Annual Report - American Balanced Fund - American Funds

Sales 1Reinvestments ofNet increasedividends and distributions Repurchases 1 (decrease)Share class Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount SharesYear ended December 31, 2013Class A $ 5,771,710 257,019 $638,399 28,228 $ (4,829,974) (215,037) $1,580,135 70,210Class B 28,456 1,275 7,915 353 (512,404) (23,120) (476,033) (21,492)Class C 1,085,377 48,422 41,910 1,864 (1,071,709) (47,809) 55,578 2,477Class F-1 953,519 42,210 32,319 1,425 (359,799) (15,964) 626,039 27,671Class F-2 339,973 15,053 9,980 440 (103,614) (4,571) 246,339 10,922Class 529-A 353,333 15,775 37,862 1,677 (314,364) (14,003) 76,831 3,449Class 529-B 4,298 192 894 40 (54,165) (2,423) (48,973) (2,191)Class 529-C 125,242 5,596 6,377 283 (122,695) (5,469) 8,924 410Class 529-E 18,834 840 1,684 75 (20,477) (909) 41 6Class 529-F-1 20,468 910 1,669 74 (18,738) (840) 3,399 144Class R-1 45,246 2,057 1,273 57 (41,530) (1,868) 4,989 246Class R-2 305,186 13,736 12,032 536 (392,794) (17,617) (75,576) (3,345)Class R-3 809,579 36,322 40,465 1,798 (780,292) (34,843) 69,752 3,277Class R-4 1,267,150 57,206 61,018 2,703 (984,030) (43,663) 344,138 16,246Class R-5 551,314 24,580 45,053 1,991 (561,872) (24,996) 34,495 1,575Class R-6 1,519,961 67,390 60,512 2,664 (347,726) (15,363) 1,232,747 54,691Total net increase(decrease) $13,199,646 588,583 $999,362 44,208 $(10,516,183) (468,495) $3,682,825 164,2961 Includes exchanges between share classes of the fund.2 Class R-2E shares were offered beginning August 29, 2014.3Amount less than one thousand. The fund made purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term securities and U.S. government obligations, if any, of$38,349,712,000 and $36,945,803,000, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2014.2 26 American Balanced Fund