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, 2009 through June 30, 2010
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ICA File Number: 811-02145
Reporting Period: 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2010
Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc.
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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
Ticker: ADBE Security ID: 00724F101
Meeting Date: APR 16, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Edward W. Barnholt For For Management
2 Elect Director Michael R. Cannon For For Management
3 Elect Director James E. Daley For For Management
4 Elect Director Charles M. Geschke For For Management
5 Elect Director Shantanu Narayen For For Management
6 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
7 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY
Ticker: BEZ Security ID: 057741100
Meeting Date: MAY 1, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jean A. Mauldin For For Management
1.2 Elect Director R.L. Qualls For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Barry K. Rogstad For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ronald E. Tucker For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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BANK OF AMERICA CORP.
Ticker: BAC Security ID: 060505104
Meeting Date: FEB 23, 2010 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JAN 7, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
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BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Ticker: BAC Security ID: 060505104
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 3, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Susan S. Bies For For Management
2 Elect Director William P. Boardman For For Management
3 Elect Director Frank P. Bramble, Sr. For For Management
4 Elect Director Virgis W. Colbert For For Management
5 Elect Director Charles K. Gifford For For Management
6 Elect Director Charles O. Holliday, Jr. For For Management
7 Elect Director D. Paul Jones, Jr. For For Management
8 Elect Director Monica C. Lozano For For Management
9 Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Management
10 Elect Director Brian T. Moynihan For For Management
11 Elect Director Donald E. Powell For For Management
12 Elect Director Charles O. Rossotti For For Management
13 Elect Director Robert W. Scully For For Management
14 Ratify Auditors For For Management
15 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
16 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
17 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
18 Report on Government Service of Against Against Shareholder
Employees
19 TARP Related Compensation Against Against Shareholder
20 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against Against Shareholder
Special Meetings
21 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against Against Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
22 Adopt Policy on Succession Planning Against Against Shareholder
23 Report on Collateral in Derivatives Against Against Shareholder
Trading
24 Claw-back of Payments under Against Against Shareholder
Restatements
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BROOKSTONE, INC.
Ticker: Security ID: 114535AB3
Meeting Date: AUG 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Written Consent
Record Date: JUL 22, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 The Waiver For For Management
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CELGENE CORPORATION
Ticker: CELG Security ID: 151020104
Meeting Date: JUN 16, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 20, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Sol J. Barer For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert J. Hugin For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael D. Casey For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Carrie S. Cox For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Rodman L. Drake For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Gilla Kaplan For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James J. Loughlin For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Ernest Mario For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Walter L. Robb For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CIT GROUP INC.
Ticker: CIT Security ID: 125581801
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director: John A. Thain For For Management
1.2 Elect Director: Michael J. Embler For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William M. Freeman For Against Management
1.4 Elect Director: Arthur B. Newman For Against Management
1.5 Elect Director: Daniel A. Ninivaggi For For Management
1.6 Elect Director: R. Brad Oates For For Management
1.7 Elect Director: Marianne Miller Parrs For Against Management
1.8 Elect Director: Gerald Rosenfeld For For Management
1.9 Elect Director: John R. Ryan For Against Management
1.10 Elect Director: Seymour Sternberg For Against Management
1.11 Elect Director: Peter J. Tobin For Against Management
1.12 Elect Director: Laura S. Unger For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
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CONOCOPHILLIPS
Ticker: COP Security ID: 20825C104
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard L. Armitage For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard H. Auchinleck For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James E. Copeland, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Kenneth M. Duberstein For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Ruth R. Harkin For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Harold W. Mcgraw III For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James J. Mulva For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Robert A. Niblock For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Harald J. Norvik For For Management
1.10 Elect Director William K. Reilly For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Bobby S. Shackouls For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Victoria J. Tschinkel For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Kathryn C. Turner For For Management
1.14 Elect Director William E. Wade, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Board Risk Management Against Against Shareholder
Oversight
4 Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for Against Against Shareholder
Products and Operations
5 Report on Environmental Impact of Oil Against Against Shareholder
Sands Operations in Canada
6 Adopt Policy to Address Coastal Against Against Shareholder
Louisiana Environmental Impacts
7 Report on Financial Risks of Climate Against Against Shareholder
Change
8 Adopt Goals to Reduce Emission of TRI Against Against Shareholder
Chemicals
9 Amend EEO Policy to Prohibit Against Against Shareholder
Discrimination Based on Sexual
Orientation and Gender Identity
10 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
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CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: CLR Security ID: 212015101
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Harold G. Hamm For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director David L. Boren For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John T. McNabb, II For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CRA INTERNATIONAL INC
Ticker: CRAI Security ID: 12618T105
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Paul A. Maleh For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Thomas S. Robertson For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William T. Schleyer For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: DVN Security ID: 25179M103
Meeting Date: JUN 9, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 12, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John Richels For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
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EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
Ticker: EMR Security ID: 291011104
Meeting Date: FEB 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 24, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director C. A. H. Boersig For For Management
1.2 Elect Director C. Fernandez G. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director W. J. Galvin For For Management
1.4 Elect Director R. L. Stephenson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director V. R. Loucks, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director R. L. Ridgway For For Management
2 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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FTI CONSULTING, INC.
Ticker: FCN Security ID: 302941109
Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 1, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Brenda J. Bacon For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James W. Crownover For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Dennis J. Shaughnessy For For Management
1.4 Elect Director George P. Stamas For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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GENZYME CORPORATION
Ticker: GENZ Security ID: 372917104
Meeting Date: JUN 16, 2010 Meeting Type: Proxy Contest
Record Date: APR 9, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
Management Proxy (White Card) None None
1.1 Elect Director Douglas A. Berthiaume For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert J. Bertolini For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Gail K. Boudreaux For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Carpenter For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Charles L. Cooney For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Victor J. Dzau For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Connie Mack, III For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Richard F. Syron For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Henri A. Termeer For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Ralph V. Whitworth For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
4 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management
Stock Plan
5 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
6 Ratify Auditors For For Management
# Proposal Diss Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
Dissident Proxy (Gold Card) None None
1.1 Elect Director Steven Burakoff For Did Not Vote Shareholder
1.2 Elect Director Alexander J. Denner For Did Not Vote Shareholder
1.3 Elect Director Carl C. Icahn For Did Not Vote Shareholder
1.4 Elect Director Richard Mulligan For Did Not Vote Shareholder
1.5 Management Nominee - Douglas A. For Did Not Vote Shareholder
Berthiaume
1.6 Management Nominee - Robert J. For Did Not Vote Shareholder
Bertolini
1.7 Management Nominee - Gail K. Boudreaux For Did Not Vote Shareholder
1.8 Management Nominee - Robert J. For Did Not Vote Shareholder
Carpenter
1.9 Management Nominee - Victor J. Dzau For Did Not Vote Shareholder
1.10 Management Nominee - Ralph V. Whitworth For Did Not Vote Shareholder
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Did Not Vote Management
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For Did Not Vote Management
Plan
4 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus Against Did Not Vote Management
Stock Plan
5 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For Did Not Vote Management
6 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Vote Management
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GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
Ticker: GILD Security ID: 375558103
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Paul Berg For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John F. Cogan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Etienne F. Davignon For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James M. Denny For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Carla A. Hills For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Kevin E. Lofton For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John W. Madigan For For Management
1.8 Elect Director John C. Martin For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Gordon E. Moore For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Richard J. Whitley For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Gayle E. Wilson For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Per Wold-Olsen For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
Ticker: HPQ Security ID: 428236103
Meeting Date: MAR 17, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 19, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Marc L. Andreessen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Sari M. Baldauf For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Rajiv L. Gupta For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John H. Hammergren For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Mark V. Hurd For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Joel Z. Hyatt For For Management
1.8 Elect Director John R. Joyce For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Robert L. Ryan For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Lucille S. Salhany For For Management
1.11 Elect Director G. Kennedy Thompson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Company Request on Advisory Vote on For For Management
Executive Compensation
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HEXCEL CORPORATION
Ticker: HXL Security ID: 428291108
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Joel S. Beckman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director David E. Berges For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Lynn Brubaker For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Jeffrey C. Campbell For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Sandra L. Derickson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director W. Kim Foster For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Jeffrey A. Graves For For Management
1.8 Elect Director David C. Hill For For Management
1.9 Elect Director David C. Hurley For For Management
1.10 Elect Director David L. Pugh For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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INGLES MARKETS, INC.
Ticker: IMKTA Security ID: 457030104
Meeting Date: FEB 9, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 15, 2009
# 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 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
Ticker: JPM Security ID: 46625H100
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 19, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Crandall C. Bowles For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stephen B. Burke For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David M. Cote For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James S. Crown For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James Dimon For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Ellen V. Futter For For Management
1.7 Elect Director William H. Gray, III For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director David C. Novak For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Lee R. Raymond For For Management
1.11 Elect Director William C. Weldon For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
4 Affirm Political Non-Partisanship Against Against Shareholder
5 Amend Bylaws-- Call Special Meetings Against Against Shareholder
6 Report on Collateral in Derivatives Against Against Shareholder
Trading
7 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against Against Shareholder
8 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder
9 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder
10 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against Against Shareholder
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LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Ticker: LMT Security ID: 539830109
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director E. C. "Pete" Aldrige, For For Management
Jr.
2 Elect Director Nolan D. Archibald For For Management
3 Elect Director David B. Burritt For For Management
4 Elect Director James O. Ellis, Jr. For For Management
5 Elect Director Gwendolyn S. King For For Management
6 Elect Director James M. Loy For For Management
7 Elect Director Douglas H. McCorkindale For For Management
8 Elect Director Joseph W. Ralston For For Management
9 Elect Director James Schneider For For Management
10 Elect Director Anne Stevens For For Management
11 Elect Director Robert J. Stevens For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Report on Space-based Weapons Program Against Against Shareholder
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MERCK & CO., INC.
Ticker: MRK Security ID: 58933Y105
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Leslie A. Brun For For Management
2 Elect Director Thomas R. Cech For For Management
3 Elect Director Richard T. Clark For For Management
4 Elect Director Thomas H. Glocer For For Management
5 Elect Director Steven F. Goldstone For For Management
6 Elect Director William B. Harrison, Jr. For For Management
7 Elect Director Harry R. Jacobson For For Management
8 Elect Director William N. Kelley For For Management
9 Elect Director C. Robert Kidder For For Management
10 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus For For Management
11 Elect Director Carlos E. Represas For For Management
12 Elect Director Patricia F. Russo For For Management
13 Elect Director Thomas E. Shenk For For Management
14 Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock For For Management
15 Elect Director Craig B. Thompson For For Management
16 Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks For For Management
17 Elect Director Peter C. Wendell For For Management
18 Ratify Auditors For For Management
19 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
20 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management
Stock Plan
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METLIFE, INC.
Ticker: MET Security ID: 59156R108
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard, Ph.D For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James M. Kilts For For Management
1.4 Elect Director David Satcher, M.D., For For Management
Ph.D.
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
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MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Ticker: MU Security ID: 595112103
Meeting Date: DEC 10, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: OCT 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Steven R. Appleton For For Management
2 Elect Director Teruaki Aoki For For Management
3 Elect Director James W. Bagley For For Management
4 Elect Director Robert L. Bailey For For Management
5 Elect Director Mercedes Johnson For For Management
6 Elect Director Lawrence N. Mondry For For Management
7 Elect Director Robert E. Switz For For Management
8 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
9 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Ticker: MSFT Security ID: 594918104
Meeting Date: NOV 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 4, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director William H. Gates, III For For Management
2 Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer For For Management
3 Elect Director Dina Dublon For For Management
4 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin For For Management
5 Elect Director Reed Hastings For For Management
6 Elect Director Maria Klawe For For Management
7 Elect Director David F. Marquardt For For Management
8 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management
9 Elect Director Helmut Panke For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
11 Permit Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
12 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
13 Adopt Principles for Health Care Reform Against Against Shareholder
14 Report on Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder
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NRG ENERGY INC
Ticker: NRG Security ID: 629377508
Meeting Date: JUL 21, 2009 Meeting Type: Proxy Contest
Record Date: JUN 15, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
Management Proxy (White Card) None None
1.1 Elect Director John F. Chlebowski For None Management
1.2 Elect Director Howard E. Cosgrove For None Management
1.3 Elect Director William E. Hantke For None Management
1.4 Elect Director Anne C. Schaumburg For None Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For None Management
3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For None Management
4 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For None Management
Election of Directors
5 Ratify Auditors For None Management
6 Report on Carbon Principles Against None Shareholder
7 Change Size of Board of Directors Against None Shareholder
8 Repeal Amendments Adopted Without Against None Shareholder
Stockholder Approval After February 26,
2008
# Proposal Diss Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
Dissident Proxy (Blue Card) None None
1.1 Elect Director Betsy S. Atkins For For Shareholder
1.2 Elect Director Ralph E. Faison For For Shareholder
1.3 Elect Director Coleman Peterson For For Shareholder
1.4 Elect Director Thomas C. Wajnert For For Shareholder
2 Change Size of Board of Directors For For Shareholder
3 Elect Director Donald DeFosset For For Shareholder
4 Elect Director Richard H. Koppes For For Shareholder
5 Elect Director John M. Albertine For For Shareholder
6 Elect Director Marjorie L. Bowen For For Shareholder
7 Elect Director Ralph G. Wellington For For Shareholder
8 Repeal Amendments Adopted Without For For Shareholder
Stockholder Approval After February 26,
2008
9 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
10 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
11 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Report on Carbon Principles None For Shareholder
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OMNICOM GROUP INC.
Ticker: OMC Security ID: 681919106
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 5, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John D. Wren For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Bruce Crawford For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Alan R. Batkin For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert Charles Clark For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Errol M. Cook For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Susan S. Denison For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Michael A. Henning For For Management
1.9 Elect Director John R. Murphy For For Management
1.10 Elect Director John R. Purcell For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Linda Johnson Rice For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Gary L. Roubos For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
5 Reimburse Proxy Contest Expenses Against For Shareholder
6 Adopt a Policy in which the Company Against For Shareholder
will not Make or Promise to Make Any
Death Benefit Payments to Senior
Executives
7 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
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OSHKOSH CORP.
Ticker: OSK Security ID: 688239201
Meeting Date: FEB 4, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 10, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director J. William Andersen For For Management
2 Elect Director Robert G. Bohn For For Management
3 Elect Director Richard M. Donnelly For For Management
4 Elect Director Frederick M. Franks, Jr. For For Management
5 Elect Director Michael W. Grebe For For Management
6 Elect Director John J. Hamre For For Management
7 Elect Director Kathleen J. Hempel For For Management
8 Elect Director Harvey N. Medvin For For Management
9 Elect Director J. Peter Mosling, Jr. For For Management
10 Elect Director Craig P. Omtvedt For For Management
11 Elect Director Richard G. Sim For For Management
12 Elect Director Charles L. Szews For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
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PFIZER INC.
Ticker: PFE Security ID: 717081103
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Dennis A. Ausiello For For Management
2 Elect Director Michael S. Brown For For Management
3 Elect Director M. Anthony Burns For For Management
4 Elect Director Robert N. Burt For For Management
5 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell For For Management
6 Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson For For Management
7 Elect Director William H. Gray III For For Management
8 Elect Director Constance J. Horner For For Management
9 Elect Director James M. Kilts For For Management
10 Elect Director Jeffrey B. Kindler For For Management
11 Elect Director George A. Lorch For For Management
12 Elect Director John P. Mascotte For For Management
13 Elect Director Suzanne Nora Johnson For For Management
14 Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger For For Management
15 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management
16 Ratify Auditors For For Management
17 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
18 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
19 Prohibit Executive Stock-Based Awards Against Against Shareholder
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QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Ticker: QCOM Security ID: 747525103
Meeting Date: MAR 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 4, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Barbara T. Alexander For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stephen M. Bennett For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Donald G. Cruickshank For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Raymond V. Dittamore For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Thomas W. Horton For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Irwin Mark Jacobs For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Paul E. Jacobs For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Robert E. Kahn For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Sherry Lansing For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Duane A. Nelles For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Brent Scowcroft For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Marc I. Stern For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ROCKWOOD HOLDINGS, INC.
Ticker: ROC Security ID: 774415103
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Seifi Ghasemi For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Sheldon R. Erikson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC.
Ticker: ROP Security ID: 776696106
Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 9, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director David W. Devonshire For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John F. Fort, III For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Brian D. Jellison For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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RRI ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: RRI Security ID: 74971X107
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2010
# 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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SAIC, INC.
Ticker: SAI Security ID: 78390X101
Meeting Date: JUN 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 19, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director France A. Cordova For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Jere A. Drummond For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Thomas F. First, III For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John J. Hamre For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Walter P. Havenstein For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Miriam E. John For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Anita K. Jones For For Management
1.8 Elect Director John P. Jumper For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Harry M.J. Kraemer, Jr. For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Edward J. Sanderson, Jr. For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Louis A. Simpson For For Management
1.12 Elect Director A. Thomas Young For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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SUPERVALU INC.
Ticker: SVU Security ID: 868536103
Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 27, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Donald R. Chappel For For Management
2 Elect Director Irwin S. Cohen For For Management
3 Elect Director Ronald E. Daly For For Management
4 Elect Director Susan E. Engel For For Management
5 Elect Director Craig R. Herkert For For Management
6 Elect Director Charles M. Lillis For For Management
7 Elect Director Steven S. Rogers For For Management
8 Elect Director Matthew E. Rubel For For Management
9 Elect Director Wayne C. Sales For For Management
10 Elect Director Kathi P. Seifert For For Management
11 Ratify Auditors For For Management
12 Company Request on Advisory Vote on For For Management
Executive Compensation
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T. ROWE PRICE GROUP, INC.
Ticker: TROW Security ID: 74144T108
Meeting Date: APR 14, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 12, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Edward C. Bernard For For Management
2 Elect Director James T. Brady For For Management
3 Elect Director J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr. For For Management
4 Elect Director Donald B. Hebb, Jr. For For Management
5 Elect Director James A.C. Kennedy For For Management
6 Elect Director Brian C. Rogers For For Management
7 Elect Director Alfred Sommer, PHD For For Management
8 Elect Director Dwight S. Taylor For For Management
9 Elect Director Anne Marie Whittemore For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TEXAS PETROCHEMICALS, INC.
Ticker: TXPI Security ID: 88265P208
Meeting Date: DEC 4, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: OCT 15, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael E. Ducey For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charles W. Shaver For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James A. Cacioppo For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Kenneth E. Glassman For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard B. Marchese For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey M. Nodland For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Jeffrey A. Strong For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Sergey Vasnetsov For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION
Ticker: UNP Security ID: 907818108
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 26, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Andrew H. Card, Jr. For For Management
2 Elect Director Erroll B. Davis, Jr. For For Management
3 Elect Director Thomas J. Donohue For For Management
4 Elect Director Archie W. Dunham For For Management
5 Elect Director Judith Richards Hope For For Management
6 Elect Director Charles C. Krulak For For Management
7 Elect Director Michael R. McCarthy For For Management
8 Elect Director Michael W. McConnell For For Management
9 Elect Director Thomas F. McLarty III For For Management
10 Elect Director Steven R. Rogel For For Management
11 Elect Director Jose H. Villarreal For For Management
12 Elect Director James R. Young For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder
15 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
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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, 2010
