0001368040-09-000002 Sample Contracts

FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Principal Underwriting Agreement • April 8th, 2009 • Short-Term Bond Fund of America • California

• Contract Type
  Principal Underwriting Agreement
• Filed
  April 8th, 2009
• Company
  Short-Term Bond Fund of America
• Jurisdiction
  California

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT, is between [Name of Fund], a [State of Formation] [corporation/business trust] (the "Fund"), and AMERICAN FUNDS DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a California corporation (the "Distributor").