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The Bond Fund of America®

Prospectus Supplement

November 21, 2017

(for prospectus dated April 7, 2017, as supplemented to date)

 

 

 

The following is added to the section titled “The Capital SystemSM” in the “Management and organization” section of the prospectus:

David S. Lee, Partner, Capital Fixed Income Investors, serves as a fixed-income portfolio manager for the fund. David has 18 years of investment experience in total (15 years with Capital Research and Management Company or affiliate). He has two years of experience in managing the fund.

 

Andrew F. Barth is no longer managing money in the fund. 

 

Keep this supplement with your prospectus.  

 

Lit. No. MFGEBS-271-1117O Printed in USA CGD/AFD/10039-S64215

 

 
 

 

 

THE FUND MAKES AVAILABLE A SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC OFFERING AND SALE OF ITS SHARES. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT ABOVE IS A FAIR AND ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE SPANISH EQUIVALENT.

 

/s/ STEVEN I. KOSZALKA
  STEVEN I. KOSZALKA
  SECRETARY

 

 

 
 

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The Bond Fund of America®

Statement of Additional Information Supplement

November 21, 2017

(for statement of additional information dated
April 7, 2017, as supplemented to date)

 

 

The table under the heading “Portfolio manager fund holdings and other managed accounts” in the “Management of the fund” section of the statement of additional information is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

Portfolio
manager		 Dollar range
of fund
shares
owned1		 Number
of other
registered
investment
companies (RICs)
for which
portfolio
manager
is a manager
(assets of RICs
in billions)2		 Number
of other
pooled
investment
vehicles (PIVs)
for which
portfolio
manager
is a manager
(assets of PIVs
in billions)2		 Number
of other
accounts
for which
portfolio
manager
is a manager
(assets of
other accounts
in billions)2,3
John H. Smet Over $1,000,000 20 $288.5 None None
David J. Betanzos $100,001 – $500,000 5 $15.4 None None
David A. Hoag Over $1,000,000 5 $113.4 None None
Fergus N. MacDonald $100,001 – $500,000 6 $127.3 None None
Robert H. Neithart Over $1,000,000 8 $52.7 6 $2.12 114 $3.98
Pramod Atluri $100,001 – $500,000 1 $10.9 None None
David S. Lee5 $100,001 – $500,000 4 $123.8 2 $0.86 9 $7.35
5Information is as of October 31, 2017.

 

 

Keep this supplement with your statement of additional information. 

 

Lit. No. MFGEBS-272-1117O CGD/10149-S64216