Annual Report - EuroPacific Growth Fund - American Funds

Tapping global potential1989 1990 1991 1992 1993+31% –2% +31% +7% +35%+12% –23% +14% –11% +10%1994 1995 1996 1997 1998+7% +38% +24% +34% +31%+2% +10% +7% +2% +14%1999 2000 2001 2002 2003+31% –13% –12% –15% +41%+22% –15% –20% –23% +29%2004 2005 2006 2007 2008+21% +17% +27% +17% –37%+11% +6% +15% +6% –46%2009 2010 2011 2012 2013+41% +15% +2% +17% +33%+27% +11% –14% +16% +15%The table above compares total returns for the MSCI USA Index (shown in lavender) and the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index (shown in blue)over the past 25 calendar years.Results for the MSCI USA Index reflect dividends gross of withholding taxes. Results for the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index reflectdividends gross of withholding taxes through December 31, 2000, and dividends net of withholding taxes thereafter.MSCI USA IndexMSCI All Country World ex USA IndexA world of opportunityWith more than half of the world’s investment opportunitieslocated beyond our shores, an international focus gives U.S.investors access to growth potential that would otherwise be outof reach. As the chart shows, international stocks have outpacedtheir U.S. counterparts in 11 of the past 25 calendar years.Diversifying across U.S. and non-U.S. stock markets can alsohelp investors mitigate fluctuations in the value of theirinvestments.Active managementNegotiating the unfamiliar terrain of international markets can bechallenging. That is why so many people choose to investoverseas through professionally managed mutual funds.EuroPacific Growth Fund draws on the global researchexperience of its investment adviser, Capital Research andManagement Company, to find attractive companies basedchiefly in Europe and the Pacific Basin.12 EuroPacific Growth Fund