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Nov. 30, 2017
American Growth Fund, Inc.
American Growth Fund Series One
 
Supplement dated July 19, 2018, to the Prospectus dated November 30, 2017

 

This Supplement replaces certain information contained in the Prospectus of American Growth Fund Series One dated November 30, 2017.

 

Effective immediately, the table titled “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” in the section titled “Fee Table” is deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) ended July 31, 2017:

Management Fees
1.00%
1.00%
1.00%
1.00%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
0.30%
1.00%
1.00%
None
Other Expenses
5.07%
5.07%
5.07%
5.07%
Acquired Fund fees and expenses (d) (e)
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
6.38%
7.08%
7.08%
6.08%

(a) Purchases of Class A and Class D shares in amounts of $1,000,000 or more which are not subject to an initial sales charge generally will be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0% of amounts redeemed within the first year of purchase. See Class A and D Sales Charges on page 13.
(b) Contingent Deferred Sales Charge for the 1st 2 years is 5%, 3rd & 4th years - 4%, 5th yr. - 3%, 6th yr. - 2%, 7th yr. - 1%.
(c) In the first year after purchase.

(d) The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets in the Financial Highlights Table below, which do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.

(e) The acquired fund fees and expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

 

Effective immediately, the “Principal Investment Strategy” is deleted and replaced with the following:


Investment Research Corporation (the "Adviser") manages the Fund using a growth style of investing. We use a consistent approach to build the Fund´s security portfolio which is made up primarily of common stocks and securities convertible into common stock. These securities are issued by large companies, and to a lesser extent, small and mid-sized companies. When a company´s fundamentals are strong, we believe earnings growth will follow. The Fund may invest in securities of other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, to obtain desired exposures.

 

Effective immediately, the following risks have been added to “Principal risks of investing in the Fund”:

~ Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk - the Fund’s investments in other investment companies will be subject to the risks of the other investment companies’ portfolio securities and the Fund will bear indirectly the fees and expenses of the other investment companies in which it invests.
~ Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) Risk - The Fund is subject to the risks associated with the securities or other investments in which the ETFs invest. The Fund’s shareholders will indirectly bear fees and expenses paid by the ETFs in which it invests, in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses. An index-based ETF’s performance may not match that of the index it seeks to track. An actively managed ETF’s performance will reflect its adviser’s ability to make investment decisions that are suited to achieving the ETF’s investment objective.