485BPOS
2012-07-31
0000792953
2012-10-01
AMERICAN FUNDS TAX EXEMPT SERIES I
false
2012-09-27
2012-10-01
<tt>The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate <br />may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund <br />shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in <br />annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment <br />results. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover <br />rate was 9% of the average value of its portfolio.</tt>
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800/325-3590
<tt>The fund's primary investment objective is to provide you with a high level of<br />current income exempt from regular federal and Virginia state income taxes.</tt>
<tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that <br />the fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt>
<tt>The fund seeks to achieve its objectives by primarily investing in municipal<br />bonds issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia and its agencies and<br />municipalities. Consistent with the fund's objectives, the fund may also invest<br />in municipal securities that are issued by jurisdictions outside Virginia.<br />Municipal bonds are debt obligations generally issued to obtain funds for<br />various public purposes, including the construction of public facilities. The<br />fund may also invest in bonds exempt from federal and state taxation that are<br />used to fund private projects.<br /> <br />Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in,<br />or derive at least 80% of its income from, securities that are exempt from both<br />regular federal and Virginia income taxes and that do not subject you to federal<br />alternative minimum tax. The fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in<br />securities that may subject you to federal alternative minimum tax. The fund is<br />intended primarily for taxable residents of Virginia.<br /> <br />The fund will invest primarily in investment-grade debt securities rated BBB- <br />or better or Baa3 or better by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating<br />Organizations designated by the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but<br />determined by the fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. The<br />fund may also invest in lower quality, lower rated debt securities rated BB+ or<br />below and Ba1 or below by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations<br />designated by the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but determined by the<br />fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such securities are<br />sometimes referred to as "junk bonds." Some of the securities in which the fund<br />invests may have credit and liquidity support features, including guarantees and<br />letters of credit.<br /> <br />The investment adviser uses a system of multiple portfolio counselors in<br />managing the fund's assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is<br />divided into segments managed by individual counselors who decide how their<br />respective segments will be invested.<br /> <br />The fund relies on the professional judgment of its investment adviser to <br />make decisions about the fund's portfolio investments. The basic investment<br />philosophy of the investment adviser is to seek to invest in attractively <br />priced securities that, in its opinion, represent good, long-term investment<br />opportunities. The investment adviser believes that an important way to<br />accomplish this is by analyzing various factors, which may include the credit<br />strength of the issuer, prices of similar securities issued by comparable<br />issuers, anticipated changes in interest rates, general market conditions and<br />other factors pertinent to the particular security being evaluated. Securities<br />may be sold when the investment adviser believes that they no longer represent<br />relatively attractive investment opportunities.</tt>
The Tax-Exempt Fund of Virginia®
<tt>Its secondary objective is preservation of capital.</tt>
You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest,
or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in American Funds.
Example
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect during each year of the periods shown and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Investment objectives
Past investment results (before and after taxes) are not predictive of future investment results.
The Lipper Virginia Municipal Debt Funds Average includes the fund and other funds
that disclose investment objectives and/or strategies reasonably comparable to the
fund's objective and/or strategies.
You may lose money by investing in the fund.
Principal risks
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
0.09
Your actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation and likely will differ from the results shown above.
Calendar year total returns for Class A shares (Results do not include a sales charge; if a sales charge were included, results would be lower.)
Results do not include a sales charge; if a sales charge were included, results would be lower.
Investment results
100000
The following bar chart shows how the fund's investment results have varied from year
to year, and the following table shows how the fund's average annual total returns for
various periods compare with a broad measure of market results.
<tt>Highest/Lowest quarterly results<br />during this period were:<br /><br />Highest 6.37% (quarter ended <br />September 30, 2009)<br /><br />Lowest -4.31% (quarter ended<br />December 31, 2010)<br /><br />The fund's total return for the<br />six months ended june 30, 2012,<br />was 3.18.</tt>
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Average annual total returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011 (with maximum sales charge):
<tt>The following bar chart shows how the fund's investment results have varied from<br />year to year, and the following table shows how the fund's average annual total<br />returns for various periods compare with a broad measure of market results.</tt>
Portfolio turnover
<tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br /> <br />Risks of investing in municipal bonds issued in the state of Virginia -- Because<br />the fund invests primarily in securities of issuers in the state of Virginia,<br />the fund is more susceptible to factors adversely affecting issuers of the<br />state's securities than a comparable municipal bond mutual fund that does <br />not concentrate in a single state. Virginia is affected by changes in levels of<br />federal funding and financial support of certain industries, as well as by<br />federal spending cutbacks due to the large number of residents who are employed<br />by the federal government. In addition, the state is dependent on certain<br />economic sectors. Virginia's economy is largely dependent on the government<br />sector, manufacturing, the service trade and financial services. To the extent<br />there are changes to any of these sectors, the fund may be adversely impacted.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the securities<br />held by the fund may decline due to market conditions and other factors,<br />including those directly involving the issuers of securities held by the fund.<br /> <br />Investing in bonds -- Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of<br />bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may be<br />subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. <br />In addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or<br />refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the fund<br />having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.<br /> <br />Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the<br />possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer<br />of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest<br />and the security will go into default.<br /> <br />Thinly traded securities -- There may be little trading in the secondary market<br />for particular bonds or other debt securities, which may make them more<br />difficult to value, acquire or sell.<br /> <br />Credit and liquidity support -- Changes in the credit quality of banks and<br />financial institutions providing credit and liquidity support features with<br />respect to securities held by the fund could cause the values of these<br />securities to decline.<br /> <br />Investing in lower rated bonds -- Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt<br />securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of<br />default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than<br />those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities<br />may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may<br />decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks <br />may be increased with respect to investments in junk bonds.<br />                                                                                 <br />Investing in similar municipal bonds -- Investing significantly in municipal<br />obligations of issuers in the same state or backed by revenues of similar <br />types of projects or industries may make the fund more susceptible to certain<br />economic, political or regulatory occurrences. As a result, the potential for<br />fluctuations in the fund's share price may increase.<br /> <br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund actively manages the fund's<br />investments. Consequently, the fund is subject to the risk that the methods and<br />analyses employed by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the<br />desired results. This could cause the fund to lose value or its investment<br />results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this fund <br />fits into your overall investment program.</tt>
Fees and expenses of the fund
After-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares; after-tax returns for other share classes will vary.
Principal investment strategies
americanfunds.com
<tt>The following bar chart shows how the fund's investment results have varied from<br />year to year, and the following table shows how the fund's average annual total<br />returns for various periods compare with a broad measure of market results. This<br />information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The<br />Lipper Virginia Municipal Debt Funds Average includes the fund and other funds<br />that disclose investment objectives and/or strategies reasonably comparable to<br />the fund's objective and/or strategies. Past investment results (before and<br />after taxes) are not predictive of future investment results. Updated<br />information on the fund's investment results can be obtained by visiting<br />americanfunds.com.</tt>
<tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your<br />family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in American<br />Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your<br />financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and waivers" section<br />on page 34 of the prospectus and on page 57 of the fund's statement of<br />additional information.</tt>
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For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares:
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<tt>After-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares; after-tax returns for other<br />share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the highest<br />individual federal income tax rates in effect during each year of the periods<br />shown and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual<br />after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation and likely will differ<br />from the results shown above.</tt>
Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, entity or
person.
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<tt>Class A annualized 30-day yield at July 31, 2012: 1.69% (For current yield information, please call American FundsLine® at 800/325-3590.)</tt>
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Lipper Virginia Municipal Debt Funds Average (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees or taxes)
0.0949
0.0331
0.0433
0.0560
Barclays Virginia Municipal Index (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0877
0.0521
0.0522
A - After taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares
0.0489
0.0348
0.0392
1986-08-14
A - After taxes on distributions
0.0562
0.0347
0.0397
1986-08-14
TEFFX
0.0000
F-2 - Before taxes
51
160
628
0.00
280
0.0989
0.0016
0.0034
0.00
0.0000
0.0050
0.0585
2008-08-01
0.0000
TEVFX
0.0000
F-1 - Before taxes
78
243
942
0.00
422
0.0959
0.0017
0.0034
0.0418
0.00
0.0025
0.0424
0.0076
0.0412
2001-04-04
0.0000
TEVCX
0.0000
C - Before taxes
248
148
459
1735
0.00
792
0.0784
0.0011
0.0034
1735
0.0345
459
792
0.00
0.0100
0.0352
0.0145
0.0357
2001-04-18
0.0100
TEVBX
0.0000
B - Before taxes
642
142
840
1469
0.00
961
0.0391
0.0005
0.0034
1469
0.0315
440
761
0.00
0.0100
0.0375
0.0139
0.0429
2000-03-15
0.0500
TFVAX
0.0892
Lowest
Highest
0.0375
2012-06-30
A - Before taxes
440
2009-09-30
0.0169
578
-0.0431
0.0304
0.0191
1167
0.00
729
0.0180
0.0637
0.0562
0.0007
-0.0378
0.0034
2010-12-31
0.1255
0.0347
0.0231
total return
0.0971
0.00
0.0418
Class A annualized 30-day yield at July 31, 2012:
0.0025
0.0397
0.0066
0.0399
0.0542
1986-08-14
0.0318
0.0100
<tt>The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate <br />may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund <br />shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in <br />annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment <br />results. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover <br />rate was 7% of the average value of its portfolio.</tt>
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800/325-3590
<tt>The fund's primary investment objective is to provide you with a high level of<br />current income exempt from regular federal and Maryland state income taxes.</tt>
<tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that <br />the fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt>
<tt>The fund seeks to achieve its objectives by primarily investing in municipal<br />bonds issued by the state of Maryland and its agencies and municipalities.<br />Consistent with the fund's objectives, the fund may also invest in municipal<br />securities that are issued by jurisdictions outside Maryland. Municipal bonds<br />are debt obligations generally issued to obtain funds for various public<br />purposes, including the construction of public facilities. The fund may also<br />invest in bonds exempt from federal and state taxation that are used to fund<br />private projects.<br /> <br />Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in,<br />or derive at least 80% of its income from, securities that are exempt from both<br />regular federal and Maryland income taxes and that do not subject you to federal<br />alternative minimum tax. The fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in<br />securities that may subject you to federal alternative minimum tax. The fund is<br />intended primarily for taxable residents of Maryland.<br /> <br />The fund will invest primarily in investment-grade debt securities rated BBB- <br />or better or Baa3 or better by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating<br />Organizations designated by the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but<br />determined by the fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. The<br />fund may also invest in lower quality, lower rated debt securities rated BB+ or<br />below and Ba1 or below by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations<br />designated by the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but determined by the<br />fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such securities are<br />sometimes referred to as "junk bonds." Some of the securities in which the fund<br />invests may have credit and liquidity support features, including guarantees and<br />letters of credit.<br /> <br />The investment adviser uses a system of multiple portfolio counselors in<br />managing the fund's assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is<br />divided into segments managed by individual counselors who decide how their<br />respective segments will be invested.<br /> <br />The fund relies on the professional judgment of its investment adviser to <br />make decisions about the fund's portfolio investments. The basic investment<br />philosophy of the investment adviser is to seek to invest in attractively <br />priced securities that, in its opinion, represent good, long-term investment<br />opportunities. The investment adviser believes that an important way to<br />accomplish this is by analyzing various factors, which may include the credit<br />strength of the issuer, prices of similar securities issued by comparable<br />issuers, anticipated changes in interest rates, general market conditions and<br />other factors pertinent to the particular security being evaluated. Securities<br />may be sold when the investment adviser believes that they no longer represent<br />relatively attractive investment opportunities.</tt>
The Tax-Exempt Fund of Maryland®
<tt>Its secondary objective is preservation of capital.</tt>
You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest,
or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in American Funds.
Example
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect during each year of the periods shown and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Investment objectives
Past investment results (before and after taxes) are not predictive of future investment results.
The Lipper Maryland Municipal Debt Funds Average includes the fund and
other funds that disclose investment objectives and/or strategies
reasonably comparable to the fund's objective and/or strategies.
You may lose money by investing in the fund.
Principal risks
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
0.07
Your actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation and likely will differ from the results shown above.
Calendar year total returns for Class A shares (Results do not include a sales charge; if a sales charge were included, results would be lower.)
Results do not include a sales charge; if a sales charge were included, results would be lower.
Investment results
100000
The following bar chart shows how the fund's investment results have varied from
year to year, and the following table shows how the fund's average annual total
returns for various periods compare with a broad measure of market results.
<tt>Highest/Lowest quaterly results<br />during this period were:<br /><br />Highest 7.07% (quarter ended <br />September 30, 2009)<br /><br />Lowest -4.41% (quarter ended <br />December 31, 2008)<br /><br />The fund's total return for the<br />six months ended June 30, 2012,<br />was 3.26%</tt>
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Average annual total returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011 (with maximum sales charge):
<tt>The following bar chart shows how the fund's investment results have varied from<br />year to year, and the following table shows how the fund's average annual total<br />returns for various periods compare with a broad measure of market results.</tt>
Portfolio turnover
<tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br /> <br />Risks of investing in municipal bonds issued in the state of Maryland -- Because<br />the fund invests primarily in securities of issuers in the state of Maryland,<br />the fund is more susceptible to factors adversely affecting issuers of the<br />state's securities than a comparable municipal bond mutual fund that does <br />not concentrate in a single state. Maryland is affected by changes in levels of<br />federal funding and financial support of certain industries, as well as by federal <br />spending cutbacks due to the large number of residents who are employed<br />by the federal government. In addition, the state is dependent on certain<br />economic sectors. Maryland's economy is largely dependent on the government<br />sector, manufacturing, the service trade, and financial, real estate and<br />insurance entities. To the extent there are changes to any of these sectors, <br />the fund may be adversely impacted.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the securities<br />held by the fund may decline due to market conditions and other factors,<br />including those directly involving the issuers of securities held by the fund.<br /> <br />Investing in bonds -- Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of<br />bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may be<br />subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. In<br />addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or<br />refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the fund<br />having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.<br /> <br />Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the<br />possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer<br />of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest<br />and the security will go into default.<br /> <br />Thinly traded securities -- There may be little trading in the secondary market<br />for particular bonds or other debt securities, which may make them more<br />difficult to value, acquire or sell.<br /> <br />Credit and liquidity support -- Changes in the credit quality of banks and<br />financial institutions providing credit and liquidity support features with<br />respect to securities held by the fund could cause the values of these<br />securities to decline.<br /> <br />Investing in lower rated bonds -- Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt<br />securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of<br />default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than<br />those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities<br />may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may<br />decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks may<br />be increased with respect to investments in junk bonds.<br />                                                                                 <br />Investing in similar municipal bonds -- Investing significantly in municipal<br />obligations of issuers in the same state or backed by revenues of similar types<br />of projects or industries may make the fund more susceptible to certain<br />economic, political or regulatory occurrences. As a result, the potential for<br />fluctuations in the fund's share price may increase.<br /> <br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund actively manages the fund's<br />investments. Consequently, the fund is subject to the risk that the methods and<br />analyses employed by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the<br />desired results. This could cause the fund to lose value or its investment<br />results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this <br />fund fits into your overall investment program.</tt>
Fees and expenses of the fund
After-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares; after-tax returns for other share classes will vary.
Principal investment strategies
americanfunds.com
<tt>The following bar chart shows how the fund's investment results have varied from<br />year to year, and the following table shows how the fund's average annual total<br />returns for various periods compare with a broad measure of market results. This<br />information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The<br />Lipper Maryland Municipal Debt Funds Average includes the fund and other funds<br />that disclose investment objectives and/or strategies reasonably comparable to<br />the fund's objective and/or strategies. Past investment results (before and<br />after taxes) are not predictive of future investment results. Updated<br />information on the fund's investment results can be obtained by visiting<br />americanfunds.com.</tt>
<tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your<br />family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in American<br />Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your<br />financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and waivers" section<br />on page 34 of the prospectus and on page 57 of the fund's statement of<br />additional information.</tt>
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For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares:
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<tt>After-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares; after-tax returns for other<br />share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the highest<br />individual federal income tax rates in effect during each year of the periods<br />shown and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual<br />after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation and likely will differ<br />from the results shown above.</tt>
Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
governmental agency, entity or person.
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<tt>Class A annualized 30-day yield at July 31, 2012: 1.85% (For current yield information, please call American FundsLine® at 800/325-3590.)</tt>
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Lipper Maryland Municipal Debt Funds Average (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees or taxes)
0.0941
0.0368
0.0433
0.0547
Barclays Maryland Municipal Index (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0875
0.0533
0.0511
A - After taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares
0.0483
0.0314
0.0389
1986-08-14
A - After taxes on distributions
0.0554
0.0307
0.0391
1986-08-14
TMMFX
0.0000
F-2 - Before taxes
50
157
616
0.00
274
0.0984
0.0015
0.0034
0.00
0.0000
0.0049
0.0573
2008-08-01
0.0000
TMDFX
0.0000
F-1 - Before taxes
78
243
942
0.00
422
0.0951
0.0017
0.0034
0.0377
0.00
0.0025
0.0419
0.0076
0.0412
2001-06-15
0.0000
TEMCX
0.0000
C - Before taxes
249
149
462
1746
0.00
797
0.0777
0.0012
0.0034
1746
0.0305
462
797
0.00
0.0100
0.0346
0.0146
0.0352
2001-04-12
0.0100
TEMBX
0.0000
B - Before taxes
643
143
843
1480
0.00
966
0.0383
0.0006
0.0034
1480
0.0274
443
766
0.00
0.0100
0.0369
0.0140
0.0414
2000-03-15
0.0500
TMMDX
0.0831
Lowest
Highest
0.0375
2012-06-30
A - Before taxes
441
2009-09-30
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581
-0.0441
0.0393
0.0236
1178
0.00
734
0.0065
0.0707
0.0554
0.0008
-0.0755
0.0034
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0.0307
0.03
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0.00
0.0466
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0.0025
0.0391
0.0067
0.0395
0.0525
1986-08-14
0.0326
0.0100
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