American Funds Grth Fund of Amer R4

Ticker: RGAEX


Investment Objective
The fund seeks to provide you with growth of capital.

Investment Strategy
The fund invests primarily in common stocks. The fund may also hold cash or money market instruments. The fund may invest up to 15% of its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States and Canada and not included in Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Index. The fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in lower quality nonconvertible debt securities.

 Morningstar Category
 Large Growth

 Morningstar Style Box

CUSIP: 399874841
General Information
Expense Ratio: 0.65%
Inception Date: 05/28/2002
Fund Manager: Team Managed
Managed Fund Since:
Fund Phone Number: 800-421-0180
Fund Website: www.AmericanFundsRetirement.com
Top 5 Holdings (as of 06/30/2008)
Schlumberger, Ltd.  2.87%
Google, Inc.  2.76%
Oracle Corporation  2.37%
Cisco Systems, Inc.  2.10%
Microsoft Corporation  1.92%

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Mutual funds offered through Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp., a broker/dealer, 1300 S. Clinton St., Fort Wayne, IN, 46802.

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