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style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-A</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-A (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class A</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>68</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 68 0.0066 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class A shares gained 7.09% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-A</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209960.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class A (with sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">4.38<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.76<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.20<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class A (without sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.09<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; 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padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class A (with sales charge) 0.0438 0.0076 0.012 Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class A (without sales charge) 0.0709 0.0127 0.0146 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209966.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class C IBFCX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-C</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-C (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class C</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>140</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">1.36<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 140 0.0136 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div> <div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class C shares gained 6.26% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-C</div></div>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div> <div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August,<div style="display:inline;"> and</div> hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div> <div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div> <div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="clear: both;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"></div><img alt="" src="chartimages_1210004.jpg" style="width: 733px; height: 246px;"/><br/></div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class C (with sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">5.26<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.55<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.86<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class C (without sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.26<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.55<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.86<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class C (with sales charge) 0.0526 0.0055 0.0086 Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class C (without sales charge) 0.0626 0.0055 0.0086 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 14pt; width: auto; padding-left: 0;"><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">transactions</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div> <div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1210010.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div> <div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class T TIBBX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class T</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>37</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.36<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 37 0.0036 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class T shares gained 7.32% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209828.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Since inception<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:9.2px">1</div></div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class T (with sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">2</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">4.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.54<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class T (without sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">2</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.32<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.56<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.89<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.50<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.63<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.13<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has sel<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">ec</div>ted the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">1</div> Class T shares were first offered on April 7, 2017.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">2</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">3</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class T (with sales charge) 0.046 0.0104 0.0154 Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class T (without sales charge) 0.0732 0.0156 0.0189 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.015 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0163 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0113 2017-04-07 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14pt; width: auto; padding-left: 0;"><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209834.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class F-1 IBFFX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-F1</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-F1 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class F-1</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>69</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.67<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 69 0.0067 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class F-1 shares gained 7.08% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-F1</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1210048.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class F-1<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.08<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.25<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.43<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index</div><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Bloomberg </div>75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class F-1 0.0708 0.0125 0.0143 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14pt; width: auto; padding-left: 0;"><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1210054.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class F-2 IBAFX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-F2</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-F2 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class F-2</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>37</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.36<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 37 0.0036 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class F-2 shares gained 7.41% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">returns </div>for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-F2</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1210092.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class F-2<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.41<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.56<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.72<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class F-2 0.0741 0.0156 0.0172 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14pt; width: auto; padding-left: 0;"><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1210098.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class F-3 IFBFX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-F3</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-F3 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class F-3</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>26</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.25<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 26 0.0025 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class F-3 shares gained 7.45% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-F3</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">particularly </div>additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209740.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Since inception<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:9.2px">1</div></div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class F-3<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">2</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.45<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">2.00<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.58<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.68<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">1</div> Class F-3 shares were first offered on January 27, 2017.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">2</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">3</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class F-3 0.0745 0.0166 0.02 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0158 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0166 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0168 2017-01-27 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14pt; width: auto; padding-left: 0;"><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209746.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class 529-A CBOAX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529A</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529A (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class 529-A</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>67</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.65<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 67 0.0065 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class 529-A shares gained 7.10% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-529A</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">during </div>the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1210136.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-A (with sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">4.38<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.76<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.16<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-A (without sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.10<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.27<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.42<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-A (with sales charge) 0.0438 0.0076 0.0116 Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-A (without sales charge) 0.071 0.0127 0.0142 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14pt; width: auto; padding-left: 0;"><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1210142.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class 529-C CBOCX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529C</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529C (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class 529-C</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>144</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">1.40<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 144 0.014 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class 529-C shares gained 6.23% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-529C</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1210180.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-C (with sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">5.23<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.50<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.05<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-C (without sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.23<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.50<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.05<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">market </div>index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-C (with sales charge) 0.0523 0.005 0.0105 Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-C (without sales charge) 0.0623 0.005 0.0105 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14pt; width: auto; padding-left: 0;"><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1210186.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class 529-E CBOEX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529E</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529E (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class 529-E</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>86</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.83<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 86 0.0083 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class 529-E shares gained 6.91% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-529E</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1210268.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-E<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.91<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.08<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.23<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-E 0.0691 0.0108 0.0123 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14pt; width: auto; padding-left: 0;"><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1210274.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class 529-T TIIBX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class 529-T</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>44</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.42<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 44 0.0042 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class 529-T shares gained 7.26% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209784.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Since inception<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:9.2px">1</div></div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-T (with sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">2</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">4.54<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.98<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.48<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-T (without sales charge)<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">2</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.26<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.49<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.82<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.50<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.63<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Securitized </div>Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">1</div> Class 529-T shares were first offered on April 7, 2017.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">2</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">3</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-T (with sales charge) 0.0454 0.0098 0.0148 Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-T (without sales charge) 0.0726 0.0149 0.0182 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.015 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0163 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 2017-04-07 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209790.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class 529-F-1 CBOFX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529F1</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529F1 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class 529-F-1</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.48<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 50 0.0048 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class 529-F-1 shares gained 7.20% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-529F1</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1210224.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-F-1<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.20<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.45<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.63<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">re</div>sults to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">in</div>dex shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-F-1 0.072 0.0145 0.0163 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14pt; width: auto; padding-left: 0;"><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1210230.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class 529-F-2 FFOOX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529F2</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529F2 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class 529-F-2</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>36</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.35<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 36 0.0035 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class 529-F-2 shares gained 7.42% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-529F2</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209872.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Since inception<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:9.2px">1</div></div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-F-2<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">2</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.42<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.23<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(1.55<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.02<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.17<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB In<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">de</div>x to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">1</div> Class 529-F-2 shares were first offered on October 30, 2020.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">2</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">3</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-F-2 0.0742 0.0023 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0155 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 -0.0002 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 -0.0017 2020-10-30 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209878.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class 529-F-3 FIFBX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529F3</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-529F3 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class 529-F-3</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>32</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.31<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 32 0.0031 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class 529-F-3 shares gained 7.47% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-529F3</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209916.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Since inception<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:9.2px">1</div></div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-F-3<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">2</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.47<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.26<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(1.55<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.02<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.17<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">1</div> Class 529-F-3 shares were first offered on October 30, 2020.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">2</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">3</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">expenses</div>. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class 529-F-3 0.0747 0.0026 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0155 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 -0.0002 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 -0.0017 2020-10-30 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209922.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class R-1 RBOAX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R1</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R1 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class R-1</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>136</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">1.32<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 136 0.0132 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class R-1 shares gained 6.31% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-R1</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209388.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-1<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.31<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.56<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.72<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-1 0.0631 0.0056 0.0072 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209394.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class R-2 RBOBX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R2</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R2 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class R-2</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>135</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">1.31<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 135 0.0131 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class R-2 shares gained 6.32% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-R2</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209432.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-2<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.32<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.73<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">unmanaged</div>, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-2 0.0632 0.0057 0.0073 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209438.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class R-2E REBBX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R2E</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R2E (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class R-2E</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>107</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">1.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 107 0.0104 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class R-2E shares gained 6.61% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-R2E</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209652.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-2E<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.61<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.85<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.08<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-2E 0.0661 0.0085 0.0108 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209658.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class R-3 RBOCX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R3</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R3 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class R-3</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>92</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.89<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 92 0.0089 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class R-3 shares gained 6.85% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-R3</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209476.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-3<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.85<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.02<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.17<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-3 0.0685 0.0102 0.0117 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209482.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class R-4 RBOEX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R4</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R4 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class R-4</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>61</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.59<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 61 0.0059 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class R-4 shares gained 7.16% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-R4</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209520.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-4<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.16<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.31<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.48<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">75</div>% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-4 0.0716 0.0131 0.0148 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">millions</div>)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209526.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class R-5E RBOHX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R5E</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R5E (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class R-5E</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>41</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.40<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 41 0.004 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class R-5E shares gained 7.37% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-R5E</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209696.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Since inception<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:9.2px">1</div></div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-5E<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">2</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.37<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.52<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.78<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">3</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.63<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">1</div> Class R-5E shares were first offered on November 20, 2015.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">2</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">3</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-5E 0.0737 0.0152 0.0178 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0166 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.016 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0163 2015-11-20 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">holdings</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209702.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class R-5 RBOFX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R5</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R5 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class R-5</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>31</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 31 0.003 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class R-5 shares gained 7.47% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-R5</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 25pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209564.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 550pt;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-5<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">*</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.47<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.61<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.78<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index<div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:8.3px">†</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">fund’s </div>primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-5 0.0747 0.0161 0.0178 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">millions</div>)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209570.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America® Class R-6 RBOGX This annual shareholder report contains important information about Intermediate Bond Fund of America (the "fund")<div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div>for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. annual shareholder report You can find additional information about the fund at <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"> </div></div><div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R6</div></div>. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 421-4225. capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-literature-R6 (800) 421-4225 <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 95, 158);font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What were the fund costs for the last year?</div> (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 19.008pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 126.9pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Share class</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 6pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 171.072pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs of a $10,000 investment</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 3pt 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; width: 267.948pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: none;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; height: 20pt; border-bottom-color: initial;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 126.9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;">Class R-6</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 171.072pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>26</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: center; width: 267.948pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; vertical-align: bottom;">0.25<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div> 26 0.0025 <div style="font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Management's discussion of fund performance</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s Class R-6 shares gained 7.53% for the year ended August 31, 2024. That result compares with a 7.11% gain for the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index. For information on returns for additional periods, including the fund lifetime, please refer to <div style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">capitalgroup.com/mutual-fund-returns-R6</div></div>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 6pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">What factors influenced results</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 6pt;">Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin cutting the federal funds rate contributed to a notable decline in Treasury bond yields, which pushed bond prices higher. The Fed’s potential move comes as inflation has cooled, hitting a three-year low in August, and hiring has slowed. Corporate issuance continued apace during the period.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">Within the fund, each sector contributed positively to overall returns. The fund’s holdings in mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities were particularly additive to results during the period. Corporate bonds also helped the fund’s absolute returns.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.04pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4.0032pt;">The fund’s overall duration positively contributed to relative returns compared to the benchmark. However, its strategic allocation of bond investments across different maturities, known as yield curve positioning, slightly detracted from results. This was due to less favorable yield movements for longer-duration securities compared to shorter-duration ones amid the yield curve shifts during the period.</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0;"><img alt="Fund Performance - Growth of 10K" src="chartimages_1209608.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 740px; height: 318px;"/> </div> <div style="border-bottom: none; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: left; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average annual total returns</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><table style="text-align:start; break-inside: avoid-page; table-layout: auto; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; height: 16.9992pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 2pt; white-space: nowrap; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: none; background-color: rgb(223, 229, 240);background-color:rgb(223, 229, 240);"></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1 year</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5 years</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; padding: 0px 5pt; width: 64pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right: 0.5pt solid rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 95, 158);background-color:rgb(0, 95, 158);"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10 years</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-6*</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.53<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.67<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index†</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.30<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">(0.04<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">)</div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.64<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index†</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">6.60<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.99<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.57<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; height: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 2pt;">Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index†</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">7.11<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">0.87<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">1.66<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0;">Effective July 24, 2024, the fund’s primary benchmark changed from the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, a broad-based index that represents the overall applicable securities market, as required by the SEC. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the benchmark change. The fund has selected the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index to replace the Bloomberg U.S. <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Government</div>/Credit 1–7 Years ex BBB Index as its secondary market index. The fund’s investment adviser believes that the Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1–7 Years 25% Securitized Index provides a means to compare the fund’s results to a benchmark that is more representative of the fund’s investment universe.</div><div style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 6.5pt; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">*</div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower.</div><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; text-indent: -5pt;"><div style=";display:inline;vertical-align: super;font-size:7.4px">†</div> Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.</div> Intermediate Bond Fund of America — Class R-6 0.0753 0.0167 0.0184 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index 0.073 -0.0004 0.0164 Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-7 Year Ex BBB Index 0.066 0.0099 0.0157 Bloomberg 75% Government Credit 1-7 Years 25% Securitized Index 0.0711 0.0087 0.0166 The fund’s past performance is not a predictor of its future performance. The line chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. <div style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; font-family: AvenirNextLTProDemi; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Key fund statistics</div></div><table style="text-align:start; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; break-inside: avoid-page;"><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0.5pt;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Fund net assets (in <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">millions</div>)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>25,053</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total number of portfolio holdings</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,436 </td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Total advisory fees paid (in millions)</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="float: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">$</div>50</td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate including<br/>mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">360<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid-page; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto;"><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial'; text-align: left; width: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions</td><td style="break-inside: avoid-page; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">%</div></td></tr></table> 25053000000 2436 50000000 3.60 <div style="border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 2.0016pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-left: 27pt;"><div style="font-family: 'AvenirNextLTProDemi'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 95, 158); margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial;font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Portfolio holdings by asset type</div> (percent of net assets)</div><div style="padding-right: 0; display: inline-block; padding-left: 25pt;"><img alt="Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart" src="chartimages_1209614.jpg" style="float: right; width: 300pt;"/> </div><div style="padding-left: 10pt; padding-right: 0;"><div style="margin-top: 0; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 147pt;">*Includes derivatives.</div></div> Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower. Results assume all distributions are reinvested. Any market index shown is unmanaged, and therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Source(s): Bloomberg Index Services Ltd. Includes derivatives. Class T shares were first offered on April 7, 2017. Class F-3 shares were first offered on January 27, 2017. Class 529-T shares were first offered on April 7, 2017. Class 529-F-3 shares were first offered on October 30, 2020. Class 529-F-2 shares were first offered on October 30, 2020. Class R-5E shares were first offered on November 20, 2015.