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, 2008 through June 30, 2009
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ICA File Number: 811-02145
Reporting Period: 07/01/2008 - 06/30/2009
Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc.
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ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
Ticker: ADM Security ID: 039483102
Meeting Date: NOV 6, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 12, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director George W. Buckley For For Management
2 Elect Director Mollie Hale Carter For For Management
3 Elect Director Victoria F. Haynes For For Management
4 Elect Director Antonio Maciel Neto For For Management
5 Elect Director Patrick J. Moore For For Management
6 Elect Director M. Brian Mulroney For For Management
7 Elect Director Thomas F. O Neill For For Management
8 Elect Director Kelvin R. Westbrook For For Management
9 Elect Director Patricia A. Woertz For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
11 Adopt ILO Based Code of Conduct Against Against Shareholder
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BALDOR ELECTRIC CO.
Ticker: BEZ Security ID: 057741100
Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Merlin J. Augustine, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John A. McFarland For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert L. Proost 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
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CHARTER CO., THE
Ticker: Security ID: 12501BAR5
Meeting Date: JUN 15, 2009 Meeting Type: Written Consent
Record Date: APR 17, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 The Plan None For Management
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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Ticker: CHTRQ Security ID: 12502BAC7
Meeting Date: JUN 15, 2009 Meeting Type: Written Consent
Record Date: APR 17, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Plan Of Reorganization For For Management
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CIT GROUP INC
Ticker: CIT Security ID: 125581108
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Michael A. Carpenter For For Management
2 Elect Director William M. Freeman For Against Management
3 Elect Director Susan M. Lyne For Against Management
4 Elect Director Marianne Miller Parrs For For Management
5 Elect Director Jeffrey M. Peek For For Management
6 Elect Director John R. Ryan For For Management
7 Elect Director Christopher H. Shays For For Management
8 Elect Director Seymour Sternberg For For Management
9 Elect Director Peter J. Tobin For For Management
10 Elect Director Lois M. Van Deusen For For Management
11 Ratify Auditors For For Management
12 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
13 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
14 Approve Issuance of For For Management
Warrants/Convertible Debentures
15 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For Against Management
Officer's Compensation
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CRA INTERNATIONAL INC
Ticker: CRAI Security ID: 12618T105
Meeting Date: APR 16, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Basil L. Anderson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ronald T. Maheu For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Nancy L. Rose For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
Ticker: EMR Security ID: 291011104
Meeting Date: FEB 3, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 25, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director A.A. Busch III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director A.F. Golden For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director H. Green For For Management
1.4 Elect Director W.R. Johnson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director J.B. Menzer For For Management
1.6 Elect Director V.R. Loucks, Jr. For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EXTERRAN HOLDINGS, INC.
Ticker: EXH Security ID: 30225X103
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 5, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Janet F. Clark For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ernie L. Danner For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Uriel E. Dutton For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gordon T. Hall For For Management
1.5 Elect Director J.W.G. Honeybourne For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John E. Jackson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director William C. Pate For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Stephen M. Pazuk For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Christopher T. Seaver For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Stephen A. Snider For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
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H. J. HEINZ FINANCE CO
Ticker: Security ID: 42307T306
Meeting Date: SEP 26, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: AUG 25, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Leonard A. Cullo, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Edward J. Mcmenamin For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Arthur B. Winkleblack For For Management
2 Elect Independent Director Andrew L. For For Management
Stidd
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INGLES MARKETS, INC.
Ticker: IMKTA Security ID: 457030104
Meeting Date: FEB 10, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 22, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Fred D. Ayers For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John O. Pollard For For Management
2 Submit Severance Agreement (Change in Against For Shareholder
Control) to shareholder Vote
3 Report on Progress Toward Adopting Against Against Shareholder
Animal Welfare-Related Purchasing
Policies
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METLIFE, INC
Ticker: MET Security ID: 59156R108
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director C. Robert Henrikson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John M. Keane For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Catherine R. Kinney For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Hugh B. Price For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Kenton J. Sicchitano For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NISOURCE INC.
Ticker: NI Security ID: 65473P105
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Richard A. Abdoo For For Management
2 Elect Director Steven C. Beering For For Management
3 Elect Director Dennis E. Foster For For Management
4 Elect Director Michael E. Jesanis For For Management
5 Elect Director Marty R. Kittrell For For Management
6 Elect Director W. Lee Nutter For For Management
7 Elect Director Deborah S. Parker For For Management
8 Elect Director Ian M. Rolland For For Management
9 Elect Director Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. For For Management
10 Elect Director Richard L. Thompson For For Management
11 Elect Director Carolyn Y. Woo For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
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OSHKOSH CORP.
Ticker: OSK Security ID: 688239201
Meeting Date: FEB 3, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 9, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director J. William Andersen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert G. Bohn For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard M. Donnelly For For Management
1.4 Elect Director F.M. Franks, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Michael W. Grebe For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Kathleen J. Hempel For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Harvey N. Medvin For For Management
1.8 Elect Director J. Peter Mosling, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Craig P. Omtvedt For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Timothy J. Roemer For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Richard G. Sim For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Charles L. Szews For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Reincorporate in Another State from Against Against Shareholder
Wisconsin to North Dakota
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PFIZER INC.
Ticker: PFE Security ID: 717081103
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 24, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dennis A. Ausiello For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael S. Brown For For Management
1.3 Elect Director M. Anthony Burns For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert N. Burt For For Management
1.5 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell For For Management
1.6 Elect Director William H. Gray, III For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Constance J. Horner For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James M. Kilts For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jeffrey B. Kindler For For Management
1.10 Elect Director George A. Lorch For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Dana G. Mead For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Suzanne Nora Johnson For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger For For Management
1.14 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Limit/Prohibit Executive Stock-Based Against Against Shareholder
Awards
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against Against Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
6 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
7 Amend Bylaws -- Call Special Meetings Against Against Shareholder
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PNM RESOURCES INC
Ticker: PNM Security ID: 69349H107
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Adelmo E. Archuleta For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Julie A. Dobson For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert R. Nordhaus For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Manuel T. Pacheco, Ph.D. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert M. Price For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Bonnie S. Reitz For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Donald K. Schwanz For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Jeffry E. Sterba For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director Joan B. Woodard For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC.
Ticker: ROP Security ID: 776696106
Meeting Date: JUN 3, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 6, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert D. Johnson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert E. Knowling, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Wilbur J. Prezzano For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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RRI ENERGY INC.
Ticker: RRI Security ID: 74971X107
Meeting Date: JUN 18, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director E. William Barnett For For Management
2 Elect Director Mark M. Jacobs For For Management
3 Elect Director Steven L. Miller For For Management
4 Elect Director Laree E. Perez For For Management
5 Elect Director Evan J. Silverstein For For Management
6 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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SUPERVALU INC.
Ticker: SVU Security ID: 868536103
Meeting Date: JUN 25, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 28, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Irwin S. Cohen For For Management
2 Elect Director Ronald E. Daly For For Management
3 Elect Director Lawrence A. Del Santo For For Management
4 Elect Director Susan E. Engel For For Management
5 Elect Director Craig R. Herkert For For Management
6 Elect Director Kathi P. Seifert For For Management
7 Ratify Auditors For For Management
8 Report on Halting Tobacco Sales Against Against Shareholder
9 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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TECO ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: TE Security ID: 872375100
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 20, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Sherrill W. Hudson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Joseph P. Lacher For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Loretta A. Penn For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Declassify the Board of Directors Against Against Shareholder
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TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
Ticker: TEVA Security ID: 881624209
Meeting Date: SEP 25, 2008 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: AUG 18, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Joseph (Yosi) Nitzani as External For For Management
Director
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TIME WARNER CABLE INC.
Ticker: TWC Security ID: 88732J207
Meeting Date: JUN 3, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 8, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Carole Black For For Management
2 Elect Director Glenn A. Britt For For Management
3 Elect Director Thomas H. Castro For For Management
4 Elect Director David C. Chang For For Management
5 Elect Director James E. Copeland, Jr. For For Management
6 Elect Director Peter R. Haje For For Management
7 Elect Director Donna A. James For For Management
8 Elect Director Don Logan For For Management
9 Elect Director N.J. Nicholas, Jr. For For Management
10 Elect Director Wayne H. Pace For For Management
11 Elect Director Edward D. Shirley For For Management
12 Elect Director John E. Sununu For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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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.
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| LORD ABBETT BOND DEBENTURE FUND, INC. |
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| By: | | /s/ Robert S. Dow |
| | Robert S. Dow |
| | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman |
Date: August 20, 2009
