UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-02145
LORD ABBETT BOND-DEBENTURE FUND, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Thomas R. Phillips, Esq., Vice President & Assistant Secretary
90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 201-6984
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.
******************************* FORM N-Px REPORT ******************************* ICA File Number: 811-02145 Reporting Period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013 Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc. ======================= Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Fund ======================== ACTUANT CORPORATION Ticker: ATU Security ID: 00508X203 Meeting Date: JAN 15, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 15, 2012 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert C. Arzbaecher For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Gurminder S. Bedi For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gustav H.P. Boel For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas J. Fischer For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William K. Hall For For Management 1.6 Elect Director R. Alan Hunter, Jr. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Robert A. Peterson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Holly A. Van Deursen For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Dennis K. Williams For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPLE INC. Ticker: AAPL Security ID: 037833100 Meeting Date: FEB 27, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 02, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William Campbell For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Timothy Cook For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Millard Drexler For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Al Gore For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert Iger For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Andrea Jung For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Arthur Levinson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Ronald Sugar For For Management 2 Amend Articles of Incorporation For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 5 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against Against Shareholder 6 Establish Board Committee on Human Against Against Shareholder Rights -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARUBA NETWORKS, INC. Ticker: ARUN Security ID: 043176106 Meeting Date: NOV 29, 2012 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: OCT 08, 2012 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Dominic P. Orr For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Keerti Melkote For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Bernard Guidon For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Emmanuel Hernandez For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Michael R. Kourey For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Willem P. Roelandts For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Juergen Rottler For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Daniel Warmenhoven For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For Against Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXIALL CORPORATION Ticker: AXLL Security ID: 05463D100 Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 29, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Paul D. Carrico For For Management 1.2 Elect Director T. Kevin DeNicola For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Patrick J. Fleming For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert M. Gervis For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Victoria F. Haynes For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Stephen E. Macadam For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William L. Mansfield For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Michael H. McGarry For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Mark L. Noetzel For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Robert Ripp For For Management 1.11 Elect Director David N. Weinstein For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BE AEROSPACE, INC. Ticker: BEAV Security ID: 073302101 Meeting Date: JUL 25, 2012 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 29, 2012 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard G. Hamermesh For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Amin J. Khoury For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Change Company Name For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC. Ticker: BMRN Security ID: 09061G101 Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jean-Jacques Bienaime For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael Grey For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Elaine J. Heron For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Pierre Lapalme For For Management 1.5 Elect Director V. Bryan Lawlis For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Richard A. Meier For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Alan J. Lewis For For Management 1.8 Elect Director William D. Young For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Kenneth M. Bate For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOULDER BRANDS, INC. Ticker: BDBD Security ID: 101405108 Meeting Date: MAY 22, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 01, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stephen B. Hughes For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James E. Lewis For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For Against Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BROADCOM CORPORATION Ticker: BRCM Security ID: 111320107 Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert J. Finocchio, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Nancy H. Handel For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Eddy W. Hartenstein For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Maria M. Klawe For For Management 1.5 Elect Director John E. Major For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Scott A. McGregor For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William T. Morrow For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Henry Samueli For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Robert E. Switz For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST Ticker: CPT Security ID: 133131102 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 13, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard J. Campo For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Scott S. Ingraham For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Lewis A. Levey For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William B. McGuire, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William F. Paulsen For For Management 1.6 Elect Director D. Keith Oden For For Management 1.7 Elect Director F. Gardner Parker For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Frances Aldrich For For Management Sevilla-Sacasa 1.9 Elect Director Steven A. Webster For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Kelvin R. Westbrook For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. Ticker: GTLS Security ID: 16115Q308 Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 26, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Samuel F. Thomas For For Management 1.2 Elect Director W. Douglas Brown For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Richard E. Goodrich For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Steven W. Krablin For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Michael W. Press For For Management 1.6 Elect Director James M. Tidwell For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas L. Williams For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCHO RESOURCES INC. Ticker: CXO Security ID: 20605P101 Meeting Date: JUN 06, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 08, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gary A. Merriman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Ray M. Poage For For Management 1.3 Elect Director A. Wellford Tabor For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONOCOPHILLIPS Ticker: COP Security ID: 20825C104 Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Richard L. Armitage For For Management 1b Elect Director Richard H. Auchinleck For For Management 1c Elect Director James E. Copeland, Jr. For For Management 1d Elect Director Jody L. Freeman For For Management 1e Elect Director Gay Huey Evans For For Management 1f Elect Director Ryan M. Lance For For Management 1g Elect Director Mohd H. Marican For For Management 1h Elect Director Robert A. Niblock For For Management 1i Elect Director Harald J. Norvik For For Management 1j Elect Director William E. Wade, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against Against Shareholder 5 Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for Against Against Shareholder Products and Operations 6 Amend EEO Policy to Prohibit Against Against Shareholder Discrimination based on Gender Identity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COOPER-STANDARD HOLDINGS INC. Ticker: COSH Security ID: 21676P103 Meeting Date: MAY 09, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 28, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Orlando A. Bustos For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jeffery S. Edwards For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Larry J. Jutte For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jeffrey E. Kirt For For Management 1.5 Elect Director David J. Mastrocola For Withhold Management 1.6 Elect Director Stephen A. Van Oss For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Kenneth L. Way For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY Ticker: LLY Security ID: 532457108 Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 01, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Ralph Alvarez For For Management 2 Elect Director Winfried Bischoff For For Management 3 Elect Director R. David Hoover For For Management 4 Elect Director Franklyn G. Prendergast For For Management 5 Elect Director Kathi P. Seifert For For Management 6 Ratify Auditors For For Management 7 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 8 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. Ticker: EMR Security ID: 291011104 Meeting Date: FEB 05, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 27, 2012 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director C. A. H. Boersig For For Management 1.2 Elect Director J. B. Bolten For For Management 1.3 Elect Director M. S. Levatich For For Management 1.4 Elect Director R. L. Stephenson For For Management 1.5 Elect Director A.A. Busch, III For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management 5 Report on Sustainability Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXACTTARGET, INC. Ticker: ET Security ID: 30064K105 Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 15, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Julie M.B. Bradley For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Scott M. Maxwell For For Management 2 Approve Qualified Employee Stock For Against Management Purchase Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FACEBOOK, INC. Ticker: FB Security ID: 30303M102 Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 16, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Marc L. Andreessen For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Erskine B. Bowles For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Susan D. For For Management Desmond-Hellmann 1.4 Elect Director Donald E. Graham For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Reed Hastings For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Sheryl K. Sandberg For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Peter A. Thiel For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Mark Zuckerberg For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For Against Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency Three One Year Management Years 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIFTH THIRD BANCORP Ticker: FITB Security ID: 316773100 Meeting Date: APR 16, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 28, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Darryl F. Allen For For Management 1.2 Elect Director B. Evan Bayh, III For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ulysses L. Bridgeman, For For Management Jr. 1.4 Elect Director Emerson L. Brumback For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James P. Hackett For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Gary R. Heminger For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Jewell D. Hoover For For Management 1.8 Elect Director William M. Isaac For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Kevin T. Kabat For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Mitchel D. Livingston For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Michael B. McCallister For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Hendrik G. Meijer For For Management 1.13 Elect Director John J. Schiff, Jr. For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Marsha C. Williams For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORTINET, INC. Ticker: FTNT Security ID: 34959E109 Meeting Date: JUN 20, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 22, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Ming Hsieh For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Christopher B. Paisley For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED Ticker: HBAN Security ID: 446150104 Meeting Date: APR 18, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 20, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Don M. Casto, III For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Ann 'Tanny' B. Crane For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Steven G. Elliott For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Michael J. Endres For For Management 1.5 Elect Director John B. Gerlach, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Peter J. Kight For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Jonathan A. Levy For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Richard W. Neu For For Management 1.9 Elect Director David L. Porteous For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Kathleen H. Ransier For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Stephen D. Steinour For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INFORMATICA CORPORATION Ticker: INFA Security ID: 45666Q102 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 03, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Mark Garrett For For Management 1b Elect Director Gerald Held For For Management 1c Elect Director Charles J. Robel For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KODIAK OIL & GAS CORP. Ticker: KOG Security ID: 50015Q100 Meeting Date: JUN 19, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 09, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lynn A. Peterson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James E. Catlin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Rodney D. Knutson For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William J. Krysiak For For Management 2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- METLIFE, INC. Ticker: MET Security ID: 59156R108 Meeting Date: APR 23, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 01, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Steven A. Kandarian For For Management 1.3 Elect Director John M. Keane For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James M. Kilts For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Catherine R. Kinney For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Hugh B. Price For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Kenton J. Sicchitano For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONSANTO COMPANY Ticker: MON Security ID: 61166W101 Meeting Date: JAN 31, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 03, 2012 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director David L. Chicoine For For Management 1b Elect Director Arthur H. Harper For For Management 1c Elect Director Gwendolyn S. King For For Management 1d Elect Director Jon R. Moeller For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management 5 Report on Risk of Genetically Against Against Shareholder Engineered Products -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONSTER WORLDWIDE, INC. Ticker: MWW Security ID: 611742107 Meeting Date: JUN 04, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 10, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Salvatore Iannuzzi For For Management 1b Elect Director John Gaulding For For Management 1c Elect Director Edmund P. Giambastiani, For For Management Jr. 1d Elect Director Cynthia P. McCague For For Management 1e Elect Director Jeffrey F. Rayport For For Management 1f Elect Director Roberto Tunioli For For Management 1g Elect Director Timothy T. Yates For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, INC. Ticker: NOV Security ID: 637071101 Meeting Date: MAY 22, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 01, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1A Elect Director Merrill A. Miller, Jr. For For Management 1B Elect Director Greg L. Armstrong For For Management 1C Elect Director Ben A. Guill For For Management 1D Elect Director David D. Harrison For For Management 1E Elect Director Roger L. Jarvis For For Management 1F Elect Director Eric L. Mattson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 5 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Ticker: NUAN Security ID: 67020Y100 Meeting Date: JAN 25, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 04, 2012 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Paul A. Ricci For For Management 1b Elect Director Robert G. Teresi For For Management 1c Elect Director Robert J. Frankenberg For For Management 1d Elect Director Katharine A. Martin For For Management 1e Elect Director Patrick T. Hackett For For Management 1f Elect Director William H. Janeway For For Management 1g Elect Director Mark B. Myers For For Management 1h Elect Director Philip J. Quigley For For Management 1i Elect Director Mark R. Laret For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For Against Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NVIDIA CORPORATION Ticker: NVDA Security ID: 67066G104 Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Tench Coxe For For Management 1b Elect Director James C. Gaither For For Management 1c Elect Director Jen-Hsun Huang For For Management 1d Elect Director Mark L. Perry For For Management 1e Elect Director A. Brooke Seawell For For Management 1f Elect Director Mark A. Stevens For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Ticker: ONXX Security ID: 683399109 Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 01, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Corinne H. Nevinny For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Thomas G. Wiggans For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 4 Amend Qualified Employee Stock For For Management Purchase Plan 5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 6 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POST PROPERTIES, INC. Ticker: PPS Security ID: 737464107 Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 25, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert C. Goddard, III For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David P. Stockert For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Herschel M. Bloom For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Walter M. Deriso, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Russell R. French For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ronald de Waal For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Donald C. Wood For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUALCOMM INCORPORATED Ticker: QCOM Security ID: 747525103 Meeting Date: MAR 05, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 07, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Barbara T. Alexander For For Management 1b Elect Director Donald G. Cruickshank For For Management 1c Elect Director Raymond V. Dittamore For For Management 1d Elect Director Susan Hockfield For For Management 1e Elect Director Thomas W. Horton For For Management 1f Elect Director Paul E. Jacobs For For Management 1g Elect Director Sherry Lansing For For Management 1h Elect Director Duane A. Nelles For For Management 1i Elect Director Francisco Ros For For Management 1j Elect Director Brent Scowcroft For For Management 1k Elect Director Marc I. Stern For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION Ticker: RF Security ID: 7591EP100 Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director George W. Bryan For For Management 1b Elect Director Carolyn H. Byrd For For Management 1c Elect Director David J. Cooper, Sr. For For Management 1d Elect Director Don DeFosset For For Management 1e Elect Director Eric C. Fast For For Management 1f Elect Director O.B. Grayson Hall, Jr. For For Management 1g Elect Director John D. Johns For For Management 1h Elect Director Charles D. McCrary For For Management 1i Elect Director James R. Malone For For Management 1j Elect Director Ruth Ann Marshall For For Management 1k Elect Director Susan W. Matlock For For Management 1l Elect Director John E. Maupin, Jr. For For Management 1m Elect Director John R. Roberts For For Management 1n Elect Director Lee J. Styslinger, III For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REXNORD CORPORATION Ticker: RXN Security ID: 76169B102 Meeting Date: SEP 20, 2012 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUL 23, 2012 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Todd A. Adams For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Laurence M. Berg For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director George M. Sherman For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency Three Three Years Management Years 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROCK-TENN COMPANY Ticker: RKT Security ID: 772739207 Meeting Date: JAN 25, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 30, 2012 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director G. Stephen Felker For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Lawrence L. For For Management Gellerstedt, III 1.3 Elect Director John W. Spiegel For For Management 2 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 5 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SM ENERGY COMPANY Ticker: SM Security ID: 78454L100 Meeting Date: MAY 22, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 25, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Barbara M. Baumann For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Anthony J. Best For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Larry W. Bickle For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Stephen R. Brand For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William J. Gardiner For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Loren M. Leiker For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Julio M. Quintana For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John M. Seidl For For Management 1.9 Elect Director William D. Sullivan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 5 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNTRUST BANKS, INC. Ticker: STI Security ID: 867914103 Meeting Date: APR 23, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 13, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert M. Beall, II For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Alston D. Correll For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Jeffrey C. Crowe For For Management 1.4 Elect Director David H. Hughes For For Management 1.5 Elect Director M. Douglas Ivester For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Kyle Prechtl Legg For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William A. Linnenbringer For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Donna S. Morea For For Management 1.9 Elect Director David M. Ratcliffe For For Management 1.10 Elect Director William H. Rogers, Jr. For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Frank W. Scruggs For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Thomas R. Watjen For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Phail Wynn, Jr. For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEAM HEALTH HOLDINGS, INC. Ticker: TMH Security ID: 87817A107 Meeting Date: MAY 22, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 28, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director H. Lynn Massingale For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Neil P. Simpkins For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Earl P. Holland For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. Ticker: TEVA Security ID: 881624209 Meeting Date: SEP 12, 2012 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: AUG 13, 2012 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive and Discuss Consolidated None None Management Balance Sheet as of Dec. 31, 2011 and Consolidated Income Statements for 2011 2 Distribute Cash Dividends for the Year For For Management Ended Dec. 31, 2011, Paid In Four Installments in an Aggregate Amount of NIS 3.40 Per Ordinary Share 3.1 Reelect Phillip Frost as Director For For Management 3.2 Reelect Roger Abravanel as Director For For Management 3.3 Elect Galia Maor as Director For For Management 3.4 Reelect Richard A. Lerner as Director For For Management 3.5 Reelect Erez Vigodman as Director For For Management 4 Approve Payment to Each of the Company For For Management Directors, Other Than the Chairman and Vice Chairman, of an Annual Fee Plus a Per Meeting Fee 5 Approve Annual Fee and Reimbursement For For Management of Expenses of Chairman 6 Approve Annual Fee and Reimbursement For For Management of Expenses of Vice Chairman 7 Approve Certain Amendments to Articles For For Management of Association 8 Approve Indemnification and Release For For Management Agreements for Directors of the Company 9 Reappoint Kesselman & Kesselman as For For Management Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company and Authorize Board To Determine Its Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE HOME DEPOT, INC. Ticker: HD Security ID: 437076102 Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 25, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director F. Duane Ackerman For For Management 1b Elect Director Francis S. Blake For For Management 1c Elect Director Ari Bousbib For For Management 1d Elect Director Gregory D. Brenneman For For Management 1e Elect Director J. Frank Brown For For Management 1f Elect Director Albert P. Carey For For Management 1g Elect Director Armando Codina For For Management 1h Elect Director Bonnie G. Hill For For Management 1i Elect Director Karen L. Katen For For Management 1j Elect Director Mark Vadon For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 5 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 6 Prepare Employment Diversity Report Against Against Shareholder 7 Adopt Stormwater Run-off Management Against Against Shareholder Policy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VMWARE, INC. Ticker: VMW Security ID: 928563402 Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 04, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 5 Amend Qualified Employee Stock For For Management Purchase Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION Ticker: WLL Security ID: 966387102 Meeting Date: MAY 07, 2013 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 12, 2013 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Thomas L. Aller For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael B. Walen For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management ========== END NPX REPORT
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
LORD ABBETT BOND-DEBENTURE FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Daria L. Foster
Daria L. Foster
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: August 21, 2013