A conservative approach to U.S. growth-and-income investing

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American Mutual Fund®

INCEPTION DATE
February 21, 1950

IMPLEMENTATION
Consider for a U.S. large cap value allocation

OBJECTIVE
The fund strives for the balanced accomplishment of three objectives: current income, growth of capital and conservation of principal.

VEHICLE

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DEEP, COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH

The focus of American Mutual Fund is on companies, not sectors or styles. In-depth, bottom-up research is used to identify companies with attractive growth-and-income opportunities. The fund's holdings include 175 companies across multiple sectors as of December 31, 2022.

DEEP, COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH

Conservative, high-quality investment approach

For over 70 years, American Mutual Fund has had a focus on high-quality companies supported by a disciplined eligibility process. The fund's portfolio managers and analysts use a rigorous, research-driven approach to identify companies that can help meet the income and income-growth needs of investors.

Identifying potential opportunities in a broad range of sectors

Examples of top holdings in the portfolio (as of December 31, 2022)*

Table shows examples of top holdings in the portfolios. Companies shown are among the top holdings by weight in American Mutual Fund. Example 1: UnitedHealth Group -- Market cap ($US millions): 498,889 -- Sector: Health care; Example 2: Raytheon -- Market cap ($US millions): 147,973 -- Sector: Industrials; Example 3: Microsoft -- Market cap ($US millions): 1,785,940 -- Sector: Information technology.

Sources: Capital Group, FactSet, Morningstar.

American Mutual Fund

American Mutual Fund is offered in various share classes designed for retirement plans, nonprofits, and other institutional and individual investors.

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*Companies shown are among the top 10 holdings by weight in American Mutual Fund as of 12/31/22 (AbbVie, Microsoft, Raytheon Technologies, UnitedHealth Group, Linde, Gilead Sciences, Abbott Laboratories, Comcast, Home Depot, General Mills).

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