**NEW WORLD FUND, INC.**

 

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

	

 

	New World Fund, Inc., aMaryland corporation having its principal office in Baltimore, Maryland (the “Corporation”), certifies to the StateDepartment of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

 

FIRST: (a) The Board of Directors ofthe Corporation has divided and further classified the authorized, but unissued shares of common stock of the Corporation, parvalue $.01 per share, into 1 additional class, designated “Class R-2E”. The remaining shares of common stock, includingthe shares currently issued and outstanding, shall consist of the previously designated Class A, Class B, Class C, Class F-1, ClassF-2, Class R-1, Class R-2, Class R-3, Class R-4, Class R-5, Class R-6, Class 529-A, Class 529-B, Class 529-C, Class 529-E and Class529-F-1 shares. The authorized shares of each such class of common stock shall consist of the sum of (x) the outstanding sharesof that class and (y) one-seventeenth (1/17) of the authorized but unissued shares of all classes of common stock; *provided,however*, that in the event application of the above formula would result, at the time, in fractional shares of one or moreclasses, the number of authorized shares of each such class shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares; and *provided,further,* that at all times the aggregate number of authorized Class A, Class B, Class C, Class F-1, Class F-2, Class R-1, ClassR-2, Class R-2E, Class R-3, Class R-4, Class R-5, Class R-6, Class 529-A, Class 529-B, Class 529-C, Class 529-E and Class 529-F-1shares of common stock shall not exceed the authorized number of shares of common stock (*i.e.*, 1,000,000,000 shares untilchanged by action of the Board of Directors in accordance with Sections 2-105(c) and 2-208.1 of the Maryland General CorporationLaw).

 

(b) The preferences, conversion andother rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemptionof the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class F-1, Class F-2, Class R-1, Class R-2, Class R-3, Class R-4, Class R-5, Class R-6, Class529-A, Class 529-B, Class 529-C, Class 529-E and Class 529-F-1 shares are set forth in the Charter of the Corporation. The preferences,conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditionsof redemption of the Class R-2E shares of the Corporation are set forth below.

 

SECOND: Except to the extent providedotherwise by the Charter of the Corporation, all classes of shares of the Corporation shall represent an equal proportionate interestin the assets of the Corporation (subject to the liabilities of the Corporation) and each share shall have identical voting, dividend,liquidation and other rights; *provided*, *however*, that notwithstanding anything in the Charter of the Corporationto the contrary:

 

(i) Each class of shares of the Corporation may be issuedand sold subject to different sales loads or charges, whether initial, deferred or contingent, or any combination thereof, as maybe established from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, andapplicable rules and regulations of self-regulatory organizations and as shall be set forth in the applicable prospectus for theshares;

 

(ii) Expenses, costs and charges which are determined byor under the supervision of the Board of Directors to be attributable to the shares of a particular class may be charged to thatclass and appropriately reflected in the net asset value of, and/or dividends payable on, the shares of that class; and

 

(iii) Subject to the provisions in the Charter of the Corporationpertaining to the exchange rights of Class B, Class C and Class 529-B shares, each class of shares of the Corporation may havesuch different exchange rights as the Board of Directors shall provide in compliance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, asamended.

 

THIRD: In accordance with Section 2-105(c)of the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors has increased the authorized Capital Stock of the corporation toone billion shares of common stock, par value $0.01.

 

FOURTH: The Corporation is registeredas an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

FIFTH:	(a) As of immediately beforethe increase the total number of shares of stock of all classes which the Corporation had authority to issue was 500,000,000 sharesof common stock, par value $0.01.

 

	(b) As increased the total numberof shares of stock of all classes which the Corporation has authority to issue is 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value$0.01.

 

(c) The aggregate par value of allshares having a par value was $5,000,000 before the increase and $10,000,000 as increased.

 

SIXTH: The aforesaid shares have beenduly classified by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority and power contained in the Charter of the Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has causedthese presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Vice Chairman and attested by its Secretary on this 10th day ofJune 2014.

 

New World Fund, Inc.

 

 

By: /s/ Michael J. Thawley	

Michael J. Thawley

Vice Chairman and

Principal Executive Officer

 

ATTEST:

 

By: /s/ Michael W. Stockton	

Michael W. Stockton

Secretary

 

 

The undersigned, Vice Chairman and PrincipalExecutive Officer of New World Fund, Inc. who executed on behalf of said Corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementary of whichthis certificate is made a part, acknowledges in the name and on behalf of the Corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementaryto be the corporate act of the Corporation and certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, the mattersand facts set forth therein with respect to the authorization and approval thereof are true in all material respects under thepenalties of perjury.

 

 

 

/s/ Michael J. Thawley	

Michael J. Thawley

Vice Chairman and

Principal Executive Officer

**NEW WORLD FUND, INC.**