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Form N-CSRS SMALLCAP WORLD FUND INC For: Mar 31

May 28, 2021 12:39 PM EDT

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

Certified Shareholder Report of

Registered Management Investment Companies

 

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-05888

 

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

6455 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, California 92618

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (949) 975-5000

 

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

 

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2021

 

Hong T. Le

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

6455 Irvine Center Drive

Los Angeles, California 90071

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 
 

 

ITEM 1 – Reports to Stockholders

 

SMALLCAP World Fund®
 
Semi-annual report
for the six months ended
March 31, 2021
 

We believe small companies around the world can provide opportunities for investors

 

SMALLCAP World Fund seeks to provide you with long-term growth of capital.

 

This fund is one of more than 40 offered by Capital Group, home of American Funds, one of the nation’s largest mutual fund families. For nearly 90 years, Capital Group has invested with a long-term focus based on thorough research and attention to risk.

 

Fund results shown in this report, unless otherwise indicated, are for Class A shares at net asset value. If a sales charge (maximum 5.75%) had been deducted, the results would have been lower. Results are for past periods and are not predictive of results for future periods. Current and future results may be lower or higher than those shown. Prices and returns will vary, so investors may lose money. Investing for short periods makes losses more likely. For current information and month-end results, visit capitalgroup.com.

 

Here are the average annual total returns on a $1,000 investment with all distributions reinvested for periods ended March 31, 2021:

 

Class A shares 1 year 5 years 10 years
       
Reflecting 5.75% maximum sales charge  72.65% 16.87% 11.27%

 

For other share class results, visit capitalgroup.com and americanfundsretirement.com.

 

The total annual fund operating expense ratio was 1.06% for Class A shares as of the prospectus dated December 1, 2020.

 

Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. When applicable, investment results reflect fee waivers, without which results would have been lower. Visit capitalgroup.com for more information.

 

Investing outside the United States may be subject to risks, such as currency fluctuations and political instability. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in developing countries. Investing in small-capitalization stocks can involve greater risk than is customarily associated with investing in stocks of larger, more established companies. Refer to the fund prospectus and the Risk Factors section of this report for more information on these and other risks associated with investing in the fund.

 

Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value.

 

Fellow investors:

 

Results for SMALLCAP World Fund for the periods ended March 31, 2021 are shown in the table below, as well as results of the fund’s benchmark.

 

For additional information about the fund, its investment results, holdings and portfolio managers, visit capitalgroup.com/individual/investments/fund/SMCWX. You can also access information about Capital Group’s American Funds and read our insights about the markets, retirement, saving for college, investing fundamentals and more at capitalgroup.com.

 

Contents

 

1   Letter to investors
2   Investment portfolio
23   Financial statements
27   Notes to financial statements
38   Financial highlights

 

Results at a glance

 

For periods ended March 31, 2021, with all distributions reinvested

 

   Cumulative total returns  Average annual total returns
               Lifetime
   6 months  1 year  5 years  10 years  (since 4/30/90)
                
SMALLCAP World Fund (Class A shares)   26.01%   83.20%   18.26%   11.93%   10.64%
MSCI All Country World Small Cap Index*   35.09    82.01    13.22    9.23    8.66 
   
* The MSCI All Country World Small Cap Index is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Results reflect dividends net of withholding taxes. Because the index was not in existence when the fund’s Class A shares were first sold, cumulative returns through May 31, 1994, reflect the returns of the S&P Developed <$1.2 Billion Index. MSCI source: MSCI. S&P source: S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC.
   
SMALLCAP World Fund 1
 
Investment portfolio March 31, 2021 unaudited
   
Industry sector diversification Percent of net assets

 

 

Country diversification by domicile  Percent of
net assets
United States   47.29%
United Kingdom   7.02 
Eurozone*   6.91 
Sweden   6.24 
Japan   5.55 
China   4.95 
India   4.29 
Canada   2.13 
Switzerland   1.79 
Other countries   9.03 
Short-term securities & other assets less liabilities   4.80 
* Countries using the euro as a common currency; those represented in the fund’s portfolio are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain.
   
Common stocks 93.45%  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Information technology 21.97%          
RingCentral, Inc., Class A1   3,782,955   $1,126,867 
MongoDB, Inc., Class A1   2,648,536    708,298 
Cree, Inc.1   5,287,678    571,757 
Sinch AB1,2   2,510,990    441,574 
Smartsheet Inc., Class A1   6,141,805    392,584 
Netcompany Group AS, non-registered shares2,3   2,767,259    263,527 
Network International Holdings PLC1,2,3   42,315,215    241,312 
Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.1   2,851,343    240,283 
Paycom Software, Inc.1   636,350    235,488 
Globant SA1   1,128,131    234,211 
Alteryx, Inc., Class A1   2,763,000    229,218 
Inphi Corp.1   1,277,724    227,959 
Net One Systems Co., Ltd.2,3,4   6,879,958    221,181 
EPAM Systems, Inc.1   524,583    208,097 
BE Semiconductor Industries NV2   2,294,720    193,290 
MKS Instruments, Inc.   964,988    178,928 
SHIFT Inc.1,2,3,4   1,410,900    168,110 
TeamViewer AG1,2   3,914,074    167,246 
Bottomline Technologies, Inc.1,3   3,574,300    161,737 
Silergy Corp.2   1,966,456    161,173 
DocuSign, Inc.1   782,029    158,322 
agilon health, inc.1,2,5,6   131,143    158,276 
Lightspeed POS Inc., subordinate voting shares1   1,744,719    109,586 
Lightspeed POS Inc., subordinate voting shares (CAD denominated)1   580,600    36,512 
Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.2   46,106,093    145,229 
Fortnox AB2,3   3,157,984    140,692 
Carel Industries SpA2,3   6,895,085    140,367 
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.1   1,011,716    139,920 
Endava PLC, Class A (ADR)1   1,651,613    139,875 
Unimicron Technology Corp.2   43,099,000    138,858 
Qorvo, Inc.1   741,404    135,455 
eMemory Technology Inc.2,3   4,314,334    135,164 
Okta, Inc., Class A1   581,800    128,246 
GB Group PLC2,3   10,893,800    127,395 
Alarm.Com Holdings, Inc.1   1,421,000    122,746 
Appfolio, Inc., Class A1   862,875    122,019 
Softcat PLC2   4,826,136    120,660 
Keywords Studios PLC1,2   3,357,254    119,180 
SUMCO Corp.2   4,921,100    113,692 
Avast PLC2   18,002,856    113,194 
SimCorp AS2   908,950    112,507 
CMC Materials, Inc.   625,448    110,573 
Dye & Durham Ltd.3   3,126,044    98,679 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Information technology (continued)          
Dye & Durham Ltd.2,3,7   363,557   $11,419 
Douzone Bizon Co., Ltd.2   1,250,786    109,285 
Alignment Healthcare, Inc.1,4   4,927,200    108,053 
CDW Corp.   650,000    107,738 
Tokai Carbon Korea Co., Ltd.2,3   613,295    102,379 
Jamf Holding Corp.1   2,814,418    99,405 
Viavi Solutions Inc.1   6,267,697    98,403 
Yeahka Ltd.1,2,4   13,892,200    97,533 
Megaport Ltd.1,2,3   11,040,000    93,718 
VisEra Technologies Company Ltd.1,2,5,6   11,090,000    93,281 
Tanla Platforms Ltd.2,3   8,263,777    92,418 
Nagarro SE1,2,3   831,007    91,212 
Nordic Semiconductor ASA1,2   5,059,169    90,701 
Justsystems Corp.2   1,617,921    89,302 
Nuvei Corp., subordinate voting shares1   1,400,000    84,700 
Vitec Software Group AB, Class B2   1,969,860    84,693 
Halma PLC2   2,521,862    82,554 
PAR Technology Corp.1,3,4   1,237,078    80,917 
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.1   1,387,000    80,474 
Hamamatsu Photonics KK2   1,289,450    76,432 
Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B4   1,586,700    74,464 
Computer Age Management Services Ltd.2,3   2,903,879    73,424 
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.   1,494,366    73,388 
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.2   19,173,948    73,233 
Nuance Communications, Inc.1   1,672,000    72,966 
Olo, Inc., Class A1   2,745,730    72,460 
Ideagen PLC2,3   18,023,379    72,349 
Bechtle AG, non-registered shares2   376,921    70,680 
LEM Holding SA2   36,500    70,520 
ALTEN SA, non-registered shares1,2   589,000    69,156 
Elastic NV, non-registered shares1   618,500    68,777 
ON Semiconductor Corp.1   1,645,700    68,478 
Global Unichip Corp.2   4,813,000    68,067 
Teradata Corp.1   1,736,202    66,913 
Cognex Corp.   800,000    66,392 
Agora, Inc. (ADR)1,4   1,305,000    65,602 
Repay Holdings Corp., Class A1   2,789,000    65,486 
Novanta Inc.1   493,422    65,077 
Oneconnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. (ADR)1   4,399,924    65,031 
INFICON Holding AG2   61,865    65,014 
BlackLine, Inc.1   595,000    64,498 
Concentrix Corp.1   428,914    64,217 
Computer Services, Inc.   1,084,411    63,980 
BTRS Holdings Inc., Class A1   4,340,000    62,800 
Pegasystems Inc.   542,025    61,975 
C3.ai, Inc., Class A1,4   940,126    61,964 
Money Forward, Inc.1,2   1,609,504    61,268 
Chindata Group Holdings Ltd., Class A (ADR)1,4   3,693,029    61,083 
Avalara, Inc.1   451,914    60,299 
Aspen Technology, Inc.1   417,000    60,186 
Plaid, Inc.1,2,4   1,708,400    56,571 
Kinaxis Inc.1   478,500    55,842 
SVMK Inc.1   3,044,478    55,775 
AIXTRON SE1,2   2,434,518    55,330 
Pexip Holding ASA1,2   4,932,034    55,187 
LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, non-registered shares2,3,4   1,959,515    54,682 
Unifiedpost Group SA1,2,3   2,470,158    53,646 
Flex Ltd.1   2,917,808    53,425 
Fabrinet, non-registered shares1   566,225    51,181 
Anaplan, Inc.1   941,267    50,687 
EVERTEC, Inc.   1,355,754    50,461 
AI inside Inc.1,2,4   155,969    50,319 
Dexerials Corp.2   2,902,900    49,796 
QAD Inc., Class A   728,879    48,529 
Coforge Ltd.2   1,193,787    47,902 
Silicon Laboratories Inc.1   324,000    45,707 
Disco Corp.2   131,500    41,663 
Appen Ltd.2   3,440,729    41,598 
Asana, Inc., Class A1,4   1,449,793    41,435 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Information technology (continued)          
Trimble Inc.1   530,000   $41,229 
Rapid7, Inc.1   551,500    41,147 
CANCOM SE, non-registered shares2   692,786    39,928 
Trustpilot AS1,2   10,926,273    39,917 
TravelSky Technology Ltd., Class H2   15,826,000    37,169 
Zendesk, Inc.1   273,000    36,205 
Comet Holding AG1,2   155,094    35,606 
CDK Global, Inc.   654,477    35,381 
BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 11,4   610,000    35,258 
Appier Group, Inc.1,2   2,395,300    34,829 
Boku, Inc.1,2,7   14,127,290    34,487 
SINBON Electronics Co., Ltd.1,2   3,649,000    33,973 
Marqeta, Inc.1,2,5,6   1,653,393    32,572 
SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.1   585,700    29,660 
Maruwa Co., Ltd.2   284,700    29,424 
Reply SpA2   230,039    29,099 
Crayon Group Holding ASA1,2   1,850,713    29,085 
Venustech Group Inc., Class A2   5,493,430    28,000 
NHN KCP Corp.1,2   614,181    27,307 
Renishaw PLC2   305,400    26,975 
Paylocity Holding Corp.1   150,000    26,975 
EcoOnline Holding AS1,2,3   10,000,000    26,540 
Smaregi, Inc.1,2,3,4   504,200    26,006 
Conductor Technology Ltd.1,2,3,5,6   4,318,937    26,000 
Vontier Corp.1   850,000    25,730 
Pushpay Holdings Ltd.1,2,4   17,654,124    25,712 
Fineos Corp Holdings PLC1,2   7,975,643    23,671 
Semtech Corp.1   330,900    22,832 
Globalwafers Co., Ltd.2   777,000    20,662 
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.2   153,000    20,488 
FDM Group (Holdings) PLC2   1,415,000    19,669 
Cloudflare, Inc., Class A1   264,395    18,576 
SpiderPlus & Co.1,2   1,265,900    18,395 
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A1   36,300    17,612 
eCloudvalley Digital Technology Co., Ltd.2   1,896,100    17,552 
Nemetschek SE2   249,687    15,929 
Coupa Software Inc.1   61,500    15,651 
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.2   1,131,279    14,493 
Fair Isaac Corp.1   29,100    14,144 
JFrog Ltd.1,4   303,590    13,470 
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.2,4   2,629,000    13,327 
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.1   251,800    13,063 
BasWare Oyj1,2   297,700    12,792 
Zuken Inc.2   482,700    12,306 
nCino, Inc.1   167,500    11,176 
Hennge KK1,2   159,000    10,754 
SiTime Corp.1   97,750    9,638 
Allegro Microsystems, Inc.1   371,700    9,423 
Patreon, Inc., Class B1,2,5,6   189,951    8,994 
Adesso SE, non-registered shares2   61,600    7,828 
NCC Group PLC2   2,126,000    7,561 
ACV Auctions Inc., Class A1,4   204,100    7,064 
Qt Group Oyj1,2   66,500    6,971 
Bouvet ASA2   90,700    6,703 
Mensch und Maschine Software SE2   96,000    6,349 
Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Ltd. Co., Class H2   4,666,000    5,935 
Lime Technologies AB2   139,737    5,820 
Sabre Corp.1,4   371,400    5,500 
Yotpo Ltd.1,2,5,6,7   2,620,102    5,475 
908 Devices Inc.1   112,500    5,456 
Topicus.com Inc., subordinate voting shares1   79,000    5,189 
Foursquare Labs, Inc., Series A1,2,5,6,7   1,970,385    5,084 
NCR Corp.1   93,500    3,548 
Ming Yuan Cloud Group Holdings Ltd.1,2,4   395,000    1,828 
         15,259,229 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Consumer discretionary 18.86%          
Evolution Gaming Group AB2   8,991,573   $1,324,424 
TopBuild Corp.1,3   2,310,029    483,789 
YETI Holdings, Inc.1,3   6,054,875    437,223 
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A1   4,124,900    393,845 
Helen of Troy Ltd.1,3   1,499,591    315,904 
Thor Industries, Inc.   2,315,800    312,031 
Ocado Group PLC1,2   10,398,813    291,781 
DraftKings Inc., Class A1   4,693,954    287,880 
IDP Education Ltd.2,3,4   14,746,276    268,662 
Tube Investments of India Ltd.2,3   13,950,550    228,411 
Shop Apotheke Europe NV, non-registered shares1,2,3,4   1,023,421    223,257 
Dollarama Inc.   5,010,000    221,338 
Jiumaojiu International Holdings Ltd.1,2   54,634,000    219,026 
Entain PLC1,2   10,190,944    213,347 
Food & Life Companies Ltd.2   4,755,600    210,777 
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   3,000,601    209,382 
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.   4,193,532    194,873 
Coursera, Inc.1,2,7   3,273,164    126,671 
Coursera, Inc.1   1,361,700    61,277 
Kindred Group PLC (SDR)2   10,637,000    186,984 
zooplus AG, non-registered shares1,2,3   571,544    163,234 
Momo.com Inc.2   4,433,000    154,923 
Five Below, Inc.1   804,402    153,472 
ASOS PLC1,2   1,941,257    148,164 
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   800,000    143,360 
BHG Group AB1,2,3,4   8,460,837    140,881 
frontdoor, inc.1   2,573,000    138,299 
KB Home   2,957,918    137,632 
Pool Corp.   391,999    135,334 
Wayfair Inc., Class A1   416,000    130,936 
Strategic Education, Inc.3   1,275,711    117,251 
Domino’s Pizza Group PLC2,3   24,475,815    117,150 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.1   678,549    116,337 
Moncler SpA1,2   2,015,000    115,749 
Mattel, Inc.1   5,700,000    113,544 
Arco Platform Ltd., Class A1   4,336,715    109,892 
Lennar Corp., Class A   1,058,458    107,148 
Lennar Corp., Class B   21,169    1,743 
Inchcape PLC2   10,268,000    106,404 
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   3,142,436    102,412 
Bajaj Electricals Ltd.1,2,3   7,218,607    96,573 
Vroom, Inc.1   2,460,700    95,943 
Jumbo SA2   5,206,161    95,472 
Desenio Group AB1,2,3   9,777,722    95,164 
Leslie’s, Inc.1   3,872,745    94,844 
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.1   3,397,628    93,741 
Kontoor Brands, Inc.   1,910,000    92,692 
Everi Holdings Inc.1,3   6,391,106    90,178 
WH Smith PLC1,2   3,619,000    89,684 
Bafang Electric (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Class A2   3,058,340    89,501 
Mercari, Inc.1,2   1,930,000    88,003 
MIPS AB2   1,195,000    85,513 
Basic-Fit NV1,2   2,172,760    83,695 
Musti Group Oyj2,3   2,383,295    77,012 
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   208,000    76,500 
Games Workshop Group PLC2   556,237    76,410 
Purple Innovation, Inc., Class A1   2,403,000    76,055 
Dr. Martens PLC1,2   11,875,000    74,193 
Etsy, Inc.1   366,850    73,983 
Porch Group, Inc.1,3,4   4,173,853    73,877 
Levi Strauss & Co., Class A   2,950,000    70,534 
Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.2   4,920,000    68,714 
Salvatore Ferragamo SpA1,2,4   3,438,714    66,019 
SSP Group PLC1,2   12,629,140    64,848 
Polaris Inc.   485,000    64,747 
Skechers USA, Inc., Class A1   1,550,000    64,650 
AcadeMedia AB2,3   6,677,436    62,628 
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   1,044,930    62,069 
Cairn Homes PLC1,2,3   50,520,000    61,718 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Consumer discretionary (continued)          
China MeiDong Auto Holdings Ltd.2   12,776,000   $59,287 
Toll Brothers, Inc.   1,043,184    59,180 
Just Eat Takeaway (EUR denominated)1,2   638,400    59,009 
POYA International Co., Ltd.1,2   2,795,527    58,590 
Trainline PLC1,2   9,163,000    57,987 
Tongcheng-Elong Holdings Ltd.1,2,4   24,515,800    55,517 
Watches of Switzerland Group PLC1,2   6,084,000    55,435 
Flutter Entertainment PLC (CDI)1,2   259,095    55,397 
Century Communities, Inc.1   911,000    54,952 
B&M European Value Retail SA2   7,408,252    53,913 
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.1   500,000    53,550 
MGM China Holdings, Ltd.2,4   29,188,648    51,981 
Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk PT2   489,450,000    51,427 
Cie. Plastic Omnium SA2   1,348,533    49,420 
Gourmet Master Co. Ltd.2   7,723,000    47,355 
Westwing Group AG, non-registered shares1,2   952,000    43,976 
D.R. Horton, Inc.   490,000    43,669 
Darden Restaurants, Inc.   303,300    43,069 
Auction Technology Group PLC1,2   3,808,232    43,050 
Melco International Development Ltd.2   20,992,000    42,926 
Lojas Quero-Quero SA3   14,974,560    40,758 
B2W - Cia. Digital, ordinary nominative1   3,763,361    40,618 
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.1   452,300    39,554 
China East Education Holdings Ltd.2   17,877,286    39,046 
Patrick Industries, Inc.   457,070    38,851 
Cavco Industries, Inc.1   170,870    38,550 
Pets at Home Group PLC2   6,752,000    38,449 
Brunello Cucinelli SpA1,2,4   864,000    37,195 
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.1,3   1,659,813    34,723 
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   616,000    34,484 
MakeMyTrip Ltd., non-registered shares1   1,091,499    34,470 
Countryside Properties PLC1,2   4,604,600    32,261 
Macy’s, Inc.1   1,900,000    30,761 
Relaxo Footwears Ltd.1,2   2,462,720    29,565 
Nordstrom, Inc.1   760,000    28,781 
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.1   739,700    27,731 
Mazda Motor Corp.1,2   3,264,000    26,802 
Nokian Renkaat Oyj2   738,000    26,770 
Thule Group AB2   616,800    26,762 
OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.   2,403,548    25,598 
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.1   123,902    24,347 
Paltac Corp.2,4   434,000    23,530 
Elior Group SA2,4   3,087,500    22,929 
Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.1   455,300    21,704 
LGI Homes, Inc.1   144,956    21,643 
Vail Resorts, Inc.1   71,000    20,708 
Roland Corp.2,4   530,600    19,220 
Graham Holdings Co., Class B   34,000    19,123 
Leifheit AG, non-registered shares1,2   347,329    18,413 
Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd.2   11,696,700    18,114 
Lordstown Motors Corp., Class A1,4   1,495,000    17,596 
Jamna Auto Industries Ltd.2   17,988,741    16,712 
Detsky Mir PJSC2   8,637,280    16,292 
Bloomberry Resorts Corp.1,2   111,616,700    16,008 
Central Automotive Products Ltd.2   633,200    15,902 
Dalata Hotel Group PLC1,2   3,000,900    15,103 
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC1,2,4   548,289    15,092 
Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd.2   2,121,500    14,956 
Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.   1,438,200    13,778 
Aramark   356,556    13,471 
Westlife Development Ltd.1,2   1,928,968    12,148 
Fox Factory Holding Corp.1   61,853    7,859 
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   78,017    6,679 
Samsonite International SA1,2   3,426,300    6,635 
Cyrela Brazil Realty SA, ordinary nominative   1,471,300    6,443 
At Home Group Inc.1   195,796    5,619 
   
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Consumer discretionary (continued)          
Lojas Americanas SA, ordinary nominative   1,232,000   $4,553 
China Zenix Auto International Ltd. (ADR)1   2,152,000    861 
BNN Technology PLC1,2,3,5   19,007,000    8
         13,096,564 
           
Health care 17.90%          
Insulet Corp.1   3,084,282    804,751 
Molina Healthcare, Inc.1   2,407,600    562,801 
NovoCure Ltd.1   3,621,597    478,703 
Haemonetics Corp.1,3   4,061,417    450,858 
Allakos Inc.1,3   3,861,038    443,170 
CanSino Biologics Inc., Class H1,2,4   10,536,204    400,079 
Notre Dame Intermédica Participações SA   21,680,129    318,925 
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.1   8,834,976    294,293 
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.1   2,222,970    253,107 
Centene Corp.1   3,437,674    219,702 
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.1   3,036,782    207,564 
DexCom, Inc.1   552,500    198,563 
Amplifon SpA1,2   5,286,500    197,084 
Zai Lab Ltd. (ADR)1   1,449,910    193,461 
GVS SpA1,2,3   12,158,629    191,234 
Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd., Class H2   9,308,000    177,066 
PRA Health Sciences, Inc.1   997,350    152,924 
Mani, Inc.2,3   5,922,882    149,147 
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.1   2,057,030    142,120 
Penumbra, Inc.1   508,744    137,656 
Fagron NV2,3   5,478,326    121,584 
Vitrolife AB1,2   4,126,000    121,146 
Health Catalyst, Inc.1,3   2,566,977    120,058 
Metropolis Healthcare Ltd.2,3   3,872,946    118,898 
Exact Sciences Corp.1   890,000    117,284 
Revance Therapeutics, Inc.1,3   4,116,732    115,063 
Applied Molecular Transport Inc.1,3,4   2,602,043    114,516 
Nevro Corp.1   818,880    114,234 
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd.1,2   38,458,133    108,677 
Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.1   3,076,804    108,611 
Vir Biotechnology, Inc.1   2,106,538    108,002 
Legend Biotech Corp., Class A1,2   3,968,666    57,585 
Legend Biotech Corp. (ADR)1,4   1,705,067    49,481 
Silk Road Medical, Inc.1,3   2,078,000    105,251 
Bachem Holding AG, Class B2   242,760    104,063 
Shandong Pharmaceutical Glass Co., Ltd., Class A2   16,891,376    102,497 
Genus PLC2   1,519,000    101,746 
TG Therapeutics, Inc.1   2,072,833    99,911 
Ocumension Therapeutics1,2,3,4   33,612,500    99,651 
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A1   1,605,634    99,019 
New Frontier Health Corp., Class A1,3,7   8,513,186    96,199 
CELLINK AB, Class B1,2,4   1,916,188    82,283 
CELLINK AB, Class B1,2   265,000    11,379 
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.2   4,131,500    92,768 
Kronos Bio, Inc.1,3   2,205,791    64,564 
Kronos Bio, Inc.1,2,3,4,7   928,792    26,642 
WuXi Biologics (Cayman) Inc.1,2   7,195,500    90,764 
Seer, Inc., Class A1,4   1,801,450    90,109 
CONMED Corp.   683,387    89,244 
Twist Bioscience Corp.1   704,000    87,197 
Addus HomeCare Corp.1,3   803,600    84,049 
Cortexyme, Inc.1,3,4   2,257,487    81,337 
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA2   906,900    76,630 
Shockwave Medical, Inc.1   585,000    76,202 
Novavax, Inc.1   411,000    74,518 
Oak Street Health, Inc.1,4   1,293,500    70,198 
Cellectis SA (ADR)1,3,4   2,214,336    44,752 
Cellectis SA, non-registered shares1,2,3   1,181,240    23,512 
Gland Pharma Ltd.1,2   1,970,452    66,939 
Natera, Inc.1   643,000    65,290 
Glaukos Corp.1   750,322    62,975 
STAAR Surgical Co.1   597,024    62,932 
   
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Guardant Health, Inc.1   409,500   $62,510 
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.1   701,800    61,934 
CRISPR Therapeutics AG1   495,405    60,365 
Revolution Medicines, Inc.1   1,228,000    56,341 
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, non-registered shares2   368,406    55,528 
Editas Medicine, Inc.1   1,300,000    54,600 
Genetron Holdings Ltd. (ADR)1   2,472,191    53,053 
Sysmex Corp.2   488,900    52,824 
Hutchison China MediTech Ltd. (ADR)1   1,844,580    52,109 
AddLife AB, Class B2   2,861,586    51,414 
Ambu AS, Class B, non-registered shares2   1,070,500    50,283 
NuVasive, Inc.1   766,000    50,219 
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1   428,422    50,113 
Poly Medicure Ltd.1,2   4,440,543    50,028 
Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC (ADR)1,3   9,323,900    49,510 
Rubius Therapeutics, Inc.1,4   1,866,729    49,468 
Sosei Group Corp.1,2,4   2,744,100    49,030 
Pulmonx Corp.1   1,060,000    48,484 
Inari Medical, Inc.1   450,000    48,150 
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC2   1,521,400    47,725 
Revenio Group Oyj, non-registered shares2   792,790    47,086 
Nakanishi Inc.2   2,255,800    47,041 
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.1   1,147,052    46,180 
MorphoSys AG, non-registered shares1,2   510,875    44,525 
Genmab A/S1,2   135,000    44,370 
Precision BioSciences, Inc.1,3   4,062,000    42,042 
Teladoc Health, Inc.1   230,000    41,802 
Phreesia, Inc.1   795,384    41,440 
iRhythm Technologies, Inc.1   293,299    40,727 
Incyte Corp.1   474,000    38,522 
Zealand Pharma A/S1,2   1,209,245    38,325 
Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd., Class A2   1,949,981    38,001 
KRKA, dd, Novo mesto2   335,262    37,193 
Encompass Health Corp.   443,400    36,314 
Genomma Lab Internacional, SAB de CV, Series B1   35,953,000    36,253 
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.1,4   2,019,226    36,144 
Olink Holding AB (ADR)1   1,000,000    36,000 
Hypera SA, ordinary nominative   5,957,283    33,900 
Amvis Holdings, Inc.2   602,300    33,343 
Berkeley Lights, Inc.1   660,248    33,164 
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co., Ltd., Class A2   1,391,152    31,961 
Autolus Therapeutics PLC (ADR)1,3,4   5,228,534    29,959 
CellaVision AB, non-registered shares1,2   789,300    29,282 
Signify Health, Inc., Class A1   1,000,000    29,260 
Laurus Labs Ltd.2   5,896,000    29,251 
Acutus Medical, Inc.1,3,4   2,117,967    28,317 
Covetrus Inc.1   925,000    27,722 
Acerta Pharma BV1,2,5,6   195,556,815    27,006 
Syneos Health, Inc., Class A1   353,500    26,813 
Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.2   962,400    26,577 
Innovage Holding Corp.1   1,030,400    26,574 
Arjo AB, Class B2   3,455,700    25,743 
Fleury SA, ordinary nominative   5,540,900    25,201 
Menicon Co., Ltd.2   421,000    24,898 
Inhibrx, Inc.1,4   1,200,000    24,084 
Scholar Rock Holding Corp.1   475,000    24,063 
New Horizon Health Ltd.1,2   3,170,100    23,733 
Medacta Group SA1,2   216,959    23,330 
UDG Healthcare PLC2   2,117,403    22,929 
American Well Corp., Class A1,4   1,294,000    22,477 
Altimmune, Inc.1,4   1,404,000    19,839 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1   137,700    19,442 
Chemed Corp.   42,000    19,312 
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.1   158,600    19,068 
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.1   467,520    19,051 
WIN-Partners Co., Ltd.2,3   1,982,700    18,885 
Creo Medical Group PLC1,2   6,326,998    18,840 
Certara, Inc.1   684,863    18,697 
Classys Inc.2   1,437,441    18,432 
   
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Jacobio Pharmaceuticals Group Co., Ltd.1,2   8,876,100   $18,353 
NuCana PLC (ADR)1,3   3,664,931    18,288 
Grifols, SA, Class B (ADR)   616,400    10,658 
Grifols, SA, Class A, non-registered shares2   270,000    7,068 
Schrodinger, Inc.1   232,084    17,706 
Gracell Biotechnologies Inc., Class A (ADR)1,4   1,112,033    17,125 
Adagene Inc. (ADR)1,4   923,269    16,573 
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (ADR)1   74,600    16,181 
OdontoPrev SA, ordinary nominative   6,925,700    16,180 
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1   370,000    16,054 
Eargo, Inc.1,4   311,668    15,568 
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.1,4   426,000    14,258 
Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.1   525,000    12,736 
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1   270,000    12,107 
Uniphar PLC2   3,959,824    11,889 
HBM Holdings Ltd.1,2   10,230,000    11,748 
Lucira Health, Inc.1,4   892,287    10,797 
Cronos Group Inc.1,4   1,135,000    10,730 
Bonesupport Holding AB1,2   1,169,600    8,035 
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.1   86,500    6,447 
Bausch Health Companies Inc.1   200,000    6,348 
ChemoMetec A/S2   53,500    5,077 
Galapagos NV1,2   62,989    4,885 
Amedisys, Inc.1   17,200    4,554 
Xvivo Perfusion AB1,2   135,500    4,249 
Strides Pharma Science Ltd.2   303,791    3,513 
Surgical Science Sweden AB1,2   255,668    3,375 
Antares Vision SpA1,2   5,208    69 
NMC Health PLC1,2,5   911,693    13 
         12,428,358 
           
Industrials 16.19%          
IMCD NV2,3   3,519,136    489,109 
Meggitt PLC1,2,3   51,567,409    339,513 
Diploma PLC2,3   9,167,769    322,106 
NIBE Industrier AB, Class B2   10,200,069    316,350 
Saia, Inc.1,3   1,354,811    312,392 
VAT Group AG2   1,109,546    310,990 
Nihon M&A Center Inc.2   10,162,160    275,933 
Wizz Air Holdings PLC1,2   3,902,224    259,488 
Rexnord Corp.   4,878,500    229,729 
Marel hf.2   32,552,360    221,284 
Arcosa, Inc.3   3,343,448    217,625 
BayCurrent Consulting, Inc.2,3,4   939,200    215,460 
BWX Technologies, Inc.   3,251,743    214,420 
MonotaRO Co., Ltd.2   7,408,200    201,445 
Stericycle, Inc.1   2,806,338    189,456 
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   2,018,111    181,812 
Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.2   2,601,950    176,707 
BELIMO Holding AG2   21,849    176,685 
Boyd Group Services Inc.4   1,023,671    173,455 
Nolato AB, Class B1,2   1,896,175    168,912 
Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC2   1,035,200    162,727 
Havells India Ltd.2   11,010,155    158,628 
Matson, Inc.3   2,174,000    145,006 
Interpump Group SpA2   2,811,292    141,693 
ManpowerGroup Inc.   1,408,000    139,251 
Ever Sunshine Lifestyle Services Group Ltd.2,4   54,408,000    137,858 
Instalco AB2,3   3,457,000    126,480 
Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co., Ltd.2,3   5,618,054    121,236 
Willscot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp., Class A1   4,245,000    117,799 
Bingo Industries Ltd.2,3,4   49,082,191    112,882 
TransDigm Group Inc.1   190,000    111,705 
Generac Holdings Inc.1   338,380    110,803 
International Container Terminal Services, Inc.2   44,009,076    109,812 
Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A1   3,117,344    108,421 
Avon Rubber PLC2,3   2,387,963    104,057 
Alfen NV1,2,3   1,235,400    102,108 
   
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Industrials (continued)          
Granite Construction Inc.3   2,515,294   $101,241 
Graco Inc.   1,374,000    98,406 
Masco Corp.   1,625,000    97,338 
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   1,265,279    94,605 
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.1   3,376,853    92,121 
TFI International Inc. (CAD denominated)   1,130,000    84,703 
TFI International Inc.   68,200    5,098 
Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd.2   1,776,400    87,496 
Atlas Corp.4   6,300,000    85,995 
IDEX Corp.   402,700    84,293 
Ceres Power Holdings PLC1,2   4,849,695    84,040 
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. Ltd., Class A2   41,001,727    83,621 
Kajaria Ceramics Ltd.2   6,480,538    82,363 
Sweco AB, Class B, non-registered shares2   4,824,600    78,786 
Woodward, Inc.   649,000    78,289 
Watsco, Inc.   300,000    78,225 
Lifco AB, Class B2   839,000    77,938 
Aalberts NV, non-registered shares2   1,518,000    76,929 
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.2   903,900    75,757 
Hefei Meyer Optoelectronic Technology Inc., Class A2   11,400,472    73,616 
Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.1,4   2,100,000    71,988 
Trinity Industries, Inc.   2,513,238    71,602 
Melrose Industries PLC1,2   30,830,657    70,960 
Waste Connections, Inc.   570,000    61,549 
Kingspan Group PLC2   724,000    61,380 
HomeServe PLC2   3,506,500    58,073 
IR Japan Holdings, Ltd.2,4   462,300    56,011 
Centre Testing International Group Co., Ltd.2   12,715,436    55,377 
FTI Consulting, Inc.1   384,400    53,858 
DO & CO AG, non-registered shares1,2,3,4   666,050    53,763 
Grace Technology, Inc.2,3,4   2,055,800    53,719 
Vicor Corp., Class A1   613,510    52,167 
Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS1,2,3   5,860,844    51,463 
Chart Industries, Inc.1   354,512    50,465 
Marlowe PLC1,2,3,7   4,780,945    47,456 
Marlowe PLC1,2,3   287,685    2,856 
Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd.2   30,002,998    50,263 
CAE Inc.   1,750,000    49,867 
John Bean Technologies Corp.   367,061    48,944 
Upwork Inc.1   1,077,246    48,228 
Kadant Inc.   255,734    47,313 
AF Poyry, Class B1,2   1,553,500    45,973 
Fasadgruppen Group AB1,2,3   3,543,900    45,853 
Textron Inc.   780,000    43,742 
Addtech AB, Class B2   2,907,036    43,269 
Barrett Business Services, Inc.3   610,765    42,057 
Howden Joinery Group PLC2   4,143,379    41,883 
LIXIL Corp.2   1,483,100    41,328 
CoStar Group, Inc.1   50,000    41,095 
Han’s Laser Technology Industry Group Co., Ltd., Class A2   6,321,881    40,981 
Air Lease Corp., Class A   835,600    40,944 
easyJet PLC1,2   3,000,000    40,485 
Azelio AB1,2,3   5,786,000    40,276 
Rumo SA1   11,166,735    40,174 
Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.1   788,989    39,599 
ESCO Technologies Inc.   359,144    39,107 
EnPro Industries, Inc.   452,824    38,612 
Haitian International Holdings Ltd.2   9,628,000    38,452 
Indutrade AB1,2   1,653,822    38,184 
XP Power Ltd.2   583,458    37,801 
Cummins India Ltd.2   3,000,000    37,781 
The AZEK Company Inc., Class A1   864,400    36,348 
Cargotec Corp., Class B, non-registered shares2   661,596    35,770 
Builders FirstSource, Inc.1   760,228    35,252 
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   323,056    33,401 
Interface, Inc.   2,619,158    32,687 
CSW Industrials, Inc.   240,607    32,482 
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, SA de CV, Series B1   1,756,000    31,189 
PGT Innovations, Inc.1   1,133,000    28,608 
   
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Industrials (continued)          
Astral Poly Technik Ltd.2   1,278,609   $28,319 
Driven Brands Holdings Inc.1   1,090,300    27,715 
IAA, Inc.1   491,500    27,101 
ICF International, Inc.   271,320    23,713 
Imperial Logistics Ltd.2   7,386,000    23,670 
INVISIO AB2   950,000    22,733 
Quantafuel AS1,2   4,097,505    21,585 
Troax Group AB2   747,300    20,788 
Grafton Group PLC2   1,437,900    20,303 
Oshkosh Corp.   150,000    17,799 
Hexagon Purus LLC1,2   2,742,796    16,619 
Sitowise Group PLC1,2,4   1,530,182    15,217 
Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.2,4   414,000    15,098 
Boa Vista Servicos SA   6,700,600    13,702 
Coor Service Management Holding AB1,2   1,450,000    11,771 
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.1   415,000    11,491 
McPhy Energy SA1,2   290,100    11,095 
Sdiptech AB, Class B1,2   261,000    9,947 
Mersen SA1,2   277,189    9,656 
Curtiss-Wright Corp.   79,500    9,429 
Interroll Holding AG2   2,650    9,364 
RWS Holdings PLC2   1,020,000    8,565 
Fluidra, SA, non-registered shares2   295,000    8,425 
Munters Group AB1,2   1,005,660    8,349 
UFP Industries, Inc.   103,344    7,838 
Hydrogenpro AS1,2   980,500    4,838 
Volution Group PLC2   848,620    4,621 
Hensoldt AG1,2   224,187    3,445 
Beijer Ref AB, Class B2   43,775    1,924 
         11,239,952 
           
Financials 8.06%          
SVB Financial Group1   606,500    299,405 
Ares Management Corp., Class A   5,174,776    289,943 
East West Bancorp, Inc.   3,044,577    224,690 
Essent Group Ltd.   4,507,800    214,075 
Janus Henderson Group PLC   6,819,041    212,413 
South State Corp.   2,687,029    210,959 
First Republic Bank   1,141,825    190,399 
Aavas Financiers Ltd.1,2,3   5,497,038    182,207 
AU Small Finance Bank Ltd.1,2   10,769,200    181,322 
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   1,058,600    169,641 
Bajaj Finance Ltd.1,2   2,335,000    165,016 
Enstar Group Ltd.1   594,500    146,681 
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.1,2   1,497,983    144,118 
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida1,3   3,781,901    137,056 
Trupanion, Inc.1   1,660,200    126,524 
Independent Bank Group, Inc.   1,657,346    119,727 
Radian Group Inc.   4,910,751    114,175 
Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.   1,634,993    111,981 
Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA1,2   129,141,154    109,498 
Focus Financial Partners Inc., Class A1   2,549,002    106,089 
AJ Bell PLC2   18,325,000    106,009 
Western Alliance Bancorporation   1,100,128    103,896 
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co., Ltd.2   12,733,244    97,627 
Stifel Financial Corp.   1,477,350    94,639 
TCS Group Holding PLC (GDR)2   1,544,761    89,804 
TCS Group Holding PLC (GDR)2,7   31,700    1,843 
IIFL Wealth Management Ltd.2   4,350,654    73,781 
TMX Group Ltd.   699,000    72,637 
Upstart Holdings, Inc.1,4   552,465    71,191 
Cannae Holdings, Inc.1   1,796,460    71,176 
StepStone Group Inc., Class A4   1,853,600    65,376 
Valley National Bancorp   4,567,000    62,751 
Indian Energy Exchange Ltd.2   13,050,934    59,447 
The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd.   1,550,000    59,241 
Euronext NV2   585,333    58,973 
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, SAB de CV, Series A   26,939,545    54,368 
   
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(000)
 
Financials (continued)          
Uzabase, Inc.1,2,3   2,145,100   $53,889 
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.2   2,540,000    52,578 
NMI Holdings, Inc.1   2,147,927    50,777 
Webster Financial Corp.   851,600    46,932 
PacWest Bancorp   1,220,000    46,543 
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   1,850,000    46,342 
MGIC Investment Corp.   3,101,550    42,956 
SiriusPoint Ltd.1   3,888,233    39,543 
Moelis & Co., Class A   719,000    39,459 
VZ Holding AG2   465,000    38,423 
eGuarantee, Inc.2   1,947,300    36,816 
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc., Class A   705,000    36,780 
City Union Bank Ltd.1,2   15,523,165    33,195 
AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.1   1,350,000    31,509 
Umpqua Holdings Corp.   1,785,500    31,335 
Funding Circle Holdings PLC1,2   14,713,073    31,248 
Patria Investments Ltd., Class A1   1,710,723    29,801 
Nova Ljubljanska Banka dd (GDR)1,2   2,232,790    27,465 
Hilltop Holdings Inc.   750,000    25,597 
Hiscox Ltd.1,2   2,060,606    24,446 
Close Brothers Group PLC2   1,131,900    24,189 
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.2   3,360,182    20,803 
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A4   812,000    20,755 
BOK Financial Corp.   198,799    17,757 
Linklogis Inc., Class B1,2   7,421,500    16,783 
Alpha Bank SA1,2   15,484,000    16,585 
Regional, SAB de CV, Series A1,4   3,522,159    16,529 
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.   29,200    14,539 
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   87,020    14,341 
HDFC Asset Management Co., Ltd.2   319,780    12,792 
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.1,2   514,182    12,363 
WealthNavi Inc.1,2   281,200    9,238 
Discovery Ltd.1,2   899,883    8,084 
Vinci Partners Investments Ltd., Class A1   562,181    7,393 
Fanhua Inc. (ADR)4   516,858    7,200 
Lemonade, Inc.1,4   50,000    4,656 
MJ Hudson Group PLC1,2   8,173,500    4,620 
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   37,802    4,111 
Huize Holding Ltd. (ADR)1,4   335,839    2,811 
Cairo Mezz PLC1,2   2,333,333    348 
         5,600,209 
           
Consumer staples 3.08%          
Emmi AG2,3   325,622    329,079 
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.1,3   6,595,002    243,290 
Simply Good Foods Co., Class A1,3   6,651,000    202,323 
Freshpet, Inc.1   1,169,632    185,749 
Raia Drogasil SA, ordinary nominative   28,750,000    128,001 
Jonjee Hi-Tech Industrial and Commercial Holding Co., Ltd., Class A2   15,721,895    116,380 
Fevertree Drinks PLC2   3,572,500    105,389 
Kotobuki Spirits Co., Ltd.2,4   1,483,200    96,574 
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.1   1,455,608    65,299 
Milbon Co., Ltd.2   1,015,000    55,856 
Vector Group Ltd.   3,971,496    55,402 
COSMOS Pharmaceutical Corp.2   347,206    54,230 
AAK AB2   2,139,745    48,439 
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   900,000    47,601 
Hilton Food Group PLC2   3,062,967    45,354 
Zur Rose Group AG1,2   115,180    43,268 
Bakkafrost P/F1,2   517,500    41,014 
Hotel Chocolat Group PLC2,3,4   7,032,969    38,830 
BidCorp. Ltd.1,2   1,640,857    31,800 
United Spirits Ltd.1,2   3,936,711    30,002 
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.   1,028,000    29,432 
Froy ASA1,2   3,581,100    25,540 
Varun Beverages Ltd.2   1,781,648    24,508 
PZ Cussons PLC2   6,017,310    22,153 
JOANN Inc.1,3,4   2,056,250    20,871 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Consumer staples (continued)          
Avenue Supermarts Ltd.1,2   417,313   $16,343 
Nomad Foods Ltd.1   500,000    13,730 
Century Pacific Food, Inc.2   25,901,000    9,867 
Beyond Meat, Inc.1,4   73,395    9,550 
         2,135,874 
           
Communication services 2.47%          
Iridium Communications Inc.1   4,256,695    175,589 
Iridium Communications Inc.1,7   636,132    26,240 
New York Times Co., Class A   3,865,100    195,651 
Bandwidth Inc., Class A1   1,196,134    151,598 
Yandex NV, Class A1   1,530,000    98,012 
DouYu International Holdings Ltd. (ADR)1   9,336,899    97,197 
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, nonvoting shares1   525,000    68,061 
DIP Corp.2   2,421,600    63,560 
Capcom Co., Ltd.2   1,827,000    59,566 
Daily Mail and General Trust PLC, Class A, nonvoting shares2   4,576,603    57,275 
JCDecaux SA1,2   2,210,000    55,732 
Skillz Inc., Class A1,2,7   3,000,000    51,408 
Skillz Inc., Class A1,2,5,7   99,282    1,607 
Nordic Entertainment Group AB, Class B1,2   1,188,168    52,878 
JOYY Inc., Class A (ADR)   562,000    52,676 
Cable One, Inc.   25,321    46,296 
HUYA, Inc. (ADR)1,4   2,031,160    39,567 
Direct Marketing MIX Inc.2,3   1,254,200    38,527 
Bambuser AB1,2,3   10,654,369    33,926 
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA1,2   471,400    27,309 
Kamakura Shinsho, Ltd.2,3,4   2,297,900    26,635 
Pebble Group PLC1,2,3   13,396,071    25,854 
Indus Towers Ltd.2   7,487,077    25,191 
Tata Communications Ltd.2   1,725,254    25,176 
Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.2   449,900    25,034 
Future PLC2   945,924    24,980 
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.2   7,932,200    22,113 
Huuuge, Inc.1,2   2,048,146    21,923 
Bengo4.com, Inc.1,2   241,100    19,053 
IMAX China Holding, Inc.2,4   7,938,000    17,636 
Boat Rocker Media Inc.1   1,890,000    13,536 
Euskaltel, SA, non-registered shares2   960,417    12,501 
Adevinta ASA1,2   798,911    11,768 
YouGov PLC2   850,500    11,755 
HKBN Ltd.2   7,235,000    10,538 
Cardlytics, Inc.1   83,500    9,160 
MTN Group Ltd.2,4   1,458,066    8,571 
Enad Global 7 AB1,2   748,500    8,518 
Paradox Interactive AB1   124,297    2,810 
Zegona Communications PLC2   795,108    1,474 
4imprint Group PLC1,2   21,201    716 
         1,717,617 
           
Materials 2.17%          
Navin Fluorine International Ltd.2,3   3,846,051    145,068 
Nanofilm Technologies International Ltd.1,2,3   38,073,800    142,075 
CCL Industries Inc., Class B, nonvoting shares4   2,262,200    125,144 
APL Apollo Tubes Ltd.1,2   5,523,149    105,955 
Lundin Mining Corp.   8,514,400    87,603 
PI Industries Ltd.2   2,760,208    85,360 
JCU Corp.2,3,4   2,162,800    81,700 
Re:NewCell AB1,2,3,4   1,710,500    46,220 
Re:NewCell AB1,2,3   394,000    10,646 
LANXESS AG2   705,240    51,984 
Huntsman Corp.   1,735,000    50,020 
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.1   1,399,600    41,400 
Venator Materials PLC1,3,4   8,538,871    39,535 
Tronox Holdings PLC, Class A   2,068,000    37,844 
Danimer Scientific, Inc., Class A1,4   979,306    36,969 
Allegheny Technologies Inc.1   1,686,993    35,528 
Aluflexpack AG1,2,3   952,224    34,062 
   
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(000)
 
Materials (continued)          
Alcoa Corp.1   910,000   $29,566 
Vidrala, SA, non-registered shares2   268,335    29,482 
EPL Ltd.2   8,419,273    27,256 
H.B. Fuller Co.   430,000    27,051 
Berger Paints India Ltd.2   2,500,993    26,211 
ACC Ltd.2   971,140    25,355 
Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd.2,3   2,543,519    25,143 
Arkema SA2   197,500    23,935 
Croda International PLC2   267,795    23,440 
Indigo Paints Ltd.1,2   621,807    20,376 
Symrise AG2   148,000    17,944 
SK Materials Co., Ltd.2   64,300    17,743 
Industrias Penoles, SAB de CV   1,070,000    13,801 
Gerdau SA (ADR)   2,011,500    10,741 
Sandstorm Gold Ltd.1,4   1,361,300    9,257 
Excelsior Mining Corp.1   12,868,000    7,680 
Fuso Chemical Co., Ltd.2   178,600    6,586 
Shandong Sinocera Functional Material Co., Ltd., Class A2   949,821    6,181 
         1,504,861 
           
Real estate 1.48%          
Altus Group Ltd.3   3,273,560    157,439 
Colony Capital, Inc. REIT, Class A   19,818,174    128,422 
Embassy Office Parks REIT2   22,010,000    98,119 
Concentradora Fibra Danhos REIT, SA de CV   50,327,700    62,788 
MGM Growth Properties LLC REIT, Class A   1,767,000    57,640 
K-Fast Holding AB, Class B1,2,3   1,632,678    50,457 
JHSF Participações SA3   40,035,711    49,505 
SRE Holdings Corp.1,2,3,4   998,500    41,297 
Shimao Services Holdings Ltd.1,2   16,829,000    37,230 
Mindspace Business Parks REIT2   9,000,000    36,309 
Cousins Properties Inc. REIT   1,016,286    35,926 
FirstService Corp.4   200,000    29,687 
Poly Property Services Co., Ltd., Class H2,4   4,163,800    29,017 
Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT   2,562,000    26,670 
WHA Corp. PCL2   233,967,400    26,121 
Real Matters Inc.1   2,212,600    25,177 
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. REIT   1,131,700    24,422 
Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB, Class B2   7,264,000    22,595 
Hibernia REIT PLC2   16,260,000    21,013 
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT   852,400    20,705 
Mitre Realty Empreendimentos e Participações SA1,3   6,168,863    13,919 
Genova Property Group AB1,2   1,384,600    12,524 
Americold Realty Trust REIT   217,800    8,379 
BR Malls Participacoes SA, ordinary nominative1   3,357,560    6,037 
Sobha Ltd.2   618,766    3,706 
DoubleDragon Properties Corp.1,2   8,680,927    2,363 
         1,027,467 
           
Energy 1.12%          
Cimarex Energy Co.   1,971,000    117,058 
New Fortress Energy Inc., Class A4   2,340,000    107,429 
Pioneer Natural Resources Company   629,255    99,938 
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.1,3,4   4,394,756    53,089 
Worley Ltd.2   5,701,172    45,332 
Petronet LNG Ltd.2   14,462,671    44,498 
APA Corp.   2,478,500    44,365 
Denbury Inc.1   855,000    40,946 
Cactus, Inc., Class A   1,300,791    39,830 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.1   722,500    31,349 
Equitrans Midstream Corp.   3,674,309    29,982 
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A1   2,000,000    22,960 
Viper Energy Partners LP   1,455,000    21,185 
Vine Energy Inc., Class A1,4   1,375,000    18,892 
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   690,600    18,619 
Venture Global LNG, Inc., Series C1,2,5,6,7   4,240    18,212 
   
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Common stocks (continued)  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Energy (continued)          
Savannah Energy PLC1,2,3   64,599,102   $15,160 
Aegis Logistics Ltd.2   1,905,319    7,794 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.   50,000    3,675 
         780,313 
           
Utilities 0.15%          
ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.2   3,166,000    50,859 
Neoenergia SA   14,573,000    43,108 
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   220,859    9,813 
Mytrah Energy Ltd.1,2,3,5   10,418,000    144 
         103,924 
           
Total common stocks (cost: $34,327,499,000)        64,894,368 
           
Preferred securities 1.55%          
Information technology 0.61%          
Marqeta, Inc., Series E-1, 8.00% noncumulative, preferred shares1,2,5,6   9,415,404    185,483 
Avidxchange, Inc., Series F, preferred shares1,2,3,5,6   2,159,548    105,844 
Gitlab Inc., Series E, preferred shares1,2,5,6   1,044,048    41,762 
Patreon, Inc., Series E, preferred shares1,2,5,6   698,208    33,061 
Patreon, Inc., Series Seed, preferred shares1,2,5,6   163,096    7,723 
Credo Technology Group Holding, Ltd., Series D, 8.00% noncumulative, preferred shares1,2,5,6   4,005,527    23,253 
Credo Technology Group Holding, Ltd., Series D+, 8.00% noncumulative, preferred shares1,2,5,6   634,437    3,683 
Yotpo Ltd., Series F, preferred shares1,2,5,6,7   8,332,809    18,329 
Yotpo Ltd., Series B, preferred shares1,2,5,6,7   1,111,347    2,322 
Yotpo Ltd., Series C, preferred shares1,2,5,6,7   1,057,985    2,211 
Yotpo Ltd., Series A-1, preferred shares1,2,5,6,7   709,592    1,483 
Yotpo Ltd., Series A, preferred shares1,2,5,6,7   345,899    723 
Yotpo Ltd., Series C-1, preferred shares1,2,5,6,7   293,302    613 
Yotpo Ltd., Series D, preferred shares1,2,5,6,7   163,552    341 
Yotpo Ltd., Series B-1, preferred shares1,2,5,6,7   130,625    273 
         427,104 
           
Industrials 0.39%          
Azul SA, preferred nominative shares (ADR)1,4   7,105,974    143,470 
Azul SA, preferred nominative shares1   771,000    5,184 
WorkRise Technologies, Inc., Series E, preferred shares1,2,5,6   95,423    40,000 
ABL Space Systems Co., Series B, preferred shares1,2,5,6   777,162    35,000 
Relativity Space, Inc., Series D, preferred shares1,2,5,6   2,143,751    32,000 
Einride AB, Series B, preferred shares1,2,3,5,6   1,079,588    14,887 
         270,541 
           
Health care 0.32%          
Sartorius AG, nonvoting preferred, non-registered shares2   320,000    159,564 
Brii Biosciences Ltd., Series C, preferred shares1,2,5,6   6,494,771    30,000 
PACT Pharma, Inc., Series C, 8.00% noncumulative, preferred shares1,2,5,6   4,397,107    12,347 
Grail, Inc., Series D, convertible preferred shares1,2,5,6   1,939,479    10,260 
Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc., Series B, preferred shares1,2,5,6   636,364    7,000 
         219,171 
           
Consumer discretionary 0.16%          
Made.com Design Ltd., Series C-4, preferred shares1,2,3,5,6   2,067,967    58,700 
Grove Collaborative, Inc., Series E, preferred shares1,2,5,6   2,611,018    26,000 
Cava Group, Inc., Series F, preferred shares1,2,5,6,7   664,364    25,000 
         109,700 
           
Financials 0.07%          
PPRO Holding GMBS, Series B, 8.00% preferred shares1,2,3,5,6   13,618    46,862 
           
Total preferred securities (cost: $710,026,000)        1,073,378 
   
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Rights & warrants 0.10%  Shares   Value
(000)
 
Information technology 0.07%          
OPT Machine Vision Tech Co., Ltd., Class A, warrants, expire 20231,2,7   1,274,800   $46,207 
Foursquare Labs, Inc., warrants, expire 20331,2,5,6   1,163,990    340 
         46,547 
           
Consumer staples 0.03%          
Qingdao Richen Food Co., Ltd., Class A, warrants, expire 20221,2,7   2,415,300    25,425 
           
Consumer discretionary 0.00%          
DraftKings Inc., warrants, expire 20251,2   12,172    611 
           
Total rights & warrants (cost: $88,255,000)        72,583 
           
Convertible stocks 0.10%          
Communication services 0.08%          
Nextdoor Inc., Series H, convertible preferred shares2,5,6,7   1,512,513    54,330 
           
Information technology 0.02%          
RealSelf, Inc., Series C, convertible preferred shares2,3,5,6   3,468,862    15,332 
           
Total convertible stocks (cost: $49,833,000)        69,662 
           
Short-term securities 5.80%          
Money market investments 5.04%          
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.08%3,9   34,998,417    3,500,192 
           
Money market investments purchased from securities lending collateral 0.76%          
BlackRock Liquidity Funds – FedFund, Institutional Shares 0.01%9,10   150,000,000    150,000 
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund, Institutional Shares 0.03%9,10   140,000,000    140,000 
Invesco Short-Term Investments Trust – Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class 0.03%9,10  70,137,521    70,137 
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 0.04%9,10   50,700,000    50,700 
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds – Government Portfolio, Institutional Class 0.03%9,10   45,600,000    45,600 
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Class I 0.01%9,10   40,500,000    40,500 
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.08%3,9,10   229,734    22,976 
RBC Funds Trust – U.S. Government Money Market Fund, RBC Institutional Class 1 0.03%9,10   5,500,000    5,500 
         525,413 
           
Total short-term securities (cost: $4,025,318,000)        4,025,605 
Total investment securities 101.00% (cost: $39,200,931,000)        70,135,596 
Other assets less liabilities (1.00)%        (696,850)
           
Net assets 100.00%       $69,438,746 
   
16 SMALLCAP World Fund
 

Investments in affiliates3

 

   Value of
affiliates at
10/1/2020
(000)
   Additions
(000)
   Reductions
(000)
   Net
realized
gain (loss)
(000)
   Net
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
(000)
   Value of
affiliates at
3/31/2021
(000)
   Dividend
income
(000)
 
Common stocks 19.52%                                   
Information technology 3.60%                                   
Netcompany Group AS, non-registered shares2  $261,807   $   $36,226   $20,546   $17,400   $263,527   $443 
Network International Holdings PLC1,2   102,957    48,450    1,139    (98)   91,142    241,312     
Net One Systems Co., Ltd.2,4   313,706    13,177    16,497    5,906    (95,111)   221,181    1,504 
SHIFT Inc.1,2,4   149,519    58,714    7,674    4,212    (36,661)   168,110     
Bottomline Technologies, Inc.1   146,392    4,527            10,818    161,737     
Fortnox AB2   143,848        88,833    59,119    26,558    140,692    285 
Carel Industries SpA2   165,092    4,192    22,670    10,169    (16,416)   140,367     
eMemory Technology Inc.2   71,353    5,332            58,479    135,164     
GB Group PLC2   96,159    2,979            28,257    127,395    431 
Dye & Durham Ltd.   23,232    60,838            14,609    98,679    57 
Dye & Durham Ltd.2,7       9,922            1,497    11,419    5 
Tokai Carbon Korea Co., Ltd.2       79,971            22,408    102,379    172 
Megaport Ltd.1,2   139,672        11,403    8,522    (43,073)   93,718     
Tanla Platforms Ltd.2       48,512            43,906    92,418     
Nagarro SE1,2       82,896            8,316    91,212     
PAR Technology Corp.1,4   39,764    13,460            27,693    80,917     
Computer Age Management Services Ltd.2   10,130    47,738            15,556    73,424    453 
Ideagen PLC2       70,486            1,863    72,349    22 
LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, non-registered shares2,4   42,521    10,069            2,092    54,682     
Unifiedpost Group SA1,2   51,564    11,545            (9,463)   53,646     
EcoOnline Holding AS1,2       29,416            (2,876)   26,540     
Smaregi, Inc.1,2,4   14,647    1,198            10,161    26,006     
Conductor Technology Ltd.1,2,5,6       26,000                26,000     
CANCOM SE, non-registered shares2,11   148,833        100,587    (11,384)   3,066         
Nuvei Corp., subordinate voting shares1,7,11   83,460    36,400    58,727    7,331    16,236         
Paya Holdings Inc., Class A1,11       26,378    25,583    (795)            
Paya Holdings Inc., Class A1,2,7,11       50,000    60,997    10,997             
SimCorp AS2,11   287,448    10,103    178,585    54,729    (61,188)       1,311 
Smartsheet Inc., Class A1,11   339,768    7,161    62,402    27,654    80,403         
Yext, Inc.1,11   107,110        126,131    34,785    (15,764)        
                             2,502,874      
Consumer discretionary 4.50%                                   
TopBuild Corp.1   403,067    12,205    22,859    9,286    82,090    483,789     
YETI Holdings, Inc.1   226,417    74,714    9,137    3,309    141,920    437,223     
Helen of Troy Ltd.1   126,272    176,528            13,104    315,904     
IDP Education Ltd.2,4   194,977    8,493            65,192    268,662    918 
Tube Investments of India Ltd.2   50,583    99,757            78,071    228,411    319 
Shop Apotheke Europe NV, non-registered shares1,2,4   152,474    35,310            35,473    223,257     
zooplus AG, non-registered shares1,2   106,273                56,961    163,234     
BHG Group AB1,2,4   120,598    15,139    14,095    9,369    9,870    140,881     
Strategic Education, Inc.   138,028    25,639    46,382    (28,076)   28,042    117,251    1,368 
Domino’s Pizza Group PLC2   124,794        9,746    792    1,310    117,150     
Bajaj Electricals Ltd.1,2   46,868    5,497            44,208    96,573     
Desenio Group AB1,2       86,180            8,984    95,164     
Everi Holdings Inc.1   39,528    16,759            33,891    90,178     
Musti Group Oyj2   54,475    11,475    9,640    1,955    18,747    77,012    1,181 
Porch Group, Inc.1,4       81,676            (7,799)   73,877     
AcadeMedia AB2   65,102        12,270    5,744    4,052    62,628    1,389 

 

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Investments in affiliates3 (continued)

 

   Value of
affiliates at
10/1/2020
(000)
   Additions
(000)
   Reductions
(000)
   Net
realized
gain (loss)
(000)
   Net
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
(000)
   Value of
affiliates at
3/31/2021
(000)
   Dividend
income
(000)
 
Cairn Homes PLC1,2  $46,064   $   $   $   $15,654   $61,718   $ 
Lojas Quero-Quero SA   22,356    21,171            (2,769)   40,758    117 
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.1   21,910                12,813    34,723     
BNN Technology PLC1,2,5   8                   8    
Evolution Gaming Group AB2,11   653,356    53,423    201,227    158,310    660,562         
GoCo Group PLC2,11   30,969        40,353    15,948    (6,564)        
OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.11   24,501    2,678    16,565    (10,301)   25,285         
Trainline PLC1,2,11   132,167        81,415    (12,636)   19,871         
                             3,128,393      
Health care 3.80%                                   
Haemonetics Corp.1   313,334    51,342            86,182    450,858     
Allakos Inc.1   311,345    23,164    27,920    7,840    128,741    443,170     
GVS SpA1,2   160,421    3,991            26,822    191,234     
Mani, Inc.2   169,994        7,863    (351)   (12,633)   149,147    615 
Fagron NV2   138,130                (16,546)   121,584     
Health Catalyst, Inc.1   120,624    5,333    41,355    16,624    18,832    120,058     
Metropolis Healthcare Ltd.2   94,292                24,606    118,898    426 
Revance Therapeutics, Inc.1   82,758    21,538            10,767    115,063     
Applied Molecular Transport Inc.1,4   80,251    3,996            30,269    114,516     
Silk Road Medical, Inc.1   166,923        21,490    3,002    (43,184)   105,251     
Ocumension Therapeutics1,2,4   32,004    82,781            (15,134)   99,651     
New Frontier Health Corp., Class A1,7   71,060    181,293    188,343    (950)   33,139    96,199     
Kronos Bio, Inc.1       45,433            19,131    64,564     
Kronos Bio, Inc.1,2,4,7       15,000            11,642    26,642     
Addus HomeCare Corp.1   58,738    20,302            5,009    84,049     
Cortexyme, Inc.1,4   117,669    1,164    4,095    (2,253)   (31,148)   81,337     
Cellectis SA (ADR)1,4   40,965                3,787    44,752     
Cellectis SA, non-registered shares1,2   21,878                1,634    23,512     
Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC (ADR)1   74,405                (24,895)   49,510     
Precision BioSciences, Inc.1   25,022                17,020    42,042     
Autolus Therapeutics PLC (ADR)1,4   48,638    7,350            (26,029)   29,959     
Acutus Medical, Inc.1,4   30,871    19,616            (22,170)   28,317     
WIN-Partners Co., Ltd.2   19,422                (537)   18,885    614 
NuCana PLC (ADR)1   18,948                (660)   18,288     
CellaVision AB, non-registered shares1,2,11   62,142        27,091    8,784    (14,553)        
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.1,11   39,797        40,975    (10,331)   11,509         
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (ADR)1,11   175,171    4,916    377,633    219,344    (5,617)        
Neovasc Inc.1,11   2,476        1,017    (2,520)   1,061         
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.1,11   135,169        189,339    165,435    183,028         
Revenio Group Oyj, non-registered shares2,11   63,690        28,336    16,541    (4,809)       304 
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.1,4,11   22,353                13,791         
                             2,637,486      
Industrials 4.39%                                   
IMCD NV2   419,005                70,104    489,109     
Meggitt PLC1,2   147,363    66,677    41,125    1,491    165,107    339,513     
Diploma PLC2   217,621    45,118            59,367    322,106    3,474 
Saia, Inc.1   134,364    54,666            123,362    312,392     
Arcosa, Inc.   108,252    51,172            58,201    217,625    267 
BayCurrent Consulting, Inc.2,4   57,697    92,968    6,253    356    70,692    215,460    631 
Matson, Inc.   87,156                57,850    145,006    1,000 

 

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Investments in affiliates3 (continued)

 

   Value of
affiliates at
10/1/2020
(000)
   Additions
(000)
   Reductions
(000)
   Net
realized
gain (loss)
(000)
   Net
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
(000)
   Value of
affiliates at
3/31/2021
(000)
   Dividend
income
(000)
 
Instalco AB2  $71,427   $12,304   $4,253   $1,115   $45,887   $126,480   $ 
Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co., Ltd.2   97,944                23,292    121,236    563 
Bingo Industries Ltd.2,4   85,378                27,504    112,882    566 
Avon Rubber PLC2   130,603                (26,546)   104,057    597 
Alfen NV1,2   81,133    5,053    6,265    5,208    16,979    102,108     
Granite Construction Inc.   40,979    12,089    15,407    2,457    61,123    101,241    754 
DO & CO AG, non-registered shares1,2,4   8,882    33,011            11,870    53,763     
Grace Technology, Inc.2,4   50,981    6,989    6,564    588    1,725    53,719    140 
Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS1,2       57,714            (6,251)   51,463     
Marlowe PLC1,2,7       45,941            1,515    47,456     
Marlowe PLC1,2       2,839            17    2,856     
Fasadgruppen Group AB1,2       25,107            20,746    45,853     
Barrett Business Services, Inc.   21,658    12,319            8,080    42,057    366 
Azelio AB1,2   6,443    22,032            11,801    40,276     
Boyd Group Services Inc.4,11   166,456        9,726    1,817    14,908        233 
Greaves Cotton Ltd.2,11   13,291        13,277    (13,401)   13,387         
                             3,046,658      
Financials 0.54%                                   
Aavas Financiers Ltd.1,2   95,244    18,444            68,519    182,207     
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida1   64,582    4,376            68,098    137,056     
Uzabase, Inc.1,2   69,504    7,692            (23,307)   53,889     
Cannae Holdings, Inc.1,11   273,210        213,182    78,414    (67,266)        
Greenhill & Co., Inc.11   13,276        12,953    (25,173)   24,850        58 
Trupanion, Inc.1,11   220,565        100,034    80,039    (74,046)        
                             373,152      
Consumer staples 1.20%                                   
Emmi AG2   315,972    8,871            4,236    329,079     
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.1   181,783    76,379            (14,872)   243,290     
Simply Good Foods Co., Class A1   146,655                55,668    202,323     
Hotel Chocolat Group PLC2,4   34,294        2,474    (137)   7,147    38,830     
JOANN Inc.1,4       24,639            (3,768)   20,871     
                             834,393      
Communication services 0.18%                                   
Direct Marketing MIX Inc.2   23,937    8,229            6,361    38,527    60 
Bambuser AB1,2       21,012            12,914    33,926     
Kamakura Shinsho, Ltd.2,4   20,275                6,360    26,635    22 
Pebble Group PLC1,2   13,569                12,285    25,854     
Iridium Communications Inc.1,7,11   16,272                9,968         
Iridium Communications Inc.1,11   178,010        125,131    98,661    24,049         
                             124,942      
Materials 0.76%                                   
Navin Fluorine International Ltd.2   105,113    12,012            27,943    145,068    235 
Nanofilm Technologies International Ltd.1,2       87,176            54,899    142,075     
JCU Corp.2,4   60,133    22,585    10,222    3,779    5,425    81,700    486 
Re:NewCell AB1,2,4       15,248            30,972    46,220     
Re:NewCell AB1,2       5,202            5,444    10,646     
Venator Materials PLC1,4   15,195    1,275            23,065    39,535     
Aluflexpack AG1,2   23,928    8,734    6,226    2,497    5,129    34,062     

 

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Investments in affiliates3 (continued)

 

   Value of
affiliates at
10/1/2020
(000)
   Additions
(000)
   Reductions
(000)
   Net
realized
gain (loss)
(000)
   Net
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
(000)
   Value of
affiliates at
3/31/2021
(000)
   Dividend
income
(000)
 
Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd.2  $21,229   $1,289   $   $   $2,625   $25,143   $245 
Excelsior Mining Corp.1,11   6,572                1,108         
                             524,449      
Real estate 0.45%                                   
Altus Group Ltd.   134,523    1,524            21,392    157,439    769 
K-Fast Holding AB, Class B1,2   43,130                7,327    50,457     
JHSF Participações SA   49,903                (398)   49,505    481 
SRE Holdings Corp.1,2,4       32,001            9,296    41,297     
Mitre Realty Empreendimentos e Participações SA1   14,522                (603)   13,919     
Cyrela Commercial Properties SA, ordinary nominative11   19,160        22,430    (17,375)   20,645        944 
Foxtons Group PLC1,2,11   8,532        7,924    (3,692)   3,084         
WHA Corp. PCL2,11   75,192        53,599    (1,987)   6,515        284 
                             312,617      
Energy 0.10%                                   
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.1,4       44,695            8,394    53,089     
Savannah Energy PLC1,2   8,759                6,401    15,160     
                             68,249      
Utilities 0.00%                                   
Mytrah Energy Ltd.1,2,5   135                9    144     
Total common stocks                            13,553,357      
Preferred securities 0.33%                                   
Information technology 0.15%                                   
Avidxchange, Inc., Series F, preferred shares1,2,5,6   105,844                    105,844     
Industrials 0.02%                                   
Einride AB, Series B, preferred shares1,2,5,6       15,153            (266)   14,887     
Consumer discretionary 0.09%                                   
Made.com Design Ltd., Series C-4, preferred shares1,2,5,6   46,537                12,163    58,700     
Financials 0.07%                                   
PPRO Holding GMBS, Series B, 8.00% preferred shares1,2,5,6       48,694            (1,832)   46,862     
Total preferred securities                            226,293      
Rights & warrants 0.00%                                   
Health care 0.00%                                   
Neovasc Inc., warrants, expire 20251,2,11   47        1    1    (47)        
Convertible stocks 0.02%                                   
Information technology 0.02%                                   
RealSelf, Inc., Series C, convertible preferred shares2,5,6   13,945                1,387    15,332     
Short-term securities 5.07%                                   
Money market investments 5.04%                                   
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.08%9   1,519,845    5,253,824    3,273,477    5    (5)   3,500,192    1,409 
Money market investments purchased from securities lending collateral 0.03%                                   
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.08%9,10       12   12   12   12   22,976    12
Total short-term securities                            3,523,168      
Total 24.94%                 $1,021,221   $3,145,919   $17,318,150   $25,518 

 

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1 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
2 Valued under fair value procedures adopted by authority of the board of directors. The total value of all such securities was $29,884,070,000, which represented 43.04% of the net assets of the fund. This amount includes $28,309,492,000 related to certain securities trading outside the U.S. whose values were adjusted as a result of significant market movements following the close of local trading.
3 Affiliate of the fund or part of the same group of investment companies as the fund, in each case as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
4 All or a portion of this security was on loan. The total value of all such securities was $946,203,000, which represented 1.36% of the net assets of the fund. Refer to Note 5 for more information on securities lending.
5 Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
6 Acquired through a private placement transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. May be subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Further details on these holdings appear below.
7 Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities was $630,000,000, which represented .91% of the net assets of the fund.
8 Amount less than one thousand.
9 Rate represents the seven-day yield at 3/31/2021.
10 Security purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan. Refer to Note 5 for more information on securities lending.
11 Unaffiliated issuer at 3/31/2021.
12 Information not shown for money market investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan. Refer to Note 5 for more information on securities lending.

 

Private placement securities  Acquisition
date(s)
  Cost
(000)
   Value
(000)
   Percent
of net
assets
 
Marqeta, Inc., Series E-1, 8.00% noncumulative, preferred shares  5/27/2020  $78,500   $185,483    .27%
Marqeta, Inc.  8/17/2020   13,785    32,572    .05 
agilon health, inc.  1/4/2019-3/4/2020   50,494    158,276    .23 
Avidxchange, Inc., Series F, preferred shares  12/26/2019   105,844    105,844    .15 
VisEra Technologies Company Ltd.  3/9/2021   93,821    93,281    .13 
Made.com Design Ltd., Series C-4, preferred shares  3/2/2018   41,328    58,700    .08 
Nextdoor Inc., Series H, convertible preferred shares  5/8/2019   30,833    54,330    .08 
Patreon, Inc., Series E, preferred shares  9/1/2020   11,944    33,061    .05 
Patreon, Inc., Class B  10/26/2020-10/27/2020   3,255    8,994    .01 
Patreon, Inc., Series Seed, preferred shares  9/16/2020   2,790    7,723    .01 
PPRO Holding GMBS, Series B, 8.00% preferred shares  1/28/2021   48,694    46,862    .07 
Gitlab Inc., Series E, preferred shares  9/11/2019   19,450    41,762    .06 
WorkRise Technologies, Inc., Series E, preferred shares  3/8/2021   40,000    40,000    .06 
ABL Space Systems Co., Series B, preferred shares  3/24/2021   35,000    35,000    .05 
Relativity Space, Inc., Series D, preferred shares  11/20/2020   32,000    32,000    .05 
Yotpo Ltd., Series F, preferred shares  2/25/2021   18,329    18,329    .03 
Yotpo Ltd.  3/16/2021   5,475    5,475    .01 
Yotpo Ltd., Series B, preferred shares  3/16/2021   2,322    2,322    .00 
Yotpo Ltd., Series C, preferred shares  3/16/2021   2,211    2,211    .00 
Yotpo Ltd., Series A-1, preferred shares  3/16/2021   1,483    1,483    .00 
Yotpo Ltd., Series A, preferred shares  3/16/2021   723    723    .00 
Yotpo Ltd., Series C-1, preferred shares  3/16/2021   613    613    .00 
Yotpo Ltd., Series D, preferred shares  3/16/2021   342    341    .00 
Yotpo Ltd., Series B-1, preferred shares  3/16/2021   273    273    .00 
Brii Biosciences Ltd., Series C, preferred shares  2/26/2021   30,000    30,000    .04 
Acerta Pharma BV  5/7/2014   11,250    27,006    .04 
Credo Technology Group Holding, Ltd., Series D, 8.00% noncumulative, preferred shares  3/20/2020   20,000    23,253    .03 
Credo Technology Group Holding, Ltd., Series D+, 8.00% noncumulative, preferred shares  12/22/2020   3,683    3,683    .01 
Conductor Technology Ltd.  10/19/2020   26,000    26,000    .04 
Grove Collaborative, Inc., Series E, preferred shares  11/3/2020   26,000    26,000    .04 
Cava Group, Inc., Series F, preferred shares  3/26/2021   25,000    25,000    .04 
Venture Global LNG, Inc., Series C  5/1/2015   12,720    18,212    .03 
RealSelf, Inc., Series C, convertible preferred shares  4/18/2018   19,000    15,332    .02 
Einride AB, Series B, preferred shares  3/23/2021   15,153    14,887    .02 
PACT Pharma, Inc., Series C, 8.00% noncumulative, preferred shares  2/7/2020   9,000    12,347    .02 

 

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Private placement securities  Acquisition
date(s)
  Cost
(000)
   Value
(000)
   Percent
of net
assets
 
Grail, Inc., Series D, convertible preferred shares  4/17/2020  $9,907   $10,260    .01%
Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc., Series B, preferred shares  2/24/2021   7,000    7,000    .01 
Foursquare Labs, Inc., Series A  12/3/2013   20,000    5,084    .01 
Foursquare Labs, Inc., warrants, expire 2033  12/3/2013       340    .00 
Total private placement securities     $874,222   $1,210,062    1.75%

 

Key to abbreviations

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

CAD = Canadian dollars

CDI = CREST Depository Interest

EUR = Euros

GDR = Global Depositary Receipts

SDR = Swedish Depositary Receipts

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial statements

 

Statement of assets and liabilities
at March 31, 2021
  unaudited
(dollars in thousands)
      
Assets:          
Investment securities, at value (includes $946,203 of investment securities on loan):          
Unaffiliated issuers (cost: $26,955,300)  $52,817,446      
Affiliated issuers (cost: $12,245,631)   17,318,150   $70,135,596 
Cash        24,917 
Cash denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars (cost: $6,200)        6,206 
Receivables for:          
Sales of investments   135,696      
Sales of fund’s shares   97,887      
Dividends and interest   36,536      
Securities lending income   51      
Other   26    270,196 
         70,436,915 
           
Liabilities:          
Collateral for securities on loan        525,413 
Payables for:          
Purchases of investments   233,154      
Repurchases of fund’s shares   38,715      
Investment advisory services   35,568      
Services provided by related parties   15,859      
Directors’ deferred compensation   5,023      
Non-U.S. taxes   140,766      
Other   3,671    472,756 
Net assets at March 31, 2021       $69,438,746 
           
Net assets consist of:          
Capital paid in on shares of capital stock       $34,462,776 
Total distributable earnings        34,975,970 
Net assets at March 31, 2021       $69,438,746 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities
at March 31, 2021 (continued)
unaudited
   
(dollars and shares in thousands, except per-share amounts)
 
Total authorized capital stock — 2,000,000 shares,
$.01 par value (841,311 total shares outstanding)
            
             
   Net assets   Shares
outstanding
   Net asset value
per share
 
Class A  $35,219,948    428,814   $82.13 
Class C   697,820    10,108    69.04 
Class T   17    *   82.92 
Class F-1   828,295    10,231    80.96 
Class F-2   9,058,036    107,730    84.08 
Class F-3   4,316,729    51,709    83.48 
Class 529-A   2,098,822    25,930    80.94 
Class 529-C   94,463    1,341    70.44 
Class 529-E   78,059    1,003    77.84 
Class 529-T   20    *   82.77 
Class 529-F-1   12    *   82.65 
Class 529-F-2   241,485    2,937    82.21 
Class 529-F-3   13    *   82.24 
Class R-1   33,624    470    71.61 
Class R-2   702,313    9,796    71.70 
Class R-2E   45,638    569    80.19 
Class R-3   970,855    12,518    77.55 
Class R-4   1,014,498    12,456    81.45 
Class R-5E   120,493    1,456    82.74 
Class R-5   495,210    5,786    85.58 
Class R-6   13,422,396    158,457    84.71 
   
* Amount less than one thousand.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial statements (continued)

 

Statement of operations
for the six months ended March 31, 2021
  unaudited
(dollars in thousands)
     
Investment income:          
Income:          
Dividends (net of non-U.S. taxes of $9,853; also includes $25,518 from affiliates)  $139,147      
Securities lending income (net of fees)   15,071      
Interest   518   $154,736 
Fees and expenses*:          
Investment advisory services   194,892      
Distribution services   54,539      
Transfer agent services   27,883      
Administrative services   9,636      
Reports to shareholders   1,239      
Registration statement and prospectus   783      
Directors’ compensation   813      
Auditing and legal   98      
Custodian   4,136      
State and local taxes   1      
Other   1,331      
Total fees and expenses before waiver/reimbursement   295,351      
Less waiver/reimbursement of fees and expenses:          
Investment advisory services waiver   96      
Transfer agent services reimbursement        
Total fees and expenses after waiver/reimbursement        295,255 
Net investment loss        (140,519)
           
Net realized gain and unrealized appreciation:          
Net realized gain (loss) on:          
Investments (net of non-U.S. taxes of $3,820):          
Unaffiliated issuers   4,226,795      
Affiliated issuers   1,021,221      
Currency transactions   (2,174)   5,245,842 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:          
Investments (net of non-U.S. taxes of $137,515):          
Unaffiliated issuers   5,903,403      
Affiliated issuers   3,145,919      
Currency translations   (1,665)   9,047,657 
Net realized gain and unrealized appreciation        14,293,499 
           
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations       $14,152,980 
   
* Additional information related to class-specific fees and expenses is included in the notes to financial statements.
Amount less than one thousand.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial statements (continued)

 

Statements of changes in net assets        
   (dollars in thousands) 
         
   Six months ended
March 31,
2021*
   Year ended
September 30,
2020
 
Operations:          
Net investment loss  $(140,519)  $(69,462)
Net realized gain   5,245,842    598,854 
Net unrealized appreciation   9,047,657    10,439,314 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations   14,152,980    10,968,706 
           
Distributions paid to shareholders   (1,036,459)   (1,983,014)
           
Net capital share transactions   1,623,027    1,758,107 
           
Total increase in net assets   14,739,548    10,743,799 
           
Net assets:          
Beginning of period   54,699,198    43,955,399 
End of period  $69,438,746   $54,699,198 
   
* Unaudited.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements unaudited

 

1. Organization

 

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. (the “fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end, diversified management investment company. The fund seeks to provide long-term growth of capital. Shareholders approved a proposal to reorganize the fund from a Maryland corporation to a Delaware statutory trust. The reorganization may be completed in the next year; however, the fund reserves the right to delay the implementation.

 

The fund has 21 share classes consisting of six retail share classes (Classes A, C, T, F-1, F-2 and F-3), seven 529 college savings plan share classes (Classes 529-A, 529-C, 529-E, 529-T, 529-F-1, 529-F-2 and 529-F-3) and eight retirement plan share classes (Classes R-1, R-2, R-2E, R-3, R-4, R-5E, R-5 and R-6). The 529 college savings plan share classes can be used to save for college education. The retirement plan share classes are generally offered only through eligible employer-sponsored retirement plans. The fund’s share classes are described further in the following table:

 

Share class   Initial sales charge   Contingent deferred sales
charge upon redemption
  Conversion feature
Classes A and 529-A   Up to 5.75% for Class A; up to 3.50% for Class 529-A   None (except 1% for certain redemptions within 18 months of purchase without an initial sales charge)   None
Classes C and 529-C   None   1% for redemptions within one year of purchase   Class C converts to Class A after eight years and Class 529-C converts to Class 529-A after five years
Class 529-E   None   None   None
Classes T and 529-T*   Up to 2.50%   None   None
Classes F-1, F-2, F-3, 529-F-1, 529-F-2 and 529-F-3   None   None   None
Classes R-1, R-2, R-2E, R-3, R-4, R-5E, R-5 and R-6   None   None   None
* Class T and 529-T shares are not available for purchase.

 

Holders of all share classes have equal pro rata rights to the assets, dividends and liquidation proceeds of the fund. Each share class has identical voting rights, except for the exclusive right to vote on matters affecting only its class. Share classes have different fees and expenses (“class-specific fees and expenses”), primarily due to different arrangements for distribution, transfer agent and administrative services. Differences in class-specific fees and expenses will result in differences in net investment income and, therefore, the payment of different per-share dividends by each share class.

 

2. Significant accounting policies

 

The fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board. The fund’s financial statements have been prepared to comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). These principles require the fund’s investment adviser to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, have been evaluated through the date of issuance in the preparation of the financial statements. The fund follows the significant accounting policies described in this section, as well as the valuation policies described in the next section on valuation.

 

Security transactions and related investment income — Security transactions are recorded by the fund as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are determined based on the specific identified cost of the securities. In the event a security is purchased with a delayed payment date, the fund will segregate liquid assets sufficient to meet its payment obligations. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Market discounts, premiums and original issue discounts on fixed-income securities are amortized daily over the expected life of the security.

 

Class allocations — Income, fees and expenses (other than class-specific fees and expenses), realized gains and losses and unrealized appreciation and depreciation are allocated daily among the various share classes based on their relative net assets. Class-specific fees and expenses, such as distribution, transfer agent and administrative services, are charged directly to the respective share class.

 

Distributions paid to shareholders — Income dividends and capital gain distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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Currency translation — Assets and liabilities, including investment securities, denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates supplied by one or more pricing vendors on the valuation date. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates on the dates of such transactions. The effects of changes in exchange rates on investment securities are included with the net realized gain or loss and net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments in the fund’s statement of operations. The realized gain or loss and unrealized appreciation or depreciation resulting from all other transactions denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are disclosed separately.

 

3. Valuation

 

Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”), the fund’s investment adviser, values the fund’s investments at fair value as defined by U.S. GAAP. The net asset value per share is calculated once daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4 p.m. New York time, each day the New York Stock Exchange is open.

 

Methods and inputs — The fund’s investment adviser uses the following methods and inputs to establish the fair value of the fund’s assets and liabilities. Use of particular methods and inputs may vary over time based on availability and relevance as market and economic conditions evolve.

 

Equity securities are generally valued at the official closing price of, or the last reported sale price on, the exchange or market on which such securities are traded, as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued or, lacking any sales, at the last available bid price. Prices for each security are taken from the principal exchange or market on which the security trades.

 

Fixed-income securities, including short-term securities, are generally valued at prices obtained from one or more pricing vendors. Vendors value such securities based on one or more of the inputs described in the following table. The table provides examples of inputs that are commonly relevant for valuing particular classes of fixed-income securities in which the fund is authorized to invest. However, these classifications are not exclusive, and any of the inputs may be used to value any other class of fixed-income security.

 

Fixed-income class   Examples of standard inputs
All   Benchmark yields, transactions, bids, offers, quotations from dealers and trading systems, new issues, spreads and other relationships observed in the markets among comparable securities; and proprietary pricing models such as yield measures calculated using factors such as cash flows, financial or collateral performance and other reference data (collectively referred to as “standard inputs”)
Corporate bonds, notes & loans; convertible securities   Standard inputs and underlying equity of the issuer
Bonds & notes of governments & government agencies   Standard inputs and interest rate volatilities

 

When the fund’s investment adviser deems it appropriate to do so (such as when vendor prices are unavailable or deemed to be not representative), fixed-income securities will be valued in good faith at the mean quoted bid and ask prices that are reasonably and timely available (or bid prices, if ask prices are not available) or at prices for securities of comparable maturity, quality and type.

 

Securities with both fixed-income and equity characteristics, or equity securities traded principally among fixed-income dealers, are generally valued in the manner described for either equity or fixed-income securities, depending on which method is deemed most appropriate by the fund’s investment adviser. The Capital Group Central Cash Fund (“CCF”), a fund within the Capital Group Central Fund Series (“Central Funds”), is valued based upon a floating net asset value, which fluctuates with changes in the value of CCF’s portfolio securities. The underlying securities are valued based on the policies and procedures in CCF’s statement of additional information.

 

Securities and other assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or are considered unreliable by the fund’s investment adviser are fair valued as determined in good faith under fair valuation guidelines adopted by authority of the fund’s board of directors as further described. The investment adviser follows fair valuation guidelines, consistent with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules and guidance, to consider relevant principles and factors when making fair value determinations. The investment adviser considers relevant indications of value that are reasonably and timely available to it in determining the fair value to be assigned to a particular security, such as the type and cost of the security; contractual or legal restrictions on resale of the security; relevant financial or business developments of the issuer; actively traded similar or related securities; conversion or exchange rights on the security; related corporate actions; significant events occurring after the close of trading in the security; and changes in overall market conditions. In addition, the closing prices of equity securities that trade in markets outside U.S. time zones may be adjusted to reflect significant events that occur after the close of local trading but before the net asset value of each share class of the fund is determined. Fair valuations and valuations of investments that are not actively trading involve judgment and may differ materially from valuations that would have been used had greater market activity occurred.

 

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Processes and structure — The fund’s board of directors has delegated authority to the fund’s investment adviser to make fair value determinations, subject to board oversight. The investment adviser has established a Joint Fair Valuation Committee (the “Fair Valuation Committee”) to administer, implement and oversee the fair valuation process, and to make fair value decisions. The Fair Valuation Committee regularly reviews its own fair value decisions, as well as decisions made under its standing instructions to the investment adviser’s valuation teams. The Fair Valuation Committee reviews changes in fair value measurements from period to period and may, as deemed appropriate, update the fair valuation guidelines to better reflect the results of back testing and address new or evolving issues. The Fair Valuation Committee reports any changes to the fair valuation guidelines to the board of directors. The fund’s board and audit committee also regularly review reports that describe fair value determinations and methods.

 

The fund’s investment adviser has also established a Fixed-Income Pricing Review Group to administer and oversee the fixed-income valuation process, including the use of fixed-income pricing vendors. This group regularly reviews pricing vendor information and market data. Pricing decisions, processes and controls over security valuation are also subject to additional internal reviews, including an annual control self-evaluation program facilitated by the investment adviser’s compliance group.

 

Classifications — The fund’s investment adviser classifies the fund’s assets and liabilities into three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets or liabilities. Level 1 values are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 values are based on significant observable market inputs, such as quoted prices for similar securities and quoted prices in inactive markets. Certain securities trading outside the U.S. may transfer between Level 1 and Level 2 due to valuation adjustments resulting from significant market movements following the close of local trading. Level 3 values are based on significant unobservable inputs that reflect the investment adviser’s determination of assumptions that market participants might reasonably use in valuing the securities. The valuation levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with the underlying investment. For example, U.S. government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market. The following table presents the fund’s valuation levels as of March 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

 

   Investment securities 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Assets:                    
Common stocks:                    
Information technology  $8,760,055   $6,169,492   $329,682   $15,259,229 
Consumer discretionary   6,308,398    6,788,166        13,096,564 
Health care   8,821,127    3,580,212    27,019    12,428,358 
Industrials   4,402,254    6,837,698        11,239,952 
Financials   3,906,699    1,693,510        5,600,209 
Consumer staples   1,001,248    1,134,626        2,135,874 
Communication services   976,393    739,617    1,607    1,717,617 
Materials   552,139    952,722        1,504,861 
Real estate   646,716    380,751        1,027,467 
Energy   649,317    112,784    18,212    780,313 
Utilities   52,921    50,859    144    103,924 
Preferred securities   148,654    159,564    765,160    1,073,378 
Rights & warrants       72,243    340    72,583 
Convertible stocks           69,662    69,662 
Short-term securities   4,025,605            4,025,605 
Total  $40,251,526   $28,672,244   $1,211,826   $70,135,596 

 

The following table reconciles the valuation of the fund’s Level 3 investment securities and related transactions for the six months ended March 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

 

   Beginning   Transfers           Net       Transfers   Ending 
   value at   into           realized   Unrealized   out of   value at 
   10/1/2020   Level 3*   Purchases   Sales   loss   appreciation   Level 3*   3/31/2021 
Investment securities  $706,252   $   $483,258   $(127,178)  $(40,000)  $214,694   $(25,200)  $1,211,826 
Net unrealized appreciation during the period on Level 3 investment securities held at March 31, 2021   $167,452 

 

* Transfers into or out of Level 3 are based on the beginning market value of the quarter in which they occurred. These transfers are the result of changes in the availability of pricing sources and/or in the observability of significant inputs used in valuing the securities.
Net realized loss and unrealized appreciation are included in the related amounts on investments in the statement of operations.

 

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Unobservable inputs — Valuation of the fund’s Level 3 securities is based on significant unobservable inputs that reflect the investment adviser’s determination of assumptions that market participants might reasonably use in valuing the securities. The following table provides additional information used by the fund’s investment adviser to fair value the fund’s Level 3 securities (dollars in thousands):

 

    Value at
3/31/2021
    Valuation
techniques
  Unobservable
inputs
  Range
(if applicable)
  Weighted
average*
    Impact to
valuation from
an increase in
input
        Liquidation value   N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A
        Transaction price   N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A
          Risk discount   5%   5%   Decrease
        Recent market   Quoted price   N/A   N/A   N/A
        information   DLOM   15%   15%   Decrease
        Expected proceeds   Discount rate   10%   10%   Decrease
Common stocks   $ 376,664     Expected proceeds   N/A   N/A   N/A
            Price/Cash flow multiple   10.0x   10.0x   Increase
            Price/Sales multiple   3.0x   3.0x   Increase
        Market comparable   EV/Sales multiple   7.5x   7.5x   Increase
        companies   DLOM   23% - 30%   23%   Decrease
            $ per one billion Btu   $2.25   $2.25   Increase
            MMTPA   10 MMTPA   10 MMTPA   Increase
        Transaction price   N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A
          Risk discount   5%   5%   Decrease
        Expected merger
proceeds
  Expected cash proceeds   N/A   N/A   N/A
          Quoted price   N/A   N/A   N/A
Preferred securities   765,160     Risk discount   50%   50%   Decrease
            DLOM   17%   17%   Decrease
        Recent market   Risk discount   10%   10%   Decrease
        information   Estimated initial public offering equity valuation   GBP 1 billion   GBP 1 billion   Increase
Rights & warrants   340   Black-Scholes   Underlying share price   $2.58   $2.58   Increase
      Implied volatility   30%   30%   Increase
Convertible stocks   69,662   Market comparable companies   EV/Sales multiple   15.6x - 24.4x   22.5x   Increase
      Adjustment based on market movement (decrease)   4%   4%   Decrease
      DLOM   21%   21%   Decrease
      Discount to revenue   50%   50%   Decrease
      Market comparables discount   30% - 50%   46%   Decrease
Total   $1,211,826                    

 

* Weighted average is by relative fair value.
This column represents the directional change in fair value of the Level 3 securities that would result in an increase from the corresponding input. A decrease to the unobservable input would have the opposite effect. Significant increases and decreases in these inputs in isolation could result in significantly higher or lower fair value measurements.

 

Key to abbreviations

Btu = British thermal unit
DLOM = Discount for lack of marketability
EV = Enterprise value
GBP = British pounds
MMTPA = Million metric tonnes per annum

 

4. Risk factors

 

Investing in the fund may involve certain risks including, but not limited to, those described below.

 

Market conditions — The prices of, and the income generated by, the securities held by the fund may decline – sometimes rapidly or unpredictably – due to various factors, including events or conditions affecting the general economy or particular industries; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; governmental, governmental agency or central bank responses to economic conditions; and currency exchange rate, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations.

 

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Economies and financial markets throughout the world are highly interconnected. Economic, financial or political events, trading and tariff arrangements, wars, terrorism, cybersecurity events, natural disasters, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious disease) and other circumstances in one country or region, including actions taken by governmental or quasi-governmental authorities in response to any of the foregoing, could have impacts on global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may be negatively affected by developments in other countries and regions.

 

Issuer risks — The prices of, and the income generated by, securities held by the fund may decline in response to various factors directly related to the issuers of such securities, including reduced demand for an issuer’s goods or services, poor management performance, major litigation, investigations or other controversies related to the issuer, changes in government regulations affecting the issuer or its competitive environment and strategic initiatives such as mergers, acquisitions or dispositions and the market response to any such initiatives.

 

Investing in growth-oriented stocks — Growth-oriented common stocks and other equity-type securities (such as preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks and convertible bonds) may involve larger price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments. These risks may be even greater in the case of smaller capitalization stocks.

 

Investing in small companies — Investing in smaller companies may pose additional risks. For example, it is often more difficult to value or dispose of small company stocks and more difficult to obtain information about smaller companies than about larger companies. Furthermore, smaller companies often have limited product lines, operating histories, markets and/or financial resources, may be dependent on one or a few key persons for management, and can be more susceptible to losses. Moreover, the prices of their stocks may be more volatile than stocks of larger, more established companies, particularly during times of market turmoil.

 

Investing outside the U.S. — Securities of issuers domiciled outside the U.S., or with significant operations or revenues outside the U.S., may lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments (including social instability, regional conflicts, terrorism and war) in the countries or regions in which the issuers operate or generate revenue. These securities may also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Issuers of these securities may be more susceptible to actions of foreign governments, such as nationalization, currency blockage or the imposition of price controls or punitive taxes, each of which could adversely impact the value of these securities. Securities markets in certain countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the U.S. Investments outside the U.S. may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and reporting standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the U.S. In addition, the value of investments outside the U.S. may be reduced by foreign taxes, including foreign withholding taxes on interest and dividends. Further, there may be increased risks of delayed settlement of securities purchased or sold by the fund. The risks of investing outside the U.S. may be heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets.

 

Investing in emerging markets — Investing in emerging markets may involve risks in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in the securities markets of developed countries. For instance, emerging market countries may have less developed legal and accounting systems than those in developed countries. The governments of these countries may be less stable and more likely to impose capital controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country, and/or impose punitive taxes that could adversely affect the prices of securities. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global changes. Securities markets in these countries can also be relatively small and have substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities issued in these countries may be more volatile and less liquid, and may be more difficult to value, than securities issued in countries with more developed economies and/or markets. Less certainty with respect to security valuations may lead to additional challenges and risks in calculating the fund’s net asset value. Additionally, emerging markets are more likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the holding of securities by banks, agents and depositories that are less established than those in developed countries.

 

Liquidity risk — Certain fund holdings may be or may become difficult or impossible to sell, particularly during times of market turmoil. Liquidity may be impacted by the lack of an active market for a holding, legal or contractual restrictions on resale, or the reduced number and capacity of market participants to make a market in such holding. Market prices for less liquid or illiquid holdings may be volatile, and reduced liquidity may have an adverse impact on the market price of such holdings. Additionally, the sale of less liquid or illiquid holdings may involve substantial delays (including delays in settlement) and additional costs and the fund may be unable to sell such holdings when necessary to meet its liquidity needs or may be forced to sell at a loss.

 

Management — The investment adviser to the fund actively manages the fund’s investments. Consequently, the fund is subject to the risk that the methods and analyses, including models, tools and data, employed by the investment adviser in this process may be flawed or incorrect and may not produce the desired results. This could cause the fund to lose value or its investment results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.

 

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5. Certain investment techniques

 

Securities lending — The fund has entered into securities lending transactions in which the fund earns income by lending investment securities to brokers, dealers or other institutions. Each transaction involves three parties: the fund, acting as the lender of the securities, a borrower, and a lending agent that acts as an intermediary.

 

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the fund under a securities lending agent agreement with the lending agent. The lending agent facilitates the exchange of securities between the fund and approved borrowers, ensures that securities loans are properly coordinated and documented, marks-to-market the value of collateral daily, secures additional collateral from a borrower if it falls below preset terms, and may reinvest cash collateral on behalf of the fund according to agreed parameters. The lending agent provides indemnification to the fund against losses resulting from a borrower default. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral and indemnification, the fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and a potential loss of income or value if a borrower fails to return securities, collateral investments decline in value or the lending agent fails to perform.

 

The borrower is required to post highly liquid assets, such as cash or U.S. government securities, as collateral for the loan in an amount at least equal to the value of the securities loaned. Investments made with cash collateral are recognized as assets in the fund’s investment portfolio. The same amount is recorded as a liability in the fund’s statement of assets and liabilities. While securities are on loan, the fund will continue to receive the equivalent of the interest, dividends or other distributions paid by the issuer, as well as a portion of the interest on the investment of the collateral. Additionally, although the fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are on loan, the fund has a right to consent on corporate actions and a right to recall loaned securities to vote. A borrower is obligated to return loaned securities at the conclusion of a loan or, during the pendency of a loan, on demand from the fund.

 

As of March 31, 2021, the total value of securities on loan was $946,203,000, and the total value of collateral received was $996,626,000. Collateral received includes cash of $525,413,000 and U.S. government securities of $471,213,000. Investment securities purchased from cash collateral are disclosed in the investment portfolio as short-term securities. Securities received as collateral are not recognized as fund assets. The contractual maturity of cash collateral received under the securities lending agreement is classified as overnight and continuous.

 

Collateral — The fund receives highly liquid assets, such as cash or U.S. government securities, as collateral in exchange for lending investment securities. The purpose of the collateral is to cover potential losses that could occur in the event the borrower cannot meet its contractual obligation. The lending agent may reinvest cash collateral from securities lending transactions according to agreed parameters. Cash collateral reinvested by the lending agent, if any, is disclosed in the fund’s investment portfolio.

 

6. Taxation and distributions

 

Federal income taxation — The fund complies with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to mutual funds and intends to distribute substantially all of its net taxable income and net capital gains each year. The fund is not subject to income taxes to the extent such distributions are made. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

 

As of and during the period ended March 31, 2021, the fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the statement of operations. During the period, the fund did not incur any significant interest or penalties.

 

The fund’s tax returns are generally not subject to examination by federal, state and, if applicable, non-U.S. tax authorities after the expiration of each jurisdiction’s statute of limitations, which is typically three years after the date of filing but can be extended in certain jurisdictions.

 

Non-U.S. taxation — Dividend and interest income are recorded net of non-U.S. taxes paid. The fund may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. As a result of rulings from European courts, the fund filed for additional reclaims related to prior years. These reclaims are recorded when the amount is known and there are no significant uncertainties on collectability. During the six months ended March 31, 2021, the fund recognized $237,000 in reclaims (net of fees and the effect of realized gain or loss from currency translations) and $97,000 in interest related to European court rulings, which is included in dividend income and interest income, respectively, in the fund’s statement of operations. Gains realized by the fund on the sale of securities in certain countries, if any, may be subject to non-U.S. taxes. If applicable, the fund records an estimated deferred tax liability based on unrealized gains to provide for potential non-U.S. taxes payable upon the sale of these securities.

 

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Distributions — Distributions determined on a tax basis may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences are due primarily to different treatment for items such as currency gains and losses; short-term capital gains and losses; capital losses related to sales of certain securities within 30 days of purchase; unrealized appreciation of certain investments in securities outside the U.S.; cost of investments sold and non-U.S. taxes on capital gains. The fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the year in which the net investment income and net realized gains are recorded by the fund for financial reporting purposes.

 

The components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are reported as of the fund’s most recent year-end. As of September 30, 2020, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

Late year ordinary loss deferral1  $(79,440)
Undistributed long-term capital gains   899,759 
Post-October capital loss deferral1   (599,764)

 

1 These deferrals are considered incurred in the subsequent year.

 

As of March 31, 2021, the tax basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and cost of investments were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

Gross unrealized appreciation on investments  $31,663,444 
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments   (815,497)
Net unrealized appreciation on investments   30,847,947 
Cost of investments   39,287,649 

 

Tax-basis distributions paid to shareholders from long-term capital gains were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

Share class  Six months ended
March 31,
2021
   Year ended
September 30,
2020
 
Class A  $533,185   $1,041,215 
Class C   12,765    33,474 
Class T   2   1 
Class F-1   14,136    31,740 
Class F-2   127,813    220,843 
Class F-3   60,263    99,063 
Class 529-A   32,362    60,724 
Class 529-C   1,788    9,039 
Class 529-E   1,256    2,675 
Class 529-T   2   1 
Class 529-F-1   2   6,564 
Class 529-F-23   3,561      
Class 529-F-33   2     
Class R-1   596    1,181 
Class R-2   12,517    26,644 
Class R-2E   671    1,329 
Class R-3   16,023    34,779 
Class R-4   15,839    34,471 
Class R-5E   1,654    2,101 
Class R-5   7,260    16,041 
Class R-6   194,770    361,129 
Total  $1,036,459   $1,983,014 

 

2 Amount less than one thousand.
3 Class 529-F-2 and 529-F-3 shares began investment operations on October 30, 2020.

 

7. Fees and transactions with related parties

 

CRMC, the fund’s investment adviser, is the parent company of American Funds Distributors®, Inc. (“AFD”), the principal underwriter of the fund’s shares, and American Funds Service Company® (“AFS”), the fund’s transfer agent. CRMC, AFD and AFS are considered related parties to the fund.

 

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Investment advisory services — The fund has an investment advisory and service agreement with CRMC that provides for monthly fees accrued daily. These fees are based on a series of decreasing annual rates beginning with 0.800% on the first $1 billion of daily net assets and decreasing to 0.589% on such assets in excess of $44 billion. During the six months ended March 31, 2021, CRMC voluntarily waived investment advisory services fees of $96,000. CRMC does not intend to recoup this waiver. As a result, the fees shown on the statement of operations of $194,892,000, which were equivalent to an annualized rate of 0.607% of average daily net assets, were reduced to $194,796,000, which were equivalent to an annualized rate of 0.606% of average daily net assets.

 

Class-specific fees and expenses — Expenses that are specific to individual share classes are accrued directly to the respective share class. The principal class-specific fees and expenses are further described below:

 

Distribution services — The fund has plans of distribution for all share classes, except Class F-2, F-3, 529-F-2, 529-F-3, R-5E, R-5 and R-6 shares. Under the plans, the board of directors approves certain categories of expenses that are used to finance activities primarily intended to sell fund shares and service existing accounts. The plans provide for payments, based on an annualized percentage of average daily net assets, ranging from 0.30% to 1.00% as noted in this section. In some cases, the board of directors has limited the amounts that may be paid to less than the maximum allowed by the plans. All share classes with a plan may use up to 0.25% of average daily net assets to pay service fees, or to compensate AFD for paying service fees, to firms that have entered into agreements with AFD to provide certain shareholder services. The remaining amounts available to be paid under each plan are paid to dealers to compensate them for their sales activities.

 

  Share class  Currently approved limits    Plan limits
  Class A   0.30%     0.30%
  Class 529-A   0.30      0.50 
  Classes C, 529-C and R-1   1.00      1.00 
  Class R-2   0.75      1.00 
  Class R-2E   0.60      0.85 
  Classes 529-E and R-3   0.50      0.75 
  Classes T, F-1, 529-T, 529-F-1 and R-4   0.25      0.50 

 

For Class A and 529-A shares, distribution-related expenses include the reimbursement of dealer and wholesaler commissions paid by AFD for certain shares sold without a sales charge. These share classes reimburse AFD for amounts billed within the prior 15 months but only to the extent that the overall annual expense limits are not exceeded. As of March 31, 2021, there were no unreimbursed expenses subject to reimbursement for Class A or 529-A shares.

 

Transfer agent services — The fund has a shareholder services agreement with AFS under which the fund compensates AFS for providing transfer agent services to each of the fund’s share classes. These services include recordkeeping, shareholder communications and transaction processing. In addition, the fund reimburses AFS for amounts paid to third parties for performing transfer agent services on behalf of fund shareholders. For the six months ended March 31, 2021, CRMC reimbursed transfer agent services fees of less than $1,000 for Class 529-F-3 shares. CRMC does not intend to recoup this reimbursement.

 

Administrative services — The fund has an administrative services agreement with CRMC under which the fund compensates CRMC for providing administrative services to all share classes. Administrative services are provided by CRMC and its affiliates to help assist third parties providing non-distribution services to fund shareholders. These services include providing in-depth information on the fund and market developments that impact fund investments. Administrative services also include, but are not limited to, coordinating, monitoring and overseeing third parties that provide services to fund shareholders. The agreement provides the fund the ability to charge an administrative services fee at the annual rate of 0.05% of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class of the fund. Currently the fund pays CRMC an administrative services fee at the annual rate of 0.03% of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class of the fund for CRMC’s provision of administrative services.

 

529 plan services — Each 529 share class is subject to service fees to compensate the Virginia College Savings Plan (“Virginia529”) for its oversight and administration of the CollegeAmerica 529 college savings plan. The fee is based on the combined net assets invested in Class 529 and ABLE shares of the American Funds. Class ABLE shares are offered on other American Funds by Virginia529 through ABLEAmerica®, a tax-advantaged savings program for individuals with disabilities. The quarterly fee is based on a series of decreasing annual rates beginning with 0.09% on the first $20 billion of the combined net assets invested in the American Funds and decreasing to 0.03% on such assets in excess of $100 billion. The fee for any given calendar quarter is accrued and calculated on the basis of the average net assets of Class 529 and ABLE shares of the American Funds for the last month of the prior calendar quarter. The fee is included in other expenses in the fund’s statement of operations. Virginia529 is not considered a related party to the fund.

 

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For the six months ended March 31, 2021, class-specific expenses under the agreements were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

     Distribution   Transfer agent   Administrative   529 plan  
  Share class  services   services   services   services  
  Class A  $41,051   $18,667   $4,920   Not applicable  
  Class C   3,259    382    99   Not applicable  
  Class T       *   *  Not applicable  
  Class F-1   1,035    605    125   Not applicable  
  Class F-2   Not applicable    4,258    1,213   Not applicable  
  Class F-3   Not applicable    127    571   Not applicable  
  Class 529-A   2,254    1,037    294   $591  
  Class 529-C   451    51    14   28  
  Class 529-E   181    17    11   22  
  Class 529-T       *   *  *
  Class 529-F-1   *   12    5   10  
  Class 529-F-2   Not applicable    82    28   57  
  Class 529-F-3   Not applicable    *   *  *
  Class R-1   158    18    5   Not applicable  
  Class R-2   2,512    1,161    100   Not applicable  
  Class R-2E   124    43    6   Not applicable  
  Class R-3   2,312    702    139   Not applicable  
  Class R-4   1,202    482    144   Not applicable  
  Class R-5E   Not applicable    79    16   Not applicable  
  Class R-5   Not applicable    119    70   Not applicable  
  Class R-6   Not applicable    41    1,876   Not applicable  
  Total class-specific expenses   $54,539    $27,883    $9,636   $708  

 

  * Amount less than one thousand.
  Class 529-F-2 and 529-F-3 shares began investment operations on October 30, 2020.

 

Directors’ deferred compensation — Directors who are unaffiliated with CRMC may elect to defer the cash payment of part or all of their compensation. These deferred amounts, which remain as liabilities of the fund, are treated as if invested in shares of the fund or other American Funds. These amounts represent general, unsecured liabilities of the fund and vary according to the total returns of the selected funds. Directors’ compensation of $813,000 in the fund’s statement of operations reflects $116,000 in current fees (either paid in cash or deferred) and a net increase of $697,000 in the value of the deferred amounts.

 

Affiliated officers and directors — Officers and certain directors of the fund are or may be considered to be affiliated with CRMC, AFD and AFS. No affiliated officers or directors received any compensation directly from the fund.

 

Investment in CCF — The fund holds shares of CCF, an institutional prime money market fund managed by CRMC. CCF invests in high-quality, short-term money market instruments. CCF is used as the primary investment vehicle for the fund’s short-term investments. CCF shares are only available for purchase by CRMC, its affiliates, and other funds managed by CRMC or its affiliates, and are not available to the public. CRMC does not receive an investment advisory services fee from CCF.

 

Security transactions with related funds — The fund purchased securities from, and sold securities to, other funds managed by CRMC (or funds managed by certain affiliates of CRMC) under procedures adopted by the fund’s board of directors. The funds involved in such transactions are considered related by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common directors and/or common officers. Each transaction was executed at the current market price of the security and no brokerage commissions or fees were paid in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. During the six months ended March 31, 2021, the fund engaged in such purchase and sale transactions with related funds in the amounts of $65,096,000 and $701,080,000, respectively, which generated $458,801,000 of net realized gains from such sales.

 

Interfund lending — Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund, along with other CRMC-managed funds (or funds managed by certain affiliates of CRMC), may participate in an interfund lending program. The program provides an alternate credit facility that permits the funds to lend or borrow cash for temporary purposes directly to or from one another, subject to the conditions of the exemptive order. The fund did not lend or borrow cash through the interfund lending program at any time during the six months ended March 31, 2021.

 

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8. Indemnifications

 

The fund’s organizational documents provide board members and officers with indemnification against certain liabilities or expenses in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, the fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since it is dependent on future claims that may be made against the fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote. Insurance policies are also available to the fund’s board members and officers.

 

9. Committed line of credit

 

The fund participates with other funds managed by CRMC (or funds managed by certain affiliates of CRMC) in a $1.5 billion credit facility (the “line of credit”) to be utilized for temporary purposes to support shareholder redemptions. The fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in other expenses in the fund’s statement of operations. The fund did not borrow on this line of credit at any time during the six months ended March 31, 2021.

 

10. Capital share transactions

 

Capital share transactions in the fund were as follows (dollars and shares in thousands):

 

       Reinvestments of       Net increase 
   Sales1   distributions   Repurchases1   (decrease) 
Share class  Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares 
                                         
Six months ended March 31, 2021                     
                                         
Class A  $2,114,971    26,711   $526,554    6,720   $(1,875,097)   (24,087)  $766,428    9,344 
Class C   73,384    1,094    12,733    193    (94,821)   (1,436)   (8,704)   (149)
Class T                                
Class F-1   52,921    684    13,924    180    (145,120)   (1,834)   (78,275)   (970)
Class F-2   1,600,358    19,813    124,564    1,554    (903,773)   (11,258)   821,149    10,109 
Class F-3   877,246    10,937    60,027    754    (448,126)   (5,611)   489,147    6,080 
Class 529-A   141,541    1,821    32,348    419    (135,542)   (1,767)   38,347    473 
Class 529-C   9,004    134    1,788    27    (21,276)   (318)   (10,484)   (157)
Class 529-E   5,574    74    1,255    17    (6,061)   (81)   768    10 
Class 529-T           2   2           2   2
Class 529-F-1   4,003    58    2   2   (183,036)   (2,779)   (179,033)   (2,721)
Class 529-F-23   209,853    3,123    3,555    45    (18,376)   (231)   195,032    2,937 
Class 529-F-33   10    2   2   2           10    2
Class R-1   3,501    50    585    9    (4,664)   (68)   (578)   (9)
Class R-2   73,004    1,057    12,506    183    (104,850)   (1,552)   (19,340)   (312)
Class R-2E   7,526    96    671    9    (6,029)   (80)   2,168    25 
Class R-3   108,714    1,463    16,007    216    (147,741)   (2,014)   (23,020)   (335)
Class R-4   100,483    1,283    15,838    203    (133,709)   (1,739)   (17,388)   (253)
Class R-5E   26,864    344    1,653    21    (13,219)   (171)   15,298    194 
Class R-5   44,578    540    7,258    89    (58,748)   (745)   (6,912)   (116)
Class R-6   949,043    11,618    193,850    2,401    (1,504,479)   (19,414)   (361,586)   (5,395)
Total net increase (decrease)  $6,402,578    80,900   $1,025,116    13,040   $(5,804,667)   (75,185)  $1,623,027    18,755 

 

See end of table for footnotes.

 

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       Reinvestments of       Net increase 
   Sales1   distributions   Repurchases1   (decrease) 
Share class  Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares 
                                         
Year ended September 30, 2020                 
                                         
Class A  $2,336,768    40,761   $1,027,576    17,535   $(3,286,935)   (58,851)  $77,409    (555)
Class C   74,964    1,548    33,326    668    (304,344)   (6,158)   (196,054)   (3,942)
Class T                                
Class F-1   103,668    1,857    31,344    542    (229,459)   (4,094)   (94,447)   (1,695)
Class F-2   1,931,436    32,933    214,340    3,587    (1,472,587)   (26,146)   673,189    10,374 
Class F-3   931,464    15,970    98,775    1,666    (602,510)   (10,586)   427,729    7,050 
Class 529-A   243,478    4,160    60,720    1,051    (245,122)   (4,290)   59,076    921 
Class 529-C   16,043    324    9,036    178    (147,381)   (2,822)   (122,302)   (2,320)
Class 529-E   4,605    85    2,675    48    (13,135)   (240)   (5,855)   (107)
Class 529-T           1    2           1    2
Class 529-F-1   29,821    514    6,562    112    (31,702)   (548)   4,681    78 
Class R-1   3,771    75    1,174    23    (5,519)   (111)   (574)   (13)
Class R-2   98,714    1,965    26,618    514    (170,182)   (3,415)   (44,850)   (936)
Class R-2E   7,926    142    1,329    23    (8,057)   (146)   1,198    19 
Class R-3   128,172    2,383    34,736    625    (243,937)   (4,559)   (81,029)   (1,551)
Class R-4   114,432    2,030    34,458    593    (242,163)   (4,348)   (93,273)   (1,725)
Class R-5E   43,355    781    2,100    36    (14,803)   (257)   30,652    560 
Class R-5   49,372    835    16,026    264    (104,908)   (1,776)   (39,510)   (677)
Class R-6   2,104,180    37,740    361,112    6,007    (1,303,226)   (21,874)   1,162,066    21,873 
Total net increase (decrease)  $8,222,169    144,103   $1,961,908    33,472   $(8,425,970)   (150,221)  $1,758,107    27,354 

 

1 Includes exchanges between share classes of the fund.
2 Amount less than one thousand.
3 Class 529-F-2 and 529-F-3 shares began investment operations on October 30, 2020.

 

11. Investment transactions

 

The fund made purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term securities and U.S. government obligations, if any, of $11,524,272,000 and $11,963,239,000, respectively, during the six months ended March 31, 2021.

 

SMALLCAP World Fund 37
 

Financial highlights

 

       Income (loss) from
investment operations1 
   Dividends and distributions                         
Period ended  Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
   Net
investment
(loss)
income
   Net gains
(losses) on
securities
(both
realized and
unrealized)
   Total from
investment
operations
   Dividends
(from net
investment
income)
   Distributions
(from capital
gains)
   Total
dividends
and
distributions
   Net asset
value,
end
of period
   Total return2,3    Net assets,
end of period
(in millions)
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets before
reimburse-
ments4 
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets after
reimburse-
ments3,4 
   Ratio of
net (loss)
income
to average
net assets3 
 
Class A:                                                           
3/31/20215,6   $66.23   $(.21)  $17.38   $17.17   $   $(1.27)  $(1.27)  $82.13    26.01%7   $35,220    1.02%8    1.02%8    (.54)%8 
9/30/2020   55.24    (.15)   13.63    13.48        (2.49)   (2.49)   66.23    24.98    27,781    1.06    1.06    (.25)
9/30/2019   60.19    .05    (1.69)   (1.64)       (3.31)   (3.31)   55.24    (1.37)   23,203    1.06    1.06    .09 
9/30/2018   55.60    .04    7.05    7.09        (2.50)   (2.50)   60.19    13.13    24,203    1.04    1.04    .06 
9/30/2017   47.24    .07    8.45    8.52    (.16)       (.16)   55.60    18.11    21,383    1.07    1.07    .14 
9/30/2016   45.04    .04    4.99    5.03        (2.83)   (2.83)   47.24    11.72    18,762    1.10    1.10    .08 
Class C:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    56.04    (.42)   14.69    14.27        (1.27)   (1.27)   69.04    25.577    698    1.768    1.768    (1.28)8 
9/30/2020   47.42    (.48)   11.59    11.11        (2.49)   (2.49)   56.04    24.07    575    1.79    1.79    (.97)
9/30/2019   52.63    (.32)   (1.58)   (1.90)       (3.31)   (3.31)   47.42    (2.13)   673    1.82    1.82    (.68)
9/30/2018   49.30    (.38)   6.21    5.83        (2.50)   (2.50)   52.63    12.23    807    1.83    1.83    (.74)
9/30/2017   42.08    (.29)   7.51    7.22                49.30    17.16    810    1.87    1.87    (.66)
9/30/2016   40.73    (.29)   4.47    4.18        (2.83)   (2.83)   42.08    10.82    824    1.90    1.90    (.73)
Class T:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    66.78    (.12)   17.53    17.41        (1.27)   (1.27)   82.92    26.167,9    10    .798,9    .798,9    (.31)8,9 
9/30/2020   55.54    11    13.73    13.73        (2.49)   (2.49)   66.78    25.309    10    .819    .819    9,12 
9/30/2019   60.35    .18    (1.68)   (1.50)       (3.31)   (3.31)   55.54    (1.14)9    10    .829    .829    .339 
9/30/2018   55.64    .15    7.06    7.21        (2.50)   (2.50)   60.35    13.369    10    .859    .859    .259 
9/30/20175,13    49.61    .13    5.90    6.03                55.64    12.157,9    10    .427,9    .427,9    .257,9 
Class F-1:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    65.31    (.22)   17.14    16.92        (1.27)   (1.27)   80.96    26.007    828    1.058    1.058    (.57)8 
9/30/2020   54.51    (.15)   13.44    13.29        (2.49)   (2.49)   65.31    24.96    731    1.08    1.08    (.26)
9/30/2019   59.47    .03    (1.68)   (1.65)       (3.31)   (3.31)   54.51    (1.43)   703    1.10    1.10    .05 
9/30/2018   55.00    11    6.97    6.97        (2.50)   (2.50)   59.47    13.06    770    1.09    1.09    .01 
9/30/2017   46.74    .05    8.36    8.41    (.15)       (.15)   55.00    18.06    792    1.10    1.10    .11 
9/30/2016   44.60    .03    4.94    4.97        (2.83)   (2.83)   46.74    11.69    718    1.11    1.11    .07 
Class F-2:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    67.69    (.11)   17.77    17.66        (1.27)   (1.27)   84.08    26.177    9,058    .778    .778    (.28)8 
9/30/2020   56.26    .01    13.91    13.92        (2.49)   (2.49)   67.69    25.32    6,608    .79    .79    .02 
9/30/2019   61.07    .20    (1.70)   (1.50)       (3.31)   (3.31)   56.26    (1.12)   4,909    .80    .80    .36 
9/30/2018   56.24    .20    7.13    7.33        (2.50)   (2.50)   61.07    13.41    4,459    .78    .78    .34 
9/30/2017   47.80    .19    8.54    8.73    (.29)       (.29)   56.24    18.40    2,894    .82    .82    .38 
9/30/2016   45.42    .16    5.05    5.21        (2.83)   (2.83)   47.80    12.03    2,118    .82    .82    .36 
Class F-3:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    67.18    (.07)   17.64    17.57        (1.27)   (1.27)   83.48    26.247    4,317    .678    .678    (.18)8 
9/30/2020   55.80    .07    13.80    13.87        (2.49)   (2.49)   67.18    25.44    3,065    .68    .68    .12 
9/30/2019   60.54    .25    (1.68)   (1.43)       (3.31)   (3.31)   55.80    (1.02)   2,153    .70    .70    .46 
9/30/2018   55.74    .24    7.06    7.30        (2.50)   (2.50)   60.54    13.49    1,856    .71    .71    .41 
9/30/20175,14    47.93    .25    7.56    7.81                55.74    16.307    1,221    .718    .718    .708 
Class 529-A:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    65.29    (.22)   17.14    16.92        (1.27)   (1.27)   80.94    25.987    2,099    1.068    1.068    (.58)8 
9/30/2020   54.51    (.16)   13.43    13.27        (2.49)   (2.49)   65.29    24.95    1,662    1.09    1.09    (.28)
9/30/2019   59.47    .02    (1.67)   (1.65)       (3.31)   (3.31)   54.51    (1.43)   1,337    1.12    1.12    .03 
9/30/2018   55.01    11    6.96    6.96        (2.50)   (2.50)   59.47    13.05    1,430    1.11    1.11    12 
9/30/2017   46.74    .04    8.36    8.40    (.13)       (.13)   55.01    18.03    1,195    1.13    1.13    .08 
9/30/2016   44.63    11    4.94    4.94        (2.83)   (2.83)   46.74    11.64    1,024    1.17    1.17    12 

 

See end of table for footnotes.

 

38 SMALLCAP World Fund
 

Financial highlights (continued)

 

       Income (loss) from
investment operations1 
   Dividends and distributions                         
Period ended  Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
   Net
investment
(loss)
income
   Net gains
(losses) on
securities
(both
realized and
unrealized)
   Total from
investment
operations
   Dividends
(from net
investment
income)
   Distributions
(from capital
gains)
   Total
dividends
and
distributions
   Net asset
value,
end
of period
   Total return2,3    Net assets,
end of period
(in millions)
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets before
reimburse-
ments4 
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets after
reimburse-
ments3,4 
   Ratio of
net (loss)
income
to average
net assets3 
 
Class 529-C:                                                           
3/31/20215,6   $57.17   $(.44)  $14.98   $14.54   $   $(1.27)  $(1.27)  $70.44    25.53%7   $94    1.79%8    1.79%8    (1.31)%8 
9/30/2020   48.35    (.49)   11.80    11.31        (2.49)   (2.49)   57.17    24.02    86    1.84    1.84    (.99)
9/30/2019   53.60    (.34)   (1.60)   (1.94)       (3.31)   (3.31)   48.35    (2.17)   185    1.86    1.86    (.72)
9/30/2018   50.18    (.42)   6.34    5.92        (2.50)   (2.50)   53.60    12.19    230    1.88    1.88    (.81)
9/30/2017   42.85    (.32)   7.65    7.33                50.18    17.11    314    1.91    1.91    (.70)
9/30/2016   41.45    (.31)   4.54    4.23        (2.83)   (2.83)   42.85    10.78    286    1.96    1.96    (.78)
Class 529-E:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    62.89    (.29)   16.51    16.22        (1.27)   (1.27)   77.84    25.887    78    1.268    1.268    (.78)8 
9/30/2020   52.68    (.26)   12.96    12.70        (2.49)   (2.49)   62.89    24.70    62    1.28    1.28    (.47)
9/30/2019   57.73    (.09)   (1.65)   (1.74)       (3.31)   (3.31)   52.68    (1.64)   58    1.31    1.31    (.17)
9/30/2018   53.57    (.12)   6.78    6.66        (2.50)   (2.50)   57.73    12.82    64    1.32    1.32    (.22)
9/30/2017   45.53    (.06)   8.14    8.08    (.04)       (.04)   53.57    17.77    59    1.35    1.35    (.13)
9/30/2016   43.63    (.09)   4.82    4.73        (2.83)   (2.83)   45.53    11.39    53    1.38    1.38    (.21)
Class 529-T:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    66.67    (.14)   17.51    17.37        (1.27)   (1.27)   82.77    26.147,9    10    .858,9    .858,9    (.37)8,9 
9/30/2020   55.49    (.03)   13.70    13.67        (2.49)   (2.49)   66.67    25.219    10    .859    .859    (.05)9 
9/30/2019   60.32    .15    (1.67)   (1.52)       (3.31)   (3.31)   55.49    (1.17)9    10    .879    .879    .289 
9/30/2018   55.63    .13    7.06    7.19        (2.50)   (2.50)   60.32    13.309    10    .889    .889    .229 
9/30/20175,13    49.61    .12    5.90    6.02                55.63    12.137,9    10    .457,9    .457,9    .227,9 
Class 529-F-1:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    66.57    (.14)   17.49    17.35        (1.27)   (1.27)   82.65    26.157,9    10    .808,9    .808,9    (.42)8,9 
9/30/2020   55.41    (.03)   13.68    13.65        (2.49)   (2.49)   66.57    25.21    181    .86    .86    (.05)
9/30/2019   60.26    .15    (1.69)   (1.54)       (3.31)   (3.31)   55.41    (1.22)   146    .88    .88    .27 
9/30/2018   55.58    .13    7.05    7.18        (2.50)   (2.50)   60.26    13.31    136    .89    .89    .22 
9/30/2017   47.23    .15    8.43    8.58    (.23)       (.23)   55.58    18.26    113    .92    .92    .30 
9/30/2016   44.98    .09    4.99    5.08        (2.83)   (2.83)   47.23    11.85    90    .96    .96    .22 
Class 529-F-2:                                                           
3/31/20215,6,15    65.50    (.10)   18.08    17.98        (1.27)   (1.27)   82.21    27.527    241    .337    .337    (.13)7 
Class 529-F-3:                                                           
3/31/20215,6,15    65.50    (.07)   18.08    18.01        (1.27)   (1.27)   82.24    27.567    10    .357    .307    (.09)7 
Class R-1:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    58.09    (.44)   15.23    14.79        (1.27)   (1.27)   71.61    25.557    34    1.778    1.778    (1.29)8 
9/30/2020   49.08    (.50)   12.00    11.50        (2.49)   (2.49)   58.09    24.07    28    1.79    1.79    (.98)
9/30/2019   54.32    (.33)   (1.60)   (1.93)       (3.31)   (3.31)   49.08    (2.12)   24    1.82    1.82    (.68)
9/30/2018   50.79    (.38)   6.41    6.03        (2.50)   (2.50)   54.32    12.26    30    1.81    1.81    (.72)
9/30/2017   43.34    (.29)   7.74    7.45                50.79    17.19    30    1.83    1.83    (.63)
9/30/2016   41.85    (.28)   4.60    4.32        (2.83)   (2.83)   43.34    10.89    33    1.85    1.85    (.68)

 

See end of table for footnotes.

 

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Financial highlights (continued)

 

       Income (loss) from
investment operations1 
   Dividends and distributions                         
Period ended  Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
   Net
investment
(loss)
income
   Net gains
(losses) on
securities
(both
realized and
unrealized)
   Total from
investment
operations
   Dividends
(from net
investment
income)
   Distributions
(from capital
gains)
   Total
dividends
and
distributions
   Net asset
value,
end
of period
   Total return2,3    Net assets,
end of period
(in millions)
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets before
reimburse-
ments4 
   Ratio of
expenses to
average net
assets after
reimburse-
ments3,4 
   Ratio of
net (loss)
income
to average
net assets3 
 
Class R-2:                                                           
3/31/20215,6   $58.16   $(.43)  $15.24   $14.81   $   $(1.27)  $(1.27)  $71.70    25.56%7   $702    1.76%8    1.76%8    (1.28)%8 
9/30/2020   49.12    (.49)   12.02    11.53        (2.49)   (2.49)   58.16    24.09    588    1.78    1.78    (.97)
9/30/2019   54.36    (.31)   (1.62)   (1.93)       (3.31)   (3.31)   49.12    (2.12)   542    1.79    1.79    (.65)
9/30/2018   50.82    (.37)   6.41    6.04        (2.50)   (2.50)   54.36    12.28    619    1.79    1.79    (.70)
9/30/2017   43.35    (.27)   7.74    7.47                50.82    17.23    628    1.80    1.80    (.60)
9/30/2016   41.85    (.27)   4.60    4.33        (2.83)   (2.83)   43.35    10.89    616    1.84    1.84    (.67)
Class R-2E:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    64.83    (.37)   17.00    16.63        (1.27)   (1.27)   80.19    25.747    46    1.478    1.478    (.99)8 
9/30/2020   54.34    (.38)   13.36    12.98        (2.49)   (2.49)   64.83    24.46    35    1.48    1.48    (.67)
9/30/2019   59.52    (.18)   (1.69)   (1.87)       (3.31)   (3.31)   54.34    (1.82)   28    1.50    1.50    (.34)
9/30/2018   55.26    (.22)   6.98    6.76        (2.50)   (2.50)   59.52    12.61    24    1.50    1.50    (.38)
9/30/2017   47.07    (.14)   8.40    8.26    (.07)       (.07)   55.26    17.57    16    1.51    1.51    (.27)
9/30/2016   45.04    (.08)   4.94    4.86        (2.83)   (2.83)   47.07    11.32    6    1.51    1.51    (.20)
Class R-3:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    62.68    (.30)   16.44    16.14        (1.27)   (1.27)   77.55    25.837    971    1.318    1.318    (.83)8 
9/30/2020   52.54    (.28)   12.91    12.63        (2.49)   (2.49)   62.68    24.65    806    1.33    1.33    (.52)
9/30/2019   57.60    (.10)   (1.65)   (1.75)       (3.31)   (3.31)   52.54    (1.67)   757    1.34    1.34    (.20)
9/30/2018   53.47    (.14)   6.77    6.63        (2.50)   (2.50)   57.60    12.79    852    1.35    1.35    (.25)
9/30/2017   45.45    (.07)   8.13    8.06    (.04)       (.04)   53.47    17.74    844    1.35    1.35    (.14)
9/30/2016   43.56    (.09)   4.81    4.72        (2.83)   (2.83)   45.45    11.41    783    1.39    1.39    (.22)
Class R-4:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    65.68    (.20)   17.24    17.04        (1.27)   (1.27)   81.45    26.047    1,015    1.018    1.018    (.53)8 
9/30/2020   54.78    (.12)   13.51    13.39        (2.49)   (2.49)   65.68    25.03    835    1.02    1.02    (.21)
9/30/2019   59.71    .06    (1.68)   (1.62)       (3.31)   (3.31)   54.78    (1.37)   791    1.04    1.04    .11 
9/30/2018   55.18    .03    7.00    7.03        (2.50)   (2.50)   59.71    13.13    894    1.04    1.04    .05 
9/30/2017   46.89    .08    8.38    8.46    (.17)       (.17)   55.18    18.12    865    1.05    1.05    .17 
9/30/2016   44.71    .04    4.97    5.01        (2.83)   (2.83)   46.89    11.76    764    1.07    1.07    .10 
Class R-5E:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    66.64    (.13)   17.50    17.37        (1.27)   (1.27)   82.74    26.157    121    .818    .818    (.33)8 
9/30/2020   55.44    (.01)   13.70    13.69        (2.49)   (2.49)   66.64    25.28    84    .82    .82    (.02)
9/30/2019   60.26    .18    (1.69)   (1.51)       (3.31)   (3.31)   55.44    (1.16)   39    .84    .84    .32 
9/30/2018   55.55    .18    7.03    7.21        (2.50)   (2.50)   60.26    13.38    28    .84    .84    .31 
9/30/2017   47.30    .18    8.42    8.60    (.35)       (.35)   55.55    18.33    12    .84    .84    .36 
9/30/20165,16    47.09    .12    2.92    3.04        (2.83)   (2.83)   47.30    7.017    10    .968    .958    .328 
Class R-5:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    68.86    (.09)   18.08    17.99        (1.27)   (1.27)   85.58    26.217    495    .718    .718    (.23)8 
9/30/2020   57.16    .06    14.13    14.19        (2.49)   (2.49)   68.86    25.40    406    .72    .72    .09 
9/30/2019   61.94    .22    (1.69)   (1.47)       (3.31)   (3.31)   57.16    (1.06)   376    .74    .74    .40 
9/30/2018   56.99    .21    7.24    7.45        (2.50)   (2.50)   61.94    13.46    436    .75    .75    .36 
9/30/2017   48.40    .24    8.64    8.88    (.29)       (.29)   56.99    18.48    424    .75    .75    .47 
9/30/2016   45.94    .18    5.11    5.29        (2.83)   (2.83)   48.40    12.09    359    .77    .77    .41 
Class R-6:                                                           
3/31/20215,6    68.15    (.07)   17.90    17.83        (1.27)   (1.27)   84.71    26.267    13,422    .668    .668    (.18)8 
9/30/2020   56.56    .08    14.00    14.08        (2.49)   (2.49)   68.15    25.47    11,166    .67    .67    .14 
9/30/2019   61.31    .26    (1.70)   (1.44)       (3.31)   (3.31)   56.56    (1.02)   8,031    .69    .69    .47 
9/30/2018   56.40    .25    7.16    7.41        (2.50)   (2.50)   61.31    13.53    7,039    .69    .69    .42 
9/30/2017   47.93    .26    8.54    8.80    (.33)       (.33)   56.40    18.51    5,289    .70    .70    .51 
9/30/2016   45.49    .21    5.06    5.27        (2.83)   (2.83)   47.93    12.15    3,403    .71    .71    .48 

 

     Six months              
     ended              
     March 31,    Year ended September 30,
     20215,6,7      2020      2019      2018      2017      2016  
Portfolio turnover rate for all share classes17   19%   38%   39%   35%   32%   29%

 

See end of table for footnotes.

 

40 SMALLCAP World Fund
 

Financial highlights (continued)

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns exclude any applicable sales charges, including contingent deferred sales charges.
3 This column reflects the impact, if any, of certain reimbursements from CRMC. During some of the periods shown, CRMC reimbursed a portion of transfer agent services fees for certain share classes.
4 Ratios do not include expenses of any Central Funds. The fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any Central Funds.
5 Based on operations for a period that is less than a full year.
6 Unaudited.
7 Not annualized.
8 Annualized.
9 All or a significant portion of assets in this class consisted of seed capital invested by CRMC and/or its affiliates. Fees for distribution services are not charged or accrued on these seed capital assets. If such fees were paid by the fund on seed capital assets, fund expenses would have been higher and net income and total return would have been lower.
10 Amount less than $1 million.
11 Amount less than $.01.
12 Amount less than .01%.
13 Class T and 529-T shares began investment operations on April 7, 2017.
14 Class F-3 shares began investment operations on January 27, 2017.
15 Class 529-F-2 and 529-F-3 shares began investment operations on October 30, 2020.
16 Class R-5E shares began investment operations on November 20, 2015.
17 Rates do not include the fund’s portfolio activity with respect to any Central Funds.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

SMALLCAP World Fund 41
 
Expense example unaudited

 

As a fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, such as initial sales charges on purchase payments and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions (loads), and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the fund so you can compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period (October 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021).

 

Actual expenses:

The first line of each share class in the table on the following page provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading titled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes:

The second line of each share class in the table on the following page provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio for the share class and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of the share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5.00% hypothetical example with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Notes:

Retirement plan participants may be subject to certain fees charged by the plan sponsor, and Class F-1, F-2, F-3, 529-F-1, 529-F-2 and 529-F-3 shareholders may be subject to fees charged by financial intermediaries, typically ranging from 0.75% to 1.50% of assets annually depending on services offered. You can estimate the impact of these fees by adding the amount of the fees to the total estimated expenses you paid on your account during the period as calculated above. In addition, your ending account value would be lower by the amount of these fees.

 

Note that the expenses shown in the table on the following page are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the second line of each share class in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

42 SMALLCAP World Fund
 

Expense example (continued)

 

   Beginning
account value
10/1/2020
   Ending
account value
3/31/2021
   Expenses paid
during period*
   Annualized
expense ratio
 
Class A – actual return  $1,000.00   $1,260.14   $5.75    1.02%
Class A – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,019.85    5.14    1.02 
Class C – actual return   1,000.00    1,255.68    9.90    1.76 
Class C – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,016.16    8.85    1.76 
Class T – actual return   1,000.00    1,261.57    4.45    .79 
Class T – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,020.99    3.98    .79 
Class F-1 – actual return   1,000.00    1,259.99    5.92    1.05 
Class F-1 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,019.70    5.29    1.05 
Class F-2 – actual return   1,000.00    1,261.74    4.34    .77 
Class F-2 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,021.09    3.88    .77 
Class F-3 – actual return   1,000.00    1,262.42    3.78    .67 
Class F-3 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,021.59    3.38    .67 
Class 529-A – actual return   1,000.00    1,259.84    5.97    1.06 
Class 529-A – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,019.65    5.34    1.06 
Class 529-C – actual return   1,000.00    1,255.31    10.06    1.79 
Class 529-C – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,016.01    9.00    1.79 
Class 529-E – actual return   1,000.00    1,258.82    7.10    1.26 
Class 529-E – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,018.65    6.34    1.26 
Class 529-T – actual return   1,000.00    1,261.44    4.79    .85 
Class 529-T – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,020.69    4.28    .85 
Class 529-F-1 – actual return   1,000.00    1,261.51    4.51    .80 
Class 529-F-1 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,020.94    4.03    .80 
Class 529-F-2 – actual return   1,000.00    1,261.53    3.79    .81 
Class 529-F-2 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,020.89    4.08    .81 
Class 529-F-3 – actual return   1,000.00    1,262.08    3.37    .72 
Class 529-F-3 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,021.34    3.63    .72 
Class R-1 – actual return   1,000.00    1,255.51    9.95    1.77 
Class R-1 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,016.11    8.90    1.77 
Class R-2 – actual return   1,000.00    1,255.62    9.90    1.76 
Class R-2 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,016.16    8.85    1.76 
Class R-2E – actual return   1,000.00    1,257.39    8.27    1.47 
Class R-2E – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,017.60    7.39    1.47 
Class R-3 – actual return   1,000.00    1,258.32    7.38    1.31 
Class R-3 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,018.40    6.59    1.31 
Class R-4 – actual return   1,000.00    1,260.37    5.69    1.01 
Class R-4 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,019.90    5.09    1.01 
Class R-5E – actual return   1,000.00    1,261.48    4.57    .81 
Class R-5E – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,020.89    4.08    .81 
Class R-5 – actual return   1,000.00    1,262.10    4.00    .71 
Class R-5 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,021.39    3.58    .71 
Class R-6 – actual return   1,000.00    1,262.56    3.72    .66 
Class R-6 – assumed 5% return   1,000.00    1,021.64    3.33    .66 

 

* The “expenses paid during period” are equal to the “annualized expense ratio,” multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period, and divided by 365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
The period for the “annualized expense ratio” and “actual return” line is based on the number of days since the share class began investment operations on October 30, 2020. The “assumed 5% return” line is based on 182 days.

 

SMALLCAP World Fund 43
 

Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

The fund has adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “program”). The fund’s board has designated Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) as the administrator of the program. Personnel of CRMC or its affiliates conduct the day-to-day operation of the program pursuant to policies and procedures administered by the Capital Group Liquidity Risk Management Committee.

 

Under the program, CRMC manages the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet shareholder redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the fund. This risk is managed by monitoring the degree of liquidity of the fund’s investments, limiting the amount of the fund’s illiquid investments, and utilizing various risk management tools and facilities available to the fund for meeting shareholder redemptions, among other means. CRMC’s process of determining the degree of liquidity of the fund’s investments is supported by one or more third-party liquidity assessment vendors.

 

The fund’s board reviewed a report prepared by CRMC regarding the operation and effectiveness of the program for the period October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020. No significant liquidity events impacting the fund were noted in the report. In addition, CRMC provided its assessment that the program had been effective in managing the fund’s liquidity risk.

 

44 SMALLCAP World Fund
 

Office of the fund

6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618-4518

 

Investment adviser

Capital Research and Management Company
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406

 

Transfer agent for shareholder accounts

American Funds Service Company
(Write to the address near you.)

 

P.O. Box 6007
Indianapolis, IN 46206-6007

 

P.O. Box 2280
Norfolk, VA 23501-2280

 

Custodian of assets

State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

 

Counsel

Dechert LLP
One Bush Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104-4446

 

Independent registered public accounting firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP
695 Town Center Drive
Suite 1000
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-7188

 

Principal underwriter

American Funds Distributors, Inc.
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406

 

Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectus and summary prospectus, which can be obtained from your financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. You may also call American Funds Service Company (AFS) at (800) 421-4225 or visit the Capital Group website at capitalgroup.com.

 

“American Funds Proxy Voting Procedures and Principles” — which describes how we vote proxies relating to portfolio securities — is available on our website or upon request by calling AFS. The fund files its proxy voting record with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the 12 months ended June 30 by August 31. The proxy voting record is available free of charge on the SEC website at sec.gov and on our website.

 

SMALLCAP World Fund files a complete list of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form NPORT-P. This filing is available free of charge on the SEC website. Additionally, the list of portfolio holdings is available by calling AFS.

 

This report is for the information of shareholders of SMALLCAP World Fund, but it also may be used as sales literature when preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus or summary prospectus, which gives details about charges, expenses, investment objectives and operating policies of the fund. If used as sales material after June 30, 2021, this report must be accompanied by an American Funds statistical update for the most recently completed calendar quarter.

 

MCSI has not approved, reviewed or produced this report, makes no express or implied warranties or representations and is not liable whatsoever for any data in the report. You may not redistribute the MSCI data or use it as a basis for other indices or investment products.

 

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index (“Index”) is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates and has been licensed for use by Capital Group. Copyright © 2021 S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a division of S&P Global, and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Redistribution or reproduction in whole or in part are prohibited without written permission of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC.

 

American Funds Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

The Capital Advantage®

 

Since 1931, Capital Group, home of American Funds, has helped investors pursue long-term investment success. Our consistent approach — in combination with The Capital SystemSM — has resulted in superior outcomes.

 

Aligned with investor success

We base our decisions on a long-term perspective, which we believe aligns our goals with the interests of our clients. Our portfolio managers average 27 years of investment industry experience, including 21 years at our company, reflecting a career commitment to our long-term approach.1

 

The Capital System

The Capital System combines individual accountability with teamwork. Funds using The Capital System are divided into portions that are managed independently by investment professionals with diverse backgrounds, ages and investment approaches. An extensive global research effort is the backbone of our system.

 

American Funds’ superior outcomes

Equity funds have beaten their Lipper peer indexes in 91% of 10-year periods and 98% of 20-year periods.2 Fixed income funds have helped investors achieve diversification through attention to correlation between bonds and equities.3 Fund management fees have been among the lowest in the industry.4

 

  1 Investment industry experience as of December 31, 2020.
  2 Based on Class F-2 share results for rolling periods through December 31, 2020. Periods covered are the shorter of the fund’s lifetime or since the comparable Lipper index inception date (except Capital Income Builder and SMALLCAP World Fund, for which the Lipper average was used). Expenses differ for each share class, so results will vary.
  3 Based on Class F-2 share results as of December 31, 2020. Thirteen of the 17 fixed income American Funds that have been in existence for the three-year period showed a three-year correlation below 0.3. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was used as an equity market proxy. Correlation based on monthly total returns. Correlation is a statistical measure of how two securities move in relation to each other. A correlation ranges from –1 to 1. A positive correlation close to 1 implies that as one security moves, either up or down, the other security will move in “lockstep,” in the same direction. A negative correlation close to –1 indicates that the securities have moved in the opposite direction.
  4 On average, our management fees were in the lowest quintile 66% of the time, based on the 20-year period ended December 31, 2020, versus comparable Lipper categories, excluding funds of funds.

 

Class F-2 shares were first offered on August 1, 2008. Class F-2 share results prior to the date of first sale are hypothetical based on the results of the original share class of the fund without a sales charge, adjusted for typical estimated expenses. Results for certain funds with an inception date after August 1, 2008, also include hypothetical returns because those funds’ Class F-2 shares sold after the funds’ date of first offering. Visit capitalgroup.com for more information on specific expense adjustments and the actual dates of first sale.

 

All Capital Group trademarks mentioned are owned by The Capital Group Companies, Inc., an affiliated company or fund. All other company and product names mentioned are the property of their respective companies.

 

 

 

ITEM 2 – Code of Ethics

 

Not applicable for filing of semi-annual reports to shareholders.

 

ITEM 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

Not applicable for filing of semi-annual reports to shareholders.

 

ITEM 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

Not applicable for filing of semi-annual reports to shareholders.

 

ITEM 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

 

Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

ITEM 6 – Schedule of Investments

 

Not applicable, insofar as the schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

ITEM 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a closed-end management investment company.

 

ITEM 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a closed-end management investment company.

 

ITEM 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

 

Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a closed-end management investment company.

 

ITEM 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s board of directors since the Registrant last submitted a proxy statement to its shareholders. The procedures are as follows. The Registrant has a nominating and governance committee comprised solely of persons who are not considered ‘‘interested persons’’ of the Registrant within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The committee periodically reviews such issues as the board’s composition, responsibilities, committees, compensation and other relevant issues, and recommends any appropriate changes to the full board of directors. While the committee normally is able to identify from its own resources an ample number of qualified candidates, it will consider shareholder suggestions of persons to be considered as nominees to fill future vacancies on the board. Such suggestions must be sent in writing to the nominating and governance committee of the Registrant, c/o the Registrant’s Secretary, and must be accompanied by complete biographical and occupational data on the prospective nominee, along with a written consent of the prospective nominee for consideration of his or her name by the nominating and governance committee.

 

ITEM 11 – Controls and Procedures

 

(a) The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 30a-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940), that such controls and procedures are adequate and reasonably designed to achieve the purposes described in paragraph (c) of such rule.
   
(b)

There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s semi-annual period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 12 – Exhibits

 

(a)(1) Not applicable for filing of semi-annual reports to shareholders.
   
(a)(2) The certifications required by Rule 30a-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached as exhibits hereto.

 

 
 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  SMALLCAP WORLD FUND, INC.
   
  By __/s/ Walter R. Burkley____________________
 

Walter R. Burkley,

Principal Executive Officer

   
  Date: May 28, 2021

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

 

By __/s/ Walter R. Burkley_________________

Walter R. Burkley,

Principal Executive Officer

 
Date: May 28, 2021

 

 

 

By ___/s/ Hong T. Le    __________

Hong T. Le, Treasurer and

Principal Financial Officer

 
Date: May 28, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

6455 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, California 92618

(949) 975-5000

 

CERTIFICATION

I, Walter R. Burkley, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.;
   
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
   
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
   
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
   
  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
   
  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
   
  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 180 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
   
  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s semi-annual period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
   
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
   
  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
   
  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: May 28, 2021

 

___/s/ Walter R. Burkley_____________________

Walter R. Burkley,

Principal Executive Officer

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

6455 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, California 92618

(949) 975-5000

 

CERTIFICATION

I, Hong T. Le, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.;
   
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
   
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
   
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
   
  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
   
  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
   
  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 180 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
   
  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s semi-annual period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
   
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
   
  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
   
  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: May 28, 2021

 

__/s/ Hong T. Le_____________

Hong T. Le, Treasurer and

Principal Financial Officer

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

6455 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, California 92618

(949) 975-5000

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

WALTER R. BURKLEY, Principal Executive Officer, and HONG T. LE, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant"), each certify to the best of her or his knowledge that:

 

1) The Registrant's periodic report on Form N-CSR for the period ended March 31, 2021 (the "Form N-CSR") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
   
2) The information contained in the Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

 

Principal Executive Officer Principal Financial Officer
   
SMALLCAP WORLD FUND, INC. SMALLCAP WORLD FUND, INC.
   
   
___/s/ Walter R. Burkley____________ _/s/ Hong T. Le____________
Walter R. Burkley, Principal Executive Officer Hong T. Le, Treasurer
   
Date: May 28, 2021 Date: May 28, 2021

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to SMALLCAP WORLD FUND, INC. and will be retained by SMALLCAP WORLD FUND, INC. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") or its staff upon request.

 

This certification is being furnished to the Commission solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR filed with the Commission.

 

 



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