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August 22, 2014

New World Fund, Inc.

333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071-1447

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counselto New World Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with Post-Effective Amendment No. 26(the “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-67455; 811-09105)(the “Registration Statement”), to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)on or about August 22, 2014, registering an indefinite number of Class R-2E shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”)under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

This opinion letteris being delivered at your request in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 29 of Schedule A of the Securities Act andItem 28(i) of Form N-1A under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment CompanyAct”).

For purposes of thisopinion letter, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of:

We also have examinedand relied upon certificates of public officials and, as to certain matters of fact that are material to our opinions, we haverelied on a certificate of an officer of the Company. We have not independently established any of the facts on which we have sorelied.

For purposes of thisopinion letter, we have assumed the accuracy and completeness of each document submitted to us, the genuineness of all signatureson original documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents ofall documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified, conformed, or photostatic copies thereof, and the due executionand delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof. We have furtherassumed the legal capacity of natural persons, that persons identified to us as officers of the Company are actually serving insuch capacity, and that the representations of officers of the Company are correct as to matters of fact. We have also assumedthat, as of any date of determination, the number of outstanding Shares will not exceed the number of such Shares authorized tobe issued under the Company’s charter. We have not independently verified any of these assumptions.

The opinions expressedin this opinion letter are based on the facts in existence and the laws in effect on the date hereof and are limited to the MarylandGeneral Corporation Law and the provisions of the Investment Company Act that are applicable to equity securities issued by registeredopen-end investment companies. We are not opining on, and we assume no responsibility for, the applicability to or effect on anyof the matters covered herein of any other laws.

Based upon and subjectto the foregoing, it is our opinion that when issued and paid for by the purchasers upon the terms described in the Post-EffectiveAmendment and the Prospectus, the Shares to be issued pursuant to the Post-Effective Amendment will be validly issued, fully paid,and nonassessable.

This opinion is renderedsolely in connection with the filing of the Post-Effective Amendment and supersedes any previous opinions of this firm in connectionwith the issuance of Shares. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission in connection with the Post-EffectiveAmendment and to the reference to this firm’s name under the heading “independent legal counsel” in the Prospectus.In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement or Prospectuswithin the meaning of the term “expert” as used in Section 11 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgatedthereunder by the Commission, nor do we admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ K&LGates LLP