Exhibit E

AMERICAN FUNDS TARGET DATE RETIREMENT SERIES, INC.

PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

THIS PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT, is between AMERICAN FUNDS TARGET DATE RETIREMENT SERIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Series"), and AMERICAN FUNDS DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a California corporation (the "Distributor").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Series is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end diversified investment company consisting of a series of nine funds (each a "Fund" and collectively the "Funds") and may offer additional series of funds in the future; and

WHEREAS, each Fund in the Series offers six classes of shares of beneficial interest, designated as Class A shares, Class R-1 shares, Class R-2 shares, Class R-3 shares, Class R-4 shares, and Class R-5 shares, and it is a part of the business of the Series, and affirmatively in the interest of the Series, to offer shares of each Fund either from time to time or continuously as determined by the Series’ officers subject to authorization by its Board of Directors; and

WHEREAS, the Distributor is engaged in the business of promoting the distribution of shares of investment companies through securities broker-dealers; and

WHEREAS, the Series and the Distributor wish to enter into an agreement with each other to promote the distribution of the shares of the Funds and of all additional Funds or classes of each Fund which may be established in the future;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. (a) The Distributor shall be the exclusive principal underwriter for the sale of the shares of the Funds and of each additional Fund or class of shares which may be established in the future, except as otherwise provided pursuant to the following subsection (b). The terms "shares of Fund" or "shares" as used herein shall mean shares of beneficial interest of each Fund and each additional Fund or class which may be established in the future and become covered by this Agreement in accordance with Section 22 of this Agreement.

(b) The Series may, upon 60 days’ written notice to the Distributor, from time to time designate other principal underwriters of shares of the Funds with respect to areas other than the North American continent, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and such countries or other jurisdictions as to which the Series may have expressly waived in writing its right to make such designation. In the event of such designation, the right of the Distributor under this Agreement to sell shares of the Funds in the areas so designated shall terminate, but this Agreement shall remain otherwise in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with the other provisions hereof.

2. In the sale of shares of each Fund, the Distributor shall act as agent of each Fund except in any transaction in which the Distributor sells such shares as a dealer to the public, in which event the Distributor shall act as principal for its own account.

3. The Series shall sell Fund shares only through the Distributor, except that the Series may, to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto, at any time:

(a) issue shares to any corporation, association, trust, partnership or other organization, or its, or their, security holders, beneficiaries or members, in connection with a merger, consolidation or reorganization to which the Series is a party, or in connection with the acquisition of all or substantially all the property and assets of such corporation, association, trust, partnership or other organization;

(b) issue shares at net asset value to the holders of shares of capital stock or beneficial interest of other investment companies served as investment adviser by any affiliated company or companies of The Capital Group Companies, Inc., to the extent of all or any portion of amounts received by such shareholders upon redemption or repurchase of their shares by the other investment companies;

(c) issue shares at net asset value to its shareholders in connection with the reinvestment of dividends paid and other distributions made by each Fund;

(d) issue shares at net asset value to persons entitled to purchase shares at net asset value without sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge as described in the Series’ current Registration Statement in effect under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for each additional Fund issued by the Series at the time of such offer or sale.

4. The Distributor shall devote its best efforts to the sale of shares of each Fund and shares of any other mutual funds served as investment adviser by affiliated companies of The Capital Group Companies, Inc., and insurance contracts funded by shares of such mutual funds, for which the Distributor has been authorized to act as a principal underwriter for the sale of shares. The Distributor shall maintain a sales organization suited to the sale of shares of each Fund and shall use its best efforts to effect such sales in jurisdictions as to which the Series shall have expressly waived in writing its right to designate another principal underwriter pursuant to subsection 1(b) hereof, and shall effect and maintain appropriate qualification to do so in all those jurisdictions in which it sells or offers Fund shares for sale and in which qualification is required.

5. Within the United States of America, all dealers to whom the Distributor shall offer and sell shares must be duly licensed and qualified to sell shares of the Funds. Shares sold to dealers shall be for resale by such dealers only at the public offering price set forth in the current Prospectus of the Series’ Registration Statement in effect under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Prospectus"). The Distributor shall not, without the consent of the Series, sell or offer for sale any shares of a Fund or class issued by the Fund other than as principal underwriter pursuant to this Agreement.

6. In its sales to dealers, it shall be the responsibility of the Distributor to ensure that such dealers are appropriately qualified to transact business in the shares under applicable laws, rules and regulations promulgated by such national, state, local or other governmental or quasi-governmental authorities as may in a particular instance have jurisdiction.

7. The applicable public offering price of shares shall be as set forth in and subject to the provisions of the Prospectus.

8. All orders for shares received by the Distributor shall, unless rejected by the Distributor or the Fund, be accepted by the Distributor immediately upon receipt and confirmed at an offering price determined in accordance with the provisions of the Prospectus and the 1940 Act, and applicable rules in effect thereunder. The Distributor shall not hold orders subject to acceptance nor otherwise delay their execution. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to restrict the right of the Series to withhold shares from sale under Section 17 hereof.

9. The Series or its transfer agent shall be promptly advised of all orders received, and shall cause shares to be issued upon payment therefor in New York or Los Angeles Clearing House Funds.

10. The Distributor shall adopt and follow procedures as approved by the officers of the Series for the confirmation of sales to dealers, the collection of amounts payable by dealers on such sales, and the cancellation of unsettled transactions, as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"), as such requirements may from time to time exist.

11. The Distributor, as a principal underwriter under this Agreement for Class A shares of each Fund, shall receive (i) that part of the sales charge which is retained by the Distributor after allowance of discounts to dealers, as set forth in the Prospectus, and (ii) amounts payable to the Distributor pursuant to the Series’ Plan of Distribution under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act relating to its Class A shares. Fees shall accrue daily and be paid monthly, subject to the authorization of the Board of Directors of the Series.

12. The Distributor, as principal underwriter under this agreement for each of the Class R shares of each Fund shall receive (i) distribution fees as compensation for the sale of Class R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5 shares (collectively, "Class R shares"), and (ii) shareholder service fees. The payment of distribution and service fees is pursuant to the Series’ various Plans of Distribution under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act relating to each of the Class R shares (the "Class R Plans"). Fees shall accrue daily and be paid monthly, subject to the authorization of the Board of Directors of the Series.

13. The Series agrees to use its best efforts to maintain its registration as a diversified open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act.

14. The Series agrees to use its best efforts to maintain an effective Prospectus under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and warrants that such Prospectus will contain all statements required by and will conform with the requirements of such Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations thereunder, and that no part of any such Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement of which it is a part becomes effective, will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (excluding any information provided by the Distributor in writing for inclusion in the Prospectus). The Distributor agrees and warrants that it will not in the sale of shares use any Prospectus, advertising or sales literature not approved by the Series or its officers nor make any untrue statement of a material fact nor omit the stating of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The Distributor agrees to indemnify and hold the Series harmless from any and all loss, expense, damage and liability resulting from a breach of the agreements and warranties contained in this Section, or from the use of any sales literature, information, statistics or other aid or device employed in connection with the sale of shares.

15. The expense of each printing of each Prospectus and each revision thereof or addition thereto deemed necessary by the Series’ officers to meet the requirements of applicable laws shall be divided between the Series, the Distributor and any other principal underwriter of the shares of each Fund in the Series as follows:

(a) the Series shall pay the typesetting and make-ready charges;

(b) the printing charges shall be prorated between the Series, the Distributor, and any other principal underwriter(s) in accordance with the number of copies each receives; and

(c) expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing, other than to meet the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other applicable laws, shall be borne by the Distributor, except in the event such incremental expenses are incurred at the request of any other principal underwriter(s), in which case such incremental expenses shall be borne by the principal underwriter(s) making the request.

16. The Series agrees to use its best efforts to qualify and maintain the qualification of an appropriate number of the shares of each Fund or class it offers for sale under the securities laws of such states as the Distributor and the Series may approve. Any such qualification for any Fund or class may be withheld, terminated or withdrawn by the Series at any time in its discretion. The expense of qualification and maintenance of qualification shall be borne by the Series, but the Distributor shall furnish such information and other material relating to its affairs and activities as may be required by the Series or its counsel in connection with such qualifications.

17. The Series may withhold shares of any Fund or class from sale to any person or persons or in any jurisdiction temporarily or permanently if, in the opinion of its counsel, such offer or sale would be contrary to law or if the Directors or the President or any Vice President of the Series determines that such offer or sale is not in the best interest of the Series. The Series will give prompt notice to the Distributor of any withholding and will indemnify it against any loss suffered by the Distributor as a result of such withholding by reason of nondelivery of shares of any Fund or class after a good faith confirmation by the Distributor of sales thereof prior to receipt of notice of such withholding.

18. (a) This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, as to the Series or any Fund on sixty (60) days’ written notice by the Distributor to the Series.

(b) This Agreement may be terminated as to the Series or any Fund or class by either party upon five (5) days’ written notice to the other party in the event that the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an order or obtained an injunction or other court order suspending effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering the shares of the Series or such Fund or class.

(c) This Agreement may be terminated as to the Series or any Fund or class by the Series upon five (5) days’ written notice to the Distributor provided either of the following events has occurred:

(i) the NASD has expelled the Distributor or suspended its membership in that organization; or

(ii) the qualification, registration, license or right of the Distributor to sell shares of any Fund in a particular state has been suspended or canceled by the State of California or any other state in which sales of the shares of the Fund during the most recent 12-month period exceeded 10% of all shares of such Fund sold by the Distributor during such period.

(d) This Agreement may be terminated as to the Series or any Fund or class at any time on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Distributor without the payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent Directors or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Series or such Fund or class.

19. This Agreement shall not be assignable by either party hereto and in the event of assignment shall automatically terminate forthwith. The term "assignment" shall have the meaning set forth in the 1940 Act.

20. No provision of this Agreement shall protect or purport to protect the Distributor against any liability to the Series or holders of each Fund’s shares for which the Distributor would otherwise be liable by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence.

21. This Agreement shall become effective on February 1, 2007. Unless sooner terminated in accordance with the other provisions hereof, this Agreement shall continue in effect until January 31, 2008, and shall continue in effect from year to year thereafter but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the vote of a majority of the Independent Directors of the Series cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii) the vote of either a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Series or a majority (within the meaning of the 1940 Act) of the outstanding voting securities of each Fund in the Series.

22. If the Series shall at any time issue an additional series of funds or class of shares, this Agreement shall take effect with respect to such series or class of the Series which may be established in the future at such time as it has been approved as to such series or class by vote of the Board of Directors and the Independent Directors in accordance with Section 21. The Agreement as approved with respect to any series or class shall specify the compensation payable to the Distributor pursuant to Sections 11 and 12, as well as any provisions which may differ from those herein with respect to such series, subject to approval in writing by the Distributor.

This Agreement may be approved, amended, continued or renewed with respect to a series or class as provided herein notwithstanding such approval, amendment, continuance or renewal has not been effected with respect to any one or more other Fund or class of the Series.

This Agreement shall be construed under and shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, and the parties hereto agree that proper venue of any action with respect hereto shall be Los Angeles County, California.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed in duplicate original by their officers thereunto duly authorized, as of February 1, 2007.

AMERICAN FUNDS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.	AMERICAN FUNDS TARGET DATE
	RETIREMENT SERIES, INC
By: /s/ Kevin G. Clifford	By: /s/ Michael J. Downer
Kevin G. Clifford	Michael J. Downer
President	President

By: /s/ David M. Givner	By: /s/ Steven I. Koszalka
David M. Givner	Steven I. Koszalka
Secretary	Secretary

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American Funds Distributors, Inc.

333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone 800/421-5475, ext. 59

Selling group agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have entered into a principal underwriting agreement with each Fund in The American Funds Group (Funds) under which we are appointed exclusive agent for the sale of shares. As such agent we offer to sell to you as a member of a Selling Group, shares of the Funds as are qualified for sale in your state, on the terms set forth below. We are acting as an underwriter within the meaning of the applicable rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD). In addition, we are the distributor of CollegeAmerica (Program), a college savings program as described in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.

1. Authorization to Sell

You are to offer and sell shares only at the regular public price currently determined by the respective Funds in the manner described in their offering Prospectuses. This Agreement on your part runs to us and to the respective Funds and is for the benefit of and enforceable by each. The offering Prospectuses and this Agreement set forth the terms applicable to members

of the Selling Group and all other representations or documents are subordinate. You understand that Class 529 shares of the Funds are available only as underlying investments through the Program.

2. Compensation on Sales of Class A Shares and Class 529-A Shares

On sales of Class A shares and Class 529-A shares of Funds listed in Category 1 on the attached Schedule A that are accepted by us and for which you are responsible, you will be paid dealer concessions as follows:

	Concession as	Sales Charge
	Percentage of	as Percentage
Purchases	Offering Price	of Offering Price
Less than $25,000	5.00%	5.75%
$25,000 but less than $50,000	4.25%	5.00%
$50,000 but less than $100,000	3.75%	4.50%
$100,000 but less than $250,000	2.75%	3.50%
$250,000 but less than $500,000	2.00%	2.50%
$500,000 but less than $750,000	1.60%	2.00%
$750,000 but less than $1,000,000	1.20%	1.50%
$1,000,000 or more	See below	None

b.	On sales of Class A shares and Class 529-A shares of Funds listed in Category 2 on the attached Schedule A that are accepted by us and for which you are responsible, you will be paid the same dealer concessions indicated above except as follows:

	Concession as	Sales Charge
	Percentage of	as Percentage
Purchases	Offering Price	of Offering Price
Less than $100,000	3.00%	3.75%

If you initiate and are responsible for sales of Class A shares and Class 529-A shares, a) amounting to $1 million or more,

b) made to employer-sponsored defined contribution-type retirement plans that qualify to invest at net asset value under the terms of the Fund Prospectuses, or c) made at net asset value to endowments and foundations with assets of $50 million or more, you will be paid a dealer concession of 1.00% on sales to $4 million, plus 0.50% on amounts over $4 million up to $10 million, plus 0.25% on amounts over $10 million. No dealer concessions are paid on any other sales of shares at net asset value, except that concessions may be paid to dealers on their sales of fund shares to accounts managed by affiliates of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. as set forth in this Agreement. Sales of shares of Washington Mutual Investors Fund below $1 million made in connection with certain accounts established before September 1, 1969 are subject to reduced concessions and sales charges as described in the Washington Mutual Investors Fund Prospectus. With respect to sales of shares of any tax-exempt fund, the concession schedule for sales of shares to endowments and foundations or retirement plans of organizations with assets of $50 million or more is inapplicable. The schedules of sales charges above apply to single purchases, concurrent purchases of two or more of the Funds (except those listed in Category 3 on the attached Schedule A), and purchases made under a statement of intention and pursuant to the right of accumulation, both of which are described in the Prospectuses.

On sales of Class A shares and Class 529-A shares of Funds listed in Category 3 on the attached Schedule A, no dealer concessions will be paid.

3. Compensation on Sales of Class B Shares and Class 529-B Shares

On sales of Class B shares and Class 529-B shares of Funds listed in Category 1 and Category 2 on the attached

Schedule A that are accepted by us and for which you are responsible, you will be paid:

• a dealer concession of 3.75% of the amount invested, plus

• an immediate service fee of 0.25% of the amount invested.

On sales of Class B shares and Class 529-B shares of Funds listed in Category 3 on the attached Schedule A, no dealer concessions will be paid.

4. Ongoing Service Fees for Class A, Class 529-A, Class B and Class 529-B Shares

We are also authorized to pay you continuing service fees each quarter with respect to the Class A, Class 529-A, Class B and Class 529-B shares of all the Funds to promote selling efforts and to compensate you for providing certain services to your clients, subject to your compliance with the following terms, which may be revised by us from time to time. Your eligibility to continue receiving this compensation will be evaluated periodically, and your failure to comply with the terms below may result in our discontinuing service fee payments to you. Initial qualification does not assure continued participation, and this service fee program may be amended or terminated by us at any time as indicated below.

You agree to cooperate as requested with programs that we provide to enhance shareholder service. You also agree

to assume an active role in providing shareholder services such as processing purchase and redemption transactions, establishing shareholder accounts, and providing certain information and assistance with respect to the Funds. Redemption levels of shareholder accounts assigned to you will be considered in evaluating your continued participation in this service fee program.

You agree to support our marketing efforts by granting reasonable requests for visits to your offices by our wholesalers and, to the extent applicable, by including all Funds covered by this Agreement on your “approved” list.

You agree to assign an individual to each shareholder account on your books and to reassign the account should

that individual no longer be assigned to the account. You agree to instruct each such individual to regularly contact shareholders having accounts so assigned.

You agree to pass through either directly or indirectly to the individual(s) assigned to such accounts a share of the service fees paid to you pursuant to this Agreement. You recognize that the service fee is intended to compensate the individual for providing, and encourage the individual to continue to provide, service to the account holder.

You acknowledge that (i) all service fee payments are subject to the limitations contained in each Fund’s Plan of Distribution and may be varied or discontinued at any time, (ii) in order to receive a service fee for a particular quarter,

the fee must amount to at least $100, and (iii) no service fees will be paid on shares purchased under the net asset

value purchase privilege as described in the Funds’ statements of additional information.

On Class A, Class 529-A, Class B and Class 529-B shares of Funds listed in Category 1 and Category 2 on the attached Schedule A, we will pay you a quarterly service fee at the following annual rates, based on the average daily net asset value of Class A, Class 529-A, Class B and Class 529-B shares, respectively, that have been invested for 12 months and are held in an account assigned to you at the end of the quarter for which payment is made:

	Annual Service Fee Rate
Shares with a first anniversary of purchase before 7-1-88^*	0.15%
Shares with a first anniversary of purchase on or after 7-1-88	0.25%
Shares of state-specific tax-exempt funds	0.25%

On Class A, Class 529-A, Class B and Class 529-B shares of Funds listed in Category 3 on the attached Schedule A, we will pay you a quarterly service fee at the following annual rates, based on the average daily net asset value of Class A, Class 529-A, Class B and Class 529-B shares, respectively, that have been invested for 12 months and are held in an account assigned to you at the end of the quarter for which payment is made:

	Annual Service Fee Rate
All Shares	0.15%

5. Compensation on Sales of Class C Shares and Class 529-C Shares

On sales of Class C shares and Class 529-C shares of Funds listed in Category 1 and Category 2 on the attached

Schedule A that are accepted by us and for which you are responsible, we will pay you:

• a dealer concession of 0.75% of the amount invested, plus

• an immediate service fee of 0.25% of the amount invested.

In addition, we will pay you ongoing compensation on a quarterly basis at the annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily net asset value of Class C shares and Class 529-C shares of Funds listed in Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3 on the attached Schedule A that have been invested for 12 months and are held in an account assigned to you at the end of the quarter for which payment is made. The payment of this ongoing compensation is subject to the limitations contained in each Fund’s Plan of Distribution and may be varied or discontinued at any time.

6. Compensation on Sales of Class 529-E Shares

We will pay you ongoing compensation on a quarterly basis at the annual rate of 0.50% of the average daily net asset value of Class 529-E shares of Funds listed in Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3 on the attached Schedule A that are held in an account assigned to you at the end of the quarter for which payment is made. The payment of this ongoing compensation is subject to the limitations contained in each Fund’s Plan of Distribution and may be varied or discontinued at any time.

7. Retirement Plan Share Classes (R shares) and Account Options (for retirement plans only)

We will pay you ongoing compensation on a quarterly basis, at the applicable annual rate set forth below, of the average daily net asset value of R shares of Funds listed in Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3 on the attached Schedule A that are held in a retirement plan (Plan) account assigned to you at the end of the quarter for which payment is made. The payment of this ongoing compensation is subject to the limitations contained in each Fund’s Plan of Distribution and may be varied or discontinued at any time. We expect that you will maintain one account for each of your Plan customers on the books of the Funds.

R Share Class	Annual Compensation Rate
Class R-1	1.00%
Class R-2	0.75%
Class R-3	0.50%
Class R-4	0.25%
Class R-5	No compensation paid

If you hold Plan accounts in an omnibus account (i.e., multiple Plans in one account on the books of the Funds), Plans that are added to the omnibus account after May 15, 2002 may invest only in R shares, and you must execute an Omnibus Addendum to the Selling Group Agreement, which you can obtain by calling our Home Office Service Team at 800/421-5475, extension 59.

8. Order Processing

by the respective Funds only against receipt of the purchase price, in collected New York or Los Angeles Clearing House funds subject to deduction of all concessions on such sale (reallowance of any concessions to which you are entitled on purchases at net asset value will be paid through our direct purchase concession system). If payment for the shares purchased is not received within three days after the date of confirmation the sale may be cancelled forthwith, by us or by the respective Funds, without any responsibility or liability on our part or on the part of the Funds, and we and/or the respective Funds may hold you responsible for any loss, expense, liability or damage, including loss of profit suffered by us and/or the respective Funds, resulting from your delay or failure to make payment as aforesaid.

9. Timeliness of Submitting Orders

You are obliged to date and indicate the time of receipt of all orders you receive from your customers and to transmit promptly

all orders to us in time to provide for processing at the price next determined after receipt by you, in accordance with the Prospectuses. You are not to withhold placing with us orders received from any customers for the purchase of shares. You shall not purchase shares through us except for the purpose of covering purchase orders already received by you, or for your bona fide investment.

10. Repurchase of Shares

If any share is repurchased by any of the Funds or is tendered thereto for redemption within seven business days after confirmation by us of the original purchase order from you for such security, you shall forthwith refund to us the full concessions paid to you on the original sale.

11. Processing Redemption Requests

of the Funds at the net asset value currently quoted by or for the Funds’ shares, and may charge a fair service fee for handling the transaction provided you disclose the fee to the record owner.

12. Prospectuses and Marketing Materials

We shall furnish you without charge reasonable quantities of offering Prospectuses (including any supplements currently in effect), current shareholder reports of the Funds, and sales materials issued by us from time to time. In the purchase of shares through us, you are entitled to rely only on the information contained in the offering Prospectus(es). You may not publish any advertisement or distribute sales literature or other written material to the public that makes reference to us or any of the Funds (except material that we furnished to you) without our prior written approval.

13. Effect of Prospectus

This Agreement is in all respects subject to statements regarding the sale and repurchase or redemption of shares made in offering Prospectuses of the Funds, and to the applicable Rules of the NASD, which shall control and override any provision

to the contrary in this Agreement.

14. Relationship of Parties

You shall make available shares of the Funds only through us. In no transaction (whether of purchase or sale) shall you have any authority to act as agent for, partner of, or participant in a joint venture with us or with the Funds or any other entity having either a Selling Group Agreement or other Agreement with us.

15. State Securities Qualification

We act solely as agent for the Funds and are not responsible for qualifying the Funds or their shares for sale in any jurisdiction. Upon written request we will provide you with a list of the jurisdictions in which the Funds or their shares are qualified for sale.

We also are not responsible for the issuance, form, validity, enforceability or value of Fund shares.

16. Representations

You represent that (a) you are a properly registered or licensed broker or dealer under applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations and are complying with and will continue to comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, (b) you are a member of the NASD, (c) your membership with the NASD is not currently suspended or terminated and (d) to the extent you offer any Class 529 shares, you are properly registered to offer such shares. You agree

to notify us immediately in writing if any of the foregoing representations ceases to be true to a material extent.

We represent that (a) we are acting as an underwriter within the meaning of the applicable rules of the NASD and are complying with and will continue to comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, (b) we are a member of the NASD and (c) our membership with the NASD is not currently suspended or terminated. We agree to notify you immediately in writing if any of the foregoing representations ceases to be true to a material extent.

17. Confidentiality

Each party to this Agreement agrees to maintain all information received from the other party pursuant to this Agreement in confidence, and each party agrees not to use any such information for any purpose, or disclose any such information to any person, except as permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

18. Termination

Either of us may cancel this Agreement at any time by written notice to the other.

19. Notices

All communications to us should be sent to the above address. Any notice to you shall be duly given if mailed or sent by overnight courier to you at the address specified by you below.

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^* Except U.S. Government Securities Fund, which pays service fees at the 0.25% rate on all shares held at least 12 months.

Execute this Agreement in duplicate and return one of the duplicate originals to us for our file. This Agreement (i) may be amended by notification from us and orders received following such notification shall be deemed to be an acceptance of any such amendment and (ii) shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

Very truly yours,

American Funds Distributors, Inc.

Kevin G. Clifford

President

Accepted

Firm

Officer or Partner

Print Name

Title

Address:

Date:

Schedule A

May 15, 2002

(supersedes Schedule A dated January 1, 2002)

529-A

529-B

529-C

529-E

R-1

R-2

R-3

R-4

R-5

Category 1

AMCAP Fund

American Balanced Fund

American Mutual Fund

Capital Income Builder

Capital World Growth and Income Fund

EuroPacific Growth Fund

Fundamental Investors

Growth Fund of America

Income Fund of America

Investment Company of America

New Economy Fund

New Perspective Fund

New World Fund

SMALLCAP World Fund

Washington Mutual Investors Fund

Category 2

American High-Income Trust

American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund

Bond Fund of America

Capital World Bond Fund

Intermediate Bond Fund of America

Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America

Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America

Tax-Exempt Fund of California

Tax-Exempt Fund of Maryland

Tax-Exempt Fund of Virginia

U.S. Government Securities Fund

Category 3

Cash Management Trust of America

Tax-Exempt Money Fund of America

U.S. Treasury Money Fund of America

Notes and symbols

Class F and Class 529-F shares are available pursuant to a separate agreement.

l	Share class is available.
e	Share class is available for exchanges only.
na	Share class is not available.

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American Funds Distributors, Inc.

333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone 800/421-9900, ext. 4

October 2006

To Our Dealer Friends,

As you may know, shares of our newest fund in the American Funds family, Short-Term Bond Fund of America, will be available for sale to the public beginning November 1, 2006. Short-Term Bond Fund of America is designed to provide current income and capital preservation by investing in high-quality short-term bonds. The purpose of this notice is to amend your selling group agreement (the “Agreement”) with American Funds Distributors to reflect this new fund as well as certain other changes.

As compared to other American Funds bond funds, Short-Term Bond Fund of America will have a new concession schedule for Class A (including 529-A) shares that provides a maximum dealer concession of 2.00% on investments. Beginning Nov. 1, 2006, this new Class A concession schedule will also apply to Intermediate Bond Fund of America and Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America. However, please note that for these three funds, ongoing service fees for Class A shares and compensation on all other share classes will remain unchanged. Also beginning Nov. 1, 2006, Class B, C, 529-B and 529-C shares of all three funds will be available through exchanges only.

As a result of the new Class A concession schedule discussed above, we are creating a new category of compensation for purposes of the Agreement. Funds currently assigned to Category 3 in the Agreement, including all current references to “Category 3,” will now be relabeled as “Category 4.” Short-Term Bond Fund of America, Intermediate Bond Fund of America and Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America will now comprise new Category 3. These changes are detailed in the Agreement amendment set forth below.

In consideration of the foregoing, the Agreement is amended as follows effective November 1, 2006:

1. Each instance of “Category 3” in the body of the Agreement is replaced by “Category 4.”

2. The existing Schedule A to the Agreement is replaced in its entirety by the new Schedule A attached hereto.

3. A concession schedule for the new Category 3 Funds is added to the Agreement as follows:

On sales of Class A shares and Class 529-A shares of Funds listed in Category 3 on the attached Schedule A that are accepted by us and for which you are responsible, you will be paid dealer concessions as follows:

	Concession as	Sales Charge
	Percentage of	as Percentage
Purchases	Offering Price	of Offering Price
Less than $500,000	2.00%	2.50%
$500,000 but less than $750,000	1.60%	2.00%
$750,000 but less than $1 million	1.20%	1.50%
$1 million or more	See Agreement	None

4. Ongoing service fees for Class A and Class 529-A shares and compensation on all other share classes as currently stated in the Agreement for Category 2 Funds, shall also apply to the new Category 3 Funds.

* * * * *

The Agreement remains unchanged in all other respects. Any order for Fund shares received by us beginning November 1, 2006 shall be deemed an acceptance of this amendment to your Agreement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Kevin G. Clifford

Kevin G. Clifford

Schedule A

November 1, 2006

(supersedes all previous versions of Schedule A - last version dated May 15, 2002)

529-A

529-B

529-C

529-E

R-1

R-2

R-3

R-4

R-5

Category 1

AMCAP Fund

American Balanced Fund

American Mutual Fund

Capital Income Builder

Capital World Growth and Income Fund

EuroPacific Growth Fund

Fundamental Investors

The Growth Fund of America

The Income Fund of America

The Investment Company of America

The New Economy Fund

New Perspective Fund

New World Fund

SMALLCAP World Fund

Washington Mutual Investors Fund

Category 2

American High-Income Trust

American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund

The Bond Fund of America

Capital World Bond Fund

The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America

The Tax-Exempt Fund of California

The Tax-Exempt Fund of Maryland

The Tax-Exempt Fund of Virginia

U.S. Government Securities Fund

Category 3

Intermediate Bond Fund of America

Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America

Short-Term Bond Fund of America

Category 4

The Cash Management Trust of America

The Tax-Exempt Money Fund of America

The U.S. Treasury Money Fund of America

Notes and symbols

Class F and Class 529-F shares are available pursuant to a separate agreement.

	l	Share class is available
	e	Share class is available for exchanges only
	na	Share class is not available

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American Funds Distributors, Inc.

333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone 800/421-9900, ext. 4

January 2007

To Our Dealer Friends,

As you may know, American Funds recently announced plans to introduce a series of target date funds of funds designed for investment by employer-sponsored retirement plans and individual retirement accounts. Shares of the American Funds Target Date Retirement Series will be available for sale to the public beginning February 1, 2007. The series will initially consist of nine funds corresponding to approximate retirement dates between 2010 and 2050, in five-year increments.

Each of the new funds in the American Funds Target Date Retirement Series will invest in a combination of mutual funds offered by the American Funds. The mix of investments for each fund in the series will change over time. For example, as each fund approaches and passes its retirement goal, it will emphasize more conservative investment objectives, such as capital preservation and current income. The purpose of this notice is to amend your selling group agreement (the “Agreement”) with American Funds Distributors to reflect the addition of the American Funds Target Date Retirement Series. This notice also authorizes you to offer any funds that may be added to the series in the future.

In consideration of the foregoing, the Agreement is amended as follows effective February 1, 2007:

1. The existing Schedule A to the Agreement is replaced in its entirety by the new Schedule A attached hereto.

* * * * *

The Agreement remains unchanged in all other respects. Any order for Fund shares received by us beginning February 1, 2007 shall be deemed an acceptance of this amendment to your Agreement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Kevin G. Clifford

Kevin G. Clifford

President

Schedule A

February 1, 2007

(supersedes all previous versions of Schedule A - last version dated November 1, 2006)

529-A

529-B

529-C

529-E

R-1

R-2

R-3

R-4

R-5

Category 1

AMCAP Fund

American Balanced Fund

American Funds Target Date Retirement Series

American Mutual Fund

Capital Income Builder

Capital World Growth and Income Fund

EuroPacific Growth Fund

Fundamental Investors

The Growth Fund of America

The Income Fund of America

The Investment Company of America

The New Economy Fund

New Perspective Fund

New World Fund

SMALLCAP World Fund

Washington Mutual Investors Fund

Category 2

American High-Income Trust

American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund

The Bond Fund of America

Capital World Bond Fund

The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America

The Tax-Exempt Fund of California

The Tax-Exempt Fund of Maryland

The Tax-Exempt Fund of Virginia

U.S. Government Securities Fund

Category 3

Intermediate Bond Fund of America

Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America

Short-Term Bond Fund of America

Category 4

The Cash Management Trust of America

The Tax-Exempt Money Fund of America

The U.S. Treasury Money Fund of America

Notes and symbols

Class F and Class 529-F shares are available pursuant to a separate agreement.

l Share class is available

e Share class is available for exchanges only

na Share class is not available

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333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone 800/421-5475, ext. 59

Omnibus addendum to the

Selling group agreement

(for retirement plan share classes (R shares) only)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Omnibus Addendum (Addendum) to the Selling Group Agreement (Agreement¹) into which we previously entered is made by and between you and American Funds Distributors, Inc. as of the date indicated below. This Addendum constitutes the agreement between you and us in respect of your holding retirement plan (Plan) accounts in an omnibus account on the books of the Funds. All terms of the Agreement and of addenda to the Agreement dated on or prior to the date of this Addendum continue in full force and effect. If any provision of the Agreement or any addenda to the Agreement is inconsistent with this Addendum, this Addendum shall supersede such other provisions.

Requirements to Maintain Retirement Plan Omnibus Accounts

In order for you to hold Plan accounts in an omnibus account on the books of the Funds, you agree to provide us, for each Plan account in the omnibus account, with the following information current as of the end of each calendar month, within fifteen (15) calendar days following the end of such month, and in a file layout conforming to the attached Exhibit A, which may be modified by us from time to time:

1.	Plan’s name

2.	Selling representative’s name

3.Selling representative’s number

4.Selling representative’s street address, city, state and zip code

5.	Selling representative’s branch number

6.	Name of the firm assigned to the Plan’s account

7.	The American Funds-designated number identifying the firm assigned to the Plan’s account

8.For each share class of a Fund held by the Plan—

(i)the share class’ CUSIP number

(ii)the dollar amount of investments to the Fund during the month (Include investments from mapped takeover assets, participant contributions and employer contributions. Do not include participant-initiated transactions that result in (A) asset movement between the Fund and other American Funds or (B) investments to the Fund from other mutual fund families.)

(iii)the dollar amount of redemptions from the Fund during the month (Include redemptions or distributions due to a participant’s separation of service or the removal of the Fund as an investment option within the Plan. Do not include participant-initiated transactions that result in (A) asset movement between the Fund and other American Funds or (B) asset movement from the Fund to other mutual fund families.)

Please note that if you are an institution that conducts retirement plan business through only one branch and has no representatives (such as a bank), then you are required to provide only the information listed in items 1, 6, 7 & 8 above.

If we find a significant discrepancy between the information contained in files you send us and the information contained in our own records, you agree to cooperate with us to resolve the discrepancy.

If you provide third parties with trading or clearing services, you may not give such third parties access to the Funds without our written consent.

Should you hold Plan accounts in an omnibus account, failure to comply with the requirements set forth above will constitute a breach of the Agreement, thereby giving us the right to terminate the Agreement.

¹ Agreement means the Selling Group Agreement, Bank Selling Group Agreement, or Institutional Selling Group Agreement, as the case may be, into which we previously entered.

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Execute this Addendum in duplicate and return one of the duplicate originals to us for our file. This Addendum (i) may be amended by notification from us and orders received following such notification shall be deemed to be an acceptance of any such amendment and (ii) shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

Very truly yours,

American Funds Distributors,

Kevin G. Clifford

President

Accepted

Firm

Officer or Partner

Print Name

Print Title

Address:

Date:

EXHIBIT A

Header Record: This is the first record in the file.

	Field Name	Format	Length	Required?
1.	‘H’ (Header Record Identifier)	Alpha	1	Y
2.	Dealer Number (Format: right justified, zero filled)	Numeric	7	Y
3.	Sales Month Date (Format: YYYYMM)	Numeric	6	Y

Detail Record - Settled trades only

	Field Name	Format	Length	Required?
4.	‘D’ (Detail Record Identifier)	Alpha	1	Y
5.	Unique Record ID (Unique identifier for each detail record; sequence number) (Format: right justified, zero filled)	Alphanumeric	9	Y
6.	Omnibus Account Number (from daily trades) (Format: right justified, zero filled)	Numeric	11	Y
7.	Fund Cusip Number (Format: right justified, zero filled)	Alphanumeric	9	Y
8.	Financial Institution’s Name (Firm the Rep works for) (Format: left justified, followed by spaces)	Alphanumeric	70	Y
9.	Financial Institution’s Number (Format: right justified, zero filled)	Numeric	7	Y
10.	Financial Adviser’s Office Number (Format: left justified, followed by spaces)	Alphanumeric	9	Y
11.	Financial Adviser’s ID (Format: left justified, followed by spaces)	Alphanumeric	9	Y
12.	Investment Amount - New Money to AF Investments from mapped takeover assets, participant contributions and employer contributions. Include transactions that result in asset movement into the Fund from other fund families, i.e., new money to AF. Do not include participant-initiated transactions that result in asset movement into the Fund from other American Funds. (Format note: Enter as a positive number, right justified, zero filled, implied 2 decimal positions. For example: 000000123456789 if the amount is $1,234,567.89 Reversals/corrections that go into this bucket should be negative amounts)	Numeric	13.2	Y
13.	Non-Commissionable Investment Amount Include loan repayments. Do not include participant-initiated transactions that result in (A) asset movement between the Fund and other American Funds or (B) asset movement into the Fund from other fund families. (See format note on Investment Amount. Reversals/corrections that go into this bucket should be negative amounts)	Numeric	13.2
14.	Exchange Purchase Amount - From Money Market Exchange purchases that result in asset movement to the Fund from an AF money market. (See format note on Investment Amount. Reversals/corrections that go into this bucket should be negative amounts)	Numeric	13.2

Detail Record (continued)

	Field Name	Format	Length	Required?
15.	Exchange Purchase Amount - Old Money Exchange purchases that result in asset movement to the Fund from other non money market American Funds. (See format note on Investment Amount. Reversals/corrections that go into this bucket should be negative amounts)	Numeric	13.2
16.	Redemption Amount Redemptions or distributions due to a participant’s separation of service. Include loan withdrawals. Do not include participant-initiated transactions that result in (A) asset movement between the Fund and other American Funds or (B) asset movement from the Fund to other mutual fund families. (See format note on Investment Amount.)	Numeric	13.2	Y
17.	Exchange Redemption Amount - Out of AF Exchange redemptions that result in asset movement from the Fund to other mutual fund families. (See format note on Investment Amount.)	Numeric	13.2
18.	Exchange Redemption Amount - Within AF Exchange redemptions that result in asset movement between the Fund and other American Funds. (See format note on Investment Amount.)	Numeric	13.2
19.	Line of Business Code*	Alpha	4
20.	Plan Number Unique identifier for the plan (Also may be known as omnibus trader’s internal plan account number)	Alphanumeric	20
21.	Plan Name	Alphanumeric	70
22.	Financial Adviser’s First Name	Alpha	15
23.	Financial Adviser’s Middle Initial	Alpha	1
24.	Financial Adviser’s Last Name	Alpha	20
25.	Financial Adviser’s Suffix Sr., Jr., III, etc.	Alpha	20
26.	Financial Adviser’s Street Address 1 (Items 26 - 30 are the Address, City, State and Zip where the Rep works.)	Alphanumeric	35
27.	Financial Adviser’s Street Address 2	Alphanumeric	35
28.	Financial Adviser’s City	Alpha	35	Y
29.	Financial Adviser’s State	Alpha	2	Y
30.	Financial Adviser’s Zip	Alphanumeric	10	Y
31.	Month-end Assets (See format note on Investment Amount.)	Numeric	15.2
32.	Month-end Share Balance	Numeric	11.4
33.	Filler	Alphanumeric	40

Record Length for Detail Records = 569

Trailer Record: This is the last record in the file.

	Field Name	Format	Length	Required?
34.	‘T’ (Trailer Record Identifier)	Alpha	1	Y
35.	Dealer Number	Numeric	7	Y
36.	Number of Detail Records (Format: right justified, zero filled)	Numeric	9	Y
37.	Total Investment Amount Calculation: total of fields 12, 13, 14, and 15 (See format note on Detail Record Investment Amount)	Numeric	15.2	Y
38.	Total Redemption Amount Calculation: total of fields 16, 17, and 18 (See format note on Detail Record Investment Amount)	Numeric	15.2	Y

Record Length for Trailer Record = 51

* Codes to use for line of business:

Social Code	Description
0056	457 Deferred Compensation (Non-CBT)
0059	Deferred Compensation/Rabbi Trust (Non-CBT)
0076	Retirement Plans/Other (Non-CBT)
0078	403B ER & EE (Non-CBT)
0081	401K (Non-CBT)
0083	Simple 401K (Non-CBT)
0250	RecordKeeper Connect 401(K)
0251	RecordKeeper Connect Money Purchase
0252	RecordKeeper Connect Profit Sharing
0253	RecordKeeper Connect 403(B)
0254	RecordKeeper Connect 457
0255	RecordKeeper Connect Non-Qualified
0256	RecordKeeper Connect Defined Benefit

ER = Employer sponsored

EE = Employee sponsored

CBT = Capital Bank & Trust

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333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone 800/421-5475, ext. 59

Institutional selling group agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have entered into a principal underwriting agreement with each Fund in The American Funds Group (Funds) under which we are appointed exclusive agent for the sale of shares. You have indicated that you wish to act as agent for your customers in connection with the purchase, sale and redemption of shares of the Funds as are qualified for sale in your state. We agree to honor your request, subject to the terms of this Selling Group Agreement (Agreement) set forth below.

1.	Authorization

As a member of a group of firms authorized to make shares of the Funds available to institutional customers (Selling Group), you will make shares of the Funds available only to retirement plans of entities that have retirement plan assets of at least $50 million (Plans). In placing orders for the purchase and sale of shares of the Funds, you will be acting as agent for your customers. We shall execute transactions for each of your customers only upon your authorization, at the regular public price currently determined by the respective Funds in the manner described in their offering prospectuses (Prospectuses). This Agreement on your part runs to us and to the respective Funds and is for the benefit of and enforceable by each. The offering Prospectuses and this Agreement set forth the terms applicable to sales of shares of the Funds through you and all other representations or documents are subordinate.

2.	Compensation on Class A Shares

In consideration of your acting as agent for your customers in connection with the purchase and redemption of Fund shares and to compensate you for providing certain services to your customers, we will pay you compensation as described below, subject to your compliance with the following terms. Your eligibility to continue receiving this compensation will be evaluated periodically, and your failure to comply with the terms below may result in our discontinuing ongoing payments to you. Initial qualification does not assure continued participation, and the payment of this compensation is subject to the limitations contained in each Fund’s Plan of Distribution and may be varied or discontinued by us at any time.

You agree to cooperate as requested with programs that we provide to enhance shareholder service. You also agree to assume an active role in providing shareholder services such as processing purchase and redemption transactions, establishing shareholder accounts, and providing certain information and assistance with respect to the Funds.

b.	You agree to support our marketing efforts by granting reasonable requests for visits to your offices by our wholesalers and, to the extent applicable, by including all Funds covered by this Agreement on your “approved” list.

c.	You agree to assign an individual to each Plan account on your books and to reassign the account should that individual no longer be assigned to the account. You agree to instruct each such individual to regularly contact shareholders having accounts so assigned.

You agree to pass through either directly or indirectly to the individual(s) assigned to such accounts a share of the compensation paid to you pursuant to this Agreement. You recognize that payments under this Agreement are intended to compensate the individual for providing, and encourage the individual to continue to provide, service to the account holder.

You acknowledge that (i) all compensation is subject to the limitations contained in each Fund’s Plan of Distribution and may be varied or discontinued at any time, (ii) in order to receive a payment for a particular month, the payment must amount to at least $100, and (iii) no compensation will be paid on shares purchased under the net asset value purchase privilege as described in the Funds’ statements of additional information.

On each new order for Class A shares of Funds listed in Category 1 and Category 2 on the attached Schedule A that is accepted by us, you will be paid compensation of 0.25%. No compensation is paid on orders for shares of Funds listed in Category 3. In addition, we will pay you a quarterly service fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net asset value of Class A shares that have been invested for 12 months and are held in an account assigned to you at the end of the quarter for which payment is made (the annual rate is 0.15% of assets for Funds in Category 3).

3.	Retirement Plan Share Classes (R shares) and Account Options (for retirement plans only)

We will pay you ongoing compensation on a quarterly basis, at the applicable annual rate set forth below, of the average daily net asset value of R shares of Funds listed in Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3 on the attached Schedule A that are held in a Plan account assigned to you at the end of the quarter for which payment is made. The payment of this ongoing compensation is subject to the limitations contained in each Fund’s Plan of Distribution and may be varied or discontinued at any time. We expect that you will maintain one account for each of your Plan customers on the books of the Funds.

R Share Class	Annual Compensation Rate
Class R-1	1.00%
Class R-2	0.75%
Class R-3	0.50%
Class R-4	0.25%
Class R-5	No compensation paid

4.	Order Processing

Any order by you for the purchase of shares of the respective Funds through us shall be accepted at the time when it is received by us (or any clearinghouse agency that we may designate from time to time), and at the offering and sale price next determined, unless rejected by us or the respective Funds. In addition to the right to reject any order, the Funds have reserved the right to withhold shares from sale temporarily or permanently. We will not accept any order from you that is placed on a conditional basis or subject to any delay or contingency prior to execution. The procedure relating to the handling of orders shall be subject to instructions that we shall forward from time to time to all members of the Selling Group. The shares purchased will be issued by the respective Funds only against receipt of the purchase price, in collected New York or Los Angeles Clearing House funds. If payment for the shares purchased is not received within three days after the date of confirmation the sale may be cancelled forthwith, by us or by the respective Funds, without any responsibility or liability on our part or on the part of the Funds, and we and/or the respective Funds may hold you responsible for any loss, expense, liability or damage, including loss of profit suffered by us and/or the respective Funds, resulting from your delay or failure to make payment as aforesaid. If this section conflicts with provisions of any operational agreement you have with any of our affiliates, such operational agreement shall control.

5.	Timeliness of Submitting Orders

You are obliged to date and indicate the time of receipt of all orders you receive from your customers and to transmit promptly all orders to us in time to provide for processing at the price next determined after receipt by you, in accordance with the Prospectuses. You are not to withhold placing with us orders received from any customers for the purchase of shares. You shall not purchase shares through us except for the purpose of covering purchase orders already received by you, or for your bona fide investment.

6.	Repurchase of Shares

7.	Processing Redemption Requests

You shall not purchase any share of any of the Funds from a record holder at a price lower than the net asset value next determined by or for the Funds’ shares. You shall, however, be permitted to sell any shares for the account of a shareholder of the Funds at the net asset value currently quoted by or for the Funds’ shares, and may charge a fair service fee for handling the transaction provided you disclose the fee to the record owner.

8.	Prospectuses and Marketing Materials

9.	Effect of Prospectus

This Agreement is in all respects subject to statements regarding the sale and repurchase or redemption of shares made in offering Prospectuses of the Funds, which shall control and override any provision to the contrary in this Agreement.

10.

Relationship of Parties

11.

State Securities Qualification

12.

Representations

You represent that you are (a) a properly registered or licensed broker or dealer under applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations and are complying with and will continue to comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations; a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD); and your membership with the NASD is not currently suspended or terminated; or (b) a "bank" as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or other financial institution) and not otherwise required to register as a broker or dealer under such Act or any state laws. You agree to notify us immediately in writing if any of the foregoing representations ceases to be true to a material extent. You also agree that, if you are a bank or other financial institution as set forth above, you will comply with the applicable rules of the NASD, that you will maintain adequate records with respect to your customers and their transactions, and that such transactions will be without recourse against you by your customers. We recognize that, in addition to applicable provisions of state and federal securities laws, you may be subject to the provisions of other laws governing, among other things, the conduct of activities by federal- and state-chartered and supervised financial institutions and their affiliated organizations. Because you will be the only entity having a direct relationship with the customer in connection with securities purchases hereunder, you will be responsible in that relationship for ensuring compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations relating to securities purchases hereunder.

13.

Confidentiality

14.

Termination

Either of us may cancel this Agreement at any time by written notice to the other.

15.

Notices

All communications to us should be sent to the above address. Any notice to you shall be duly given if mailed or sent by overnight courier to you at the address specified by you below.

* * * * *

Very truly yours,

American Funds Distributors, Inc.

Kevin G. Clifford

President

Accepted

Firm

Officer or Partner

Print Name

Title

Address:

Date:

Schedule A

January 15, 2001

(supersedes Schedule A dated May 3, 1999)

Category 1	Category 2

AMCAP Fund	American High-Income Trust
American Balanced Fund	Bond Fund of America
American Mutual Fund	Capital World Bond Fund
Capital Income Builder	Intermediate Bond Fund of America
Capital World Growth and Income Fund	U.S. Government Securities Fund
EuroPacific Growth Fund
Fundamental Investors
Growth Fund of America	Category 3
Income Fund of America
Investment Company of America	Cash Management Trust of America
New Economy Fund	U.S. Treasury Money Fund of America
New Perspective Fund
New World Fund
SMALLCAP World Fund
Washington Mutual Investors Fund

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333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone 800/421-9900, ext. 4

October 2006

To Our Dealer Friends,

As you may know, shares of our newest fund in the American Funds family, Short-Term Bond Fund of America, will be available for sale to the public beginning November 1, 2006. Short-Term Bond Fund of America is designed to provide current income and capital preservation by investing in high-quality short-term bonds. The purpose of this notice is to amend your institutional selling group agreement (the “Agreement”) with American Funds Distributors to reflect this new fund.

In consideration of the foregoing, the schedule of Funds in the Agreement is amended in its entirety as follows effective November 1, 2006:

Schedule A

November 1, 2006

(supersedes all previous versions of Schedule A)

Category 1

AMCAP Fund

American Balanced Fund

American Mutual Fund

Capital Income Builder

Capital World Growth and Income Fund

EuroPacific Growth Fund

Fundamental Investors

The Growth Fund of America

The Income Fund of America

The Investment Company of America

The New Economy Fund

New Perspective Fund

New World Fund

SMALLCAP World Fund

Washington Mutual Investors Fund

Category 2

American High-Income Trust

The Bond Fund of America

Capital World Bond Fund

Intermediate Bond Fund of America

Short-Term Bond Fund of America

U.S. Government Securities Fund

Category 3

The Cash Management Trust of America

U.S. Treasury Money Fund of America

* * * * *

The Agreement remains unchanged in all other respects. Any order for Fund shares received by us beginning November 1, 2006 shall be deemed an acceptance of this amendment to your Agreement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Kevin G. Clifford

Kevin G. Clifford

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American Funds Distributors, Inc.

333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone 800/421-9900, ext. 4

January 2007

To Our Dealer Friends,

Each of the new funds in the American Funds Target Date Retirement Series will invest in a combination of mutual funds offered by the American Funds. The mix of investments for each fund in the series will change over time. For example, as each fund approaches and passes its retirement goal, it will emphasize more conservative investment objectives, such as capital preservation and current income. The purpose of this notice is to amend your institutional selling group agreement (the “Agreement”) with American Funds Distributors to reflect the addition of the American Funds Target Date Retirement Series. This notice also authorizes you to offer any funds that may be added to the series in the future.

In consideration of the foregoing, the schedule of Funds in the Agreement is amended in its entirety as follows effective February 1, 2007:

Schedule A

February 1, 2007

(supersedes all previous versions of Schedule A)

Category 1

AMCAP Fund

American Balanced Fund

American Funds Target Date Retirement Series

American Mutual Fund

Capital Income Builder

Capital World Growth and Income Fund

EuroPacific Growth Fund

Fundamental Investors

The Growth Fund of America

The Income Fund of America

The Investment Company of America

The New Economy Fund

New Perspective Fund

New World Fund

SMALLCAP World Fund

Washington Mutual Investors Fund

Category 2

American High-Income Trust

The Bond Fund of America

Capital World Bond Fund

Intermediate Bond Fund of America

Short-Term Bond Fund of America

U.S. Government Securities Fund

Category 3

The Cash Management Trust of America

U.S. Treasury Money Fund of America

* * * * *

The Agreement remains unchanged in all other respects. Any order for Fund shares received by us beginning February 1, 2007 shall be deemed an acceptance of this amendment to your Agreement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Kevin G. Clifford

Kevin G. Clifford

President