Post-effective Amendment (investment Company, Rule 485(b)) (485bpos)

 

SEC File Nos. 002-10758

811-00066

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

__________________

 

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 108 (X)

 

and

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

 

Amendment No. 47 (X)

__________________

 

AMERICAN BALANCED FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

One Market, Steuart Tower, Suite 2000, San Francisco, California 94105-1409

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (ZIP Code)

 

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: [phone]

__________________

 

Patrick F. Quan

Secretary

American Balanced Fund

One Market

Steuart Tower, Suite 2000

San Francisco, California 94105-1409

 

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Copy to:

 

Michael Glazer

Bingham McCutchen LLP

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4400

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3106

(Counsel for the Registrant)

__________________

 

Approximate date of proposed public offering:

 

It is proposed that this filing become effective immediately pursuant to paragraph (b) of rule 485.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City and County of San Francisco, and State of California on the 22 ^nd day of March, 2013.

 

AMERICAN BALANCED FUND

 

By: /s/ Patrick F. Quan

(Patrick F. Quan, Secretary)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below on March 22, 2013, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

	Signature	Title
(1)	Principal Executive Officer:
	/s/ Gregory D. Johnson	Vice Chairman of the Board
	(Gregory D. Johnson)
(2)	Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer:
	/s/ Jeffrey P. Regal	Treasurer
	(Jeffrey P. Regal)
(3)	Trustees:
	William H. Baribault*	Trustee
	Vanessa C.L. Chang*	Trustee
	Linda Griego*	Trustee
	/s/ Gregory D. Johnson	President and Trustee
	(Gregory D. Johnson)
	Leonade D. Jones*	Trustee
	William D. Jones*	Trustee
	James J. Postl*	Trustee
	Margaret Spellings*	Trustee
	Isaac Stein*	Chairman of the Board (Independent and Non-Executive)
	*By: /s/ Patrick F. Quan
	(Patrick F. Quan, Attorney-in-Fact, Powers of Attorney enclosed)

 

Counsel represents that this amendment does not contain disclosures that would make the amendment ineligible for effectiveness under the provisions of rule 485(b).

 

/s/ Katherine H. Newhall

(Katherine H. Newhall, Counsel)

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, William H. Baribault , the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”) :

 

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American Balanced Fund (File No. 002-10758, File No. 811-00066)

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American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)

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American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)

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American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)

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The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)

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American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)

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American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)

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American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)

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American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)

-

American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)

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American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)

-

American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)

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American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)

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The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)

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American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)

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American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)

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The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)

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Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)

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The Income Fund of America (File No. 002-33371, File No. 811-01880)

-

Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)

-

International Growth and Income Fund (File No. 333-152323, File No. 811-22215)

-

Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)

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Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)

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The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti Steven I. Koszalka Patrick F. Quan Courtney R. Taylor Julie E. Lawton Tanya Schneider Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman Brian C. Janssen Dori Laskin Gregory F. Niland

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Pasadena, CA this 11 ^th day of January 2013 .

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ William H. Baribault

William H. Baribault, Board member

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Vanessa C. L. Chang , the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”) :

 

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American Balanced Fund (File No. 002-10758, File No. 811-00066)

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EuroPacific Growth Fund (File No. 002-83847, File No. 811-03734)

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EuroPacific Growth Fund

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The Income Fund of America (File No. 002-33371, File No. 811-01880)

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International Growth and Income Fund (File No. 333-152323, File No. 811-22215)

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New Perspective Fund, Inc. (File No. 002-47749, File No. 811-02333)

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New Perspective Fund

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New World Fund, Inc. (File No. 333-67455, File No. 811-09105)

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American Funds New World Fund

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti Steven I. Koszalka Patrick F. Quan Courtney R. Taylor Julie E. Lawton Tanya Schneider Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

M. Susan Gupton Brian C. Janssen Jeffrey P. Regal

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at North Berwick, Scotland , this 18 ^th day of August, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ Vanessa C.L. Chang

Vanessa C.L. Chang, Board member

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Linda Griego, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”) :

 

-

American Balanced Fund (File No. 002-10758, File No. 811-00066)

-

The Income Fund of America (File No. 002-33371, File No. 811-01880)

-

International Growth and Income Fund (File No. 333-152323, File No. 811-22215)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti Steven I. Koszalka Patrick F. Quan Courtney R. Taylor Julie E. Lawton Tanya Schneider Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

M. Susan Gupton Jeffrey P. Regal

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA , this 1 ^st day of July, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ Linda Griego

Linda Griego, Board member

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Leonade D. Jones , the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”) :

 

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American Balanced Fund (File No. 002-10758, File No. 811-00066)

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American Funds Fundamental Investors (File No. 002-10760, File No. 811-00032)

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Capital Income Builder (File No. 033-12967, File No. 811-05085)

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Capital World Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (File No. 033-54444, File No. 811-07338)

-

Capital World Growth and Income Fund

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The Growth Fund of America, Inc. (File No. 002-14728, File No. 811-00862)

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The Growth Fund of America

-

The Income Fund of America (File No. 002-33371, File No. 811-01880)

-

International Growth and Income Fund (File No. 333-152323, File No. 811-22215)

-

The New Economy Fund (File No. 002-83848, File No. 811-03735)

-

The New Economy Fund

-

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. (File No. 033-32785, File No. 811-05888)

-

SMALLCAP World Fund

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti Steven I. Koszalka Patrick F. Quan Courtney R. Taylor Julie E. Lawton Tanya Schneider Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

M. Susan Gupton Jeffrey P. Regal Neal F. Wellons

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Washington, DC , this 1 ^st day of August, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ Leonade D. Jones

Leonade D. Jones, Board member

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, William D. Jones , the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”) :

 

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AMCAP Fund (File No. 002-26516, File No. 811-01435)

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American Balanced Fund (File No. 002-10758, File No. 811-00066)

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American Funds Global Balanced Fund (File No. 333-170605, File No. 811-22496)

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American Mutual Fund (File No. 002-10607, File No. 811-00572)

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The Income Fund of America (File No. 002-33371, File No. 811-01880)

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International Growth and Income Fund (File No. 333-152323, File No. 811-22215)

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The Investment Company of America (File No. 002-10811, File No. 811-00116)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti Steven I. Koszalka Patrick F. Quan Courtney R. Taylor Julie E. Lawton Tanya Schneider Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Brian D. Bullard Karl C. Grauman M. Susan Gupton Jeffrey P. Regal Ari M. Vinocor

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at San Diego, CA , this 3 ^rd day of August, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ William D. Jones

William D. Jones, Board member

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, James J. Postl , the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”) :

 

-

American Balanced Fund (File No. 002-10758, File No. 811-00066)

-

The Income Fund of America (File No. 002-33371, File No. 811-01880)

-

International Growth and Income Fund (File No. 333-152323, File No. 811-22215)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti Steven I. Koszalka Patrick F. Quan Courtney R. Taylor Julie E. Lawton Tanya Schneider Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

M. Susan Gupton Jeffrey P. Regal

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Houston, TX , this 7 ^th day of August, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ James J. Postl

James J. Postl, Board member

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Margaret Spellings , the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”) :

 

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American Balanced Fund (File No. 002-10758, File No. 811-00066)

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American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)

-

American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)

-

American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)

-

The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)

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American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)

-

American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)

-

American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)

-

American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)

-

American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)

-

American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)

-

American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)

-

American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)

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The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)

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American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)

-

American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)

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The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)

-

Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)

-

The Income Fund of America (File No. 002-33371, File No. 811-01880)

-

Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)

-

International Growth and Income Fund (File No. 333-152323, File No. 811-22215)

-

Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)

-

Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)

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The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti Steven I. Koszalka Patrick F. Quan Courtney R. Taylor Julie E. Lawton Tanya Schneider Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman Brian C. Janssen Dori Laskin Gregory F. Niland Jeffrey P. Regal

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA , this 5 ^th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ Margaret Spellings

Margaret Spellings, Board member

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Isaac Stein , the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”) :

 

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American Balanced Fund (File No. 002-10758, File No. 811-00066)

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The Income Fund of America (File No. 002-33371, File No. 811-01880)

-

International Growth and Income Fund (File No. 333-152323, File No. 811-22215)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti Steven I. Koszalka Patrick F. Quan Courtney R. Taylor Julie E. Lawton Tanya Schneider Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

M. Susan Gupton Jeffrey P. Regal

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Atherton, CA , this 9 ^th day of August, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ Isaac Stein

Isaac Stein, Board member

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

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EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase