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Prospectus Supplement

 

 

March 1, 2023

 

 

For the following series with prospectuses dated January 1, 2023:

American Funds College Target Date Series®

American Funds® Portfolio Series

American Funds® Retirement Income Portfolio Series

American Funds Target Date Retirement Series®

 


1. The information under “Edward Jones” in the “Appendix - Sales Charge Waivers” section of the prospectus is amended to read as follows:

 

Sales Charge Waivers

Sales charges are waived for the following shareholders and in the following situations:

·Associates of Edward Jones and its affiliates and their family members who are in the same pricing group (as determined by Edward Jones under its policies and procedures) as the associate. This waiver will continue for the remainder of the associate's life if the associate retires from Edward Jones in good-standing and remains in good standing pursuant to Edward Jones' policies and procedures
·Shares purchased in an Edward Jones fee-based program
·Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment
·Shares purchased from the proceeds of redeemed shares of the same fund family so long as the following conditions are met: 1) the proceeds are from the sale of shares within 60 days of the purchase, and 2) the sale and purchase are made in the same share class and the same account or the purchase is made in an individual retirement account with proceeds from liquidations in a non-retirement account
·Shares exchanged into Class A shares from another share class so long as the exchange is into the same fund and was initiated at the discretion of Edward Jones. Edward Jones is responsible for any remaining CDSC due to the fund company, if applicable. Any future purchases are subject to the applicable sales charge as disclosed in the prospectus
·Exchanges from Class C shares to Class A shares of the same fund, generally, in the 84th month following the anniversary of the purchase date or earlier at the discretion of Edward Jones
·Purchases of Class 529-A shares through a rollover from either another education savings plan or a security used for qualified educational expenses
·Purchases of Class 529 shares made for recontribution of refunded amounts

 

2. The information under “Morgan Stanley Wealth Management” in the “Appendix – Class A share front-end sales charge waiver” section of the prospectus is amended to read as follows:

 

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Class A share front-end sales charge waiver

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management clients purchasing or converting to Class A shares of the fund through Morgan Stanley transactional brokerage accounts are entitled to a waiver of the front-end load in the following additional circumstances:

·Morgan Stanley employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
·Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
·Class C (level load) share positions that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to a Class A share in the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
·Morgan Stanley, on your behalf, can convert Class F-1 shares to Class A shares without a front-end sales charge if they were initially transferred to the transactional brokerage account or converted from Class C shares
·Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family under a Rights of Reinstatement provision, provided the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load
·Investors purchasing through a Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account and/or E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley may invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge.
 
 

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management clients purchasing or converting to Class 529-A shares of the fund through Morgan Stanley transactional brokerage accounts are entitled to a waiver of the front-end load in the following additional circumstances:

·Shares purchased through a rollover from another 529 plan
·Recontribution(s) of a refunded qualified higher education expense

Unless specifically described above, no other front-end load waivers are available to mutual fund purchases by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management clients.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Class R-4 share employer-sponsored retirement plan eligibility

Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep this supplement with your prospectus.

 

 

 

 

 

Lit. No. MFGEBS-533-0323P CGD/AFD/10039-S93654

 

 

 

 

THE FUNDS (EXCLUDING AMERICAN FUNDS COLLEGE TARGET DATE SERIES) MAKE AVAILABLE A SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FOR ALL FUNDS (EXCLUDING AMERICAN FUNDS COLLEGE TARGET DATE SERIES) 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 OF THE FUNDS’ PROSPECTUSES (EXCLUDING AMERICAN FUNDS COLLEGE TARGET DATE SERIES).

 

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