Morningstar® Investment Profile™ | Disclosure Statement Morningstar - Free Trial   American Funds EuroPacific Gr A  AEPGX   Snapshot Total Returns Rating & Risk Portfolio Nuts & Bolts Analyst Report Quote datadef_ratings American Funds EuroPacific Gr A  AEPGX   Morningstar Report Overall Morningstar Rating™ What is this? As of 2009-10-31 Out of Foreign Large Blend Funds Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance. Morningstar® Style Box™ What is this?    Large    Blend       As of 2009-09-30 Day Change $ -0.29    NAV (2009-11-10) $ 38.79    YTD Return % (2009-11-10) 38.49%    Total Assets ($ mil) 93,677 View Data Definitions   Performance     Growth of $10,000 Fund: American Funds EuroPacific Gr A (from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Foreign Large Blend Index: MSCI EAFE NR USD Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10 Inception date: 1984-04-16 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31 YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10 YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception Fund 37.52 68.45 0.79 8.68 5.30 12.14 +/- Category 13.05 43.41 6.73 4.11 3.44 --- +/- MSCI EAFE NR USD 7.91 15.77 5.54 4.42 --- --- Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 26.79 2.34 -0.85 8.51 5.42 12.01 Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 24.16 25.76 -2.29 7.33 4.68 11.88 After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )   On Distribution --- 23.69 -3.87 5.96 3.51 --- On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 17.26 -2.36 5.84 3.57 --- Morningstar Rating --- --- --- # of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 600 funds), (5 yrs : out of 466 funds), (10 yrs : out of 246 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is 5.75%, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is none. The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.   Portfolio Profile     Sector Breakdown % Information 17.18 Software 1.66 Hardware 3.98 Media 1.21 Telecommunications 10.33 Service 40.89 Healthcare 12.74 Consumer Services 5.24 Business Services 1.49 Financial Services 21.42 Manufacturing 41.93 Consumer Goods 17.25 Industrial Materials 11.78 Energy 9.40 Utilities 3.50 Asset Allocation % of Net Assets Cash 4.7 Stocks 93.4 Bonds 1.8 Other 0.0 Foreign Stocks 93.2 (as a % of Assets) Data through 2009-09-30 Data through 2009-09-30 Holding Status Total Number of Stock Holdings 270 Turnover % 41 Total Number of Bond Holdings 32 30 Day SEC Yield % 1.20 % of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 18.79 ending as of 2009-09-30 View Data Definitions Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net Assets Bayer AG Germany 2.64 America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. ADR L Mexico 2.25 Anheuser-Busch InBev SA Belgium 2.05 Roche Holding AG Switzerland 1.92 Banco Santander SA Spain 1.89 Novartis Switzerland 1.85 Telefonica, S.A. Spain 1.72 Gazprom OAO (EDR) Russia 1.57 Novo Nordisk A/S Denmark 1.51 Samsung Electronics South Korea 1.39 Data through 2009-09-30   Other Information Fund Inception: 1984-04-16 Portfolio Manager  (Start Date) Stephen E. Bepler  (1984-04-16) Bepler is the senior vice president and director of Capital Research Management Company, his employer since 1972. Previously, Bepler spent three years with Clark Dodge & Company and two years with Bank of America International. Mark E. Denning  (1990-06-01) Denning is a senior vice president for Capital Research Company with portfolio manager responsibilities. Mark is a director of The Capital Group Companies, Capital International Limited and Capital Research and Management Company. Prior to 1982, Denning worked in the operations department of J & F Martell and Co. in France. Robert W. Lovelace  (1994-06-01) Robert W. Lovelace is chairman, principal executive officer and a director of Capital Research Company and a member of The Capital Group Companies Management Committee. He is also a senior vice president for Capital Research and Management Company. He joined Capital Research in 1985 as a mining analyst. Mr. Lovelace received an AB (summa cum laude) from Princeton University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is based in Los Angeles. Carl M. Kawaja  (2001-06-01) Carl Kawaja is a portfolio manager, a director of Capital International Asset Management and a senior vice president of Capital Research Company. Prior to joining the Capital Group organization in 1991, Carl was a security analyst for Gabelli and Co. in New York, as well as an equity analyst for Levesque Beaubien Inc. in Montreal. Carl received a bachelor's degree in history from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is based in San Francisco. Nicholas J. Grace  (2002-06-01) Grace is a senior vice president with Capital Research Management Company. He has 17 years of investment experience. Sung Lee  (2002-06-01) Lee is a senior vice president of Capital Research Company Investment. He has 15 years investment professional experience, all with this firm. Before being a portfolio counselor, Lee worked as an investment analyst for the fund for 11 year. Jonathan Knowles  (2008-07-30) Knowles is vice president of Capital Research and Management Company. Jesper Lyckeus  (2009-05-29) Lyckeus is senior vice president of Capital Research Company. Lyckeus has been investment professional for 14 years in total; 13 years with CRMC of affiliate. Sales Charge % (taken from prospectus dated 2009-10-05) Front: 5.75 Deferred: None Expense Ratio % 0.80 based on net assets (taken from annual report dated 2009-03-31) Correspondence Information EUROPACIFIC GROWTH FUND 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles,  CA  90071-1406 USA Telephone: 800-421-0180 Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any). Show Data Definitions © Copyright 2009 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. Morningstar, the Morningstar logo, Morningstar.com, Morningstar Tools are either trademark or service marks of Morningstar, Inc. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns will vary and shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold.