0000930413-22-000401.txt : 20220301 0000930413-22-000401.hdr.sgml : 20220301 20220301101623 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-22-000401 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220301 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220301 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220301 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000002691 IRS NUMBER: 136020600 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-10638 FILM NUMBER: 22694780 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 HUDSON STREET CITY: JERSEY CITY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07302 BUSINESS PHONE: 201-827-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 HUDSON STREET CITY: JERSEY CITY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LORD ABBOTT AFFILIATED FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960315 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AFFILIATED FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941207 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AFFILIATED INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920721 0000002691 S000006806 LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND INC C000018428 Class A LAFFX C000018430 Class C LAFCX C000018431 Class P LAFPX C000018432 Class I LAFYX C000054699 Class F LAAFX C000054700 Class R2 LAFQX C000054701 Class R3 LAFRX C000155435 Class R4 LAFSX C000155436 Class R5 LAFTX C000155437 Class R6 LAFVX C000184551 Class F3 LTFOX 497J 1 c102789_497j.htm CERTIFICATION OF NO CHANGE IN DEFINITIVE MATERIAL Untitled Document

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC.
90 Hudson Street
Jersey City, New Jersey 07302-3973

March 1, 2022


VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549-4720

Re: Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc. (the “Registrant”)
1933 Act File No. 002-10638
1940 Act File No. 811-00005

Ladies/Gentlemen:

In accordance with the provisions of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the undersigned hereby certifies that:

1. the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 122 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed by the Registrant on February 23, 2022; and

2. the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 122, which was the most recent Amendment to the Registration Statement, was filed electronically with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2022.

Sincerely,

/s/Pamela P. Chen
Pamela P. Chen
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Lord Abbett Funds