing and address new or evolving issues. The Fair Valuation Committee reports any changes to the fair valuation guidelines to the board of directors with supplemental information to support the changes. The fund’s board and audit committee also regularly review reports that describe fair value determinations and methods.

 

The fund’s investment adviser has also established a Fixed-Income Pricing Review Group to administer and oversee the fixed-income valuation process, including the use of fixed-income pricing vendors. This group regularly reviews pricing vendor information and market data. Pricing decisions, processes and controls over security valuation are also subject to additional internal reviews, including an annual control self-evaluation program facilitated by the investment adviser’s compliance group.

 

Classifications — The fund’s investment adviser classifies the fund’s assets and liabilities into three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets or liabilities. Level 1 values are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 values are based on significant observable market inputs, such as quoted prices for similar securities and quoted prices in inactive markets. Certain securities trading outside the U.S. may transfer between Level 1 and Level 2 due to valuation adjustments resulting from significant market movements following the close of local trading. Level 3 values are based on significant unobservable inputs that reflect the investment adviser’s determination of assumptions that market participants might reasonably use in valuing the securities. The valuation levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with the underlying investment. For example, U.S. government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market. The following tables present the fund’s valuation levels as of September 30, 2016 (dollars in thousands):

 

    Investment securities
    Level 1     Level 2*     Level 3     Total  
Assets:                                
Common stocks:                                
Consumer discretionary   $ 2,335,569     $ 2,952,620     $ 1     $ 5,288,190  
Health care     3,859,799       1,095,896       18,839       4,974,534  
Information technology     2,294,583       1,927,504             4,222,087  
Industrials     1,526,524       1,853,348             3,379,872  
Financials     1,553,349       1,121,304             2,674,653  
Consumer staples     535,267       1,275,964             1,811,231  
Energy     1,129,317       249,548       13,386       1,392,251  
Materials     630,895       717,445             1,348,340  
Other     289,853       538,647       128       828,628  
Miscellaneous     697,966       745,459             1,443,425  
Preferred securities     117                   117  
Rights & warrants     1,714       1,003       1,301       4,018  
Convertible stocks           6,094       93,559       99,653  
Bonds, notes & other debt instruments           152,038             152,038  
Short-term securities           2,244,012             2,244,012  
Total   $ 14,854,953     $ 14,880,882     $ 127,214     $ 29,863,049  

 

See the following page for footnote.

 

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    Other investments  
    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Assets:                                
Unrealized appreciation on open forward currency contracts   $     $ 3,144     $     $ 3,144  
Liabilities:                                
Unrealized depreciation on open forward currency contracts           (237 )           (237 )
Total   $     $ 2,907     $     $ 2,907  

 

* Securities with a value of $12,471,296,000, which represented 41.76% of the net assets of the fund, were classified as Level 2 due to significant market movements following the close of local trading.
Forward currency contracts are not included in the investment portfolio.

 

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 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; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; governmental or governmental agency responses to economic conditions; and currency exchange rate, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations.

 

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 and strategic initiatives such as mergers, acquisitions or dispositions and the market response to any such initiatives.

 

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 in small companies — Investing in smaller companies may pose additional risks. For example, it is often more difficult to value or dispose of small company stocks and more difficult to obtain information about smaller companies than about larger companies. Furthermore, smaller companies often have limited product lines, operating histories, markets and/or financial resources, may be dependent on one or a few key persons for management, and can be more susceptible to losses. Moreover, the prices of their stocks may be more volatile than stocks of larger, more established companies.

 

Investing outside the U.S. — Securities of issuers domiciled outside the U.S., or with significant operations or revenues 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 operate or generate revenue. 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 the imposition of price controls or punitive taxes, that 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 accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and reporting standards and practices, 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. The risks of investing outside the U.S. may be heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets.

 

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, developing countries may have less developed legal and accounting systems than those in developed countries. The governments of these countries may be less stable and more likely to impose capital controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country, and/or impose punitive taxes that could adversely affect the prices of securities. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global changes. 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, and may be 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, there may be increased settlement risks for transactions in local securities.

 

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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 employed by the investment adviser in this process 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

 

Forward currency contracts — The fund has entered into forward currency contracts, which represent agreements to exchange currencies on specific future dates at predetermined rates. The fund’s investment adviser uses forward currency contracts to manage the fund’s exposure to changes in exchange rates. Upon entering into these contracts, risks may arise from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from possible movements in exchange rates.

 

On a daily basis, the fund’s investment adviser values forward currency contracts and records unrealized appreciation or depreciation for open forward currency contracts in the fund’s statement of assets and liabilities. Realized gains or losses are recorded at the time the forward currency contract is closed or offset by another contract with the same broker for the same settlement date and currency.

 

Closed forward currency contracts that have not reached their settlement date are included in the respective receivables or payables for closed forward currency contracts in the fund’s statement of assets and liabilities. Net realized gains or losses from closed forward currency contracts and net unrealized appreciation or depreciation from open forward currency contracts are recorded in the fund’s statement of operations.

 

The following tables present the financial statement impacts resulting from the fund’s use of forward currency contracts as of, or for the year ended, September 30, 2016 (dollars in thousands):

 

        Assets     Liabilities  
        Location on statement of         Location on statement of      
Contract   Risk type   assets and liabilities   Value     assets and liabilities   Value  
Forward currency   Currency   Unrealized appreciation on open forward currency contracts   $ 3,144     Unrealized depreciation on open forward currency contracts   $ 237  
                             
        Net realized gain     Net unrealized depreciation  
        Location on statement of         Location on statement of      
Contract   Risk type   operations   Value     operations   Value  
Forward currency   Currency   Net realized gain on forward currency contracts   $ 30,100     Net unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts   $ (7,523 )

 

Collateral — The fund participates in a collateral program due to its use of forward currency contracts. The program calls for the fund to either receive or pledge collateral based on the net gain or loss on unsettled forward currency contracts by counterparty. The purpose of the collateral is to cover potential losses that could occur in the event that either party cannot meet its contractual obligations.

 

Rights of offset — The fund has entered into enforceable master netting agreements with certain counterparties for forward currency contracts, where on any date amounts payable by each party to the other (in the same currency with respect to the same transaction) may be closed or offset by each party’s payment obligation. If an early termination date occurs under these agreements following an event of default or termination event, all obligations of each party to its counterparty are settled net through a single payment in a single currency (“close-out netting”). For financial reporting purposes, the fund does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to these master netting arrangements in the statement of assets and liabilities.

 

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The following table presents the fund’s forward currency contracts by counterparty that are subject to master netting agreements but that are not offset in the fund’s statement of assets and liabilities. The net amount column shows the impact of offsetting on the fund’s statement of assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2016, if close-out netting was exercised (dollars in thousands):

 

          Gross amounts not offset in the        
    Gross amounts     statement of assets and liabilities and        
    recognized in the     subject to a master netting agreement        
    statement of assets     Available     Non-cash     Cash     Net  
Counterparty   and liabilities     to offset     collateral*     collateral     amount  
Assets:                                        
Bank of America, N.A.   $ 150     $ (96 )   $     $     $ 54  
Barclays Bank PLC     6       (6 )                  
Citibank     2,165             (1,866 )           299  
HSBC Bank     5       (5 )                  
JPMorgan Chase     401       (41 )     (111 )           249  
UBS AG     417             (141 )           276  
Total   $ 3,144     $ (148 )   $ (2,118 )   $     $ 878  
Liabilities:                                        
Bank of America, N.A.   $ 96     $ (96 )   $     $     $  
Barclays Bank PLC     23       (6 )                 17  
HSBC Bank     77       (5 )     (72 )            
JPMorgan Chase     41       (41 )                  
Total   $ 237     $ (148 )   $ (72 )   $     $ 17  

 

* Non-cash collateral is shown on a settlement basis.

 

6. Taxation and distributions

 

Federal income taxation — The fund complies with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to mutual funds 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 period ended September 30, 2016, 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 period, the fund did not incur any significant interest or penalties.

 

The fund is not subject to examination by U.S. federal tax authorities for tax years before 2012, by state tax authorities for tax years before 2011 and by tax authorities outside the U.S. for tax years before 2009.

 

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. These reclaims are recorded when the amount is known and there are no significant uncertainties on collectability. Gains realized by the fund on the sale of securities in certain countries are subject to non-U.S. taxes. The fund 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 paid to shareholders are based on net investment income and net realized gains determined on a tax basis, which 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.; deferred expenses; cost of investments sold; 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.

 

During the year ended September 30, 2016, the fund reclassified $74,000 from accumulated net investment loss to capital paid in on shares of capital stock and $13,913,000 from undistributed net realized gain to accumulated net investment loss to align financial reporting with tax reporting.

 

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As of September 30, 2016, the tax basis components of distributable earnings, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and cost of investment securities were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

Undistributed ordinary income   $ 31,033  
Post-October capital loss deferral*     174,535  
Gross unrealized appreciation on investment securities     8,863,357  
Gross unrealized depreciation on investment securities     (1,310,486 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investment securities     7,552,871  
Cost of investment securities     22,310,178  

 

* These deferrals are considered incurred in the subsequent year.

 

Tax-basis distributions paid to shareholders from long-term capital gains were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

    Year ended September 30
Share class   2016     2015  
Class A   $ 1,064,700     $ 1,620,300  
Class B     3,676       11,193  
Class C     58,177       91,765  
Class F-1     42,143       60,501  
Class F-2     96,780       118,437  
Class 529-A     59,860       91,365  
Class 529-B     551       1,553  
Class 529-C     18,639       28,795  
Class 529-E     3,219       4,863  
Class 529-F-1     5,125       7,765  
Class R-1     2,210       3,940  
Class R-2     41,660       69,423  
Class R-2E     77       1  
Class R-3     49,450       78,623  
Class R-4     45,110       69,525  
Class R-5E*     1          
Class R-5     29,273       43,654  
Class R-6     152,270       188,078  
Total   $ 1,672,921     $ 2,489,781  

 

* Class R-5E shares were offered beginning November 20, 2015.

 

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 0.800% on the first $1 billion of daily net assets and decreasing to 0.595% on such assets in excess of $27 billion. For the year ended September 30, 2016, the investment advisory services fee was $170,916,000, which was equivalent to an annualized rate of 0.629% 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:

 

Distribution services — The fund has plans of distribution for all share classes, except Class F-2, R-5E, R-5 and R-6 shares. Under the plans, the board of directors 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 0.30% to 1.00% as noted in this section. In some cases, the board of directors 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.

 

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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 limit of 0.25% is not exceeded. As of September 30, 2016, there were no unreimbursed expenses subject to reimbursement for Class A or 529-A shares.

 

Share class   Currently approved limits   Plan limits
Class A     0.30 %     0.30 %
Class 529-A     0.30       0.50  
Classes B and 529-B     1.00       1.00  
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 F-1, 529-F-1 and R-4     0.25       0.50  

 

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. In addition, the fund reimburses AFS for amounts paid 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 Class A, C, F, 529 and R shares. These services include, but are not limited to, coordinating, monitoring, assisting and overseeing third parties that provide services to fund shareholders. Under the agreement, Class A shares pay an annual fee of 0.01% and Class C, F, 529 and R shares pay an annual fee of 0.05% of their respective average daily net assets.

 

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 529 college savings plan. From October 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, the quarterly fee was based on a series of decreasing annual rates beginning with 0.10% on the first $30 billion of the net assets invested in Class 529 shares of the American Funds and decreasing to 0.05% on such assets in excess of $70 billion. Effective July 1, 2016, the quarterly fee was amended to annual rates of 0.10% on the first $20 billion of the net assets invested in the Class 529 shares of the American Funds, 0.05% on such assets between $20 billion and $100 billion, and 0.03% on such assets over $100 billion. The fee for any given calendar quarter is accrued and calculated on the basis of the average net assets of Class 529 shares of the American Funds for the last month of the prior calendar quarter. The fee is included in other expenses in the fund’s statement of operations. Virginia529 is not considered a related party to the fund.

 

For the year ended September 30, 2016, class-specific expenses under the agreements were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

    Distribution     Transfer agent     Administrative     529 plan
Share class   services     services     services     services
Class A     $41,322       $32,683       $1,730     Not applicable
Class B     411       91       Not applicable     Not applicable
Class C     8,111       1,569       408     Not applicable
Class F-1     1,672       1,032       336     Not applicable
Class F-2     Not applicable       1,873       837     Not applicable
Class 529-A     2,049       1,596       479     $802
Class 529-B     63       14       3     5
Class 529-C     2,691       480       136     229
Class 529-E     248       47       25     42
Class 529-F-1           138       42     70
Class R-1     325       46       16     Not applicable
Class R-2     4,497       2,350       302     Not applicable
Class R-2E     19       6       2     Not applicable
Class R-3     3,752       1,393       377     Not applicable
Class R-4     1,800       837       362     Not applicable
Class R-5E*     Not applicable             Not applicable
Class R-5     Not applicable       271       225     Not applicable
Class R-6     Not applicable       44       1,373     Not applicable
Total class-specific expenses     $66,960     $44,470     $6,653     $1,148

 

* Class R-5E shares were offered beginning November 20, 2015.
Amount less than one thousand.

 

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Directors’ deferred compensation — Directors 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. Directors’ compensation of $658,000 in the fund’s statement of operations reflects $429,000 in current fees (either paid in cash or deferred) and a net increase of $229,000 in the value of the deferred amounts.

 

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

 

Security transactions with related funds — The fund may purchase from, or sell securities to, other CRMC-managed funds (or funds managed by certain affiliates of CRMC) under procedures adopted by the fund’s board of directors. The funds involved in such transactions are considered related by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common directors and/or common officers. When such transactions occur, each transaction is executed at the current market price of the security and no brokerage commissions or fees are paid in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act.

 

8. Committed line of credit

 

The fund participates with other funds managed by CRMC in a $500 million credit facility (the “line of credit”) to be utilized for temporary purposes to support shareholder redemptions. The fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in other expenses in the fund’s statement of operations. The fund did not borrow on this line of credit at any time during the year ended September 30, 2016.

 

9. Capital share transactions

 

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

 

                Reinvestments of                 Net increase  
    Sales1     distributions     Repurchases1     (decrease)  
Share class   Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares  
                                                 
Year ended September 30, 2016                                                  
                                                                 
Class A   $ 2,295,955       52,866     $ 1,047,370       24,178     $ (2,391,866 )     (54,698 )   $ 951,459       22,346  
Class B     1,133       28       3,663       93       (45,481 )     (1,153 )     (40,685 )     (1,032 )
Class C     112,677       2,881       57,696       1,486       (217,037 )     (5,591 )     (46,664 )     (1,224 )
Class F-1     179,580       4,186       41,681       972       (198,802 )     (4,619 )     22,459       539  
Class F-2     879,673       19,680       93,181       2,131       (453,367 )     (10,251 )     519,487       11,560  
Class 529-A     98,815       2,291       59,841       1,396       (126,275 )     (2,906 )     32,381       781  
Class 529-B     98       2       551       14       (6,370 )     (160 )     (5,721 )     (144 )
Class 529-C     27,405       690       18,632       471       (44,262 )     (1,108 )     1,775       53  
Class 529-E     4,666       110       3,219       77       (6,626 )     (156 )     1,259       31  
Class 529-F-1     15,378       351       5,127       118       (17,587 )     (399 )     2,918       70  
Class R-1     6,053       151       2,204       55       (12,776 )     (310 )     (4,519 )     (104 )
Class R-2     117,908       2,942       41,614       1,041       (195,936 )     (4,860 )     (36,414 )     (877 )
Class R-2E     5,890       136       76       2       (467 )     (11 )     5,499       127  
Class R-3     152,872       3,637       49,428       1,183       (227,658 )     (5,400 )     (25,358 )     (580 )
Class R-4     148,378       3,431       45,105       1,050       (181,577 )     (4,177 )     11,906       304  
Class R-5E2     10       3                             10       3
Class R-5     97,347       2,221       29,263       661       (254,197 )     (5,794 )     (127,587 )     (2,912 )
Class R-6     958,624       22,079       152,259       3,475       (196,949 )     (4,444 )     913,934       21,110  
Total net increase (decrease)   $ 5,102,462       117,682     $ 1,650,910       38,403     $ (4,577,233 )     (106,037 )   $ 2,176,139       50,048  

 

See page 28 for footnotes.

 

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                Reinvestments of                 Net increase  
    Sales1     distributions     Repurchases1     (decrease)  
Share class   Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares  
                                                 
Year ended September 30, 2015                                                  
                                                                 
Class A   $ 1,839,672       37,984     $ 1,593,438       35,036     $ (2,142,761 )     (44,637 )   $ 1,290,349       28,383  
Class B     1,779       40       11,120       265       (62,586 )     (1,409 )     (49,687 )     (1,104 )
Class C     148,950       3,381       90,963       2,199       (206,045 )     (4,711 )     33,868       869  
Class F-1     197,926       4,099       59,775       1,327       (167,562 )     (3,535 )     90,139       1,891  
Class F-2     551,145       11,287       113,364       2,477       (274,668 )     (5,705 )     389,841       8,059  
Class 529-A     106,546       2,226       91,346       2,027       (116,697 )     (2,445 )     81,195       1,808  
Class 529-B     341       7       1,551       37       (8,171 )     (182 )     (6,279 )     (138 )
Class 529-C     32,830       734       28,787       683       (42,251 )     (947 )     19,366       470  
Class 529-E     6,186       132       4,861       110       (6,858 )     (147 )     4,189       95  
Class 529-F-1     17,050       353       7,763       171       (15,780 )     (327 )     9,033       197  
Class R-1     8,027       178       3,930       93       (12,360 )     (275 )     (403 )     (4 )
Class R-2     148,953       3,305       69,391       1,633       (218,478 )     (4,872 )     (134 )     66  
Class R-2E     73       1                   (10 )     3     63       1  
Class R-3     198,149       4,222       78,595       1,783       (248,364 )     (5,318 )     28,380       687  
Class R-4     180,779       3,752       69,524       1,540       (207,906 )     (4,354 )     42,397       938  
Class R-5     122,897       2,496       43,649       943       (110,861 )     (2,273 )     55,685       1,166  
Class R-6     611,527       12,665       188,059       4,106       (224,169 )     (4,871 )     575,417       11,900  
Total net increase (decrease)   $ 4,172,830       86,862     $ 2,456,116       54,430     $ (4,065,527 )     (86,008 )   $ 2,563,419       55,284  

 

1 Includes exchanges between share classes of the fund.
2 Class R-5E shares were offered beginning November 20, 2015.
3 Amount less than one thousand.

 

10. Investment transactions

 

The fund made purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term securities and U.S. government obligations, if any, of $7,988,724,000 and $6,992,431,000, respectively, during the year ended September 30, 2016.

 

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Financial highlights

 

          Income (loss) from
investment operations1
    Dividends and distributions                                      
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    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 period
    Total
return2
    Net assets,
end of period
(in millions)
    Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets before
reimburse-
ments
    Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets after
reimburse-
ments
    Ratio of
net income
(loss)
to average
net assets
 
Class A:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016   $ 45.04     $ .04     $ 4.99     $ 5.03     $     $ (2.83 )   $ (2.83 )   $ 47.24       11.72 %   $ 18,762       1.10 %     1.10 %     .08 %
Year ended 9/30/2015     48.66       .04       1.09       1.13             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     45.04       2.25       16,882       1.07       1.07       .08  
Year ended 9/30/2014     48.91       .01       2.17       2.18             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     48.66       4.43       16,857       1.07       1.07       .02  
Year ended 9/30/2013     39.27       .06       10.12       10.18       (.54 )           (.54 )     48.91       26.29       16,454       1.13       1.13       .15  
Year ended 9/30/2012     31.45       .08       7.85       7.93       (.11 )           (.11 )     39.27       25.26       13,557       1.14       1.14       .23  
Class B:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     41.32       (.30 )     4.55       4.25             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     42.74       10.83       23       1.87       1.87       (.76 )
Year ended 9/30/2015     45.33       (.32 )     1.06       .74             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     41.32       1.49       65       1.83       1.83       (.72 )
Year ended 9/30/2014     46.06       (.36 )     2.06       1.70             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     45.33       3.66       121       1.83       1.83       (.77 )
Year ended 9/30/2013     36.95       (.26 )     9.56       9.30       (.19 )           (.19 )     46.06       25.29       185       1.89       1.89       (.63 )
Year ended 9/30/2012     29.72       (.20 )     7.43       7.23                         36.95       24.33       214       1.90       1.90       (.58 )
Class C:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     40.73       (.29 )     4.47       4.18             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     42.08       10.82       824       1.90       1.90       (.73 )
Year ended 9/30/2015     44.77       (.32 )     1.03       .71             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     40.73       1.45       847       1.87       1.87       (.73 )
Year ended 9/30/2014     45.54       (.36 )     2.02       1.66             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     44.77       3.61       892       1.87       1.87       (.79 )
Year ended 9/30/2013     36.60       (.26 )     9.45       9.19       (.25 )           (.25 )     45.54       25.26       920       1.93       1.93       (.65 )
Year ended 9/30/2012     29.44       (.19 )     7.35       7.16                         36.60       24.32       779       1.93       1.93       (.56 )
Class F-1:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     44.60       .03       4.94       4.97             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     46.74       11.69       718       1.11       1.11       .07  
Year ended 9/30/2015     48.23       .04       1.08       1.12             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     44.60       2.25       662       1.07       1.07       .08  
Year ended 9/30/2014     48.51             2.15       2.15             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     48.23       4.42       624       1.09       1.09        
Year ended 9/30/2013     38.94       .09       10.03       10.12       (.55 )           (.55 )     48.51       26.33       868       1.07       1.07       .21  
Year ended 9/30/2012     31.18       .09       7.78       7.87       (.11 )           (.11 )     38.94       25.30       655       1.12       1.12       .25  
Class F-2:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     45.42       .16       5.05       5.21             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     47.80       12.03       2,118       .82       .82       .36  
Year ended 9/30/2015     48.92       .17       1.08       1.25             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     45.42       2.50       1,487       .82       .82       .35  
Year ended 9/30/2014     49.03       .15       2.17       2.32             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     48.92       4.72       1,208       .81       .81       .31  
Year ended 9/30/2013     39.38       .21       10.12       10.33       (.68 )           (.68 )     49.03       26.68       629       .82       .82       .48  
Year ended 9/30/2012     31.54       .20       7.86       8.06       (.22 )           (.22 )     39.38       25.69       344       .83       .83       .55  
Class 529-A:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     44.63       3     4.94       4.94             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     46.74       11.64       1,024       1.17       1.17       4
Year ended 9/30/2015     48.29             1.09       1.09             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     44.63       2.16       943       1.15       1.15        
Year ended 9/30/2014     48.59       (.03 )     2.16       2.13             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     48.29       4.37       933       1.15       1.15       (.05 )
Year ended 9/30/2013     39.03       .04       10.05       10.09       (.53 )           (.53 )     48.59       26.18       884       1.19       1.19       .09  
Year ended 9/30/2012     31.27       .07       7.80       7.87       (.11 )           (.11 )     39.03       25.22       689       1.19       1.19       .19  
Class 529-B:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     41.70       (.35 )     4.59       4.24             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     43.11       10.74       4       1.99       1.99       (.87 )
Year ended 9/30/2015     45.75       (.37 )     1.07       .70             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     41.70       1.36       10       1.94       1.94       (.83 )
Year ended 9/30/2014     46.52       (.42 )     2.08       1.66             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     45.75       3.53       17       1.95       1.95       (.89 )
Year ended 9/30/2013     37.30       (.30 )     9.66       9.36       (.14 )           (.14 )     46.52       25.17       25       1.99       1.99       (.73 )
Year ended 9/30/2012     30.03       (.23 )     7.50       7.27                         37.30       24.21       30       2.01       1.99       (.68 )

 

See page 31 for footnotes.

 

SMALLCAP World Fund 29
 

Financial highlights (continued)

 

          Income (loss) from
investment operations1
    Dividends and distributions                                      
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    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 period
    Total
return2
    Net assets,
end of period
(in millions)
    Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets before
reimburse-
ments
    Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets after
reimburse-
ments
    Ratio of
net income
(loss)
to average
net assets
 
Class 529-C:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016   $ 41.45     $ (.31 )   $ 4.54     $ 4.23     $     $ (2.83 )   $ (2.83 )   $ 42.85       10.78 %   $ 286       1.96 %     1.96 %     (.78 )%
Year ended 9/30/2015     45.50       (.35 )     1.05       .70             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     41.45       1.37       274       1.93       1.93       (.78 )
Year ended 9/30/2014     46.27       (.40 )     2.06       1.66             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     45.50       3.53       280       1.94       1.94       (.85 )
Year ended 9/30/2013     37.20       (.29 )     9.60       9.31       (.24 )           (.24 )     46.27       25.21       273       1.98       1.98       (.70 )
Year ended 9/30/2012     29.95       (.21 )     7.46       7.25                         37.20       24.21       222       2.00       2.00       (.62 )
Class 529-E:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     43.63       (.09 )     4.82       4.73             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     45.53       11.39       53       1.38       1.38       (.21 )
Year ended 9/30/2015     47.41       (.11 )     1.08       .97             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     43.63       1.95       49       1.38       1.38       (.23 )
Year ended 9/30/2014     47.87       (.14 )     2.11       1.97             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     47.41       4.10       49       1.39       1.39       (.30 )
Year ended 9/30/2013     38.45       (.06 )     9.91       9.85       (.43 )           (.43 )     47.87       25.90       48       1.43       1.43       (.15 )
Year ended 9/30/2012     30.79       (.03 )     7.70       7.67       (.01 )           (.01 )     38.45       24.90       38       1.45       1.45       (.07 )
Class 529-F-1:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     44.98       .09       4.99       5.08             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     47.23       11.85       90       .96       .96       .22  
Year ended 9/30/2015     48.53       .11       1.09       1.20             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     44.98       2.42       83       .93       .93       .22  
Year ended 9/30/2014     48.73       .08       2.15       2.23             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     48.53       4.57       80       .94       .94       .16  
Year ended 9/30/2013     39.14       .13       10.07       10.20       (.61 )           (.61 )     48.73       26.43       73       .98       .98       .30  
Year ended 9/30/2012     31.35       .14       7.83       7.97       (.18 )           (.18 )     39.14       25.51       53       .99       .99       .39  
Class R-1:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     41.85       (.28 )     4.60       4.32             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     43.34       10.89       33       1.85       1.85       (.68 )
Year ended 9/30/2015     45.85       (.31 )     1.06       .75             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     41.85       1.48       36       1.82       1.82       (.68 )
Year ended 9/30/2014     46.56       (.35 )     2.07       1.72             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     45.85       3.66       39       1.82       1.82       (.74 )
Year ended 9/30/2013     37.40       (.23 )     9.66       9.43       (.27 )           (.27 )     46.56       25.37       42       1.84       1.84       (.57 )
Year ended 9/30/2012     30.07       (.17 )     7.50       7.33                         37.40       24.38       37       1.86       1.86       (.50 )
Class R-2:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     41.85       (.27 )     4.60       4.33             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     43.35       10.89       616       1.84       1.84       (.67 )
Year ended 9/30/2015     45.84       (.29 )     1.05       .76             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     41.85       1.53       632       1.79       1.79       (.65 )
Year ended 9/30/2014     46.56       (.35 )     2.06       1.71             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     45.84       3.64       689       1.83       1.83       (.75 )
Year ended 9/30/2013     37.39       (.23 )     9.67       9.44       (.27 )           (.27 )     46.56       25.41       736       1.83       1.83       (.55 )
Year ended 9/30/2012     30.07       (.18 )     7.50       7.32                         37.39       24.34       647       1.89       1.89       (.52 )
Class R-2E:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     45.04       (.08 )     4.94       4.86             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     47.07       11.32       6       1.51       1.51       (.20 )
Year ended 9/30/2015     48.67       .01       1.11       1.12             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     45.04       2.23 5     6     1.26 5     1.26 5     .01 5
Period from 8/29/2014 to 9/30/20147,8     50.83       (.01 )     (2.15 )     (2.16 )                       48.67       (4.25 )5,9     6     .08 5,9     .08 5,9     (.01 )5,9
Class R-3:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     43.56       (.09 )     4.81       4.72             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     45.45       11.41       783       1.39       1.39       (.22 )
Year ended 9/30/2015     47.34       (.10 )     1.07       .97             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     43.56       1.93       776       1.37       1.37       (.22 )
Year ended 9/30/2014     47.79       (.14 )     2.12       1.98             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     47.34       4.12       811       1.39       1.39       (.30 )
Year ended 9/30/2013     38.39       (.05 )     9.89       9.84       (.44 )           (.44 )     47.79       25.90       836       1.40       1.40       (.12 )
Year ended 9/30/2012     30.73       (.02 )     7.68       7.66                         38.39       24.92       694       1.42       1.42       (.05 )

 

30 SMALLCAP World Fund
 
          Income (loss) from
investment operations1
    Dividends and distributions                                      
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    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 period
    Total
return2
    Net assets,
end of period
(in millions)
    Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets before
reimburse-
ments
    Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets after
reimburse-
ments
    Ratio of
net income
(loss)
to average
net assets
 
Class R-4:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016   $ 44.71     $ .04     $ 4.97     $ 5.01     $     $ (2.83 )   $ (2.83 )   $ 46.89       11.76 %   $ 764       1.07 %     1.07 %     .10 %
Year ended 9/30/2015     48.33       .05       1.08       1.13             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     44.71       2.27       715       1.05       1.05       .10  
Year ended 9/30/2014     48.59       .02       2.15       2.17             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     48.33       4.46       727       1.06       1.06       .03  
Year ended 9/30/2013     39.03       .09       10.04       10.13       (.57 )           (.57 )     48.59       26.31       712       1.07       1.07       .21  
Year ended 9/30/2012     31.25       .11       7.80       7.91       (.13 )           (.13 )     39.03       25.38       550       1.08       1.08       .30  
Class R-5E:                                                                                                        
Period from 11/20/2015 to 9/30/20167,10     47.09       .12       2.92       3.04             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     47.30       7.01 9     6     .96 11     .95 11     .32 11
Class R-5:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     45.94       .18       5.11       5.29             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     48.40       12.09       359       .77       .77       .41  
Year ended 9/30/2015     49.39       .20       1.10       1.30             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     45.94       2.57       474       .75       .75       .40  
Year ended 9/30/2014     49.46       .15       2.21       2.36             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     49.39       4.78       452       .76       .76       .29  
Year ended 9/30/2013     39.71       .22       10.22       10.44       (.69 )           (.69 )     49.46       26.72       550       .77       .77       .51  
Year ended 9/30/2012     31.80       .22       7.93       8.15       (.24 )           (.24 )     39.71       25.77       384       .78       .78       .60  
Class R-6:                                                                                                        
Year ended 9/30/2016     45.49       .21       5.06       5.27             (2.83 )     (2.83 )     47.93       12.15       3,403       .71       .71       .48  
Year ended 9/30/2015     48.93       .22       1.09       1.31             (4.75 )     (4.75 )     45.49       2.63       2,269       .71       .71       .45  
Year ended 9/30/2014     49.00       .21       2.15       2.36             (2.43 )     (2.43 )     48.93       4.82       1,859       .71       .71       .41  
Year ended 9/30/2013     39.34       .25       10.12       10.37       (.71 )           (.71 )     49.00       26.80       1,206       .72       .72       .57  
Year ended 9/30/2012     31.52       .24       7.84       8.08       (.26 )           (.26 )     39.34       25.79       768       .73       .73       .67  

 

  Year ended September 30
  2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Portfolio turnover rate for all share classes 29% 33% 38% 37% 35%

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns exclude any applicable sales charges, including contingent deferred sales charges.
3 Amount less than $.01.
4 Amount less than .01%.
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 the period shown and, accordingly, is not representative of a full year.
8 Class R-2E shares were offered beginning August 29, 2014.
9 Not annualized.
10 Class R-5E shares were offered beginning November 20, 2015.
11 Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

SMALLCAP World Fund 31
 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.:

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), including the summary investment portfolio, as of September 30, 2016, and 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, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). 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. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, 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. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2016, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. as of September 30, 2016, 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 periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

Costa Mesa, California
November 11, 2016

 

32 SMALLCAP World Fund
 
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 (April 1, 2016, through September 30, 2016).

 

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 entitled “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 and 529-F-1 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.

 

SMALLCAP World Fund 33
 
    Beginning     Ending              
    account value     account value     Expenses paid     Annualized  
    4/1/2016     9/30/2016     during period*     expense ratio  
Class A - actual return   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,114.68     $ 5.83       1.10 %
Class A - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,019.55       5.57       1.10  
Class B - actual return     1,000.00       1,110.43       9.89       1.87  
Class B - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,015.69       9.45       1.87  
Class C - actual return     1,000.00       1,110.28       10.00       1.89  
Class C - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,015.59       9.55       1.89  
Class F-1 - actual return     1,000.00       1,114.70       5.88       1.11  
Class F-1 - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,019.50       5.62       1.11  
Class F-2 - actual return     1,000.00       1,116.32       4.35       .82  
Class F-2 - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,020.96       4.15       .82  
Class 529-A - actual return     1,000.00       1,114.47       6.15       1.16  
Class 529-A - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,019.25       5.87       1.16  
Class 529-B - actual return     1,000.00       1,109.95       10.42       1.97  
Class 529-B - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,015.19       9.95       1.97  
Class 529-C - actual return     1,000.00       1,110.11       10.26       1.94  
Class 529-C - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,015.34       9.80       1.94  
Class 529-E - actual return     1,000.00       1,113.21       7.26       1.37  
Class 529-E - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,018.20       6.93       1.37  
Class 529-F-1 - actual return     1,000.00       1,115.48       5.04       .95  
Class 529-F-1 - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,020.31       4.81       .95  
Class R-1 - actual return     1,000.00       1,110.72       9.74       1.84  
Class R-1 - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,015.84       9.30       1.84  
Class R-2 - actual return     1,000.00       1,110.97       9.58       1.81  
Class R-2 - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,015.99       9.15       1.81  
Class R-2E - actual return     1,000.00       1,112.50       8.10       1.53  
Class R-2E - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,017.40       7.74       1.53  
Class R-3 - actual return     1,000.00       1,113.43       7.31       1.38  
Class R-3 - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,018.15       6.98       1.38  
Class R-4 - actual return     1,000.00       1,114.86       5.73       1.08  
Class R-4 - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,019.65       5.47       1.08  
Class R-5E - actual return     1,000.00       1,115.57       5.09       .96  
Class R-5E - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,020.26       4.86       .96  
Class R-5 - actual return     1,000.00       1,116.49       4.09       .77  
Class R-5 - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,021.21       3.90       .77  
Class R-6 - actual return     1,000.00       1,117.01       3.77       .71  
Class R-6 - assumed 5% return     1,000.00       1,021.51       3.60       .71  

 

* 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 365 (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 September 30, 2016:

 

Foreign taxes $ 0.03 per share
Foreign source income $ 0.42 per share
Long-term capital gains $ 1,672,921,000
Qualified dividend income   100%
Corporate dividends received deduction   100%
U.S. government income that may be exempt from state taxation $ 521,000

 

Individual shareholders should refer to their Form 1099 or other tax information, which will be mailed in January 2017, to determine the calendar year amounts to be included on their 2016 tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory and Service Agreement

 

The SMALLCAP World Fund board has approved the fund’s Investment Advisory and Service Agreement (the “agreement”) with Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) for an additional one-year term through November 30, 2017. The board approved the agreement following the recommendation of the fund’s Contracts Committee (the “committee”), which is composed of all of the fund’s independent board members. The board and the committee determined 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 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. 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; 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, compliance 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 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 of long term growth of capital. 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 through March 31, 2016. This report, including the letter to shareholders and related disclosures, contains certain information about the fund’s investment results. The board and the committee reviewed the fund’s investment results measured against various indexes and an average, including the MSCI All Country World Small Cap Index, Lipper Global Small-/Mid-Cap Funds Index and Lipper Global Small-/ Mid-Cap Funds Average. They noted that the investment results of the fund generally compared favorably to the results of these indexes/average for the lifetime period, 20-year period, 10-year period, and five-year period (where data comparisons are available), while recognizing that none of the indexes/average is a perfect comparison given the Fund’s distinguishing characteristics. 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 Lipper Global Small-/Mid-Cap Funds 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, 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 the 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 the benefits CRMC receives from the research obtained with commissions from portfolio transactions made on behalf of the fund. 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 willingness to invest 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. The board and the committee also compared CRMC’s profitability and compensation data to the reported results and data of several 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. 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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Board of directors and other officers

 

Independent directors1

 

Name and year of birth   Year first
elected
a director
of the fund2
  Principal occupation(s) during past five years   Number of
portfolios in fund
complex overseen
by director3
  Other directorships4
held by director
Ronald P. Badie, 1942   2010   Retired; former Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown (retired 2002)   3   Amphenol Corporation; Nautilus, Inc.
Joseph C. Berenato, 1946   2000   Former Chairman and CEO, Ducommun Incorporated (aerospace components manufacturer)   15   Ducommun Incorporated
Louise H. Bryson, 1944   2010   Chair Emerita of the Board of Trustees, J. Paul Getty Trust; former President, Distribution, Lifetime Entertainment Network (retired 2008); former Executive Vice President and General Manager, Lifetime Movie Network (retired 2008)   7   None
Robert J. Denison, 1941   2010   Chair, First Security Management (private investment)   6   None
Mary Anne Dolan, 1947
Chairman of the Board
(Independent and Non-Executive)
  2008   Founder and President, MAD Ink (communications company)   10   None
John G. Freund, 1953   2000   Founder and Managing Director, Skyline Ventures (venture capital investor in health care companies)   6   Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Proteon Therapeutics, Inc.; Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Linda Griego, 1947   2015   President and CEO, Griego Enterprises, Inc. (business management company)   7   AECOM Technology Corporation; CBS Corporation
Leonade D. Jones, 1947   1995   Retired; former Treasurer, The Washington Post Company (retired 1996)   10   None
William H. Kling, 1942   1990   President Emeritus and former CEO, American Public Media   10   None
Kenneth M. Simril, 1965   2016   President and CEO, Fleischmann’s Ingredients and SCI Ingredients Holdings, Inc. (food manufacturing)   3   None
Christopher E. Stone, 1956   2007   President, Open Society Foundations; former Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University   6   None

 

Interested directors5,6

 

Name, year of birth and
position with fund
  Year first
elected
a director
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 director3
  Other directorships4
held by director
Jonathan Knowles, PhD, 1961
Vice Chairman of the Board
  2000   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital International, Inc.;7   Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.7   1   None
Gregory W. Wendt, 1961
President
  1992   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research  and Management Company   1   None

 

The fund’s statement of additional information includes further details about fund directors and is available without charge upon request by calling American Funds Service Company at (800) 421-4225 or by visiting the American Funds website at americanfunds.com. The address for all directors and officers of the fund is 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Attention: Secretary.

 

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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
Paul F. Roye, 1953
Executive Vice President
  2007   Director, Capital Research and Management Company;
Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel — Fund Business Management Group,
Capital Research and Management Company
Brady L. Enright, 1967
Senior Vice President
  2004   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company;
Director, Capital Research and Management Company
J. Blair Frank, 1966
Senior Vice President
  1999   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Lawrence Kymisis, 1970
Senior Vice President
  2008   Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research Company7
Julian N. Abdey, 1972
Vice President
  2014   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Walter R. Burkley, 1966
Vice President
  2007   Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel — Fund Business Management Group,
Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital Research Company7
Bradford F. Freer, 1969
Vice President
  2008   Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company
Michael W. Stockton, 1967
Secretary
  2014   Vice President — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company
Kimberley H. Monasterio, 1963
Treasurer
  2016   Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company
Julie E. Lawton, 1973
Assistant Secretary
  2010   Assistant Vice President — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company; Secretary, Capital Research Company7
Brian C. Janssen, 1972
Assistant Treasurer
  2016   Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company
Dori Laskin, 1951
Assistant Treasurer
  2011   Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company

 

1 The term independent director refers to a director who is not an “interested person” of the fund within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
2 Directors 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 directors/trustees and/or officers listed, with the exception of Julian N. Abdey, J. Blair Frank and 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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Offices of the fund and of the investment adviser

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

 

6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618-4518

 

Transfer agent for shareholder accounts

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

 

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

 

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

 

Custodian of assets

State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

 

Counsel

Dechert LLP

One Bush Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104-4446

 

Independent registered public accounting firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP
695 Town Center Drive
Suite 1200
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 visit the American Funds website at americanfunds.com.

 

“American Funds Proxy Voting Procedures and Principles” — which describes how we vote proxies relating to portfolio securities — is available on the American Funds 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 the American Funds website.

 

A complete September 30, 2016, portfolio of SMALLCAP World Fund’s investments is available free of charge by calling AFS or visiting the SEC website (where it is part of Form N-CSR).

 

SMALLCAP World Fund files a complete list of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. This filing is available free of charge on the SEC website. You may also review or, for a fee, copy this filing at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Additional information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy at (800) SEC-0330. Additionally, the list of portfolio holdings is available by calling AFS.

 

This report is for the information of shareholders of SMALLCAP World 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 December 31, 2016, 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.

 

The American Funds Advantage®

 

Since 1931, American Funds, part of Capital Group, has helped investors pursue long-term investment success. Our consistent approach — in combination with The Capital SystemSM — has resulted in a superior long-term track record.

 

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 27 years of investment experience, including 22 years at our company, reflecting a career commitment to our long-term approach.1

 

The Capital SystemSM

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.

 

Superior long-term track record

Our equity funds have beaten their Lipper peer indexes in 91% of 10-year periods and 95% of 20-year periods. Our fixed income funds have beaten their Lipper indexes in 58% of 10-year periods and 58% of 20-year periods.2 Our fund management fees have been among the lowest in the industry.3

 

1 Portfolio manager experience as of December 31, 2015.
2 Based on Class A share results for rolling periods through December 31, 2015. 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).
3 On average, our management fees were in the lowest quintile 68% of the time, based on the 20-year period ended December 31, 2015, versus comparable Lipper categories, excluding funds of funds.

 

 

 

 

ITEM 2 – Code of Ethics

 

The Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to its Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer. The Registrant undertakes to provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of the Code of Ethics. Such request can be made to American Funds Service Company at 800/421-9225 or to the Secretary of the Registrant, 6455 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, California 92618.

 

 

ITEM 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

The Registrant’s board has determined that Ronald P. Badie, 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

 

  Registrant:
    a)  Audit Fees:
      2015 $159,000
      2016 $169,000
       
    b)  Audit-Related Fees:
      2015 $ 10,000
      2016 $ 9,000
      The audit-related fees consist of assurance and related services relating to the examination of the Registrant’s investment adviser conducted in accordance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements Number 16 issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
       
    c)  Tax Fees:
      2015 $ 34,000
      2016 $ 56,000

      The tax fees consist of professional services relating to the preparation of the Registrant’s tax returns including returns relating to the Registrant’s investments in non-U.S. jurisdictions.
       
    d)  All Other Fees:
      2015 None
      2016 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:
      2015 $1,148,000
      2016 $1,169,000
      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 16 issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
       
    c)  Tax Fees:
      2015 None
      2016 None
      The tax fees consist of consulting services relating to the Registrant’s investments.
       
    d)  All Other Fees:
      2015 $ 5,000
      2016 $ 3,000
      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 $1,487,000 for fiscal year 2015 and $1,286,000 for fiscal year 2016. 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.

 

 

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

 

SMALLCAP World Fund®
Investment portfolio
September 30, 2016
Common stocks 91.62%
Consumer discretionary 17.71%
Shares Value
(000)
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.1 2,828,769 $429,549
GVC Holdings PLC1,2 19,280,894 185,433
Dollarama Inc. 2,005,000 156,540
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.1 7,751,786 154,958
Seria Co., Ltd.2 1,425,324 115,492
YOOX Net-A-Porter Group SPA2,3 3,627,000 112,384
AA PLC2 28,448,238 109,034
Ted Baker PLC1,2 3,340,342 106,681
Matahari Department Store Tbk PT2 73,537,800 104,390
Ladbrokes PLC1,2 55,522,600 100,752
POYA International Co., Ltd.1,2 6,735,908 100,313
Paddy Power Betfair PLC2 886,051 100,231
BCA Marketplace PLC1,2 42,870,000 100,019
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd.2 1,848,956 99,831
ASOS PLC2,3 1,491,741 93,756
Brinker International, Inc. 1,660,500 83,739
Taiwan Paiho Ltd.1,2 22,578,000 81,064
zooplus AG, non-registered shares1,2,3 558,778 80,976
Cedar Fair, LP 1,340,000 76,769
Jin Co., Ltd.1,2 1,608,000 74,525
Belmond Ltd., Class A3 5,854,000 74,404
Entertainment One Ltd.1,2 25,150,631 73,804
Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.1 3,011,253 71,474
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A3 3,558,286 71,415
Mr Price Group Ltd.2 6,304,626 69,811
Gentex Corp. 3,909,134 68,644
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. 1,342,500 64,682
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.2,3 27,770,000 64,445
Five Below, Inc.3 1,577,000 63,537
Evolution Gaming Group AB1,2 1,943,200 63,249
Tesla Motors, Inc.3 303,200 61,862
Jumbo SA2 4,942,964 61,673
Installed Building Products, Inc.1,3 1,704,039 61,124
Beauty Community PCL1,2 217,500,000 60,176
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 1,115,212 58,727
Tele Columbus AG1,2,3 6,696,000 58,353
TopBuild Corp.3 1,745,000 57,934
Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.2 4,162,840 49,897
Greene King PLC2 4,931,618 49,544
Cyrela Brazil Realty SA, ordinary nominative 15,459,700 48,630
Cie. Plastic Omnium SA2 1,295,995 42,977
Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR)3 918,500 42,775
Nord Anglia Education, Inc.3 1,910,000 41,600
Melco International Development Ltd.2 30,379,000 40,256
Page Industries Ltd.2 162,500 36,941
Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.2 2,841,000 36,810
Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk PT2 547,245,700 36,764
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Common stocks
Consumer discretionary (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
Tiffany & Co. 499,000 $36,242
Estácio Participações SA, ordinary nominative 6,425,000 35,186
Moncler SpA2 2,056,400 35,087
ASKUL Corp.2 905,000 34,362
Century Communities, Inc.1,3 1,576,000 33,900
TOD’S SpA2 641,500 33,869
Eros International PLC, Class A3 1,871,666 28,674
Eros International PLC, Class A2,3,4 216,500 3,018
Brunello Cucinelli SpA2 1,608,281 31,261
Inchcape PLC2 3,551,460 30,312
TAKKT AG2 1,302,278 29,203
Daily Mail and General Trust PLC, Class A, non-voting2 2,971,000 28,670
Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd.2 15,940,000 28,199
Spin Master Corp., subordinate voting shares3 1,159,000 27,660
DineEquity, Inc. 341,600 27,051
ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. 1,868,000 27,030
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 500,000 26,805
KB Home 1,627,000 26,227
Blue Nile, Inc.1 753,000 25,918
Stella International Holdings Ltd.2 14,963,000 25,682
Kyoritsu Maintenance Co.,Ltd.2 409,700 25,595
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.3 753,000 25,361
B2W - Cia. Digital, ordinary nominative3 5,162,015 25,317
CalAtlantic Group, Inc. 750,800 25,107
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A 1,140,000 24,282
Grand Canyon Education Inc.3 593,000 23,951
Titan Co. Ltd.2 3,760,000 22,355
Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd.2 22,854,000 21,812
Lands’ End, Inc.3 1,504,000 21,808
Cox & Kings Ltd.2 6,500,000 21,654
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. 547,440 21,367
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. 790,000 20,382
Cavco Industries, Inc.3 204,000 20,206
Ocado Group PLC2,3 5,703,000 19,552
I.T Limited2 57,710,000 18,819
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.3 39,890 16,893
Tarena International, Inc., Class A (ADR) 1,162,398 16,832
DO & CO AG, non-registered shares2 205,755 16,820
Lennar Corp., Class A 394,000 16,682
GfK SE2 463,000 16,131
Valeo SA, non-registered shares2 258,000 15,045
D.R. Horton, Inc. 490,000 14,798
Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. 508,900 14,507
TravelCenters of America LLC1,3 2,023,750 14,490
Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd.2,3 35,876,000 14,160
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.2 3,570,000 14,000
Mulberry Group PLC2 931,173 13,218
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) 800,000 12,888
Minor International PCL, non-voting depositary receipt (Thailand)2 11,350,000 12,832
Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.2 233,473 12,620
Nokian Renkaat Oyj2 326,850 11,914
Mothercare PLC2,3 7,619,327 11,693
Wowprime Corp.2 2,928,000 11,305
SHW AG, non-registered shares2 300,000 11,052
HUGO BOSS AG2 195,848 10,831
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Common stocks
Consumer discretionary (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Ltd.1,2 2,389,000 $9,948
Toll Brothers, Inc.3 300,000 8,958
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.3 505,000 8,696
William Hill PLC2 2,047,800 8,074
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC2 547,000 7,863
POLYTEC Holding AG, non-registered shares2 834,369 7,489
Cabela’s Inc.3 128,400 7,053
Samsonite International SA2 2,175,000 6,992
Sitoy Group Holdings Ltd.2 18,291,800 6,902
L’Occitane International SA2 3,212,051 6,415
Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc.3 800,000 5,160
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Class A3 2,220,000 5,128
Premium Leisure Corp.2 242,500,000 5,106
SSI Group, Inc.2,3 54,000,000 3,175
China Zenix Auto International Ltd. (ADR)3 2,152,000 2,647
Ten Alps PLC2,3 343,900 4
Five Star Travel Corp.2,3,4 96,033 1
Phorm Corp. Ltd.2,3 43,390,000
    5,288,190
Health care 16.66%    
Incyte Corp.3 3,497,991 329,826
Molina Healthcare, Inc.1,3 4,526,000 263,956
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (ADR)1,3 1,976,400 262,328
China Biologic Products, Inc.1,3 1,682,523 209,440
Insulet Corp.1,3 3,921,000 160,526
NuVasive, Inc.3 2,199,400 146,612
Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.1,3 3,122,044 122,447
Sysmex Corp.2 1,643,000 121,724
Centene Corp.3 1,709,439 114,464
bluebird bio, Inc.3 1,619,352 109,760
athenahealth, Inc.3 866,310 109,259
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC2 4,155,953 108,771
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.3 135,000 97,852
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.3 825,000 96,599
Kite Pharma, Inc.3 1,677,562 93,709
Vitrolife AB1,2 1,387,559 87,992
CONMED Corp.1 2,141,654 85,795
Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.3 3,017,600 84,523
Brookdale Senior Living Inc.3 4,750,000 82,888
Prothena Corp. PLC3 1,323,114 79,347
Illumina, Inc.3 425,700 77,333
Myriad Genetics, Inc.1,3 3,712,256 76,398
Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC2 4,099,442 74,017
Patheon N.V.3 2,451,000 72,623
Genomma Lab Internacional, SAB de CV, Series B1,3 67,483,000 70,581
Fleury SA, ordinary nominative 5,965,000 70,340
Spire Healthcare Group PLC2 13,379,001 68,428
Teleflex Inc. 383,700 64,481
Glaukos Corp.1,3 1,706,070 64,387
Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.2 887,900 63,008
Teladoc, Inc.1,3 3,295,269 60,336
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.3 728,000 60,096
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.3 835,807 59,292
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.3 1,166,000 59,046
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Common stocks
Health care (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.2 7,656,658 $55,936
INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A3 1,216,000 54,209
Hologic, Inc.3 1,277,600 49,609
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.3 531,500 49,174
Galapagos NV2,3 755,735 48,698
Natera, Inc.1,3 4,099,803 45,549
Axovant Sciences Ltd.3 3,176,800 44,475
Sartorius AG, non-registered shares, non-voting preferred2 517,372 43,060
Nakanishi Inc.2 1,172,000 42,572
EXACT Sciences Corp.3 2,154,070 40,001
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3 573,700 38,885
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.3 1,138,000 36,200
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3 663,000 35,020
Monash IVF Group Ltd.1,2 18,520,000 34,914
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.1,3 1,723,051 33,668
Tong Ren Tang Technologies Co., Ltd., Class H2 16,820,000 32,600
Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC (ADR)1,3 4,601,000 32,437
Capio AB2 5,723,608 31,893
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3 185,137 30,472
Genmab A/S2,3 165,000 28,275
Virbac SA2,3 169,500 28,272
Virtus Health Ltd.1,2 4,603,000 27,193
Team Health Holdings, Inc.3 832,700 27,113
Eurofins Scientific SE, non-registered shares2 59,500 27,027
Healthscope Ltd.2 11,365,000 26,926
QIAGEN NV2,3 968,751 26,671
Gerresheimer AG, non-registered shares2 310,000 26,342
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.3 403,020 24,205
Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.2 1,124,952 21,872
Wright Medical Group, Inc.3 879,857 21,583
Acerta Pharma BV2,3,5 195,556,815 18,839
Novadaq Technologies Inc.3 1,591,773 18,417
Seres Therapeutics, Inc.3 1,337,000 16,432
Krka, dd, Novo mesto2 231,262 16,093
Grifols, SA, Class B (ADR) 616,400 9,844
Grifols, SA, Class A, non-registered shares2 270,000 5,817
Harmonicare Medical Holdings Ltd.2 24,942,000 15,013
Penumbra, Inc.3 194,244 14,761
NantKwest, Inc.3 1,887,290 14,683
Juno Therapeutics, Inc.3 470,501 14,120
Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.2 280,000 12,809
Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk PT2 52,500,000 11,213
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.1,3 1,030,000 8,343
Endo International PLC3 388,481 7,828
Fluidigm Corp.3 800,000 6,408
Mesoblast Ltd.2,3 6,200,000 5,338
Mesoblast Ltd. (ADR)3 80,000 345
AbbVie Inc.2,4 55,930 3,422
Neovasc Inc. (CAD denominated)1,3 3,474,667 1,774
    4,974,534
Information technology 14.14%    
DeNA Co., Ltd.1,2 8,201,010 297,406
Qorvo, Inc.3 3,884,370 216,515
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.2 17,790,500 180,151
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Common stocks
Information technology (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
Finisar Corp.1,3 5,729,000 $170,724
Zynga Inc., Class A3 54,170,000 157,635
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.1,2 83,546,386 157,334
Globant SA1,3 2,717,510 114,461
Kakaku.com, Inc.2 5,997,300 108,289
Inphi Corp.1,3 2,459,199 107,000
EPAM Systems, Inc.3 1,443,994 100,083
Zoopla Property Group PLC1,2 23,652,006 99,612
Halma PLC2 6,749,967 91,777
Quotient Technology Inc.1,3 6,711,613 89,332
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A 1,471,900 79,909
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A3 1,129,300 78,611
CDW Corp. 1,660,000 75,912
eMemory Technology Inc.1,2 6,146,000 65,828
NCC Group PLC1,2 14,386,000 65,374
RingCentral, Inc., Class A3 2,648,604 62,666
Topcon Corp.2 4,363,110 62,255
Wix.com Ltd.3 1,400,000 60,802
Hermes Microvision Inc.2 1,391,364 60,204
Paycom Software, Inc.3 1,199,028 60,107
Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.3 991,000 59,599
VTech Holdings Ltd.2 5,185,500 59,289
Hamamatsu Photonics KK2 1,916,930 58,892
Sunny Optical Technology (Group) Co., Ltd.2 11,809,000 58,773
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 4,704,000 57,201
Lumentum Holdings Inc.3 1,257,100 52,509
MercadoLibre, Inc. 281,000 51,977
Nemetschek AG2 795,300 48,733
ON Semiconductor Corp.3 3,937,656 48,512
TravelSky Technology Ltd., Class H2 19,960,000 47,643
Silicon Laboratories Inc.3 767,138 45,108
SUNeVision Holdings Ltd.2 89,854,000 43,661
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC2 11,036,000 42,982
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.2,3 378,160,068 42,401
Rightmove PLC2 763,000 41,754
Syntel, Inc.3 987,043 41,367
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.3 241,300 38,446
Yandex NV, Class A3 1,822,716 38,368
Autodesk, Inc.3 530,000 38,335
RIB Software AG1,2 2,904,993 35,766
Cognex Corp. 661,202 34,951
Gogo Inc.3 3,090,000 34,114
Cray Inc.3 1,432,827 33,729
Actua Corp1,3 2,602,000 33,696
OBIC Co., Ltd.2 632,500 33,650
Tobii AB2,3 3,890,000 32,535
istyle Inc.1,2 3,832,900 31,165
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.2 3,720,000 30,739
58.com Inc., Class A (ADR)3 610,000 29,073
Trimble Navigation Ltd.3 840,000 23,990
Viavi Solutions Inc.3 3,184,000 23,530
Sonus Networks, Inc.1,3 2,875,200 22,369
Criteo SA (ADR)3 635,000 22,295
Hana Microelectronics PCL2 23,935,000 22,002
CoStar Group, Inc.3 100,000 21,653
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Common stocks
Information technology (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
carsales.com Ltd.2 2,223,000 $20,454
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp.1,3 2,355,000 19,641
Auto Trader Group plc2 3,674,700 19,314
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, non-voting3 525,000 18,191
Siltronic AG2,3 680,500 17,959
Semtech Corp.3 620,000 17,193
YY Inc., Class A (ADR)3 306,000 16,304
AIXTRON SE2,3 2,434,518 14,785
GrubHub Inc.3 342,625 14,729
Ellie Mae, Inc.3 125,000 13,162
Alten SA, non-registered shares2 183,500 12,830
GoldMoney Inc.1,3 3,531,100 12,085
CPI Card Group Inc. 1,953,264 11,798
Veeco Instruments Inc.3 600,000 11,778
Ultimate Software Group, Inc.3 55,700 11,385
QIWI PLC, Class B (ADR) 693,000 10,145
Meyer Burger Technology AG2,3 2,593,444 8,837
Monster Worldwide, Inc.3 2,305,000 8,321
iEnergizer Ltd.2,3 7,650,500 7,677
KPIT Technologies Ltd.2 3,978,896 7,433
Ixia3 421,760 5,272
    4,222,087
Industrials 11.32%    
Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd.2 1,895,100 173,095
ITT Corp. 3,580,000 128,307
Loomis AB, Class B2 4,019,042 124,086
Oshkosh Corp. 2,105,000 117,880
Kirby Corp.3 1,747,000 108,594
NIBE Industrier AB, Class B2 11,580,000 102,997
Havells India Ltd.2 16,048,000 101,115
King Slide Works Co., Ltd.1,2 7,623,000 98,787
IMCD Group BV2 2,088,484 91,721
MonotaRO Co., Ltd.2 3,191,800 85,756
IDEX Corp. 875,000 81,874
ABM Industries Inc. 2,040,400 81,004
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.1,2 2,125,000 80,047
Bravida Holding AB1,2 11,545,792 76,729
Continental Building Products, Inc.1,3 3,330,700 69,911
BELIMO Holding AG2 20,980 69,156
Spirit Airlines, Inc.3 1,528,000 64,986
PARK24 Co., Ltd.2 1,968,500 63,963
NORMA Group SE, non-registered shares2 1,174,339 60,417
Clean Harbors, Inc.3 1,191,500 57,168
Masco Corp. 1,625,000 55,754
TransDigm Group Inc.3 190,000 54,933
Wizz Air Holdings PLC2,3 2,577,300 54,785
Exponent, Inc. 1,070,000 54,634
Watsco, Inc. 350,000 49,315
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico SAB de CV 5,094,455 48,373
Landstar System, Inc. 691,000 47,043
Univar Inc.3 2,076,000 45,361
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, SAB de CV, Series B 7,234,000 42,655
Mobile Mini, Inc. 1,400,000 42,280
Waste Connections, Inc. 560,000 41,832
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Common stocks
Industrials (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
Stabilus SA, non-registered shares2,3 742,000 $41,755
Boyd Group Income Fund 654,500 40,843
Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.2 15,754,875 40,456
Generac Holdings Inc.3 1,019,500 37,008
Elementia, SAB de CV3 32,490,645 34,318
Cía. de Distribución Integral Logista Holdings, SA, non-registered shares2 1,535,000 34,245
Rockwool International A/S, Class B2 188,600 34,008
Graco Inc. 458,000 33,892
Miura Co., Ltd.2 1,672,800 33,501
SEEK Ltd.2 2,800,000 33,444
Carborundum Universal Ltd.2 7,985,000 32,762
American Airlines Group Inc. 872,000 31,924
KEYW Holding Corp.1,3 2,836,400 31,314
Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.2 1,973,886 30,112
Rheinmetall AG2 411,000 28,606
Dätwyler Holding Inc., non-registered shares2 189,150 27,258
Unique Engineering and Construction PCL2 51,351,000 24,558
XP Power Ltd.1,2 1,140,000 24,454
WageWorks, Inc.3 400,000 24,364
LT Group, Inc.2 76,014,300 24,043
AKR Corporindo Tbk PT2 47,774,300 23,703
Talgo SA2,3 4,801,654 23,296
Flughafen Zürich AG2 119,000 23,230
Teleperformance SA2 204,247 21,781
Alliance Global Group, Inc.2 66,295,000 21,709
Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC2 351,000 20,471
Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.2 7,189,000 18,873
Valmont Industries, Inc. 135,000 18,167
Geberit AG2 41,000 17,944
USG Corp.3 689,912 17,834
PayPoint PLC2 1,220,000 16,321
Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd.2 802,100 13,523
The Brink’s Co. 351,000 13,015
Moog Inc., Class A3 208,500 12,414
Chart Industries, Inc.3 350,000 11,490
J. Kumar Infraprojects Ltd.1,2 4,092,000 11,255
Bossard Holding AG2 85,062 11,199
COSCO International Holdings Ltd.2 24,536,000 11,063
BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.3 579,222 10,270
Nabtesco Corp.2 350,000 9,909
Briggs & Stratton Corp. 500,000 9,325
CIMC Enric Holdings Ltd.2 19,998,000 8,722
Kornit Digital Ltd.3 900,000 8,442
Duerr AG2 68,331 5,737
TD Power Systems Ltd.2 1,009,087 2,756
    3,379,872
Financials 8.96%    
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.2 20,057,040 234,722
Validus Holdings, Ltd. 3,033,000 151,104
Essent Group Ltd.3 4,177,925 111,175
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 660,000 109,289
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 7,004,541 105,418
GT Capital Holdings, Inc.2 3,485,200 103,359
VZ Holding AG2 363,400 101,759
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Common stocks
Financials (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
Bajaj Finance Ltd.2 6,087,160 $97,039
Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd.2 7,725,000 96,399
Financial Engines, Inc.1 3,137,000 93,200
First Republic Bank 1,141,825 88,046
Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.2 4,428,739 77,564
Kemper Corp. 1,884,000 74,079
SVB Financial Group3 652,500 72,127
Webster Financial Corp. 1,897,000 72,105
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.2 1,291,983 60,572
Great Western Bancorp, Inc. 1,805,000 60,143
Chemical Financial Corp. 1,332,450 58,801
PacWest Bancorp 1,238,491 53,144
Avanza Bank Holding AB2 1,325,768 52,352
CenterState Banks, Inc.1 2,758,399 48,906
First Hawaiian, Inc.3 1,641,087 44,080
City Union Bank Ltd.2 19,961,217 39,672
Trupanion, Inc.1,3 2,290,500 38,710
Redwood Trust, Inc. 2,562,000 36,278
Janus Capital Group Inc. 2,543,000 35,627
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. 524,000 34,296
GRUH Finance Ltd.2 6,900,000 34,000
Cathay General Bancorp, Inc. 1,075,167 33,094
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG2 3,330,068 31,129
EFG International AG2 5,937,108 29,100
Mercury General Corp. 500,000 27,425
Onex Corp. 400,000 25,760
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 205,000 24,633
Inversiones La Construcción SA 2,141,182 24,611
Greenhill & Co., Inc. 885,500 20,871
Cerved Information Solutions SPA, non-registered shares2 2,458,010 20,796
CRISIL Ltd.2 570,000 19,129
Signature Bank3 157,800 18,691
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. 1,810,000 18,625
ICRA Ltd.2 291,264 17,269
Eurobank Ergasias SA2,3 29,592,819 16,984
Numis Corp. PLC2 5,663,282 16,091
National Bank of Pakistan2 22,545,000 15,824
PSG Group Ltd.2 1,075,000 15,750
Permanent TSB Group Holdings PLC2,3 6,457,000 14,906
Cascade Bancorp3 2,450,962 14,853
Altisource Residential Corp. 1,324,678 14,439
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. 1,110,000 14,241
Clifton Bancorp Inc. 816,606 12,486
Moelis & Co., Class A 422,000 11,348
Habib Bank Ltd.2 5,000,000 10,593
Bank of Ireland2,3 45,456,798 9,462
Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, Sociedad Holding de Mercados y Sistemas Financieros, SA2 230,000 6,833
BankUnited, Inc. 190,200 5,744
    2,674,653
Consumer staples 6.06%    
Emmi AG1,2 270,100 184,747
Raia Drogasil SA, ordinary nominative 7,917,574 161,363
Lion Corp.2 7,637,000 123,531
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.3 5,862,600 121,063
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Common stocks
Consumer staples (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
Pinnacle Foods Inc. 2,389,050 $119,859
COSMOS Pharmaceutical Corp.2 515,200 110,525
SalMar ASA2 2,231,000 68,228
Glanbia PLC2 3,503,200 67,392
Puregold Price Club, Inc.2 67,573,800 59,220
Greencore Group PLC2 12,964,272 56,376
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.3 625,000 54,494
Refresco Gerber NV2 3,169,045 52,669
Ariake Japan Co., Ltd.2 920,000 49,601
Coca-Cola Icecek AS, Class C2 3,758,000 45,763
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.2 5,236,087 44,307
Herbalife Ltd.3 685,000 42,463
CCL Products (India) Ltd.1,2 9,479,102 37,248
Davide Campari-Milano SpA2 3,150,000 35,489
BGFretail Co., Ltd.2 168,000 29,587
Stock Spirits Group PLC1,2 14,404,674 28,799
Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S2 1,644,000 28,062
Hypermarcas SA, ordinary nominative 3,126,077 26,790
Emami Ltd.2 1,513,000 26,700
Milbon Co., Ltd.2 535,000 26,236
Kernel Holding SA2 1,642,578 25,406
Lenta Ltd. (GDR)2,3 2,422,000 19,618
Lenta Ltd. (GDR)2,3,4 530,900 4,300
Karex Bhd.2 35,044,875 20,866
Emperador Inc.2 135,870,000 20,270
Hyundai Department Store Co., Ltd.2 186,000 20,025
Super Group Ltd.2 29,544,100 17,281
Del Monte Pacific Ltd.2 66,733,314 16,654
Philip Morris CR as2 32,000 16,496
Delfi Ltd.2 9,182,500 14,052
Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.2 188,000 11,384
Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.3 388,700 9,235
PZ Cussons PLC2 1,700,000 8,012
Pigeon Corp.2 149,000 4,501
R.E.A. Holdings PLC2,3 800,000 2,619
    1,811,231
Energy 4.66%    
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. 2,942,071 136,983
InterOil Corp.3 2,344,500 119,382
Seven Generations Energy Ltd., Class A3 4,675,000 112,532
Laredo Petroleum, Inc.3 7,752,000 100,001
Diamondback Energy, Inc.3 1,030,950 99,528
SM Energy Co. 2,021,240 77,979
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. 2,496,900 70,076
Whitecap Resources Inc. 8,334,454 69,626
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A3 1,707,200 57,208
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.3 1,365,260 55,457
Petronet LNG Ltd.2 10,460,000 54,346
Tullow Oil PLC2,3 15,409,182 50,593
WorleyParsons Ltd.2,3 6,024,914 38,636
Concho Resources Inc.3 279,500 38,389
Aegis Logistics Ltd.2 14,370,000 33,317
Keyera Corp. 952,400 30,794
Transocean Partners LLC1 2,470,063 30,456
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Common stocks
Energy (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
Pason Systems Inc. 1,583,800 $20,269
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd.1 12,444,000 14,275
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd.1 4,490,000 5,151
Ophir Energy PLC2,3 17,453,000 17,435
Tallgrass Energy GP, LP, Class A 699,900 16,833
Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.1,3 3,010,000 15,802
San Leon Energy PLC1,2,3 25,803,000 15,677
Venture Global LNG, Inc., Class C2,3,4,5 4,240 13,386
Oasis Petroleum Inc.3 1,071,400 12,289
Golar LNG Ltd. 564,092 11,959
Oil States International, Inc.3 360,000 11,365
Tourmaline Oil Corp.3 410,000 11,107
Amerisur Resources PLC2,3 25,458,400 8,084
Lekoil Ltd. (CDI)1,2,3 25,208,400 7,119
Savannah Petroleum PLC1,2,3 17,844,000 7,049
Core Laboratories NV 40,000 4,493
Providence Resources PLC1,2,3 35,235,000 4,338
Africa Oil Corp. (SEK denominated)2,3 2,683,000 4,241
Paramount Resources Ltd.3 276,300 3,104
Genel Energy PLC2,3 2,224,800 2,769
Gulf Marine Services PLC2 3,377,219 2,202
Denbury Resources Inc.3 669,000 2,161
BNK Petroleum Inc.1,3 12,804,914 2,098
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.1,2,3 42,000,000 1,166
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.1,2,3,4 15,715,000 436
Rockhopper Exploration PLC2,3 4,362,881 1,555
African Petroleum Corp. Ltd.2,3 1,445,890 439
Borders & Southern Petroleum PLC2,3 6,069,873 146
    1,392,251
Materials 4.51%    
James Hardie Industries PLC (CDI)2 6,855,000 107,525
Buzzi Unicem SPA2 4,699,558 96,288
Platform Specialty Products Corp.3 11,177,021 90,646
Lundin Mining Corp.3 20,075,000 79,416
Ingevity Corp.3 1,643,454 75,763
Sirius Minerals Plc1,2,3 179,676,660 75,529
Supreme Industries Ltd.2 5,493,479 75,039
Stillwater Mining Co.3 4,765,000 63,660
PolyOne Corp. 1,623,600 54,894
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S2 749,000 44,523
United States Steel Corp. 2,332,585 43,993
Stella-Jones Inc. 1,265,000 43,881
SK Kaken Co.,Ltd.2 428,000 43,558
CCL Industries Inc., Class B, non-voting 200,000 38,509
Outokumpu Oy, Class A (Finland)2,3 5,080,000 34,892
AptarGroup, Inc. 450,000 34,834
HudBay Minerals Inc. 8,380,000 33,151
PI Industries Ltd.2 2,590,000 32,374
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG, non-registered shares2 292,300 32,146
Arkema SA2 345,000 31,913
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.3 4,964,264 25,957
Silgan Holdings Inc. 467,300 23,641
Huhtamäki Oyj2 488,000 22,727
Kenmare Resources PLC2,3 5,424,863 22,518
SMALLCAP World Fund — Page 10 of 15

Common stocks
Materials (continued)
Shares Value
(000)
Croda International PLC2 407,448 $18,418
Nampak Ltd.2 12,381,000 17,568
Symrise AG2 227,500 16,674
CPMC Holdings Ltd.2 31,700,000 16,080
LANXESS AG2 213,040 13,231
Valspar Corp. 105,000 11,137
Greatview Aseptic Packaging Co. Ltd.2 16,320,000 8,711
Kennady Diamonds Inc.1,3 2,557,952 7,818
Hummingbird Resources PLC1,2,3 18,920,000 6,003
Rusoro Mining Ltd.3 21,437,000 3,595
ArtGo Holdings Ltd.2,3 20,059,000 1,728
    1,348,340
Real estate 1.27%    
WHA Corp. PCL1,2,3 1,081,018,900 97,788
MGM Growth Properties LLC REIT, Class A1 3,311,387 86,328
OUTFRONT Media Inc. REIT 2,792,035 66,032
Land and Houses PCL, non-voting depository receipt2 72,981,300 18,932
Land and Houses PCL FR2 39,888,700 10,347
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. REIT 800,000 26,760
Fibra Uno Administración, SA de CV REIT 8,860,744 16,186
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd.1,2 2,157,380 14,035
K. Wah International Holdings Ltd.2 21,924,720 12,083
LSL Property Services PLC2 4,166,350 11,529
Soundwill Holdings Ltd.2 4,836,500 8,865
Macquarie Mexican REIT 4,330,500 5,300
Golden Wheel Tiandi Holdings Co. Ltd.2 41,096,000 3,197
Grivalia Properties Real Estate Investment Company REIT2 391,028 2,944
    380,326
Utilities 0.76%    
ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.2 16,061,000 78,392
REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, SA, non-registered shares2 21,335,000 62,385
CT Environmental Group Ltd.2 141,548,000 41,241
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding PCL2 6,350,000 9,307
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding PCL, non-voting depository receipts2 5,378,900 7,883
Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp. Ltd., Class H2 47,270,000 11,275
Energy World Corp. Ltd.2,3 50,606,000 8,725
Mytrah Energy Ltd.1,2,3 10,418,000 6,988
Greenko Group PLC1,2 9,748,155 128
    226,324
Telecommunication services 0.74%    
Iridium Communications Inc.1,3 6,008,616 48,730
Indosat Tbk PT2,3 96,888,700 44,732
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. 1,100,718 40,517
HKBN Ltd.2 26,978,000 30,508
Reliance Communications Ltd.2,3 43,171,315 30,053
Zegona Communications PLC1,2 12,305,654 17,673
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.2 28,662,000 9,765
Let’s GOWEX, SA, non-registered shares2,3 106,245
    221,978
SMALLCAP World Fund — Page 11 of 15

Common stocks
Miscellaneous 4.83%
Shares Value
(000)
Other common stocks in initial period of acquisition   $1,443,425
Total common stocks (cost: $19,866,355,000)   27,363,211
Preferred securities 0.00%
Consumer staples 0.00%
   
R.E.A. Holdings PLC 9.00% 96,000 117
Total preferred securities (cost: $185,000)   117
Rights & warrants 0.02%
Real estate 0.01%
   
WHA Corp. PCL, warrants, expire 20201,3 6,909,830 1,714
Information technology 0.01%    
Foursquare Labs, Inc., warrants, expire 20332,3,5 1,163,990 1,301
Consumer discretionary 0.00%    
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., warrants, expire 20182,3 751,800 1,003
Total rights & warrants (cost: $926,000)   4,018
Convertible stocks 0.33%
Information technology 0.17%
   
DocuSign, Inc., Series E, convertible preferred2,3,5 1,236,304 21,944
DocuSign, Inc., Series B, convertible preferred2,3,5 66,593 1,182
DocuSign, Inc., Series D, convertible preferred2,3,5 47,810 849
DocuSign, Inc., Series B1, convertible preferred2,3,5 19,947 354
Domo, Inc., Series D-2, convertible preferred2,3,5 2,965,036 19,717
Foursquare Labs, Inc., Series D, convertible preferred2,3,5 1,551,988 6,225
    50,271
Health care 0.14%    
Proteus Digital Health, Inc., Series G, convertible preferred2,3,5 3,044,139 43,288
Telecommunication services 0.02%    
Iridium Communications Inc., Series A, convertible preferred1,4 60,000 6,094
Total convertible stocks (cost: $108,394,000)   99,653
Bonds, notes & other debt instruments 0.51%
U.S. Treasury bonds & notes 0.26%
U.S. Treasury 0.26%
Principal amount
(000)
 
U.S. Treasury 1.625% 20266 $78,080 78,294
Total U.S. Treasury bonds & notes   78,294
Bonds & notes of governments outside the U.S. 0.18%    
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 10.00% 2025 BRL185,000 52,577
SMALLCAP World Fund — Page 12 of 15

Bonds, notes & other debt instruments
Corporate bonds & notes 0.07%
Energy 0.07%
Principal amount
(000)
Value
(000)
Denbury Resources Inc. 9.00% 20214 $9,292 $9,780
SM Energy Co. 5.625% 2025 12,050 11,387
Total corporate bonds & notes   21,167
Total bonds, notes & other debt instruments (cost: $133,136,000)   152,038
Short-term securities 7.51%    
ANZ New Zealand (International) Ltd. 1.11% due 2/15/20174 25,000 24,902
Bank of Nova Scotia 0.92% due 10/14/20164 14,500 14,498
BMW U.S. Capital LLC 0.52% due 11/9/20164 20,000 19,989
BNP Paribas, New York Branch 0.27% due 10/3/2016 100,700 100,698
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.21% due 2/16/2017 20,000 20,027
Citibank, N.A. 0.78% due 11/15/2016 55,700 55,723
CPPIB Capital Inc. 0.43% due 10/11/20164 24,700 24,697
Fairway Finance Corp. 0.67% due 10/20/20164 38,600 38,589
Federal Home Loan Bank 0.26%–0.50% due 10/21/2016–1/25/2017 515,590 515,325
Freddie Mac 0.40%–0.49% due 10/5/2016–1/18/2017 90,000 89,958
Gotham Funding Corp. 0.49%–0.76% due 10/4/2016–11/18/20164 51,700 51,680
Intel Corp. 0.47% due 10/25/2016 50,000 49,985
Kells Funding, LLC 0.70%–0.73% due 10/18/2016–10/19/20164 90,000 89,977
KfW 0.46%–0.55% due 10/13/2016–10/19/20164 66,800 66,788
Liberty Street Funding Corp. 0.71%–0.92% due 10/14/2016–12/13/20164 86,000 85,929
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. 0.67% due 11/7/20164 83,500 83,451
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. 0.69%–1.20% due 10/12/2016–2/24/20174 143,600 143,385
National Australia Bank Ltd. 0.68%–0.89% due 10/25/2016–11/1/20164 50,500 50,487
Old Line Funding, LLC 1.06% due 1/23/20174 30,000 29,907
Qualcomm Inc. 0.47% due 10/4/20164 50,000 49,998
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC 0.70% due 10/3/20164 24,000 23,999
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 0.60%–0.90% due 11/15/2016–12/6/20164 190,600 190,405
Thunder Bay Funding, LLC 1.00% due 1/23/20174 50,000 49,840
Toyota Credit Canada Inc. 0.73%–0.80% due 10/24/2016–11/10/2016 50,000 49,982
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 0.69% due 10/3/2016 50,000 49,999
U.S. Treasury Bills 0.30%–0.41% due 11/25/2016–2/9/2017 175,000 174,851
Victory Receivables Corp. 0.78%–1.02% due 11/14/2016–12/15/20164 59,000 58,938
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 0.91% due 11/16/2016 40,000 40,005
Total short-term securities (cost: $2,243,615,000)   2,244,012
Total investment securities 99.99% (cost: $22,352,611,000)   29,863,049
Other assets less liabilities 0.01%   2,791
Net assets 100.00%   $29,865,840
As permitted by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, “Miscellaneous” securities include holdings in their first year of acquisition that have not previously been publicly disclosed.
SMALLCAP World Fund — Page 13 of 15

Forward currency contracts

The fund has entered into forward currency contracts as shown in the following table. The average month-end notional amount of open forward currency contracts while held was $533,574,000.
  Settlement
date
Counterparty Contract amount Unrealized
(depreciation)
appreciation
at 9/30/2016
(000)
Receive
(000)
Deliver
(000)
Sales:          
Australian dollars 10/26/2016 HSBC Bank $40,607 A$53,150 $(47)
British pounds 10/13/2016 Citibank $45,229 £34,459 552
British pounds 10/17/2016 Barclays Bank PLC $13,737 £10,590 6
British pounds 10/19/2016 Bank of America, N.A. $31,789 £24,400 150
British pounds 10/20/2016 Citibank $56,101 £42,055 1,568
British pounds 10/26/2016 JPMorgan Chase $41,901 £32,000 401
British pounds 11/3/2016 UBS AG $50,157 £38,626 57
British pounds 11/7/2016 HSBC Bank $9,085 £7,000 5
Canadian dollars 10/7/2016 UBS AG $26,198 C$34,000 281
Euros 10/20/2016 HSBC Bank $12,381 €11,023 (13)
Euros 10/20/2016 Barclays Bank PLC $24,447 €21,762 (23)
Euros 10/26/2016 Citibank $94,973 €84,399 45
Euros 10/28/2016 JPMorgan Chase $39,897 €35,481 (15)
Japanese yen 10/19/2016 HSBC Bank $11,826 ¥1,200,000 (17)
Japanese yen 10/20/2016 Bank of America, N.A. $7,719 ¥791,840 (96)
Japanese yen 10/28/2016 UBS AG $6,685 ¥669,165 79
Japanese yen 11/17/2016 JPMorgan Chase $8,328 ¥845,410 (26)
          $2,907
The following footnotes apply to either the individual securities noted or one or more of the securities aggregated and listed as a single line item.
1 Represents an affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
2 Valued under fair value procedures adopted by authority of the board of directors. The total value of all such securities, including those in “Miscellaneous,“ was $12,605,952,000, which represented 42.21% of the net assets of the fund. This amount includes $12,471,296,000 related to certain securities trading outside the U.S. whose values were adjusted as a result of significant market movements following the close of local trading.
3 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
4 Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities was $1,137,896,000, which represented 3.81% of the net assets of the fund.
5 Acquired through a private placement transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. May be subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Further details on these holdings appear below.
6 A portion of this security was pledged as collateral. The total value of pledged collateral was $312,000, which represented less than .01% of the net assets of the fund.
    
Private placement securities Acquisition
date(s)
Cost
(000)
Value
(000)
Percent
of net
assets
Proteus Digital Health, Inc., Series G, convertible preferred 5/6/2014-7/23/2014 $40,000 $43,288 .15%
DocuSign, Inc., Series E, convertible preferred 2/28/2014 16,236 21,944 .07
DocuSign, Inc., Series B, convertible preferred 2/28/2014 875 1,182 .00
DocuSign, Inc., Series D, convertible preferred 2/28/2014 628 849 .00
DocuSign, Inc., Series B1, convertible preferred 2/28/2014 262 354 .00
Domo, Inc., Series D-2, convertible preferred 3/31/2015 25,000 19,717 .07
Acerta Pharma BV 5/7/2015 11,250 18,839 .06
Venture Global LNG, Inc., Class C 5/1/2015 12,720 13,386 .05
Foursquare Labs, Inc., Series D, convertible preferred 12/3/2013 20,000 6,225 .02
Foursquare Labs, Inc., warrants, expire 2033 12/3/2013 - 1,301 .01
Total private placement securities   $126,971 $127,085 .43%
    
SMALLCAP World Fund — Page 14 of 15

Key to abbreviations and symbols
A$ = Australian dollars
ADR = American Depositary Receipts
BRL = Brazilian reais
£ = British pounds
CAD/C$ = Canadian dollars
CDI = CREST Depository Interest
€ = Euros
GDR = Global Depositary Receipts
¥ = Japanese yen
SEK = Swedish kronor
Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value.
Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectus and summary prospectus, which can be obtained from your financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. You may also call American Funds Service Company (AFS) at (800) 421-4225 or visit the American Funds website at americanfunds.com.
MFGEFPX-035-1116O-S54072 SMALLCAP World Fund — Page 15 of 15

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.:

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), including the summary schedule of investments, as of September 30, 2016, and the related statements 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 (collectively, the “financial statements”), the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended (the financial statements and financial highlights are included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR), and the schedule of investments in securities as of September 30, 2016 (included in Item 6 of this Form N-CSR). These financial statements, financial highlights, and schedule of investments in securities are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements, financial highlights, and schedule of investments in securities based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements, financial highlights, and schedule of investments in securities are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and schedule of investments in securities, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2016, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements, financial highlights, and schedule of investments in securities referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. as of September 30, 2016, 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.

 

Costa Mesa, California

November 11, 2016

 

 

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 directors 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 directors. 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 second fiscal quarter of the 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 – Exhibits

 

(a)(1) The Code of Ethics that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2 is attached as an exhibit hereto.
   
(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.

 

  SMALLCAP WORLD FUND, INC.
   
  By /s/ Paul F. Roye
 

Paul F. Roye, Executive Vice President and

Principal Executive Officer

   
  Date: November 30, 2016

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By /s/ Paul F. Roye

Paul F. Roye, Executive Vice President and

Principal Executive Officer

 
Date: November 30, 2016

 

 

 

By /s/ Kimberley H. Monasterio

Kimberley H. Monasterio, Treasurer and

Principal Financial Officer

 
Date: November 30, 2016