U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20594
FORM 24F-2
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2
READ INSTRUCTIONS AT END OF FORM BEFORE PREPARING FORM.
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE.
1. NAME AND ADDRESS OF ISSUER:
American Balanced Fund, Inc.
P.O. Box 7650
San Francisco, CA 94120
2. NAME OF EACH SERIES OR CLASS OF FUNDS FOR WHICH THIS NOTICE IS FILED:
American Balanced Fund, Inc.
3. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NUMBER: 811-66
SECURITIES ACT FILE NUMBER: 2-10758
4. LAST DAY OF FISCAL YEAR FOR WHICH THIS NOTICE IS FILED:
December 31, 1995
5. CHECK BOX IF THIS NOTICE IS BEING FILED MORE THAN 180 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE
OF THE ISSUER'S FISCAL YEAR FOR PURPOSES OF REPORTING SECURITIES SOLD AFTER
THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR BUT BEFORE TERMINATION OF THE ISSUER'S 24F-2
DECLARATION:
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6. DATE OF TERMINATION OF ISSUER'S DECLARATION UNDER RULE 24F-2(A)(1), IF
APPLICABLE (SEE INSTRUCTION A.6):
N/A
7. NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF SECURITIES OF THE SAME CLASS OR SERIES WHICH HAD BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OTHER THAN PURSUANT TO RULE
24F-2 IN A PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, BUT WHICH REMAINED UNSOLD AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE FISCAL YEAR:
N/A
8. NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF SECURITIES REGISTERED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR OTHER
THAN PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2:
N/A
9. NUMBER AND AGGREGATE SALE PRICE OF SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE FISCAL YEAR:
64,847,892 shares $878,567,000
10.NUMBER AND AGGREGATE SALE PRICE OF SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE FISCAL YEAR IN
RELIANCE UPON REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2:
64,847,892 shares $878,567,000
11.NUMBER AND AGGREGATE SALE PRICE OF SECURITIES ISSUED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR
IN CONNECTION WITH DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLANS, IF APPLICABLE (SEE
INSTRUCTION B.7):
14,004,916 shares $189,603,000
12. CALCULATION OR REGISTRATION FEE:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): $878,567,000
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection
with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11,
if applicable): +189,603,000
(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased
during the fiscal year (if applicable): -488,870,000
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased
and previously applied as a reduction to filing fees
pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable): + N/A
(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued
during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2
[line (i), plus line (ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)]
(if applicable) $579,300,000
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities
Act of 1933 or other applicable law or regulation
(see Instruction C.6): x 1/2900
(vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]: $199,758.62
INSTRUCTION: ISSUERS SHOULD COMPLETE LINES (II), (III), (IV), (IV), AND (V)
ONLY IF THE FORM IS BEING FILED WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE ISSUER'S
FISCAL YEAR. See Instruction C.3.
13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository
as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of Informal and Other
Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
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Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lockbox
depository:
February 15, 1996
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)*
Patrick F. Quan
Secretary
Date February 20, 1996
* Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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February 20, 1996
American Balanced Fund, Inc.
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1800
San Francisco, California 94120
Re: Issuance of 78,852,808 Shares of American Balanced Fund, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
American Balanced Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") has requested our opinion in
connection with the issuance by the Fund of 78,852,808 capital shares of the
Fund (the "Stock") during the period January 1,1995 through December 31, 1995
inclusive ("Fiscal 1995"). We understand that a copy of this opinion will be
provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24f-2(b)(1)
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
We have examined documents relating to the organization of the Fund and the
authorization and issuance of shares of the Fund. We have also examined a
certificate of the Assistant Treasurer of the Fund, dated February 14, 1996,
relating to the number of shares of the Fund issued by the Fund during Fiscal
1995.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
The issuance of the Stock by the Fund has been duly and validly authorized by
all appropriate corporate action and, assuming delivery by sale or in accord
with the Fund's dividend reinvestment plan in accordance with the description
set forth in the Fund's current prospectus under the Securities Act of 1933,
the Stock was legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the submission of a copy of this opinion to the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with the filing of the Fund's Rule 24f-2
Notice for Fiscal 1995, as contemplated in Rule 24f-2(b)(1) under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The opinion given above is subject to the condition that the Fund shall have
complied with the provision of any applicable laws, regulations and permits of
any state or foreign country in which any of the Stock was sold or was issued
in accord with the Fund's dividend reinvestment plan.
Very truly yours,
/s/MORRISON & FOERSTER
