485APOS

1933 Act File No. 002-10638

1940 Act File No. 811-00005

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 99	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 99	x

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, New Jersey	07302-3973
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 201-6984

Thomas R. Phillips, Esq., Vice President and Assistant Secretary

90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302-3973

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

¨ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ on                              pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)

x on February 27, 2010 pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (2)

¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

¨ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Lord Abbett

Affiliated Fund

PROSPECTUS

February 27, 2010

CLASS	TICKER	CLASS	TICKER
A	LAFFX	I	LAFYX
B	LAFBX	P	LAFPX
C	LAFCX	R2	LAFQX
F	LAAFX	R3	LAFRX

**The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved of these securities or determined whether this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED - NO BANK GUARANTEE - MAY LOSE VALUE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE FUND	Investment Objective	2
	Fees and Expenses	2
	Principal Investment Strategies	3
	Principal Risks	3
	Performance	4
	Investment Adviser	5
	Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares	5
	Tax Information	5
	Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries	6
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND	Investment Objective	6
	Principal Investment Strategies	6
	Principal Risks	7
	Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings	8
	Management and Organization of the Fund	8
INFORMATION FOR MANAGING YOUR FUND ACCOUNT	Choosing a Share Class	9
	Sales Charges	12
	Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers	13
	Financial Intermediary Compensation	16
	Purchases	19
	Exchanges	20
	Redemptions	20
	Account Services and Policies	22
	Distributions and Taxes	25
	Financial Highlights	26

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital and income without excessive fluctuations in market value.

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and certain members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Lord Abbett Family of Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “Sales Charges – Class A Share Front-End Sales Charge” of the prospectus and “Purchases, Redemptions, Pricing and Payments to Dealers” of the statement of additional information (“SAI”).

Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)

Class	A	B	C	F, I, P, R2 and R3
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%	None	None	None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price)	None	5.00%	1.00%	None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Class

A

B

C

F

I

P

R2

R3

Management Fees

0.31%

0.31%

0.31%

0.31%

0.31%

0.31%

0.31%

0.31%

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

0.35%

1.00%

1.00%

0.10%

None

0.45%

0.60%

0.50%

Other Expenses

[0.16%

]

[0.16%

]

[0.16%

]

[0.16%

]

[0.16%

]

[0.16%

]

[0.16%

]

[0.16%

]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

[0.82%

]

[1.47%

]

[1.47%

]

[0.57%

]

0.47%

]

[0.92%

]

[1.07%

]

[0.97%

]

Example

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund at the maximum sales charge, if any, for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The example assumes a deduction of the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”), for the one-year, three-year, and five-year periods for Class B shares. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after approximately eight years. The expense example for Class B shares for the ten-year period reflects the conversion to Class A shares. The first example assumes that you redeem all of your shares at the end of the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs (including any applicable CDSC) would be as shown below. The second example assumes that you do not redeem and instead keep your shares.

Class

If Shares Are Redeemed

If Shares Are Not Redeemed

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Class A Shares

$

[654

]

$

[822

]

$

[1,004

]

$

[1,530

]

$

[654

]

$

[822

]

$

[1,004

]

$

[1,530

]

Class B Shares

$

[550

]

$

[765

]

$

[903

]

$

[1,581

]

$

[150

]

$

[465

]

$

[803

]

$

[1,581

]

Class C Shares

$

[150

]

$

[465

]

$

[803

]

$

[1,757

]

$

[150

]

$

[465

]

$

[803

]

$

[1,757

]

Class F Shares

$

[58

]

$

[183

]

$

[318

]

$

[714

]

$

[58

]

$

[183

]

$

[318

]

$

[714

]

Class I Shares

$

[48

]

$

[151

]

$

[263

]

$

[591

]

$

[48

]

$

[151

]

$

[263

]

$

[591

]

Class P Shares

$

[94

]

$

[293

]

$

[509

]

$

[1,131

]

$

[94

]

$

[293

]

$

[509

]

$

[1,131

]

Class R2 Shares

$

[109

]

$

[340

]

$

[590

]

$

[1,306

]

$

[109

]

$

[340

]

$

[590

]

$

[1,306

]

Class R3 Shares

$

[99

]

$

[309

]

$

[536

]

$

[1,190

]

$

[99

]

$

[309

]

$

[536

]

$

[1,190

]

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was [105.60%] of the average value of its portfolio.

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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

To pursue this objective under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large companies. The Fund primarily invests in large, established U.S. and multinational companies that the portfolio manager believes are undervalued.

The Fund’s investments primarily include the following types of securities and other financial instruments:

•        Equity securities, such as common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities and equity interests in trusts, partnerships and limited liability companies. The Fund may also invest in securities that are tied to the price of stock, such as warrants, rights, and convertible debt securities.

•        Large company securities, of a company having a market capitalization at the time of purchase that falls within the market capitalization range of companies in the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index as of its most recent annual reconstitution was approximately $0.6 billion to $341.1 billion. This range varies daily.

•        Value stocks of companies that the portfolio manager believes to be underpriced or undervalued according to certain financial measurements of intrinsic worth or business prospects and have the potential for capital appreciation.

•        Multinational and foreign company securities that are issued by multinational or foreign companies and traded primarily on a U.S. securities exchange. These types of securities include American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which are typically issued by a U.S. financial institution (such as a bank) and represent a specified number of shares issued by a foreign company.

•        Derivatives, such as options or futures, which the Fund may use to protect gains in the Fund’s portfolio, hedge against certain risks, or to efficiently gain investment exposure.

The Fund will generally sell a security when the Fund believes the security seems less likely to benefit from the current market and economic environment, shows signs of deteriorating fundamentals, or has reached its valuation target. The Fund seeks to remain fully invested in accordance with its investment objective; however, in response to adverse economic, market or other unfavorable conditions, the Fund may invest its assets in a temporary defensive manner.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with any investment in a mutual fund, investing in the Fund involves risk, including the risk that you may receive little or no return on your investment. When you redeem your shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you may lose a portion or all of the money you invested in the Fund.

The Fund primarily invests in stocks and other equity securities, which may experience significant volatility at times and may fall sharply in response to adverse events. Individual securities may also experience dramatic movements in price. In addition to the risks of overall market movements and risks that are specific to an individual security, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its performance, include:

•        Large Company Risk: As compared to smaller successful companies, larger companies may be less able to respond quickly to certain market developments and may have slower rates of growth.

•        Value Stocks Risk: The prices of value stocks may lag the stock market for long periods of time if the market fails to recognize the company’s intrinsic worth.

•        Portfolio Management Risk: If the strategies used by the Fund’s portfolio manager and the portfolio manager’s security selections fail to produce the intended result, the Fund may suffer losses or underperform other funds with the same investment objective or strategy, even in a rising market.

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•        Multinational and Foreign Company Risk: The Fund’s investments in multinational companies, foreign companies and ADRs generally are subject the risk that the securities may be adversely affected by political, economic and social volatility, currency exchange fluctuations, lack of transparency, or inadequate regulatory and accounting standards.

•        Derivatives Risk: The Fund’s use of derivatives are subject to the risk that the underlying security or index (on which the derivative instrument is based) moves in the opposite direction from what the portfolio manager had anticipated or becomes illiquid. Swaps, futures and option contracts are also subject to the risk that the counterparty mail fail to perform its obligations.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. For more information on the principal risks of the Fund, please see the “Principal Risks” section in the Fund’s prospectus.

PERFORMANCE

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns. Each assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.

The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the Fund’s Class A shares from calendar year to calendar year. This chart does not reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares. If the sales charge was reflected, returns would be lower. Performance for the Fund’s other share classes will vary due to the different expenses each class bears. Updated performance information is available at www.lordabbett.com or by calling 888-522-2388.

Bar Chart (per calendar year) — Class A Shares

                    Best Quarter [2nd Q ’03 +18.25%] Worst Quarter [4th Q ’08 -22.56%]                

The table below shows how the average annual total returns of the Fund’s Class A, B, C, F, I, P, R2, and R3 shares compare to those of three broad-based securities market indices. The Fund’s average annual total returns include applicable sales charges as follows: for Class A shares, the current maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75%; for Class B shares, the current CDSC of 4.00% for the one-year period and 1.00% for the five-year period; and for Class C shares, the performance shown is at net asset value (“NAV”) because there is no CDSC for Class C shares for any period one year or greater. There are no sales charges for Class F, I, P, R2, and R3 shares. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares at approximately eight years after purchase. All returns for Class B shares for periods greater than eight years reflect this conversion.

The after-tax returns of Class A shares included in the table below are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. In some cases, after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit resulting from realized losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the period that is used to offset other gains. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax returns for other share classes are not shown in the table and will vary from those shown for Class A shares.

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Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, [2009])
Class	1 Year		5 Years		10 Years		Life of Class		Inception Date for Performance
Class A Shares
Before Taxes	[-40.74%	]	[-5.15%	]	[-11.06%	]	-
After Taxes on Distributions	[-40.92%	]	[-5.15%	]	[-11.06%	]	-
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	[-26.18%	]	[-4.30%	]	[-8.58%	]	-
Class B Shares	[-40.06%	]	[-4.86%	]	[-10.98%	]
Class C Shares	[-37.55%	]	[-4.67%	]	[-11.06%	]
Class F Shares	[-37.02%	]	-		-		[-32.67%	]	9/28/2007
Class I Shares	[-36.94%	]	[-1.93%	]	[1.97%]		-
Class P Shares	[-37.15%	]	[-4.03%	]	[-10.42%	]	-
Class R2 Shares	[-37.30%	]	-		-		[-32.99%	]	9/28/2007
Class R3 Shares	[-37.22%	]	-		-		[-32.90%	]	9/28/2007
Index
Russell 1000® Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)	[-36.85%	]	[-0.79%	]	[1.36%]		[-33.83%	]	9/28/2007
S&P 500® Index	[-37.00%	]	[-2.19%	]	[-1.38%	]	[-32.59%	]	9/28/2007
S&P 500/Citigroup Value Index	[-39.22%	]	[-1.72%	]	[0.10%]		[-35.59%	]	9/28/2007

INVESTMENT ADVISER

The Fund’s investment adviser is Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC.

Portfolio Manager. The Portfolio Manager primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund is:

Portfolio Manager/Title	Portfolio Manager of the Fund Since
Daniel H. Frascarelli, Partner and Director and Portfolio Manager	2009

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

Investment Minimums — Initial/Additional Investments(1)
Class	A, B, and C	F, P(2), R2, and R3	I
General	$250/No minimum	No minimum	$1 million minimum(3)
IRAs and Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minor Accounts	$250/No minimum	N/A	N/A
SIMPLE IRAs	No minimum	N/A	N/A
Invest-A-Matic	$250/$50	N/A	N/A
(1) Minimum initial and additional investment amounts vary depending on the class of shares you buy and the type of account. Certain financial intermediaries may impose different restrictions than those described above. (2) Class P shares are closed to substantially all new investors. (3) Applicable requirement for certain types of institutional investors.

You may sell (redeem) shares through your securities broker, financial professional or financial intermediary. If you have direct account access privileges, you may redeem your shares by contacting the Fund in writing at P.O. Box 219336, Kansas City, MO 64121, by calling 888-522-2388 or by accessing your account online at www.lordabbett.com.

TAX INFORMATION

The Fund’s distributions, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains or a combination of the two, and may also be subject to state and local taxes. Certain taxes on distributions may not apply to tax exempt investors or tax deferred accounts, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.

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PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the Fund’s distributor or its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your individual financial professional to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your individual financial professional or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital and income without excessive fluctuations in market value.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

To pursue this objective, the Fund primarily invests in equity securities of large, established, U.S. and multinational companies that the portfolio manager believes are undervalued. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large companies. A large company is defined as a company having a market capitalization at the time of purchase that falls within the market capitalization range of companies in the Russell 1000® Index, a widely-used benchmark for large-cap stock performance. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index as of June 30, 2009, following its most recent annual reconstitution, was approximately $[0.6 billion] to $[341.1 billion]. This range varies daily.

Equity securities in which the Fund may invest may include common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, and equity interests in real estate investment trusts, other types of trusts, partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies and similar enterprises. The Fund may also invest in other securities or instruments that are tied to the price of stocks, such as warrants, stock purchase rights and convertible debt securities.

In selecting investments, the Fund attempts to invest in companies the portfolio manager believes have been undervalued by the market and are selling at reasonable prices in relation to our assessment of their potential or intrinsic value. A security may be undervalued by the market because of a lack of awareness of the company’s intrinsic value or a lack of recognition of the company’s future potential. In addition, a company may be undervalued because it may be temporarily out of favor by the market. The Fund seeks to achieve gains by holding securities the prices of which the portfolio manager believes will increase when other investors recognize the securities real or potential worth or when the company returns to its historical rates of growth and profitability.

The Fund primarily invests in U.S. and multinational companies. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities issued by foreign companies that are primarily traded outside of the U.S. The Fund may invest without limitation in securities of companies that are incorporated or organized under the laws outside of the U.S., but are primarily traded on a U.S. securities exchange, including ADRs and similar depositary receipts. ADRs are traded on U.S. exchanges and typically are issued by a financial institution (such as a U.S. bank) acting as a depositary and represent the depositary’s holdings of a specified number of shares of a foreign company. An ADR entitles the holder to all dividends and capital gains earned by the underlying foreign securities.

The Fund may use derivatives to hedge against risk or to gain investment exposure. Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate, or index. Some examples of the types of derivatives in which the Fund may invest are options, futures, forward contracts, and swap agreements. The Fund may use derivatives for hedging purposes, including protecting the Fund’s unrealized gains by hedging against possible adverse fluctuations in the securities markets or changes in interest rates or currency exchange rates that may reduce the market value of the Fund’s investment portfolio. The Fund may also use derivatives for speculative purposes, including using derivative instruments in an effort to enhance the Fund’s returns, spreads or gains, or to efficiently invest excess cash or quickly gain market exposure. The Fund is not registered or subject to regulation as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.

The Fund may purchase and write national securities exchange-listed put and call options on securities or securities indices. The Fund may use options for hedging or cross-hedging purposes, or to seek to increase total return (which is considered a speculative activity). A “call option” is a contract sold for a price giving its holder the right to buy a specific number of securities at a specific price prior to a specified date. A “covered call option” is a call option issued on securities already owned by the writer of the call option for delivery to the holder upon the exercise of the option. The Fund may write covered call options with respect to securities in its portfolio in an attempt to increase income and to provide greater flexibility in the disposition of portfolio securities. A “put option” gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell, and obligates the writer to buy, the underlying securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period. A put option sold by the Fund is covered when, among other things, the Fund segregates permissible liquid assets having a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the option to fulfill the obligation undertaken. The Fund will not

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purchase an option if, as a result of such purchase, more than 10% of its net assets would be invested in premiums for such options. The Fund may only sell (write) covered put options to the extent that the cover for such options does not exceed 15% of its net assets. The Fund may only sell (write) covered call options with respect to securities having an aggregate market value of less than 25% of its net assets at the time the option is written.

The Fund may sell a security if it no longer meets the Fund’s investment criteria or for a variety of other reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, or satisfy redemption requests, among others. In considering whether to sell a security, the Fund may evaluate factors including, but not limited to, the condition of the economy, changes in the issuer’s competitive position or financial condition, changes in the outlook for the issuer’s industry, and the Fund’s valuation target for the security.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with any investment in a mutual fund, investing in the Fund involves risk, including the risk that you may receive little or no return on your investment. When you redeem your shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you may lose a portion or all of the money you invested in the Fund. Before you invest in the Fund, you should carefully evaluate the risks in light of your investment goals. An investment in the Fund held for longer periods over full market cycles typically provides the most favorable results.

The Fund primarily invests in stocks and other equity securities. Stock markets may experience significant volatility at times and may fall sharply in response to adverse events. Different segments of the stock market may react differently than other segments and U.S. markets may react differently than foreign markets. Individual stock prices may also experience dramatic movements in price. Factors that may affect the markets in general or individual stocks include periods of slower growth or recessionary economic conditions, future expectations of poor economic conditions or lack of investor confidence. In addition, individual stocks may be adversely affected by factors such as reduced sales, increased costs or a negative outlook for the future performance of the company.

Although the Fund maintains a diversified portfolio, from time to time the Fund may favor investments in one or more particular industries or sectors. To the extent that the Fund holds emphasizes a particular industry or sector, the value of that portion of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate in response to events affecting the industry or sector (such as government regulations, resource availability or economic developments) to a greater degree than securities within other industries or sectors.

In addition to the risks of overall market movements and risks that are specific to an individual security, the principal risks you assume when investing in the Fund are described below. The Fund attempts to manage these risks through careful security selection, portfolio diversification, and continual portfolio review and analysis, but there can be no assurance or guarantee that these strategies will be successful in reducing risk. Please see the SAI for a further discussion of strategies employed by the Fund and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund.

• Large Company Risk: Larger, more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to certain market developments. In addition, larger companies may have slower rates of growth as compared to successful, but less well-established, smaller companies, especially during market cycles corresponding to periods of economic expansion.

• Value Stocks Risk: The prices of value stocks may lag the stock market for long periods of time if the market fails to recognize the company’s intrinsic worth.

• Portfolio Management Risk: The strategies used by the Fund’s portfolio managers and their security selections may fail to produce the intended result and the Fund may not achieve its objective. The securities selected for the Fund may not perform as well as other securities that were not selected for the Fund. As a result, the Fund may suffer losses or underperform other funds with the same investment objective or strategies, and may generate losses even in a rising market.

• Multinational and Foreign Company Risk: The Fund’s investments in multinational, foreign companies and ADRs generally are subject to more risks than investing in U.S. companies, which may increase the potential for losses in the Fund and may adversely affect its share price. Investing in multinational, foreign companies and ADRs include the risk that the securities may be adversely affected by political, economic and social volatility, currency exchange fluctuations, lack of transparency, or inadequate regulatory and accounting standards.

• Derivatives Risk: To the extent that the Fund uses derivatives, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the value of a derivative instrument does not move in correlation with the value of the underlying security, market index or interest rate, or moves in an

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opposite direction than anticipated by the Fund. Derivatives also include the risk that the derivatives will become illiquid and that the counterparty to the options, futures, forwards or swap agreement or contract may fail to perform its obligations. Because derivatives may involve a small amount of cash relative to the total amount of the transaction, the magnitude of losses from derivatives may be greater than the amount originally invested by the Fund in the derivative instrument. In addition, the Fund may be required to segregate permissible liquid assets to cover its obligations under these transactions and may have to liquidate positions before it is desirable to do so to fulfill its requirements to segregate. There is no assurance that a Fund will be able to employ its derivatives strategy successfully. Whether the Fund’s use of derivatives is successful will depend on, among other things, the Fund’s ability to correctly forecast market movements, company and industry valuation levels and trends, changes in foreign exchange rates, and other factors. If the Fund incorrectly forecasts these and other factors, the Fund’s performance could suffer.

Temporary or Defensive Investments. The Fund seeks to remain fully invested in accordance with its investment objective. In an attempt to respond to adverse economic, market, political or other conditions that are unfavorable for investors, however, the Fund may invest its assets in a temporary defensive manner by holding all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash, cash equivalents or other high quality short-term investments, money market fund shares, and other money market instruments. The Fund also may invest in these types of securities or hold cash while looking for suitable investment opportunities or to maintain liquidity. When investing in this manner, the Fund may be unable to achieve its investment objective.

DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

A description of the Fund’s policies and procedures regarding the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio holdings is available in the Fund’s SAI and further information is available at www.lordabbett.com.

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE FUND

Board of Trustees. The Board oversees the management of the business and affairs of the Fund. The Board meets regularly to review the Fund’s portfolio investments, performance, expenses, and operations. The Board appoints officers who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Fund and who execute policies authorized by the Board. At least 75 percent of the Board members are independent of Lord Abbett.

Each year in December the Board considers whether to approve the continuation of the existing management and administrative services agreements between the Fund and Lord Abbett. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the six-month period ended April 30.

Investment Adviser. The Fund’s investment adviser is Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”), which is located at 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-3973. Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett manages one of the nation’s oldest mutual fund complexes, with assets under management of approximately [$84.8] billion in 53 mutual funds and other advisory accounts as of [December 31, 2009].

Portfolio Managers. The Fund is managed by a team of experienced portfolio managers responsible for investment decisions together with a team of research analysts who provide company, industry, sector and macroeconomic research and analysis. The SAI contains additional information about portfolio manager compensation, other accounts managed, and ownership of Fund shares.

Daniel H. Frascarelli, Partner and Director, heads the team and is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Mr. Frascarelli joined Lord Abbett in 1990 and has served as a portfolio manager for one or more investment strategies since 1993. Mr. Frascarelli has been the portfolio manager for the Fund since 2009.

Management Fee. Lord Abbett is entitled to a management fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. The management fee is accrued daily and payable monthly at the following annual rate:

0.50% on the first $200 million of average daily net assets;

0.40% on the next $300 million of average daily net assets;

0.375% on the next $200 million of average daily net assets;

0.35% on the next $200 million of average daily net assets; and

0.30% on the Fund’s average daily net assets over $900 million.

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009, the fee paid to Lord Abbett was at an effective annual rate of [0.31%] of the Fund’s average daily net assets. In addition, Lord Abbett provides certain administrative services to the Fund pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement in return for a fee at an annual rate of 0.04% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Fund pays all of its expenses not expressly assumed by Lord Abbett.

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CHOOSING A SHARE CLASS

Each class of shares represents an investment in the same portfolio of securities, but each has different eligibility criteria, sales charges, expenses, and dividends, allowing you to choose the class that best meets your needs. You should read this section carefully to determine which class of shares is best for you and discuss your selection with your financial intermediary. Factors you should consider in choosing a class of shares include:

• the amount you plan to invest;

• the length of time you expect to hold your investment;

• the total costs associated with your investment, including any sales charges that you pay when you buy or sell your Fund shares and expenses that are paid out of Fund assets over time;

• whether you qualify for any reduction or waiver of sales charges;

• whether you plan to take any distributions in the near future;

• the availability of the share class;

• the services that will be available to you depending on the share class you choose; and

• the amount of compensation that your financial intermediary will receive depending on the share class you choose.

If you are considering investing a certain amount in Class B shares and if you were to invest the same amount in Class A shares and would qualify for a reduced sales charge, it may be more economical for you to choose Class A shares because of the reduced sales charge and lower ongoing annual expenses of Class A shares.

If your investment horizon is limited, an investment in Class C shares may be more appropriate than Class B shares. Class C shares are sold without a front-end sales charge and the CDSC does not apply to shares redeemed after the first anniversary of the purchase.

If you plan to invest a large amount and your investment horizon is five years or more, Class A shares may be more advantageous than Class C shares. The higher ongoing annual expenses of Class C shares may cost you more over the longer term than the front-end sales charge you would pay on larger purchases of Class A shares.

Key Features of Share Classes. The following table compares key features of each share class. You should review the Fee Table and Example at the front of this prospectus carefully before choosing your share class. As a general matter, share classes with relatively lower expenses generally have relatively higher dividends. Your financial intermediary can help you decide which class meets your goals. Not all share classes may be available through your financial intermediary. Your financial intermediary may receive different compensation depending upon which class you choose.

Class A Shares
	Availability	Available through financial intermediaries to individual investors, certain retirement and benefit plans, and fee-based advisory programs
	Front-End Sales Charge	Up to 5.75%; reduced or waived for large purchases and certain investors. Eliminated for purchases of $1 million or more
	CDSC	1.00% on redemptions made within one year following purchases of $1 million or more; waived under certain circumstances
	Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee(1)	0.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets
	Conversion	None
	Exchange Privilege(2)	Class A shares of most Lord Abbett Funds
Class B Shares
	Availability	Available through financial intermediaries to individual investors and certain retirement and benefit plans
	Front-End Sales Charge	None
	CDSC	Up to 5.00% on redemptions; reduced over time and eliminated after sixth anniversary of purchase; waived under certain circumstances

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	Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee(1)	1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets
	Conversion	Automatic conversion to Class A shares after approximately the eighth anniversary of purchase (3)
	Exchange Privilege(2)	Class B shares of most Lord Abbett Funds
Class C Shares
	Availability	Available through financial intermediaries to individual investors and certain retirement and benefit plans
	Front-End Sales Charge	None
	CDSC	1.00% on redemptions made before the first anniversary of purchase; waived under certain circumstances
	Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee(1)	1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets
	Conversion	None
	Exchange Privilege(2)	Class C shares of most Lord Abbett Funds
Class F Shares
	Availability	Available only to eligible fee-based advisory programs and certain registered investment advisors
	Front-End Sales Charge	None
	CDSC	None
	Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee(1)	0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets
	Conversion	None
	Exchange Privilege(2)	Class F shares of most Lord Abbett Funds
Class I Shares
	Availability	Available only to eligible investors
	Front-End Sales Charge	None
	CDSC	None
	Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee(1)	None
	Conversion	None
	Exchange Privilege(2)	Class I shares of most Lord Abbett Funds
Class P Shares
	Availability	Available on a limited basis through certain financial intermediaries and retirement and benefit plans(4)
	Front-End Sales Charge	None
	CDSC	None
	Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee(1)	0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets
	Conversion	None
	Exchange Privilege(2)	Class P shares of most Lord Abbett Funds
Class R2 Shares
	Availability	Available only to eligible retirement and benefit plans
	Front-End Sales Charge	None
	CDSC	None
	Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee(1)	0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets
	Conversion	None
	Exchange Privilege(2)	Class R2 shares of most Lord Abbett Funds
Class R3 Shares
	Availability	Available only to eligible retirement and benefit plans
	Front-End Sales Charge	None
	CDSC	None
	Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee(1)	0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets

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Conversion	None
Exchange Privilege(2)	Class R3 shares of most Lord Abbett Funds

(1) The 12b-1 plan provides that the maximum payments that may be authorized by the Board for Class A shares are 0.50%; for Class P shares, 0.75%; and for Class B, C, F, R2, and R3 shares, 1.00%. The 12b-1 plan does not permit any payments for Class I shares.

(2) Ask your financial intermediary about the Lord Abbett Funds available for exchange.

(3) Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on the 25th day of the month (or, if the 25th is not a business day, the next business day thereafter) following the eighth anniversary of the day on which the purchase order was accepted.

(4) Class P shares are closed to substantially all new investors.

Investment Minimums.

Investment Minimums – Initial /Additional Investments ⁽¹⁾

Class	A, B, and C	F, P(2), R2, and R3	I
General	$250/No minimum	No minimum	$1 million minimum(3)
IRAs and Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minor Accounts	$250/No minimum	N/A	N/A
SIMPLE IRAs	No minimum	N/A	N/A
Invest-A- Matic	$250/$50	N/A	N/A

(1) Consult your financial intermediary for more information.

(2) Class P shares are closed to substantially all new investors.

(3) There is no minimum initial investment for (1) certain purchases through or by a financial intermediary (otherwise eligible to purchase Class I shares) that charge a fee for services that include investment advisory or management services or (2) purchases by retirement and benefit plans meeting the Class I eligibility requirements described below. These investment minimums may be suspended, changed, or withdrawn by Lord Abbett Distributor.

Additional Information about Availability of Class F, I, P, R2, and R3 Shares.

Class F shares. Class F shares generally are available to investors participating in fee-based advisory programs that have (or whose trading agents have) an agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor and to investors that are clients of certain registered investment advisors that have an agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor, if it so deems appropriate.

Class I Shares. Class I shares currently are available for purchase by the following entities:

— Registered investment advisors investing on behalf of clients, provided that the registered investment advisor:

(i) is not affiliated or associated with a broker or dealer primarily engaged in the retail securities business;

(ii) derives its compensation for its services exclusively from its clients for such advisory services; and

(iii) has entered into an appropriate agreement with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor for such purchases.

— Institutional investors, such as retirement and benefit plans, companies, foundations, trusts, endowments, and other entities that were not introduced to Lord Abbett by persons associated with a securities broker or dealer, where the total amount of potential investable assets exceeds $10 million.

— Each registered investment company within the Lord Abbett Family of Funds that operates as a fund of funds and, at the discretion of Lord Abbett Distributor, other registered investment companies that are not affiliated with Lord Abbett and operate as a fund of funds.

In addition, Class I shares may be available for purchases by or on behalf of financial intermediaries for clients that pay the financial intermediary for services that include investment advisory or management services, provided that the financial intermediary (or its trading agent) has entered into a special arrangement with and agreeable to the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such purchases. Financial intermediaries should contact Lord Abbett Distributor to determine whether the financial intermediary may be eligible for such purchases.

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Class P Shares. Class P shares are closed to substantially all new investors. Existing shareholders holding Class P shares may continue to hold their Class P shares and make additional purchases, redemptions, and exchanges. Class P shares are also available for orders made by or on behalf of a financial intermediary for clients participating in an IRA rollover program sponsored by the financial intermediary that operates the program in an omnibus recordkeeping environment and has entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such orders.

Class R2 and R3 (collectively referred to as “Class R”) Shares. Class R shares generally are available through:

• certain employer-sponsored retirement and benefit plans offering funds from multiple fund families as investment options where the employer, administrator, recordkeeper, sponsor, related person, financial intermediary, or other appropriate party has entered into an agreement to make Class R shares available to plan participants; or

• dealers that have entered into certain approved agreements with Lord Abbett Distributor.

Class R shares also are available for orders made by or on behalf of a financial intermediary for clients participating in an IRA rollover program sponsored by the financial intermediary that operates the program in an omnibus recordkeeping environment and has entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such orders.

Class R shares generally are not available to retail non-retirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE IRAs, individual 403(b) plans, or 529 college savings plans.

SALES CHARGES

As an investor in the Fund, you may pay one of two types of sales charges: a front-end sales charge that is deducted from your investment when you buy Fund shares or a CDSC that applies when you sell Fund shares.

Class A Share Front-End Sales Charge. Front-end sales charges are only applied to Class A shares. You buy Class A shares at the offering price, which is the NAV plus a sales charge. You pay a lower rate as the size of your investment increases to certain levels called breakpoints. You do not pay a sales charge on the Fund’s distributions or dividends you reinvest in additional Class A shares. The table below shows the rate of sales charge you pay (expressed as a percentage of the offering price and the net amount you invest), depending on the amount you purchase.

Front-End Sales Charge – Class A Shares
Your Investment	Front-End Sales Charge as a % of Offering Price	Front-End Sales Charge as a % of Your Investment	To Compute Offering Price Divide NAV by	Maximum Dealer’s Concession (% of Offering Price)
Less than $50,000	5.75%	6.10%	.9425	5.00%
$50,000 to $99,999	4.75%	4.99%	.9525	4.00%
$100,000 to $249,999	3.95%	4.11%	.9605	3.25%
$250,000 to $499,999	2.75%	2.83%	.9725	2.25%
$500,000 to $999,999	1.95%	1.99%	.9805	1.75%
$1,000,000 and over	No Sales Charge		1.0000	†
†        See “Dealer Concessions on Class A Share Purchases Without a Front-End Sales Charge.”          Note: The above percentages may vary for particular investors due to rounding.

CDSC. Regardless of share class, the CDSC is not charged on shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions and is charged on the original purchase cost or the current market value of the shares at the time they are redeemed, whichever is lower. In addition, repayment of loans under certain retirement and benefit plans will constitute new sales for purposes of assessing the CDSC. To minimize the amount of any CDSC, the Fund redeems shares in the following order:

1. shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends and capital gains (always free of a CDSC);

2. shares held for six years or more (Class B), or one year or more (Class A and Class C); and

3. shares held the longest before the sixth anniversary of their purchase (Class B), or before the first anniversary of their purchase (Class A and Class C).

If you buy Class A shares of the Fund under certain purchases with a front-end sales charge waiver or if you acquire Class A shares of the Fund in exchange for Class A shares of another Lord Abbett-sponsored fund subject to a CDSC, and you redeem any of the Class

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A shares before the first day of the month in which the one-year anniversary of your purchase falls, a CDSC of 1% normally will be collected.

Class B, C, F, I, P, R2, and R3 shares are not subject to a front-end sales charge. Class F, I, P, R2, and R3 shares are not subject to a CDSC. The specific types and amounts of sales charges that may apply to Class A, B, and C shares are discussed below.

If you acquire Fund shares through an exchange from another Lord Abbett-sponsored fund that originally were purchased subject to a CDSC and you redeem before the applicable CDSC period has expired, you will be charged the CDSC. The CDSC will be remitted to the appropriate party.

Class B Share CDSC. The CDSC for Class B shares normally applies if you redeem your shares before the sixth anniversary of the day on which the purchase order was accepted. The CDSC will be remitted to Lord Abbett Distributor. The CDSC declines the longer you own your shares, according to the following schedule:

CDSC – Class B Shares
Anniversary of the Day on Which the Purchase Order was Accepted(1)	CDSC on Redemptions (As % of Amount Subject to Charge)
Before the 1st	5.0%
On the 1st, before the 2nd	4.0%
On the 2nd, before the 3rd	3.0%
On the 3rd, before the 4th	3.0%
On the 4th, before the 5th	2.0%
On the 5th, before the 6th	1.0%
On or after the 6th anniversary(2)	None

⁽¹⁾ The anniversary is the same calendar day in each respective year after the date of purchase. For example, the anniversary for shares purchased on May 1 will be May 1 of each succeeding year.

⁽²⁾ Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on the 25th day of the month (or, if the 25th is not a business day, the next business day thereafter) following the eighth anniversary of the day on which the purchase order was accepted.

Class C Share CDSC. The 1% CDSC for Class C shares normally applies if you redeem your shares before the first anniversary of your purchase. The CDSC will be remitted to Lord Abbett Distributor.

SALES CHARGE REDUCTIONS AND WAIVERS

Please inform the Fund or your financial intermediary at the time of your purchase of Fund shares if you believe you qualify for a reduced front-end sales charge. More information about sales charges and reductions and waivers is also available free of charge at www.lordabbett.com/saleschargeinfo. This information may also be reached at www.lordabbett.com by clicking on the “Performance and Pricing” tab under the mutual fund detail section, and clicking on the “more info” link next to the breakpoint table.

Reducing Your Class A Share Front-End Sales Charge. You may purchase Class A shares at a discount if you qualify under the circumstances outlined below. To receive a reduced front-end sales charge, you must let the Fund or your financial intermediary know at the time of your purchase of Fund shares that you believe you qualify for a discount. If you or a related party have holdings of Eligible Funds (as defined below) in other accounts with your financial intermediary or with other financial intermediaries that may be combined with your current purchases in determining the sales charge as described below, you must let the Fund or your financial intermediary know. You may be asked to provide supporting account statements or other information to allow us or your financial intermediary to verify your eligibility for a discount. If you or your financial intermediary do not notify the Fund or provide the requested information, you may not receive the reduced sales charge for which you otherwise qualify. Class A shares may be purchased at a discount if you qualify under either of the following conditions:

• Rights of Accumulation - A Purchaser may combine the value of Class A, B, C, F, and P shares of any Eligible Fund currently owned with a new purchase of Class A shares of any Eligible Fund in order to reduce the sales charge on the new purchase. Class I, R2, and R3 share holdings may not be combined for these purposes.

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To the extent that your financial intermediary is able to do so, the value of Class A, B, C, F, and P shares of Eligible Funds determined for the purpose of reducing the sales charge of a new purchase under the Rights of Accumulation will be calculated at the higher of: (1) the aggregate current maximum offering price of your existing Class A, B, C, F, and P shares of Eligible Funds; or (2) the aggregate amount you invested in such shares (including dividend reinvestments but excluding capital appreciation) less any withdrawals. You should retain any information and account records necessary to substantiate the historical amounts you and any related Purchasers have invested in Eligible Funds. You must inform the Fund and/or your financial intermediary at the time of purchase if you believe your purchase qualifies for a reduced sales charge and you may be requested to provide documentation of your holdings in order to verify your eligibility. If you do not do so, you may not receive all sales charge reductions for which you are eligible.

• Letter of Intention - In order to reduce your Class A front-end sales charge, a Purchaser may combine purchases of Class A, B, C, F, and P shares of any Eligible Fund the Purchaser intends to make over the next 13 months in determining the applicable sales charge. The 13-month Letter of Intention period commences on the day that the Letter of Intention is received by the Fund, and the Purchaser must tell the Fund that later purchases are subject to the Letter of Intention. Purchases submitted prior to the date the Letter of Intention is received by the Fund are not counted toward the sales charge reduction. Current holdings under Rights of Accumulation may be included in a Letter of Intention in order to reduce the sales charge for purchases during the 13-month period covered by the Letter of Intention. Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends or distributions are not included. Class I, R2, and R3 share holdings may not be combined for these purposes. Class A shares valued at 5% of the amount of intended purchases are escrowed and may be redeemed to cover the additional sales charges payable if the intended purchases under the Letter of Intention is not completed. The Letter of Intention is neither a binding obligation on you to buy, nor on the Fund to sell, any or all of the intended purchase amount.

Purchaser

A Purchaser includes: (1) an individual; (2) an individual, his or her spouse, and children under the age of 21; (3) retirement and benefit plans including a 401(k) plan, profit-sharing plan, money purchase plan, defined benefit plan, and 457(b) plan sponsored by a governmental entity, non-profit organization, school district or church to which employer contributions are made, as well as SIMPLE IRA plans and SEP-IRA plans; or (4) a trustee or other fiduciary purchasing shares for a single trust, estate or single fiduciary account. An individual may include under item (1) his or her holdings in Eligible Funds as described above in IRAs, as a sole participant of a retirement and benefit plan sponsored by the individual’s business, and as a participant in a 403(b) plan to which only pre-tax salary deferrals are made. An individual and his or her spouse may include under item (2) their holdings in IRAs, and as the sole participants in retirement and benefit plans sponsored by a business owned by either or both of them. A retirement and benefit plan under item (3) includes all qualified retirement and benefit plans of a single employer and its consolidated subsidiaries, and all qualified retirement and benefit plans of multiple employers registered in the name of a single bank trustee.

Eligible Fund

For all classes of shares other than Class I shares, an Eligible Fund is any Lord Abbett-sponsored fund except for (1) certain tax-free, single state funds where the exchanging shareholder is a resident of a state in which such fund is not offered for sale; (2) Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.; (3) Lord Abbett U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Enterprises Money Market Fund, Inc. (“Money Market Fund”) (except for holdings in Money Market Fund which are attributable to any shares exchanged from the Lord Abbett sponsored funds); and (4) any other fund the shares of which are not available to the investor at the time of the transaction due to a limitation on the offering of the fund’s shares. For Class I shares, an Eligible Fund is any Lord Abbett-sponsored fund currently offering Class I shares.

Front-End Sales Charge Waivers. Class A shares may be purchased without a front-end sales charge under any of the following conditions:

• purchases of $1 million or more (may be subject to a CDSC);

• purchases by retirement and benefit plans with at least 100 eligible employees (may be subject to a CDSC);

• purchases for retirement and benefit plans made through financial intermediaries that perform participant recordkeeping or other administrative services for the plans and that have entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such purchases (may be subject to a CDSC);

• purchases made by or on behalf of financial intermediaries for clients that pay the financial intermediaries fees in connection with fee-based advisory program, provided that the financial intermediaries or their trading agents have entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such purchases;

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• purchases by insurance companies and/or their separate accounts to fund variable insurance contracts, provided that the insurance company provides recordkeeping and related administrative services to the contract owners and has entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such purchases;

• purchases made with dividends and distributions on Class A shares of another Eligible Fund;

• purchases representing repayment under the loan feature of the Lord Abbett-sponsored prototype 403(b) Plan for Class A shares;

• purchases by employees of any consenting securities dealer having a sales agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor;

• purchases by trustees or custodians of any pension or profit sharing plan, or payroll deduction IRA for the employees of any consenting securities dealer having a sales agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor;

• purchases involving the concurrent sale of Class B or C shares of the Fund related to the requirements of a settlement agreement that the broker-dealer entered into with a regulatory body relating to share class suitability. These sales transactions will be subject to the assessment of any applicable CDSCs (although the broker-dealer may pay on behalf of the investor or reimburse the investor for any such CDSC), and any investor purchases subsequent to the original concurrent transactions will be at the applicable public offering price, which may include a sales charge;

• purchases by non-U.S. pension funds or insurance companies by or through local intermediaries, provided that Class A shares have been approved by and/or registered with a relevant local authority and that Lord Abbett Distributor has entered into special arrangements with a local financial intermediary in connection with the distribution or placement of such shares; and

• certain other types of investors may qualify to purchase Class A share without a front-end sales charge as described in the SAI.

CDSC Waivers. The CDSC generally will not be assessed on Class A, B, or C shares under the circumstances listed in the chart below. Certain other types of redemptions may qualify for a CDSC waiver. Documentation may be required and some limitations may apply.

CDSC Waivers	Share Class(es)
Benefit payments under retirement and benefit plans in connection with loans, hardship withdrawals, death, disability, retirement, separation from service, or any excess distribution under retirement and benefit plans	A, B, C
Eligible mandatory distributions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1996	A, B, C
Redemptions by retirement and benefit plans made through financial intermediaries that have special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor, provided the plan has not redeemed all, or substantially all, of its assets from the Lord Abbett-sponsored funds	A
Redemptions by retirement and benefit plans made through financial intermediaries that have special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor that include the waiver of CDSCs and that were initially entered into prior to December 2002	A
Class A and Class C shares that are subject to a CDSC and held by certain 401(k) plans for which the Fund’s transfer agent provides plan administration and recordkeeping services and which offer Lord Abbett Funds as the only investment options to the plan’s participants, will no longer be subject to the CDSC upon the 401(k) plan’s transition to a Financial Intermediary that: (1) provides recordkeeping services to the plan; (2) offers other mutual funds in addition to the Lord Abbett Funds as investment options for the plan’s participants; and (3) has entered into a special arrangement with Lord Abbett to facilitate the 401(k) plan’s transition to the Financial Intermediary	A, C
Death of the shareholder	B, C
Redemptions under Div-Move and Systematic Withdrawal Plans (up to 12% per year)	B, C

Concurrent Sales. A broker-dealer may pay on behalf of an investor or reimburse an investor for a CDSC otherwise applicable in the case of transactions involving purchases through such broker-dealer where the investor is concurrently selling his or her holdings in Class B or C shares of the Fund and buying Class A shares of that Fund, provided that the purchases are related to the requirements of a settlement agreement that the broker-dealer entered into with a regulatory body relating to share class suitability.

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Reinvestment Privilege. If you redeem Class A or B shares of the Fund, you may reinvest some or all of the proceeds in the same class of any Eligible Fund on or before the 60th day after the redemption without a sales charge unless the reinvestment would be prohibited by the Fund’s frequent trading policy. Special tax rules may apply. Please see the SAI for more information. If you paid a CDSC when you redeemed your shares, you will be credited with the amount of the CDSC. All accounts involved must have the same registration. This privilege does not apply to purchases made through Invest-A-Matic or other automatic investment services.

FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY COMPENSATION

As part of a plan for distributing shares, the Fund and Lord Abbett Distributor pay sales and service compensation to authorized institutions that sell the Fund’s shares and service its shareholder accounts. Additionally, your broker-dealer or agent may charge you a fee to effect transactions in Fund shares.

As shown in the table “Fees and Expenses” above, sales compensation originates from sales charges, which are paid directly by shareholders, and 12b-1 distribution fees, which are paid by the Fund out of share class assets. Service compensation originates from 12b-1 service fees. Because 12b-1 fees are paid on an ongoing basis, over time they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The fees are accrued daily at annual rates based upon average daily net assets as follows:

Class
Fee*	A		B		C		F		I	P		R2		R3
Service	0.25	%	0.25	%	0.25	%	—		—	0.20	%	0.25	%	0.25	%
Distribution	0.10	%	0.75	%	0.75	%	0.10	%	—	0.25	%	0.35	%	0.25	%

* The Fund may designate a portion of the aggregate fee as attributable to service activities for purposes of calculating Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. sales charge limitations.

Lord Abbett Distributor may pay 12b-1 fees to financial intermediaries or use the fees for other distribution purposes, including revenue sharing. The amounts paid by the Fund need not be directly related to expenses. If Lord Abbett Distributor’s actual expenses exceed the fee paid to it, the Fund will not have to pay more than that fee. If Lord Abbett Distributor’s expenses are less than the fee it receives, Lord Abbett Distributor will keep the excess amount of the fee.

Sales Activities. The Fund may use 12b-1 distribution fees to pay authorized institutions to finance any activity that is primarily intended to result in the sale of shares. Lord Abbett Distributor uses its portion of the distribution fees attributable to the shares of a particular class for activities that are primarily intended to result in the sale of shares of such class. These activities include, but are not limited to, printing of prospectuses and statements of additional information and reports for other than existing shareholders, preparation and distribution of advertising and sales material, expenses of organizing and conducting sales seminars, additional payments to authorized institutions, maintenance of shareholder accounts, the cost necessary to provide distribution-related services or personnel, travel, office expenses, equipment and other allocable overhead.

Service Activities. Lord Abbett Distributor may pay 12b-1 service fees to authorized institutions for any activity that is primarily intended to result in personal service and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts or certain retirement and benefit plans. Any portion of the service fees paid to Lord Abbett Distributor will be used to service and maintain shareholder accounts.

Dealer Concessions on Class A Share Purchases With a Front-End Sales Charge. See “Sales Charges - Class A Share Front-End Sales Charge” for more information.

Dealer Concessions on Class A Share Purchases Without a Front-End Sales Charge. Except as otherwise set forth in the following paragraphs, Lord Abbett Distributor may pay Dealers distribution-related compensation (i.e., concessions) according to the schedule set forth below under the following circumstances:

• purchases of $1 million or more;

• purchases by certain retirement and benefit plans with at least 100 eligible employees; or

• purchases for certain retirement and benefit plans made through financial intermediaries that perform participant recordkeeping or other administrative services for the plans in connection with multiple fund family recordkeeping platforms and have entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such purchases (“Alliance Arrangements”).

Dealers receive concessions described below on purchases made within a 12-month period beginning with the first NAV purchase of Class A shares for the account. The concession rate resets on each anniversary date of the initial NAV purchase, provided that the account continues to qualify for treatment at NAV. Current holdings of Class B, C, and P shares of Eligible Funds will be included for

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purposes of calculating the breakpoints in the schedule below and the amount of the concessions payable with respect to the Class A share investment. Concessions may not be paid with respect to Alliance Arrangements unless Lord Abbett Distributor can monitor the applicability of the CDSC. In addition, if a financial intermediary decides to waive receipt of the concession, any CDSC that might otherwise have applied to any such purchase will be waived. Any waiver must be authorized by the financial intermediary firm and the registered representative.

Financial intermediaries should contact Lord Abbett Distributor for more complete information on the commission structure.

Dealer Concession Schedule – Class A Shares for Certain Purchases Without a Front-End Sales Charge
The dealer concession received is based on the amount of the Class A share investment as follows:
Class A Investments	Front-End Sales Charge*	Dealer’s Concession
$1 million to $5 million	None	1.00%
Next $5 million above that	None	0.55%
Next $40 million above that	None	0.50%
Over $50 million	None	0.25%

* Class A shares purchased without a sales charge will be subject to a 1% CDSC if they are redeemed before the first day of the month in which the one-year anniversary of the purchase falls. For Alliance Arrangements involving financial intermediaries offering multiple fund families to retirement and benefit plans, the CDSC normally will be collected only when a plan effects a complete redemption of all or substantially all shares of all Lord Abbett-sponsored funds in which the plan is invested.

Class B Shares. Lord Abbett Distributor may pay financial intermediaries selling Class B shares a sales concession of 4.00% of the purchase price of the Class B shares and Lord Abbett Distributor will collect any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries also receive an annual service fee beginning in the thirteenth month after purchase of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets represented by the Class B shares that starts to accrue after twelve months following the purchase of Class B shares.

Class C Shares. Lord Abbett Distributor may pay financial intermediaries selling Class C shares a sales concession of up to 1.00% of the purchase price of the Class C shares and Lord Abbett Distributor will collect and retain any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries also receive an annual service fee beginning in the thirteenth month after purchase of up to 1.00% of the average daily net assets represented by the Class C shares that starts to accrue after twelve months following the purchase of Class C shares.

Class F, I, P, R2, and R3 Shares. Class F, I, P, R2, and R3 shares are purchased at NAV with no front-end sales charge and no CDSC when redeemed.

Revenue Sharing and Other Payments to Dealers and Financial Intermediaries. In addition to the various sales commissions, concessions and 12b-1 fees described above, Lord Abbett, Lord Abbett Distributor and the Fund may make other payments to dealers and other firms authorized to accept orders for Fund shares (collectively, “Dealers”).

Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor makes payments to Dealers in its sole discretion, at its own expense and out of its own resources (including revenues from advisory fees and 12b-1 fees) and without additional cost to the Fund or the Fund’s shareholders.

This compensation from Lord Abbett is not reflected in the fees and expenses listed above in the Fee Table section of this prospectus. The payments may be for activities including but not limited to the following:

— marketing and/or distribution support for Dealers;

— the Dealers’ and their investment professionals’ shareholder servicing efforts;

— training and education activities for the Dealers, their investment professionals and/or their clients or potential clients;

— certain information regarding Dealers and their investment professionals;

— sponsoring or otherwise bearing, in part or in whole, the costs for other meetings of Dealers’ investment professionals and/or their clients or potential clients;

— the purchase of products or services from the Dealers, such as investment research, software tools or data for investment analysis purposes;

— certain Dealers’ costs associated with orders relating to Fund shares (“ticket charges”); and/or

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— any other permissible activity that Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor, in its sole discretion, believes would facilitate sales of Fund shares.

Some of these payments are sometimes called “revenue sharing” payments. Most of these payments are intended to reimburse Dealers directly or indirectly for the costs they or their investment professionals incur in connection with educational seminars and training efforts about the Lord Abbett Funds to enable the Dealers and their investment professionals to make recommendations and provide services that are suitable and useful in meeting shareholder needs, as well as to maintain the necessary infrastructure to make the Lord Abbett Funds available to shareholders. The costs and expenses related to these efforts may include travel, lodging, entertainment and meals, among other things. In addition, Lord Abbett Distributor may, for specified periods of time, decide to forgo the portion of front-end sales charges to which it normally is entitled and allow Dealers to retain the full sales charge for sales of Fund shares. In some instances, these temporary arrangements will be offered only to certain Dealers expected to sell significant amounts of Fund shares.

Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor may benefit from revenue sharing if the Dealer features the Fund in its sales system (such as by placing the Fund on its preferred fund list or giving access on a preferential basis to members of the financial intermediary’s sales force or management). In addition, Lord Abbett Distributor may agree to participate in the Dealer’s marketing efforts (such as by helping to facilitate or provide financial assistance for conferences, seminars or other programs at which Lord Abbett personnel may make presentations on the Fund to the intermediary’s sales force). To the extent the Dealers sell more shares of the Fund or retain shares of the Fund in their clients’ accounts, Lord Abbett receives greater management and other fees due to the increase in the Fund’s assets. Although a Dealer may request additional compensation from Lord Abbett to offset costs incurred by the Dealer servicing its clients, the Dealer may earn a profit on these payments, if the amount of the payment exceeds the Dealer’s costs.

Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor, in its sole discretion, determines the amounts of payments to Dealers, with the exception of purchases of products or services and certain expense reimbursements. Lord Abbett and Lord Abbett Distributor consider many factors in determining the amount of any additional payments to Dealers. These factors include, but are not limited to, the Dealer’s sales, assets and redemption rates relating to Lord Abbett Funds, penetration of Lord Abbett Fund sales among investment professionals within the Dealer, and the potential to expand Lord Abbett’s relationship with the Dealer. Lord Abbett and Lord Abbett Distributor also may take into account other business relationships Lord Abbett has with a Dealer, including other Lord Abbett financial products or advisory services sold by or provided to a Dealer or one or more of its affiliates. Based on its analysis of these factors, Lord Abbett groups most Dealers into tiers, each of which is associated with a particular maximum amount of revenue sharing payments expressed as a percentage of assets of the Lord Abbett Funds attributable to that particular Dealer. The tiered payments generally range from 0.02% to 0.10% of Lord Abbett Fund assets attributable to the Dealer and/or its investment professionals. For certain relationships with Dealers selling the Lord Abbett Funds in connection with variable insurance products, Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor may make payments up to 0.15% of the related Lord Abbett Funds’ assets and/or sales. However, Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor from time to time may pay revenue sharing in excess of these amounts to cultivate new relationships with Dealers it believes have the potential to sell significant amounts of Fund shares. In such cases, Lord Abbett expects that over time, as these relationships grow, the amount of revenue sharing paid to such Dealers would conform to levels that fall within the ranges described above. The payments may not include payments for certain items, such as training and education activities, other meetings, and the purchase of certain products and services from the Dealers. On occasion, Lord Abbett also may make payments to Dealers on a basis unrelated to its assessment of the prospects for a long-term distribution relationship. Not all Dealers receive revenue sharing payments and the amount of revenue sharing may vary for different Dealers. Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor may choose not to make payments in relation to certain of the Lord Abbett Funds or certain classes of shares of any given Fund. In addition, Lord Abbett’s method of calculating revenue sharing payments may be different from the methods that the Dealers use. Please refer to the Fund’s SAI for additional information relating to revenue sharing payments.

Neither Lord Abbett nor Lord Abbett Distributor makes payments directly to a Dealer’s investment professionals, but rather they are made solely to the Dealer itself (with the exception of expense reimbursements related to the attendance of a Dealer’s investment professionals at training and education meetings and at other meetings involving the Lord Abbett Funds). The Dealers receiving additional payments include those that may recommend that their clients consider or select the Fund or other Lord Abbett Funds for investment purposes, including those that may include one or more of the Lord Abbett Funds on a “preferred” or “recommended” list of mutual funds. In some circumstances, the payments may create an incentive for a Dealer or its investment professionals to recommend or sell shares of Lord Abbett Funds to a client over shares of other funds. For more specific information about any additional payments, including revenue sharing, made to your Dealer, please contact your investment professional.

The Fund’s portfolio transactions are not used to compensate Dealers that sell shares of the Lord Abbett Funds. Lord Abbett places the Fund’s portfolio transactions with broker-dealers based on their ability to provide the best net results from the transaction to the Fund. If Lord Abbett determines that a Dealer can provide the Fund with the best net results, Lord Abbett may place the Fund’s portfolio transactions with the Dealer even though it sells or has sold shares of the Fund. In no event, however, does or will Lord Abbett give any consideration to a Dealer’s sales in deciding which Dealer to choose to execute the Fund’s portfolio transactions. Lord Abbett

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maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure that it places portfolio transactions based on the Fund’s receipt of the best net results. These policies and procedures also permit Lord Abbett to give consideration to proprietary investment research a Dealer may provide to Lord Abbett.

Payments for Recordkeeping, Networking, and Other Services. In addition to the payments from Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor described above, from time to time, Lord Abbett and Lord Abbett Distributor may have other relationships with financial intermediaries relating to the provision of services to the Fund, such as providing omnibus account services or executing portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Fund generally may pay recordkeeping fees for services provided to plans where the account is a plan-level or fund-level omnibus account and plan participants have the ability to determine their investments in particular mutual funds. If your financial intermediary provides these services, Lord Abbett or the Fund may compensate the financial intermediary for these services. In addition, your financial intermediary may have other relationships with Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor that are not related to the Fund.

For example, the Lord Abbett Funds may enter into arrangements with and pay fees to financial intermediaries that provide recordkeeping or other subadministrative services to certain groups of investors in the Lord Abbett Funds, including participants in retirement and benefit plans, investors in mutual fund advisory programs, investors in variable insurance products and clients of financial intermediaries that operate in an omnibus environment (collectively, “Investors”). The recordkeeping services typically include: (a) establishing and maintaining Investor accounts and records; (b) recording Investor account balances and changes thereto; (c) arranging for the wiring of funds; (d) providing statements to Investors; (e) furnishing proxy materials, periodic Lord Abbett Fund reports, prospectuses and other communications to Investors as required; (f) transmitting Investor transaction information; and (g) providing information in order to assist the Lord Abbett Funds in their compliance with state securities laws. The fees Lord Abbett Funds pay are designed to compensate financial intermediaries for such services.

The Lord Abbett Funds may also pay fees to broker-dealers for networking services. Networking services may include but are not limited to:

— establishing and maintaining individual accounts and records;

— providing client account statements; and

— providing 1099 forms and other tax statements.

The networking fees that the Lord Abbett Funds pay to broker-dealers normally result in reduced fees paid by the Fund to the transfer agent, which would otherwise provide these services.

Financial intermediaries may charge additional fees or commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus, such as a transaction based fee or other fee for its service, and may categorize and disclose these arrangements differently than the discussion above and in the SAI. You may ask your financial intermediary about any payments it receives from Lord Abbett or the Fund, as well as about fees and/or commissions it charges.

PURCHASES

Initial Purchases. Initial purchases of Fund shares may be made through any financial intermediary that has a sales agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor. Unless you are investing in the Fund through a retirement and benefit plan, fee-based program or other financial intermediary, you and your investment professional may fill out the application and send it to the Fund at the address below. To open an account through a retirement and benefit plan, fee-based program or other type of financial intermediary, you should contact your financial intermediary for instructions on opening an account.

Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund

P.O. Box 219336

Kansas City, MO 64121

Please do not send account applications, purchase, exchange or redemption orders to 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302.

Additional Purchases. You may make additional purchases of Fund shares by contacting your investment professional or financial intermediary. If you have direct account privileges with the Fund, you may make additional purchases by:

— Telephone. If you have established a bank account of record, you may purchase Fund shares by telephone. You or your investment professional should call the Fund at 888-522-2388.

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— Online. If you have established a bank account of record, you may submit a request online to purchase Fund shares by accessing your account online. Please log onto www.lordabbett.com and enter your account information and personal identification data.

— Mail. You may submit a written request to purchase Fund shares by indicating the name(s) in which the account is registered, the Fund’s name, the class of shares, your account number, and the dollar amount you wish to purchase. Please include a check for the amount of purchase, which may be subject to a sales charge. If purchasing Fund shares by mail, your purchase order will not be accepted or processed until such orders are received by the Fund at P.O. Box 219336 Kansas City, MO 64121.

— Wire. You may purchase Fund shares via wire by sending your purchase amount to: UMB, N.A., Kansas City, routing number - 101000695, bank account number: 987800033-3, FBO: (account name) and (your Lord Abbett account number). Specify the complete name of the Fund and the class of shares you wish to purchase.

Proper Form. An initial purchase order submitted directly to the Fund, or the Fund’s authorized agent (or the agent’s designee), must contain: (1) an application completed in good order with all applicable requested information; and (2) payment by check or instructions to debit your checking account along with a canceled check containing account information. Additional purchase requests must include all required information and proper form of payment.

See “Account Services and Policies- Procedures Required by the USA PATRIOT Act” for more information.

Initial and additional purchases of Fund shares are executed at the NAV next determined after the Fund or the Fund’s authorized agent receives your purchase order in proper form. The Fund reserves the right to modify, restrict or reject any purchase order (including exchanges). All purchase orders are subject to acceptance by the Fund.

Insufficient Funds. If you request a purchase and your bank account does not have sufficient funds to complete the transaction at the time it is presented to your bank, your requested transaction will be reversed and you will be subject to any and all losses, fees and expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with processing the insufficient funds transaction. The Fund reserves the right to liquidate all or a portion of your Fund shares to cover such losses, fees and expenses.

EXCHANGES

You or your investment professional may instruct the Fund to exchange shares of any class for shares of the same class of any Eligible Fund. For investors investing through retirement and benefit plans or fee-based programs, you should contact the financial intermediary that administers your plan or sponsors the fee-based program to request and exchange.

If you have direct account privileges with the Fund, you may request an exchange transaction by:

— Telephone. You or your investment professional should call the Fund at 888-522-2388.

— Online. You may submit a request online to exchange your Fund shares by accessing your account online. Please log onto www.lordabbett.com and enter your account information and personal identification data.

— Mail. You may submit a written request to exchange your Fund shares by indicating the name(s) in which the account is registered, the Fund’s name, the class of shares, your account number, the dollar amount or number of shares you wish to exchange, and the name of the Eligible Funds into which you wish to exchange your Fund shares. If submitting a written request to exchange Fund shares, your exchange request will not be processed until the Fund receives the request in good order at P.O. Box 219336 Kansas City, MO 64121.

The Fund may revoke the exchange privilege for all shareholders upon 60 days’ written notice. In addition, there are limitations on exchanging Fund shares for a different class of shares, and moving shares held in certain types of accounts to a different type of account or to a new account maintained by a financial intermediary. Please speak with your financial intermediary if you have any questions.

An exchange of Fund shares for shares of another fund will be treated as a sale of Fund shares and any gain on the transaction may be subject to federal income tax. You should read the current prospectus for any fund into which you are exchanging.

REDEMPTIONS

You may redeem your Fund shares by contacting your investment professional or financial intermediary. For shareholders investing through retirement and benefit plans or fee-based programs, you should contact the financial intermediary that administers your plan or sponsors the fee-based program to redeem your shares. If you are redeeming shares held through a retirement and benefit plan, you

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may be required to provide the Fund with certain documents completed in good order before your redemption request will be processed.

If you have direct account privileges with the Fund, you may redeem your Fund shares by:

— By Telephone. You may redeem $50,000 or less from your account by telephone. You or your representative should call the Fund at 888-522-2388.

— Online. You may submit a request online to redeem your Fund shares by accessing your account online. Please log onto www.lordabbett.com and enter your account information and personal identification data.

— By Mail. You may submit a written request to redeem your Fund shares by indicating the name(s) in which the account is registered, the Fund’s name, your account number, and the dollar amount or number of shares you wish to redeem. If submitting a written request to redeem your shares, your redemption will not be processed until the Fund receives the request in good order at P.O. Box 219336 Kansas City, MO 64121.

Insufficient Account Value. If you request a redemption transaction for a specific amount and your account value at the time the transaction is processed is less than the requested redemption amount, the Fund will deem your request as a request to liquidate your entire account.

Redemption Payments. Redemptions of Fund shares are executed at the NAV next determined after the Fund receives your order in proper form. Normally, redemption proceeds are paid within three (but no more than seven) business days after your redemption request is received in good order. If you redeem shares that were recently purchased, the Fund may delay the payment of the redemption proceeds until your check, bank draft, electronic funds transfer or wire transfer has cleared, which may take several days. This process may take up to 15 calendar days for purchases by check to clear. Under unusual circumstances, the Fund may postpone payment for more than seven days or suspend redemptions, to the extent permitted by law.

If you have direct account access privileges, the redemption proceeds will be paid by electronic transfer via an automated clearing house deposit to your bank account on record with the Fund. If there is no bank account on record, your redemption proceeds normally will be paid by check payable to the registered account owner(s) and mailed to the address to which the account is registered. You may request that your redemption proceeds of at least $1,000 be disbursed by wire to your bank account of record by contacting the Fund and requesting the redemption and wire transfer and providing the proper wiring instructions for your bank account of record.

You may request that redemption proceeds be made payable and disbursed to a person or account other than the shareholder(s) of record, provided that you provide a signature guarantee by an eligible guarantor, including a broker or bank that is a member of the medallion stamp program. Please note that a notary public is not an eligible guarantor.

A guaranteed signature by an eligible guarantor is designed to protect you from fraud. The Fund will require a guaranteed signature by an eligible guarantor on requests for redemption requests that:

— Are signed by you in your legal capacity to sign on behalf of another person or entity (i.e., on behalf of an estate or on behalf of a corporation);

— Request a redemption check to be payable to anyone other than the shareholder(s) of record;

— Request a redemption check to be mailed to an address other than the address of record;

— Request redemption proceeds to be payable to a bank other than the bank account of record; or

— Total $50,000 or more.

Redemptions in Kind. The Fund reserves the right to pay redemptions proceeds in whole or in part by distributing liquid securities from the Fund’s portfolio. It is not expected that the Fund would pay redemptions by an in kind distribution except in unusual circumstances. If the Fund pays redemption proceeds by distributing securities in kind, you could incur brokerage or other charges, as well as tax liability, when converting the distributed securities to cash.

You should note that your purchase, exchange, and redemption requests may be subject to review and verification on an ongoing basis.

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ACCOUNT SERVICES AND POLICIES

Certain of the services and policies described below may not be available through certain financial intermediaries. Contact your financial intermediary for services and policies applicable to you.

ACCOUNT SERVICES

Automatic Services for Fund Investors. You may buy or sell shares automatically with the services described below. With each service, you select a schedule and amount, subject to certain restrictions. You may set up most of these services when filling out the application or by calling 888-522-2388.

For investing
Invest-A-Matic* (Dollar-cost averaging)	You can make fixed, periodic investments ($250 initial and $50 subsequent minimum) into your Fund account by means of automatic money transfers from your bank checking account. See the application for instructions.
Div-Move*	You may automatically reinvest the dividends and distributions from your account into another account in any Eligible Fund ($50 minimum).
*  In the case of financial intermediaries maintaining accounts in omnibus recordkeeping environments or in nominee name that aggregate the underlying accounts’ purchase orders for Fund shares, the minimum subsequent investment requirements described above will not apply to such underlying accounts.

For selling shares
Systematic Withdrawal Plan (“SWP”)	You can make regular withdrawals from most Lord Abbett-sponsored funds. Automatic cash withdrawals will be paid to you from your account in fixed or variable amounts. To establish an SWP, the value of your shares for Class A or C must be at least $10,000, and for Class B the value of your shares must be at least $25,000, except in the case of an SWP established for certain retirement and benefit plans, for which there is no minimum. Your shares must be in non-certificate form.
Class B and C Shares	The CDSC will be waived on redemptions of up to 12% of the current value of your account at the time of your SWP request. For SWP redemptions over 12% per year, the CDSC will apply to the entire redemption. Please contact the Fund for assistance in minimizing the CDSC in this situation. Redemption proceeds due to an SWP for Class B and C shares will be redeemed in the order described under “CDSC” under “Sales Charges.”

Telephone and Online Purchases and Redemptions. Transactions by telephone or online may be difficult to submit during times of drastic economic or market changes or during other times where communications may be difficult. When initiating a transaction by telephone or online, shareholders should be aware of the following considerations:

• Security. The Fund and its service providers employ verification and security measures for your protection. For your security, telephone and online transaction requests are recorded. You should note, however, that any person with access to your account and other personal information (including personal identification number) may be able to submit instructions by telephone or online. The Fund will not be liable for relying on instructions submitted by telephone or online that the Fund reasonably believes to be genuine.

• Online Confirmation. The Fund is not responsible for online transaction requests that may have been sent but not received in good order. Requested transactions received by the Fund in good order are confirmed at the completion of the order and your requested transaction will not be processed unless you receive the confirmation message.

• No Cancellations. You will be asked to verify the requested transaction and may cancel the request before it is submitted to the Fund. The Fund will not cancel a submitted transaction once it has been received (in good order) and is confirmed at the end of the telephonic or online transaction.

Householding. We have adopted a policy that allows us to send only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus, proxy material, annual report and semiannual report to certain shareholders residing at the same “household.” This reduces Fund expenses, which benefits you and other shareholders. If you need additional copies or do not want your mailings to be “householded,” please call us at 888-522-2388 or send a written request with your name, the name of your fund or funds, and your account number or numbers to Lord Abbett Family of Funds, P.O. Box 219336, Kansas City, MO 64121.

Account Statements. Every investor automatically receives quarterly account statements.

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Account Changes. For any changes you need to make to your account, consult your investment professional or call the Fund at 888-522-2388.

Systematic Exchange. You or your investment professional can establish a schedule of exchanges between the same classes of any Eligible Fund.

ACCOUNT POLICIES

Pricing of Fund Shares. Under normal circumstances, NAV per share is calculated each business day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Purchases and sales (including exchanges) of Fund shares are executed at the NAV (subject to any applicable sales charges) next determined after the Fund or the Fund’s authorized agent receives your order in proper form. Purchase and sale orders must be placed by the close of trading on the NYSE in order to receive that day’s NAV; orders placed after the close of trading on the NYSE will receive the next business day’s NAV. Fund shares will not be priced on holidays when the NYSE is closed for trading. In the case of purchase, redemption, or exchange orders placed through your financial intermediary, when acting as the Fund’s authorized agent (or the agent’s designee), the Fund will be deemed to have received the order when the agent or designee receives the order in proper form.

In calculating NAV, securities listed on any recognized U.S. or non-U.S. exchange (including NASDAQ) are valued at the market closing price on the exchange or system on which they are principally traded. Unlisted equity securities are valued at the last transaction price, or, if there were no transactions that day, at the mean between the most recently quoted bid and asked prices. Unlisted fixed income securities (other than those with remaining maturities of 60 days or less) are valued at prices supplied by independent pricing services, which prices reflect broker/dealer-supplied valuations and electronic data processing techniques, and reflect the mean between the bid and asked prices. Unlisted fixed income securities (other than senior loans) having remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at their amortized cost. The principal markets for non-U.S. securities and U.S. fixed income securities also generally close prior to the close of the NYSE. Consequently, values of non-U.S. investments and U.S. fixed income securities will be determined as of the earlier closing of such exchanges and markets unless the Fund prices such a security at its fair value.

Securities for which prices or market quotations are not available, do not accurately reflect fair value in Lord Abbett’s opinion, or have been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the market on which the security is principally traded but before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time are valued under fair value procedures approved by and administered under the supervision of the Fund’s Board. These circumstances may arise, for instance, when trading in a security is suspended, the market on which a security is traded closes early, or demand for a security (as reflected by its trading volume) is insufficient and thus calls into question the reliability of the quoted or computed price, or the security is relatively illiquid. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities primarily traded on foreign exchanges. Because many foreign markets close hours before the Fund values its foreign portfolio holdings, significant events, including broad market moves, may occur in the interim potentially affecting the values of foreign securities held by the Fund. The Fund determines fair value in a manner that fairly reflects the market value of the security on the valuation date based on consideration of any information or factors it deems appropriate. These may include recent transactions in comparable securities, information relating to the specific security, developments in the markets and their performance, and current valuations of foreign or U.S. indices. The Fund’s use of fair value pricing may cause the NAV of Fund shares to differ from the NAV that would be calculated using market quotations. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different from the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security.

Certain securities that are traded primarily on foreign exchanges may trade on weekends or days when the NAV is not calculated. As a result, the value of securities may change on days when shareholders are not able to purchase or sell Fund shares.

Excessive Trading and Market Timing. The Fund is designed for long-term investors and is not intended to serve as a vehicle for frequent trading in response to short-term swings in the market. Excessive, short-term or market timing trading practices (“frequent trading”) may disrupt management of the Fund, raise its expenses, and harm long-term shareholders in a variety of ways. For example, volatility resulting from frequent trading may cause the Fund difficulty in implementing long-term investment strategies because it cannot anticipate the amount of cash it will have to invest. The Fund may find it necessary to sell portfolio securities at disadvantageous times to raise cash to meet the redemption demands resulting from such frequent trading. Each of these, in turn, could increase tax, administrative, and other costs, and reduce the Fund’s investment return.

To the extent the Fund invests in foreign securities, the Fund may be particularly susceptible to frequent trading because many foreign markets close hours before the Fund values its portfolio holdings. This may allow significant events, including broad market moves that occur in the interim to affect the values of foreign securities held by the Fund. The time zone differences among foreign markets may allow a shareholder to exploit differences in the Fund’s share prices that are based on closing prices of foreign securities

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determined before the Fund calculates its NAV per share (known as “time zone arbitrage”). To the extent the Fund invests in securities that are thinly traded or relatively illiquid, the Fund also may be particularly susceptible to frequent trading because the current market price for such securities may not accurately reflect current market values. A shareholder may attempt to engage in frequent trading to take advantage of these pricing differences (known as “price arbitrage”). The Fund has adopted fair value procedures that allow the Fund to use values other than the closing market prices of these types of securities to reflect what the Fund reasonably believes to be their fair value at the time it calculates its NAV per share. The Fund expects that the use of fair value pricing will reduce a shareholder’s ability to engage successfully in time zone arbitrage and price arbitrage to the detriment of other Fund shareholders, although there is no assurance that fair value pricing will do so. For more information about these procedures, see “Pricing of Fund Shares” above.

The Fund’s Board has adopted additional policies and procedures that are designed to prevent or stop frequent trading. We recognize, however, that it may not be possible to identify and stop or avoid every instance of frequent trading in Fund shares. For this reason, the Fund’s policies and procedures are intended to identify and stop frequent trading that we believe may be harmful to the Fund. For this purpose, we consider frequent trading to be harmful if, in general, it is likely to cause the Fund to incur additional expenses or to sell portfolio holdings for other than investment-strategy-related reasons. Toward this end, we have procedures in place to monitor the purchase, sale and exchange activity in Fund shares by investors and financial intermediaries that place orders on behalf of their clients, which procedures are described below. The Fund may modify its frequent trading policy and monitoring procedures from time to time without notice as and when deemed appropriate to enhance protection of the Fund and its shareholders.

Frequent Trading Policy and Procedures. Under the frequent trading policy, any Lord Abbett Fund shareholder redeeming shares valued at $5,000 or more from a Lord Abbett Fund will be prohibited from investing in the same Lord Abbett Fund for 30 calendar days after the redemption date (the “Policy”). The Policy applies to all redemptions and purchases for an account that are part of an exchange transaction or transfer of assets, but does not apply to the following types of transactions unless Lord Abbett Distributor determines in its sole discretion that the transaction may be harmful to the Fund: (1) systematic purchases and redemptions, such as purchases made through reinvestment of dividends or other distributions, or certain automatic or systematic investment, exchange or withdrawal plans (such as payroll deduction plans, and the Fund’s Invest-A-Matic and Systematic Withdrawal Plans); (2) retirement and benefit plan payroll and/or employer contributions, loans and distributions; (3) purchases or redemptions by a “fund-of-funds” or similar investment vehicle that Lord Abbett Distributor in its sole discretion has determined is not designed to and/or is not serving as a vehicle for frequent trading; (4) purchases by an account that is part of a fee-based program or mutual fund separate account program; and (5) purchases involving certain transfers of assets, rollovers, Roth IRA conversions and IRA recharacterizations; provided that the financial intermediary maintaining the account is able to identify the transaction in its records as one of these transactions. The Policy does not apply to the Lord Abbett U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Enterprises Money Market Fund, Lord Abbett Floating Rate Fund, Lord Abbett Short Duration Income Fund, Lord Abbett Intermediate Tax Free Fund, and Lord Abbett Short Duration Tax Free Fund, provided that your Financial Intermediary is able to implement such exclusions.

In addition to the Policy, we have procedures in place designed to enable us to monitor the purchase, sale and exchange activity in Fund shares by investors and financial intermediaries that place orders on behalf of their clients in order to attempt to identify activity that is inconsistent with the Policy. If, based on these monitoring procedures, we believe that an investor is engaging in, or has engaged in, frequent trading that may be harmful to the Fund, normally, we will notify the investor (and/or the investor’s financial professional) to cease all such activity in the account. If the activity occurs again, we will place a block on all further purchases or exchanges of the Fund’s shares in the investor’s account and inform the investor (and/or the investor’s financial professional) to cease all such activity in the account. The investor then has the option of maintaining any existing investment in the Fund, exchanging Fund shares for shares of Money Market Fund, or redeeming the account. Investors electing to exchange or redeem Fund shares under these circumstances should consider that the transaction may be subject to a CDSC or result in tax consequences. As stated above, although we generally notify the investor (and/or the investor’s financial professional) to cease all activity indicative of frequent trading prior to placing a block on further purchases or exchanges, we reserve the right to immediately place a block on an account or take other action without prior notification when we deem such action appropriate in our sole discretion. While we attempt to apply the Policy and procedures uniformly to detect frequent trading practices, there can be no assurance that we will succeed in identifying all such practices or that some investors will not employ tactics that evade our detection.

We recognize that financial intermediaries that maintain accounts in omnibus recordkeeping environments or in nominee name may not be able reasonably to apply the Policy due to systems limitations or other reasons. In these instances, Lord Abbett Distributor may review the frequent trading policies and procedures that an individual financial intermediary is able to put in place to determine whether its policies and procedures are consistent with the protection of the Fund and its investors, as described above. Lord Abbett Distributor also will seek the financial intermediary’s agreement to cooperate with Lord Abbett Distributor’s efforts to (1) monitor the financial intermediary’s adherence to its policies and procedures and/or receive an amount and level of information regarding trading activity that Lord Abbett Distributor in its sole discretion deems adequate, and (2) stop any trading activity Lord Abbett Distributor identifies as frequent trading. Nevertheless, these circumstances may result in a financial intermediary’s application of policies and

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procedures that are less effective at detecting and preventing frequent trading than the policies and procedures adopted by Lord Abbett Distributor and by certain other financial intermediaries. If an investor would like more information concerning the policies, procedures and restrictions that may be applicable to his or her account, the investor should contact the financial intermediary placing purchase orders on his or her behalf. A substantial portion of the Fund’s shares may be held by financial intermediaries through omnibus accounts or in nominee name.

With respect to monitoring of accounts maintained by a financial intermediary, to our knowledge, in an omnibus environment or in nominee name, Lord Abbett Distributor will seek to receive sufficient information from the financial intermediary to enable it to review the ratio of purchase versus redemption activity of each underlying sub-account or, if such information is not readily obtainable, in the overall omnibus account(s) or nominee name account(s). If we identify activity that we believe may be indicative of frequent trading activity, we normally will notify the financial intermediary and request it to provide Lord Abbett Distributor with additional transaction information so that Lord Abbett Distributor may determine if any investors appear to have engaged in frequent trading activity. Lord Abbett Distributor’s monitoring activity normally is limited to review of historic account activity. This may result in procedures that may be less effective at detecting and preventing frequent trading than the procedures Lord Abbett Distributor uses in connection with accounts not maintained in an omnibus environment or in nominee name.

If an investor related to an account maintained in an omnibus environment or in nominee name is identified as engaging in frequent trading activity, we normally will request that the financial intermediary take appropriate action to curtail the activity and will work with the relevant party to do so. Such action may include actions similar to those that Lord Abbett Distributor would take, such as issuing warnings to cease frequent trading activity, placing blocks on accounts to prohibit future purchases and exchanges of Fund shares, or requiring that the investor place trades through the mail only, in each case either indefinitely or for a period of time. Again, we reserve the right to immediately attempt to place a block on an account or take other action without prior notification when we deem such action appropriate in our sole discretion. If we determine that the financial intermediary has not demonstrated adequately that it has taken appropriate action to curtail the frequent trading, we may consider seeking to prohibit the account or sub-account from investing in the Fund and/or may also terminate our relationship with the financial intermediary. As noted above, these efforts may be less effective at detecting and preventing frequent trading than the policies and procedures Lord Abbett Distributor uses in connection with accounts not maintained in an omnibus environment or in nominee name. The nature of these relationships also may inhibit or prevent Lord Abbett Distributor or the Fund from assuring the uniform assessment of CDSCs on investors, even though financial intermediaries operating in omnibus environments typically have agreed to assess the CDSCs or assist Lord Abbett Distributor or the Fund in assessing them.

Procedures Required by the USA PATRIOT Act. To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions, including the Fund, to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. What this means for you - when you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date and place of organization or date of birth, taxpayer identification number or Social Security number, and we may ask for other information that will allow us to identify you. We will ask for this information in the case of persons who will be signing on behalf of certain entities that will own the account. We also may ask for copies of documents. If we are unable to obtain the required information within a short period of time after you try to open an account, we will return your purchase order or account application. Your monies will not be invested until we have all required information. You also should know that we may verify your identity through the use of a database maintained by a third party or through other means. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may liquidate and close the account. This may result in adverse tax consequences. In addition, the Fund reserves the right to reject purchase orders or account applications accompanied by cash, cashier’s checks, money orders, bank drafts, traveler’s checks, and third party or double-endorsed checks, among others.

DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES

The following discussion is general. Because everyone’s tax situation is unique, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the effect that an investment in the Fund may have on your particular tax situation, including the treatment of distributions under the federal, state, local, and foreign tax rules that apply to you, as well as the tax consequences of gains or losses from the sale, redemption, or exchange of your shares.

The Fund expects to pay dividends from its net investment income annually and to distribute any net capital gains annually. All distributions, including dividends from net investment income, will be reinvested in Fund shares unless you instruct the Fund to pay them to you in cash. Retirement and benefit plan accounts may not receive distributions in cash. There are no sales charges on reinvestments.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Fund’s distributions generally are taxable to shareholders, other than tax-exempt shareholders (including certain retirement and benefit plan shareholders, as discussed below), regardless of whether paid in cash or reinvested in additional Fund shares. Distributions of net investment income and short-term capital gains are taxable as ordinary

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income; however, certain qualified dividends that the Fund receives and distributes may be subject to a reduced tax rate if you meet holding period and certain other requirements. Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long you have owned Fund shares. Any sale, redemption, or exchange of Fund shares may be taxable.

If you buy shares after the Fund has realized income or capital gains but prior to the record date for the distribution of such income or capital gains, you will be “buying a dividend” by paying the full price for shares and then receiving a portion of the price back in the form of a potentially taxable dividend.

Shareholders that are exempt from U.S. federal income tax, such as retirement and benefit plans that are qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, generally are not subject to U.S. federal income tax on Fund dividends or distributions or on sales or exchanges of Fund shares. However, in the case of Fund shares held through a nonqualified deferred compensation plan, Fund dividends and distributions received by the plan and sales and exchanges of Fund shares by the plan generally will be taxable to the employer sponsoring such plan in accordance with U.S. federal income tax laws governing deferred compensation plans.

A plan participant whose retirement and benefit plan invests in the Fund generally is not taxed on Fund dividends or distributions received by the plan or on sales or exchanges of Fund shares by the plan for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, distributions to plan participants from a retirement and benefit plan generally are taxable to plan participants as ordinary income.

You must provide your Social Security number or other taxpayer identification number to the Fund along with certifications required by the Internal Revenue Service when you open an account. If you do not or it is otherwise legally required to do so, the Fund will withhold 28% “backup withholding” tax from your distributions, sale proceeds, and any other payments to you.

Certain tax reporting information concerning the tax treatment of Fund distributions, including the source of dividends and distributions of capital gains by the Fund, will be provided to shareholders each year.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

These tables describe the Fund’s performance for the fiscal periods indicated. “Total Return” shows how much your investment in the Fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, without considering the effects of sales loads and assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions.

[FINANCIALS TO BE INSERTED]

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To Obtain Information:   By telephone. For shareholder account inquiries and for literature requests call the Fund at: 888-522-2388.   By mail. Write to the Fund at: The Lord Abbett Family of Funds 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302-3973   Via the Internet. Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC www.lordabbett.com   Text only versions of Fund documents can be viewed online or downloaded from the SEC: www.sec.gov.   You can also obtain copies by visiting the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (phone 202-551-8090) or by sending your request and a duplicating fee to the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520 or by sending your request electronically to publicinfo@sec.gov. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION   More information on the Fund is available free upon request, including the following:   ANNUAL/SEMIANNUAL REPORT   The Fund’s annual and semiannual reports contain more information about the Fund’s investments and performance. The annual report also includes details about the market conditions and investment strategies that had a significant effect on the Fund’s performance during the last fiscal year. The reports are available free of charge at www.lordabbett.com, and through other means, as indicated on the left.   STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (“SAI”)   The SAI provides more details about the Fund and its policies. A current SAI is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and is incorporated by reference (is legally considered part of this prospectus). The SAI is available free of charge at www.lordabbett.com, and through other means, as indicated on the left.

Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Mutual Fund shares are distributed by: LORD ABBETT DISTRIBUTOR LLC LAAF-1
(02/10)

SEC File Number: 811-00005

LORD ABBETT

Statement of Additional Information February 27, 2010

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND

CLASS	TICKER	CLASS	TICKER
CLASS A	LAFFX	CLASS I	LAFYX
CLASS B	LAFBX	CLASS P	LAFPX
CLASS C	LAFCX	CLASS R2	LAFQX
CLASS F	LAAFX	CLASS R3	LAFRX

This statement of additional information (“SAI”) is not a prospectus. A prospectus may be obtained from your securities dealer or from Lord Abbett Distributor LLC (“Lord Abbett Distributor”) at 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-3973. This SAI relates to, and should be read in conjunction with, the prospectus for the Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc. (the “Affiliated Fund” or the “Fund”), dated February 27, 2010. Certain capitalized terms used throughout this SAI are defined in the prospectus.

Shareholder account inquiries should be made by directly contacting the Fund or by calling 888-522-2388. The Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders are available without charge, upon request by calling 888-522-2388. In addition, you can make inquiries through your dealer.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.	Fund History	2
2.	Investment Policies	2
3.	Management of the Fund	12
4.	Control Persons and Principal Holders of Securities	17
5.	Investment Advisory and Other Services	17
6.	Brokerage Allocations and Other Practices	20
7.	Classes of Shares	24
8.	Purchases, Redemptions, Pricing and Payments to Dealers	30
9.	Taxation of the Fund	36
10.	Underwriter	38
11.	Financial Statements	39
	Appendix A – Fund Portfolio Information Recipients	A-1
	Appendix B – Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures	B-1

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Fund History

The Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”). The Fund was organized in 1934 and was reincorporated under Maryland law on November 26, 1975. The Fund has 4,900,000,000 shares of authorized capital stock, par value $0.001 per share. The Fund consists of eight classes of shares: Class A, B, C, F, I, P, R2, and R3 shares. The Board of Directors (the “Board”) will allocate the authorized shares of capital stock among the classes from time to time. Effective September 28, 2007, Class Y shares of the Fund were renamed Class I.

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Investment Policies

Fundamental Investment Restrictions.  The Fund’s investment objective in the prospectus cannot be changed without the approval of a “majority of the Fund’s outstanding shares.”¹ The Fund is also subject to the following fundamental investment restrictions that cannot be changed without the approval of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding shares.

The Fund may not:

(1) borrow money, except that (i) the Fund may borrow from banks² in amounts up to 33 ¹ /3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed), (ii) the Fund may borrow up to an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes, (iii) the Fund may obtain such short-term credit as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities and (iv) the Fund may purchase securities on margin to the extent permitted by applicable law; ³

(2) pledge its assets (other than to secure borrowings, or to the extent permitted by the Fund’s investment policies as permitted by applicable law); ⁴

(3) engage in the underwriting of securities, except pursuant to a merger or acquisition or to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities, it may be deemed to be an underwriter under federal securities laws;

(4) make loans to other persons, except that the acquisition of bonds, debentures or other corporate debt securities and investment in government obligations, commercial paper, pass-through instruments, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, repurchase agreements or any similar instruments shall not be subject to this limitation, and except further that the Fund may lend its portfolio securities, provided that the lending of portfolio securities may be made only in accordance with applicable law;

(5) buy or sell real estate (except that the Fund may invest in securities directly or indirectly secured by real estate or interests therein or issued by companies which invest in real estate or interests therein) or commodities or commodity contracts (except to the extent the Fund may do so in accordance with applicable law and without registering as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act as, for example, with futures contracts);

(6) with respect to 75% of the gross assets of the Fund, buy securities of one issuer representing more than (i) 5%

¹ A “majority of the Fund’s outstanding shares” means the vote of the lesser of (1) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a shareholder meeting, provided that 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund are present at the meeting or represented by proxy, or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund regardless of whether such shareholders are present at the meeting (or represented by proxy).

² The term “bank” generally includes any U.S. national bank, member banks of the U.S. federal reserve system, domestic branches and agencies of foreign banks, and any bank, banking association, trust company, savings bank, industrial bank, or other banking institution or savings association, as defined by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

³ Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) staff guidance currently prohibits the Fund from purchasing any security on margin, except such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of transactions.

⁴ Current federal securities laws prohibit the Fund from pledging more than one-third of its total assets (taken at current value) to secure borrowings made in accordance with the investment restrictions above. For the purpose of this restriction the deposit of assets in a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian in connection with any of the Fund’s investment transactions is not considered to be a pledge of the Fund’s assets.

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of the Fund’s gross assets, except securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities or (ii) 10% of the voting securities of such issuer;

(7) invest more than 25% of its assets, taken at market value, in the securities of issuers in any particular industry (excluding securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities); or

(8) issue senior securities to the extent such issuance would violate applicable law.⁵

Compliance with these investment restrictions will be determined at the time of the purchase or sale of the security, except in the case of the first restriction with which the Fund must comply on a continuous basis.

Non-Fundamental Investment Restrictions.  In addition to the Fund’s investment objective in the prospectus and the investment restrictions above that cannot be changed without shareholder approval, the Fund is also subject to the following non-fundamental investment restrictions that may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval.

The Fund may not:

(1) make short sales of securities or maintain a short position except to the extent permitted by applicable law;

(2) invest knowingly more than 15% of its net assets (at the time of investment) in illiquid securities, except for securities qualifying for resale under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Rule 144A”) determined by Lord Abbett to be liquid, subject to the oversight of the Board;

(3) invest in securities issued by other investment companies except to the extent permitted by applicable law.⁶ The Fund may not, however, rely on Sections 12(d)(1)(F) and 12(d)(1)(G) of the Act;

(4) invest in warrants if, at the time of the acquisition, its investment in warrants, valued at the lower of cost or market, would exceed 5% of the Fund’s total assets (included within such limitation, but not to exceed 2% of the Fund’s total assets, are warrants which are not listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or American Stock Exchange or a major foreign exchange);

(5) invest in real estate limited partnership interests or interests in oil, gas or other mineral leases, or exploration or other development programs, except that the Fund may invest in securities issued by companies that engage in oil, gas or other mineral exploration or other development activities;

(6) write, purchase or sell puts, calls, straddles, spreads or combinations thereof, except to the extent permitted in the Fund’s prospectus and SAI, as they may be amended from time to time;

(7) buy from or sell to any of the Fund’s officers, directors, employees, or its investment adviser or any of the adviser’s officers, partners or employees, any securities other than the Fund’s shares; or

(8) pledge, mortgage or hypothecate its assets, however, this provision does not apply to the grant of escrow receipts or the entry into other similar escrow arrangements arising out of the writing of covered call options.

Compliance with these investment restrictions will be determined at the time of the purchase or sale of the security, except in the case of the second and fourth non-fundamental restrictions, with which the Fund must comply at the time of purchase. The Fund will not be required to sell illiquid securities if it exceeds the 15% limit due to market activity or the sale of liquid securities, however, in these situations the Fund will take appropriate measures to reduce the percent of its assets invested in illiquid securities.

⁵ Current federal securities laws prohibit the Fund from issuing senior securities (which generally are defined as securities representing indebtedness) except that the Fund may borrow money from banks in amounts of up to 33 ¹/3% of its total assets.

⁶ Under current federal securities laws, the Fund may not acquire more than 3% of the voting shares of any other investment company, invest more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets in securities of any one investment company, or invest more than 10% of the Fund’s total assets in securities of all investment companies.

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Portfolio Turnover Rate.  For the fiscal years ended October 31, 2009 and 2008, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was [105.60%] and 105.60%, respectively.

Additional Information on Portfolio Risks, Investments, and Techniques.  This section provides further information on certain types of investments and investment techniques that the Fund may use and some of the risks associated with some investments and techniques. The composition of the Fund’s portfolio and the investments and techniques that the Fund uses in seeking its investment objective and employing its investment strategies will vary over time. The Fund may use each of the investments and techniques described below at all times, at some times or not at all. While some of these investments and techniques involve risk when used independently, a Fund intends to use them to reduce risk and volatility in its portfolio.

Borrowing Money.  The Fund may borrow money for certain purposes as described above under “Fundamental Investment Restrictions.” If the Fund borrows money and experiences a decline in its net asset value (“NAV”), the borrowing will increase its losses. The Fund will not purchase additional securities while outstanding borrowings exceed 5% of its total assets.

Convertible Securities.  The Fund may invest in convertible securities. Convertible securities are preferred stocks or debt obligations that are convertible into common stock. Generally, convertible securities offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality and less potential for gains or capital appreciation in a rising stock market than equity securities. They tend to be more volatile than other fixed income securities, and the markets for convertible securities may be less liquid than markets for common stocks or bonds. Convertible securities have both equity and fixed income risk characteristics. Like all fixed income securities, the value of convertible securities is susceptible to the risk of market losses attributable to changes in interest rates. The market value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates increase. If, however, the market price of the common stock underlying a convertible security approaches or exceeds the conversion price of the convertible security, the convertible security tends to reflect the market price of the underlying common stock. In such a case, a convertible security may lose much or all of its value if the value of the underlying common stock then falls below the conversion price of the security. As the market price of the underlying common stock declines, the convertible security tends to trade increasingly based on its fixed income characteristics, and thus, may not necessarily decline in price as much as the underlying common stock.

Debt Securities.  In accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies, the Fund may invest in debt securities, such as bonds, debentures, government obligations, commercial paper and pass-through instruments. The value of debt securities may fluctuate based on changes in interest rates and the issuer’s financial condition. When interest rates rise or the issuer’s financial condition worsens or is perceived by the market to be at greater risk, the value of debt securities tends to decline. A security will be considered “investment grade” if at least one Rating assigns such a rating to the security or if Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”), the Fund’s investment adviser, determines the security to be of such quality.

Depositary Receipts.  The Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and similar depositary receipts. ADRs, typically issued by a financial institution (a “depositary”), evidence ownership interests in a security or a pool of securities issued by a foreign company and deposited with the depositary. Prices of ADRs are quoted in U.S. dollars, and ADRs are traded in the United States. Ownership of ADRs entails similar investment risks to direct ownership of foreign securities traded outside the United States, including increased market, liquidity, currency, political, information, and other risks. Although the Fund may not invest more than 10% of its assets in foreign securities, ADRs are not subject to this limitation.

Foreign Currency Transactions.  In accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies, the Fund may, but is not required to, engage in various types of foreign currency exchange transactions to seek to hedge against the risk of loss from changes in currency exchange rates. The Fund may employ a variety of investments and techniques, including spot and forward foreign exchange transactions, currency swaps, listed or over-the-counter (“OTC”) options on currencies, and currency futures and options on currency futures (collectively, “Foreign Exchange”). Currently, the Fund generally does not intend to hedge most currency risks.

Forward foreign exchange transactions are OTC contracts to purchase or sell a specified amount of a specified currency or multinational currency unit at a price and future date set at the time of the contract. Spot foreign exchange transactions

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are similar but require current, rather than future, settlement. Currency futures are similar to forward foreign exchange transactions except that futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts. Currency options are similar to options on securities, but in consideration for an option premium the writer of a currency option is obligated to sell (in the case of a call option) or purchase (in the case of a put option) a specified amount of a specified currency on or before the expiration date for a specified amount of another currency. The Fund may engage in transactions in options on currencies either on exchanges or OTC markets.

The Fund will not speculate in Foreign Exchange transactions. Accordingly, the Fund will not hedge a currency in excess of the aggregate market value of the securities which it owns (including receivables for unsettled securities sales), or has committed to or anticipates purchasing, which are denominated in such currency. The Fund may, however, hedge a currency by entering into a Foreign Exchange transaction in a currency other than the currency being hedged (a “cross-hedge”). The Fund will only enter into a cross-hedge if Lord Abbett believes that (i) there is a high correlation between the currency in which the cross-hedge is denominated and the currency being hedged, and (ii) executing a cross-hedge through the currency in which the cross-hedge is denominated will be more cost-effective or provide greater liquidity than executing a similar hedging transaction in the currency being hedged.

Foreign Exchange transactions involve substantial risks. Although the Fund will use Foreign Exchange transactions to hedge against adverse currency movements, Foreign Exchange transactions involve the risk that anticipated currency movements will not be accurately predicted and that the Fund’s hedging strategies will be ineffective. To the extent that the Fund hedges against anticipated currency movements that do not occur, the Fund may realize losses. Foreign Exchange transactions may subject the Fund to the risk that the counterparty will be unable to honor its financial obligation to the Fund, and the risk that relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of a Foreign Exchange instrument. If the Fund cross-hedges, the Fund will face the risk that the Foreign Exchange instrument purchased will not correlate as expected with the position being hedged.

Foreign Securities.  The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in foreign securities that are primarily traded outside the United States. This limitation does not include ADRs. Foreign securities may involve special risks that are not typically associated with U.S. dollar denominated or quoted securities of U.S. issuers, including the following:

• Foreign securities may be affected by changes in currency rates, changes in foreign or U.S. laws or restrictions applicable to foreign securities and changes in exchange control regulations (i.e., currency blockage). A decline in the exchange rate of the foreign currency in which a portfolio security is quoted or denominated relative to the U.S. dollar would reduce the value of the portfolio security in U.S. dollars.

• Brokerage commissions, custodial services, and other costs relating to investment in foreign securities markets generally are more expensive than in the United States.

• Clearance and settlement procedures may be different in foreign countries and, in certain markets, such procedures may be unable to keep pace with the volume of securities transactions, thus making it difficult to conduct such transactions.

• Foreign issuers are not generally subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards comparable to those applicable to U.S. issuers. There may be less publicly available information about a foreign issuer than about a comparable U.S. issuer.

• There is generally less government regulation of foreign markets, companies and securities dealers than in the United States.

• Foreign securities markets may have substantially less volume than U.S. securities markets, and securities of many foreign issuers are less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable domestic issuers.

• Foreign securities may trade on days when the Fund does not sell shares. As a result, the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities may change on days an investor may not be able to purchase or redeem Fund shares.

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• With respect to certain foreign countries, there is a possibility of nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, imposition of withholding or other taxes on dividend or interest payments (or, in some cases, capital gains), limitations on the removal of funds or other assets of the Fund, and political or social instability or diplomatic developments that could affect investments in those countries.

Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts.  The Fund may engage in futures and options on futures transactions in accordance with its investment objective and policies. Futures contracts are standardized contracts that provide for the sale or purchase of a specified financial instrument at a future time at a specified price. An option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right (and the writer of the option the obligation) to assume a position in a futures contract at a specified exercise price within a specified period of time. In addition to incurring fees in connection with futures and options, an investor is required to maintain margin deposits. At the time of entering into a futures transaction or writing an option, an investor is required to deposit a specified amount of cash or eligible securities called “initial margin.” Subsequent payments, called “variation margin,” are made on a daily basis as the market price of the futures contract or option fluctuates.

The Fund may purchase and sell futures contracts and purchase and write call and put options on futures contracts for hedging purposes, including to hedge against changes in interest rates, securities prices, or currency exchange rates, or in order to gain efficient exposure to markets and minimize transaction costs. The Fund may also enter into closing purchase and sale transactions with respect to such contracts and options.

Futures contracts and options on futures contracts present substantial risks, including the following:

• While the Fund may benefit from the use of futures and related options, unanticipated market events may result in poorer overall performance than if the Fund had not entered into any futures or related options transactions.

• Because perfect correlation between a futures position and a portfolio position that the Fund intends to hedge is impossible to achieve, a hedge may not work as intended, and the Fund may thus be exposed to additional risk of loss.

• The loss that the Fund may incur in entering into futures contracts and in writing call options on futures is potentially unlimited and may exceed the amount of the premium received.

• Futures markets are highly volatile, and the use of futures may increase the volatility of the Fund’s NAV.

• As a result of the low margin deposits normally required in futures and options on futures trading, a relatively small price movement in a contract may result in substantial losses to the Fund.

• Futures contracts and related options may be illiquid, and exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices during a single day.

• The counterparty to an OTC contract may fail to perform its obligations under the contract.

Stock Index Futures. The Fund may invest in stock index futures contracts. A stock index futures contract is an agreement pursuant to which two parties agree, one to receive and the other to pay, on a specified date an amount of cash equal to a specified dollar amount — established by an exchange or board of trade — times the difference between the value of the index at the close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the futures contract is originally written. The purchaser pays no consideration at the time the contract is entered into; the purchaser only pays a good faith deposit.

The market value of a stock index futures contract is based primarily on the value of the underlying index. Changes in the value of the index will cause roughly corresponding changes in the market price of the futures contract. If a stock index is established that is made up of securities whose market characteristics closely parallel the market characteristics of the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, then the market value of a futures contract on that index should fluctuate in a way closely resembling the market fluctuation of the portfolio. Thus, if the Fund sells futures contracts, a decline in the market value of the portfolio will be offset by an increase in the value of the short futures position to the extent of the

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hedge (i.e., the size of the futures position). Conversely, when the Fund has cash available (for example, through substantial sales of shares) and wishes to invest the cash in anticipation of a rising market, the Fund could rapidly hedge against the expected market increase by buying futures contracts to offset the cash position and thus cushion the adverse effect of attempting to buy individual securities in a rising market. Stock index futures contracts are subject to the same risks as other futures contracts discussed above under “Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts.”

Illiquid Securities. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities that cannot be disposed of in seven days in the ordinary course of business at fair value. Illiquid securities include:

• Securities that are not readily marketable.

• Repurchase agreements and time deposits with a notice or demand period of more than seven days.

• Certain restricted securities, unless Lord Abbett determines, subject to the oversight of the Board, based upon a review of the trading markets for a specific restricted security, that such restricted security is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A (“144A Securities”) and is liquid.

144A Securities may be resold to a qualified institutional buyer (“QIB”) without registration and without regard to whether the seller originally purchased the security for investment. Investing in 144A Securities may decrease the liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio to the extent that QIBs become for a time uninterested in purchasing these securities. The purchase price and subsequent valuation of restricted and illiquid securities normally reflect a discount, which may be significant, from the market price of comparable securities for which a liquid market exists.

Investment Companies.  The Fund may invest in securities of other investment companies subject to the limitations prescribed by the Act and the rules adopted by the SEC thereunder, except that the Fund cannot operate as a fund-of-funds in reliance on Sections 12(d)(1)(F) and (G) of the Act. These limitations include a prohibition on the Fund acquiring more than 3% of the voting shares of any other investment company, and a prohibition on investing more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets in securities of any one investment company or more than 10% of its total assets in securities of all investment companies. The Fund indirectly will bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses paid by the investment companies in which it invests. Such investment companies will generally be money market funds or have investment objectives, policies and restrictions substantially similar to those of the Fund and will be subject to substantially the same risks.

The Fund may, consistent with its investment policies, invest in investment companies established to accumulate and hold a portfolio of securities that is intended to track the price performance and dividend yield of a well-known securities index. The Fund may use such investment company securities for several reasons, including, but not limited to, facilitating the handling of cash flows or trading, or reducing transaction costs. The price movement of such securities may not perfectly parallel the price movement of the underlying index.

The Fund may invest in foreign countries through investment companies. Some emerging countries have laws and regulations that currently preclude direct foreign investments in the securities of their companies. However, indirect foreign investment in the securities of such countries is permitted through investment funds that have been specifically authorized. In addition to the additional fees associated with such indirect investments, these investments are subject to the risks of investing in foreign securities.

Listed Options on Securities.  The Fund may purchase and write national securities exchange-listed put and call options on securities or securities indices. A “call option” is a contract sold for a price giving its holder the right to buy a specific amount of securities at a specific price prior to a specified date. A “covered call option” is a call option issued on securities already owned by the writer of the call options that are traded on a national securities exchange for delivery to the holder upon the exercise of the option. The Fund may write covered call options with respect to securities in its portfolio in an attempt to increase its income and to provide greater flexibility in the disposition of portfolio securities. During the period of the option, the Fund forgoes the opportunity to profit from any increase in the market price of the underlying security above the exercise price of the option (to the extent that the increase exceeds its net premium). The Fund also may enter into “closing purchase transactions” in order to terminate its obligation to deliver the underlying security. This may result in a short-term gain or loss. A closing purchase transaction is the purchase of a call option (at a cost which may be more or less than the premium received for writing the original call option) on the same security, with

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the same exercise price and call period as the option previously written. If the Fund is unable to enter into a closing purchase transaction, it may be required to hold a security that it might otherwise have sold to protect against depreciation.

A “put option” gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell, and obligates the writer to buy, the underlying securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period. A put option sold by the Fund is covered when, among other things, the Fund segregates permissible liquid assets having a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the option to fulfill the obligation undertaken. Writing listed put options may be a useful portfolio investment strategy when the Fund has cash or other reserves available for investment as a result of sales of Fund shares or when the portfolio manager believes a more defensive and less fully invested position is desirable in light of market conditions. The Fund will not purchase an option if, as a result of such purchase, more than 10% of its net assets would be invested in premiums for such options. The Fund may write covered put options to the extent that cover for such options does not exceed 15% of its net assets. The Fund may only sell (write) covered call options with respect to securities having an aggregate market value of less than 25% of its net assets at the time an option is written.

The purchase and writing of options is a highly specialized activity that involves special investment risks. The Fund may use options for hedging or cross-hedging purposes, or to seek to increase total return (which is considered a speculative activity). To the extent that the Fund uses derivatives, such as options, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the value of a derivative instrument held by the Fund does not move in correlation with the value of the underlying security, market index or interest rate, or moves in an opposite direction than anticipated by the Fund. If Lord Abbett is incorrect in its expectation of changes in market prices or determination of the correlation between the securities on which options are based and the Fund’s portfolio securities, the Fund may incur losses. Derivatives also include the risk that the counterparty to the agreement or contract may fail to perform its obligations. Because derivative investments often use leverage, the magnitude of losses from derivatives may be greater than the amount originally invested by the Fund in the derivative instrument. The use of options can also increase the Fund’s transaction costs.

Preferred Stock, Warrants, and Rights.  The Fund may invest in preferred stock, warrants, and rights. Preferred stocks are securities that represent an ownership interest providing the holder with claims on the issuer’s earnings and assets before common stockholders, but after bond holders and other creditors. Unlike debt securities, the obligations of an issuer of preferred stock, including dividend and other payment obligations, may not typically be accelerated by the holders of such preferred stock on the occurrence of an event of default or other non-compliance by the issuer of the preferred stock. Investments in preferred stock present market and liquidity risks. The value of a preferred stock may be highly sensitive to the economic condition of the issuer, and markets for preferred stock may be less liquid than the market for the issuer’s common stock.

Warrants are options to buy a stated number of shares of common stock at a specified price at any time during the life of the warrant. Rights represent a privilege offered to holders of record of issued securities to subscribe (usually on a pro rata basis) for additional securities of the same class, of a different class or of a different issuer. The holders of warrants and rights have no voting rights, receive no dividends and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer. The value of a warrant or right may not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities. Warrants and rights cease to have value if they are not exercised prior to their expiration date. Investments in warrants and rights are thus speculative and may result in a total loss of the money invested.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).  The Fund may invest in REITs. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in either real estate or real estate related loans. The value of a REIT is affected by changes in the value of the properties owned by the REIT or securing mortgage loans held by the REIT. REITs are dependent upon the ability of the REITs’ managers, and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers and the qualification of the REITs under applicable regulatory requirements for favorable income tax treatment. REITs are also subject to risks generally associated with investments in real estate including possible declines in the value of real estate, general and local economic conditions, environmental problems and changes in interest rates. To the extent that assets underlying a REIT are concentrated geographically, by property type or in certain other respects, these risks may be heightened. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any expenses, including management fees, paid by a REIT in which it invests.

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Repurchase Agreements.  The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with respect to securities. A repurchase agreement is a transaction by which the purchaser acquires a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller (a bank or securities dealer) at an agreed-upon price on an agreed-upon date. The resale price reflects the purchase price plus an agreed-upon market rate of interest that is unrelated to the coupon rate or date of maturity of the purchased security. The Fund requires at all times that the repurchase agreement be collateralized by cash or by securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies, its instrumentalities, or U.S. Government sponsored enterprises (“U.S. Government Securities”) having a value equal to, or in excess of, the value of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). Such agreements permit the Fund to keep all of its assets at work while retaining flexibility in pursuit of investments of a longer term nature.

The use of repurchase agreements involves certain risks. For example, if the seller of the agreement defaults on its obligation to repurchase the underlying securities at a time when the value of these securities has declined, the Fund may incur a loss upon disposition of them. Even though the repurchase agreements may have maturities of seven days or less, they may lack liquidity, especially if the issuer encounters financial difficulties. The Fund intends to limit repurchase agreements to transactions with dealers and financial institutions believed by Lord Abbett, as the investment manager, to present minimal credit risks. Lord Abbett will monitor the creditworthiness of the repurchase agreement sellers on an ongoing basis.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements.  The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells a security to a securities dealer or bank for cash and also agrees to repurchase the same security later at a set price. Reverse repurchase agreements expose the Fund to credit risk (that is, the risk that the counterparty will fail to resell the security to the Fund). This risk is greatly reduced because the Fund generally receives cash equal to 98% of the price of the security sold. Engaging in reverse repurchase agreements may also involve the use of leverage, in that the Fund may reinvest the cash it receives in additional securities. The Fund will attempt to minimize this risk by managing its duration. The Fund’s reverse repurchase agreements will not exceed 20% of the Fund’s net assets.

Securities Lending.  Although the Fund has no current intention of doing so, the Fund may lend portfolio securities to registered broker-dealers. These loans may not exceed 30% of the Fund’s total assets. Securities loans will be collateralized by cash or marketable securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or other permissible means at least equal to 102% of the market value of the domestic securities loaned and 105% in the case of foreign securities loaned. The Fund may pay a part of the interest received with respect to the investment of collateral to a borrower and/or a third party that is not affiliated with the Fund and is acting as a “placing broker.” No fee will be paid to affiliated persons of the Fund.

By lending portfolio securities, the Fund can increase its income by continuing to receive interest or dividends on the loaned securities as well as by either investing the cash collateral in permissible investments, such as U.S. Government Securities, or obtaining yield in the form of interest paid by the borrower when U.S. Government Securities or other forms of non-cash collateral are received. Securities lending involves the risk that the borrower will fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. Lending portfolio securities could result in a loss or delay in recovering the Fund’s securities if the borrower defaults.

Short Sales.  The Fund may make short sales of securities or maintain a short position, if at all times when a short position is open the Fund owns an equal amount of such securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable, without payment of any further consideration, for an equal amount of the securities of the same issuer as the securities sold short. The Fund does not intend to have more than 5% of its net assets (determined at the time of the short sale) subject to short sales.

Temporary Defensive Investments.  As described in the prospectus, the Fund is authorized to temporarily invest a substantial amount, or even all, of its assets in various short-term fixed-income securities to take a defensive position. Temporary defensive securities include:

• U.S. Government Securities.

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• Commercial paper. Commercial paper consists of unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations to finance short-term credit needs. Commercial paper is issued in bearer form with maturities generally not exceeding nine months. Commercial paper obligations may include variable amount master demand notes.

• Bank certificates of deposit and time deposits. Certificates of deposit are certificates issued against funds deposited in a bank or a savings and loan. They are issued for a definite period of time and earn a specified rate of return.

• Bankers’ acceptances. Bankers’ acceptances are short-term credit instruments evidencing the obligation of a bank to pay a draft that has been drawn on it by a customer. These instruments reflect the obligations both of the bank and of the drawer to pay the face amount of the instrument upon maturity. They are primarily used to finance the import, export, transfer or storage of goods. They are “accepted” when a bank guarantees their payment at maturity.

• Repurchase agreements.

When-Issued or Forward Transactions.  The Fund may purchase portfolio securities on a when-issued or forward basis. When-issued or forward transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase securities, with payment and delivery (“settlement”) to take place in the future, in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous price or yield at the time of entering into the transaction. The value of fixed-income securities to be delivered in the future will fluctuate as interest rates vary. During the period between purchase and settlement, the value of the securities will fluctuate and assets consisting of cash and/or marketable securities (normally short-term U.S. Government Securities) marked to market daily in an amount sufficient to make payment at settlement will be segregated at the Fund’s custodian in order to pay for the commitment. There is a risk that market yields available at settlement may be higher than yields obtained on the purchase date, which could result in depreciation of the value of fixed-income when-issued securities. At the time the Fund makes the commitment to purchase a security on a when-issued basis, it will record the transaction and reflect the liability for the purchase and the value of the security in determining its NAV. The Fund generally has the ability to close out a purchase obligation on or before the settlement date rather than take delivery of the security. Under no circumstances will settlement for such securities take place more than 120 days after the purchase date.

Policies and Procedures Governing Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings.  The Board has adopted policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio holdings and ongoing arrangements making available such information to the general public, as well as to certain third parties on a selective basis. Among other things, the policies and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that the disclosure is in the best interests of Fund shareholders and to address potential conflicts of interest between the Fund on the one hand and Lord Abbett and its affiliates or affiliates of the Fund on the other hand. Except as noted below, the Fund does not provide its portfolio holdings to any third party until they are made available to the general public on Lord Abbett’s website at www.lordabbett.com or otherwise. The exceptions are as follows:

(1) The Fund may provide its portfolio holdings to (a) third parties that render services to the Fund relating to such holdings (i.e., pricing vendors, ratings organizations, custodians, external administrators, independent registered public accounting firms, counsel, etc.), as appropriate to the service being provided to the Fund, on a daily, monthly, calendar quarterly or annual basis, and (b) third party consultants on a monthly or calendar quarterly basis for the sole purpose of performing their own analyses with respect to the Fund one day following each calendar period-end. The Fund may discuss or otherwise share portfolio holdings or related information with counterparties that execute transactions on behalf of the Fund;

(2) The Fund may provide portfolio commentaries or fact sheets containing, among other things, a discussion of select portfolio holdings and a list of the largest portfolio positions, and/or portfolio performance attribution information to certain financial intermediaries one day following each period-end; and

(3) The Fund may provide its portfolio holdings or related information under other circumstances subject to the authorization of the Fund’s officers, in compliance with policies and procedures adopted by the Board.

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public, the Fund obtains assurances through contractual obligations, certifications or other appropriate means such as due diligence sessions and other meetings to the effect that: (i) neither the receiving party nor any of its officers, employees or agents will be permitted to take any holding-specific investment action based on the portfolio holdings and (ii) the receiving party will not use or disclose the information except as it relates to rendering services for the Fund related to portfolio holdings, to perform certain internal analyses in connection with its evaluation of the Fund and/or its investment strategies, or for similar purposes. The sole exception relates to the agreement with SG Constellation, LLC (“SGC”), the provider of financing for the distribution of the Fund’s Class B shares. The fees payable to SGC are based in part on the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. In order to reduce the exposure of such fees to market volatility, SGC aggregates the portfolio holdings information provided by all of the mutual funds that participate in its Class B share financing program (including the Fund) and may engage in certain hedging transactions based on the information. However, SGC will not engage in transactions based solely on the Fund’s portfolio holdings.

In addition and also in the case of other portfolio-related information, written materials will contain appropriate legends requiring that the information be kept confidential and restricting the use of the information. The Board also reviews the Fund’s policies and procedures governing these arrangements on an annual basis. These policies and procedures may be modified at any time with the approval of the Board.

Neither the Fund, Lord Abbett nor any other party receives any compensation or other consideration in connection with any arrangement described in this section, other than fees payable to a service provider rendering services to the Fund related to the Fund’s portfolio holdings. For these purposes, compensation does not include normal and customary fees that Lord Abbett or an affiliate may receive as a result of investors making investments in the Fund. Neither the Fund, Lord Abbett nor any of their affiliates has entered into an agreement or other arrangement with any third party recipient of portfolio-related information under which the third party would maintain assets in the Fund or in other investment companies or accounts managed by Lord Abbett or any of its affiliated persons as an inducement to receive the Fund’s portfolio holdings.

In addition to the foregoing, Lord Abbett provides investment advice to clients other than the Fund that have investment objectives and requirements that may be substantially similar to the Fund’s. Such clients also may have portfolios consisting of holdings substantially similar to the Fund’s holdings. Such clients may periodically receive portfolio holdings and other related information relative to their investment advisory arrangement with Lord Abbett in the regular course of such arrangement. It is possible that any such client could trade ahead of or against the Fund based on the information such client receives in connection with its investment advisory arrangement with Lord Abbett. In addition, Lord Abbett’s investment advice to any client may be deemed to create a conflict of interest relative to other clients to the extent that it is possible that any client could trade against the interests of other clients based on Lord Abbett’s investment advice. To address this potential conflict, Lord Abbett has implemented procedures governing its provision of impersonal advice that are designed to (i) avoid communication of Lord Abbett’s intent or recommendations with respect to discretionary advice clients, and (ii) monitor the trading of impersonal advice clients to assess the likelihood of any adverse effects on discretionary advice clients.

Lord Abbett’s Compliance Department periodically reviews and evaluates Lord Abbett’s adherence to the above policies and procedures, including the existence of any conflicts of interest between the Fund on the one hand and Lord Abbett and its affiliates or affiliates of the Fund on the other hand. The Compliance Department reports to the Board at least annually regarding its assessment of compliance with these policies and procedures.

Fund Portfolio Information Recipients.  Attached as Appendix A is a list of the third parties that are eligible to receive portfolio holdings information pursuant to ongoing arrangements under the circumstances described above.

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3.

Management of the Fund

The Board is responsible for the management of the business and affairs of the Fund in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland. The Board appoints officers who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Fund and who execute policies authorized by the Board. As discussed in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders, the Board also approves an investment adviser to the Fund and continues to monitor the cost and quality of the services provided by the investment adviser, and annually considers whether to renew the contract with the adviser. Generally, each Director holds office until his/her successor is elected and qualified or until his/her earlier resignation or removal, as provided in the Fund’s organizational documents.

Lord Abbett, a Delaware limited liability company, is the Fund’s investment adviser.

Interested Directors

The following Directors are partners of Lord Abbett and are “interested persons” of the Fund as defined in the Act. Mr. Dow and Ms. Foster are officers, directors, or trustees of each of the 14 Lord Abbett-sponsored funds, which consist of 53 portfolios or series.

Name, Address and Year of Birth	Current Position and Length of Service with Fund	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years	Other Directorships
Robert S. Dow Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (1945)	Director since 1995 and Chairman since 1996	Senior Partner since 2007 and Chief Executive Officer of Lord Abbett since 1996, formerly Managing Partner of Lord Abbett (1996–2007).	N/A
Daria L. Foster Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (1954)	Director since 2006	Managing Partner of Lord Abbett since 2007, formerly Director of Marketing and Client Service of Lord Abbett (1990–2007).	N/A

Independent Directors

The following independent or outside Directors (“Independent Directors”) are also directors or trustees of each of the fourteen Lord Abbett-sponsored funds, which consist of 53 portfolios or series.

Name, Address and Year of Birth	Current Position and Length of Service with Fund	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years	Other Directorships
E. Thayer Bigelow Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC c/o Legal Dept. 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (1941)	Director since 1994	Managing General Partner, Bigelow Media, LLC (since 2000), Senior Adviser, Time Warner Inc. (1998–2000), Acting Chief Executive Officer of Courtroom Television Network (1997–1998), President and Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Cable Programming, Inc. (1991–1997).	Currently serves as director of Crane Co. and Huttig Building Products Inc.

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William H.T. Bush Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC c/o Legal Dept. 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (1938)	Director since 1998	Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the financial advisory firm of Bush–O’Donnell & Company (since 1986).	Currently serves as director of WellPoint, Inc., a health benefits company (since 2002).
Robert B. Calhoun, Jr. Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC c/o Legal Dept. 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (1942)	Director since 1998	Managing Director of Monitor Clipper Partners (since 1997) and President of Clipper Asset Management Corp. (since 1991), both private equity investment funds.	Currently serves as director of Avondale, Inc. and Interstate Bakeries Corp.
Julie A. Hill Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC c/o Legal Dept. 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (1946)	Director since 2004	Owner and CEO of The Hill Company, a business consulting firm (since 1998), Founder, President and Owner of the Hiram-Hill and Hillsdale Development Company, a residential real estate development firm (1998–2000).	Currently serves as director of WellPoint, Inc., a health benefits company (since 1994) and Lend Lease Corporation Limited (since 2005).
Franklin W. Hobbs Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC c/o Legal Dept. 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (1947)	Director since 2000	Advisor of One Equity Partners, a private equity firm (since 2004), Chief Executive Officer of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, an investment bank (2002–2003), Chairman of Warburg Dillon Read, an investment bank (1999–2001), Global Head of Corporate Finance of SBC Warburg Dillon Read (1997–1999), Chief Executive Officer of Dillon, Read & Co. (1994–1997).	Currently serves as director of Molson Coors Brewing Company.
Thomas J. Neff Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC c/o Legal Dept. 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (1937)	Director since 1982	Chairman of Spencer Stuart (U.S.), an executive search consulting firm (since 1996), President of Spencer Stuart (1979–1996).	Currently serves as director of Ace, Ltd. (since 1997) and Hewitt Associates, Inc.
James L.L. Tullis Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC c/o Legal Dept. 90 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (1947)	Director since 2006	CEO of Tullis-Dickerson and Co. Inc, a venture capital management firm (since 1990).	Currently serves as director of Crane Co. (since 1998).

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Officers

None of the officers listed below have received compensation from the Fund. All of the officers of the Fund may also be officers of the other Lord Abbett-sponsored funds and maintain offices at 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302. Unless otherwise indicated, the titles and positions listed under the “Principal Occupation” column indicate the officer’s position(s) and title(s) with Lord Abbett.

Name and Year of Birth	Current Position with Fund	Length of Service of Current Position	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
Robert S. Dow (1945)	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	Elected in 1996	Senior Partner since 2007 and Chief Executive Officer of Lord Abbett since 1996, formerly Managing Partner of Lord Abbett (1996–2007).
Daria L. Foster (1954)	President	Elected in 2006	Managing Partner of Lord Abbett since 2007, formerly Director of Marketing and Client Service of Lord Abbett (1990–2007).
Daniel H. Frascarelli (1954)	Executive Vice President	Elected in 2009	Partner and Director, joined Lord Abbett in 1990.
Robert I. Gerber (1954)	Executive Vice President	Elected in 2007	Partner and Chief Investment Officer, formerly Director of Taxable Fixed Income Management, joined Lord Abbett in 1997.
James W. Bernaiche (1956)	Chief Compliance Officer	Elected in 2004	Partner and Chief Compliance Officer, joined Lord Abbett in 2001.
Joan A. Binstock (1954)	Chief Financial Officer and Vice President	Elected in 1999	Partner and Chief Operations Officer, joined Lord Abbett in 1999.
John K. Forst (1960)	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	Elected in 2005	Deputy General Counsel, joined Lord Abbett in 2004.
Lawrence H. Kaplan (1957)	Vice President and Secretary	Elected in 1997	Partner and General Counsel, joined Lord Abbett in 1997.
A. Edward Oberhaus, III (1959)	Vice President	Elected in 1996	Partner and Director, joined Lord Abbett in 1983.
Thomas R. Phillips (1960)	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	Elected in 2008	Deputy General Counsel, joined Lord Abbett in 2006; formerly attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (2005–2006) and Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP (2000–2005).

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Name and Year of Birth	Current Position with Fund	Length of Service of Current Position	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
Lawrence B. Stoller (1963)	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	Elected in 2007	Senior Deputy General Counsel, joined Lord Abbett in 2007; formerly Senior Vice President and General Counsel (1999–2005) and Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (2005–2007).
Bernard J. Grzelak (1971)	Treasurer	Elected in 2003	Partner and Director of Fund Administration, joined Lord Abbett in 2003.

Committees

The standing committees of the Board are the Audit Committee, the Proxy Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee, and the Contract Committee.

The Audit Committee is composed wholly of Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund. The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. Bigelow, Calhoun, Hobbs, and Tullis. The Audit Committee provides assistance to the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities relating to accounting matters, the reporting practices of the Fund, and the quality and integrity of the Fund’s financial reports. Among other things, the Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing and evaluating the performance and independence of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm and considering violations of the Fund’s Code of Ethics to determine what action should be taken. The Audit Committee meets at least quarterly and during the past fiscal year met [four] times.

The Proxy Committee is composed of at least two Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, and also may include one or more Directors who are partners or employees of Lord Abbett. The current members of the Proxy Committee are three Independent Directors: Messrs. Bush and Neff and Ms. Hill. The Proxy Committee shall (i) monitor the actions of Lord Abbett in voting securities owned by the Fund; (ii) evaluate the policies of Lord Abbett in voting securities; and (iii) meet with Lord Abbett to review the policies in voting securities, the sources of information used in determining how to vote on particular matters, and the procedures used to determine the votes in any situation where there may be a conflict of interest. During the past fiscal year, the Proxy Committee met [three] times.

The Nominating and Governance Committee is composed of all the Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund. Among other things, the Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for (i) evaluating and nominating individuals to serve as Independent Directors and as committee members; and (ii) periodically reviewing director/trustee compensation. During the past fiscal year, the Nominating and Governance Committee met [four] times. The Nominating and Governance Committee has adopted policies with respect to its consideration of any individual recommended by the Fund’s shareholders to serve as an Independent Director. A shareholder who would like to recommend a candidate may write to the Fund.

The Contract Committee consists of all Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund. The Contract Committee conducts much of the factual inquiry undertaken by the Directors in connection with the Board’s annual consideration of whether to renew the management and other contracts with Lord Abbett and Lord Abbett Distributor. The Contract Committee held [two] formal meetings during the last fiscal year; in addition, members of the Committee conducted inquiries into the portfolio management approach and results of Lord Abbett, and reported the results of those inquiries to the Nominating and Governance Committee.

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For simplicity, the following sections use the term “directors/trustees” to refer to Directors of the Fund and to refer to the directors/trustees of all other Lord Abbett-sponsored funds.

Compensation Disclosure

The following table summarizes the compensation paid to each of the independent directors/trustees.

The second column of the following table sets forth the compensation accrued by the Fund for independent directors/trustees. The third column sets forth the total compensation paid by all Lord Abbett-sponsored funds to the independent directors/trustees, and amounts payable but deferred at the option of the director/trustee. No director/trustee of the funds associated with Lord Abbett, and no officer of the funds, received any compensation from the funds for acting as a director/trustee or officer.

Name of Director/Trustee	For the Fiscal Year Ended [October 31, 2009] Aggregate Compensation Accrued by the Fund1	For the Year Ended [December 31, 2009] Total Compensation Paid by the Fund and Thirteen Other Lord Abbett-Sponsored Funds2
E. Thayer Bigelow	[$937]	[$225,333]
William H.T. Bush	[$862]	[$201,333]
Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.	[$956]	[$233,333]
Julie A. Hill	[$839]	[$207,333]
Franklin W. Hobbs	[$879]	[$209,333]
Thomas J. Neff	[$863]	[$207,334]
James L.L. Tullis	[$856]	[$209,333]

¹ Independent directors’/trustees’ fees, including attendance fees for board and committee meetings, are allocated among all Lord Abbett-sponsored funds based on the net assets of each fund. A portion of the fees payable by each fund to its independent directors/trustees may be deferred at the option of a director/trustee under an equity-based plan (the “equity-based plan”) that deems the deferred amounts to be invested in shares of a fund for later distribution to the directors/trustees. In addition, $25,000 of each director’s/trustee’s retainer must be deferred and is deemed invested in shares of a Fund and other Lord Abbett-sponsored funds under the equity-based plan. Of the amounts shown in the second column, the total deferred amounts for the directors/trustees are [$7,132], [$12,804], [$72,752], [$20,743], [$66,549], [$65,386], and [$25,951], respectively.

² The third column shows aggregate compensation, including the types of compensation described in the second column, accrued by all Lord Abbett-sponsored funds during the year ended [December 31, 2009], including fees directors/trustees have chosen to defer.

The following chart provides certain information about the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each director/trustee in the Fund and other Lord Abbett-sponsored funds as of [December 31, 2009]. The amounts shown include deferred compensation to the directors/trustees deemed invested in fund shares. The amounts ultimately received by the directors/trustees under the deferred compensation plan will be directly linked to the investment performance of the funds.

Name of Director/Trustee	Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Fund	Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Lord Abbett-Sponsored Funds
Robert S. Dow	[Over $100,000]	[Over $100,000]
Daria L. Foster	[Over $100,000]	[Over $100,000]
E. Thayer Bigelow	[Over $100,000]	[Over $100,000]
William H.T. Bush	[$50,001- $100,000]	[Over $100,000]
Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.	[$50,001- $100,000]	[Over $100,000]
Julie A. Hill	[$50,001- $100,000]	[Over $100,000]
Franklin W. Hobbs	[Over $100,000]	[Over $100,000]
Thomas J. Neff	[Over $100,000]	[Over $100,000]
James L.L. Tullis	[$10,001- $50,000]	[Over $100,000]

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Code of Ethics

The directors, trustees and officers of Lord Abbett-sponsored funds, together with the partners and employees of Lord Abbett, are permitted to purchase and sell securities for their personal investment accounts. In engaging in personal securities transactions, however, such persons are subject to requirements and restrictions contained in the Fund’s Code of Ethics which complies, in substance, with Rule 17j-1 under the Act and each of the recommendations of the Investment Company Institute’s Advisory Group on Personal Investing (the “Advisory Group”). Among other things, the Code of Ethics requires, with limited exceptions, that Lord Abbett partners and employees obtain advance approval before buying or selling securities, submit confirmations and quarterly transaction reports, and obtain approval before becoming a director of any company; and it prohibits such persons from (1) investing in a security seven days before or after any Lord Abbett-sponsored fund or Lord Abbett-managed account considers a trade or trades in such security, (2) transacting in a security that the person covers as an analyst or with respect to which the person has participated in a non-public investor meeting with company management within the six months preceding the requested transaction, (3) profiting on trades of the same security within 60 days, (4) trading on material and non-public information, and (5) engaging in market timing activities with respect to the Lord Abbett-sponsored funds. The Code of Ethics imposes certain similar requirements and restrictions on the independent directors and trustees of each Lord Abbett-sponsored fund to the extent contemplated by the recommendations of the Advisory Group.

Proxy Voting

The Fund has delegated proxy voting responsibilities to the Fund’s investment adviser, Lord Abbett, subject to the Proxy Committee’s general oversight. Lord Abbett has adopted its own proxy voting policies and procedures for this purpose. A copy of Lord Abbett’s proxy voting policies and procedures is attached as Appendix B.

In addition, the Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the twelve months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. The Fund’s Form N-PX filing is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund also has made this information available, without charge, on Lord Abbett’s website at www.lordabbett.com.

4.

Control Persons and Principal Holders of Securities

Shareholders beneficially owning 25% or more of outstanding shares may be in control and may be able to affect the outcome of certain matters presented for a vote of shareholders. As of [February     , 2010], to the best of our knowledge, the following record holders held 25% or more of the Fund’s outstanding shares:

[TO BE UPDATED]

As of [February     , 2010], to the best of our knowledge, the only persons or entities who owned of record or were known by the Fund to own beneficially 5% or more of the specified class of the Fund’s outstanding shares are listed as follows:

[TO BE UPDATED]

[As of [February     , 2010], the Fund’s officers and Directors, as a group, owned [less than 1%] of each other class of the Fund’s outstanding shares.]

5.

Investment Advisory and Other Services

Investment Adviser

As described under “Management and Organization of the Fund” in the prospectus, Lord Abbett is the Fund’s investment adviser. Lord Abbett is a privately held investment manager. The address of Lord Abbett is 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-3973.

Under the Management Agreement between Lord Abbett and the Fund, Lord Abbett is entitled to an annual management fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. The management fee is allocated to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of the Fund’s net assets represented by that class. The management fee is accrued daily and payable

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monthly at the following annual rate:

0.50% on the first $200 million of average daily net assets;

0.40% on the next $300 million of average daily net assets;

0.375% on the next $200 million of average daily net assets;

0.35% on the next $200 million of average daily net assets; and

0.30% of the Fund’s average daily net assets over $900 million.

The management fees payable to Lord Abbett for the last three fiscal years ended October 31st were as follows:

2009	2008	2007
$[50,923,759]	$50,923,759	$64,111,752

The Fund pays all expenses attributable to its operations not expressly assumed by Lord Abbett, including, without limitation, 12b-1 expenses, Independent Directors’ fees and expenses, association membership dues, legal and auditing fees, taxes, transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees, shareholder servicing costs, expenses relating to shareholder meetings, expenses of registering its shares under federal and state securities laws, expenses of preparing, printing and mailing prospectuses and shareholder reports to existing shareholders, insurance premiums, and other expenses connected with executing portfolio transactions.

Administrative Services

Pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement with the Fund, Lord Abbett provides certain administrative services not involving the provision of investment advice to the Fund. Under the Agreement, the Fund pays Lord Abbett a monthly fee, based on average daily net assets for each month, at an annual rate of 0.04%. The administrative services fee is allocated to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of the Fund’s net assets represented by that class.

The administrative services fees paid to Lord Abbett by the Fund for the last three fiscal years ended October 31st are as follows:

2009	2008	2007
$[6,663,168]	$6,663,168	$8,421,567

Portfolio Managers

As stated in the prospectus, the Fund is managed by an experienced portfolio manager responsible for investment decisions together with a team of research analysts who provide company, industry, sector and macroeconomic research and analysis.

Daniel H. Frascarelli heads the Fund’s team and is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.

The following table indicates for the Fund as of October 31, 2009 (or another date, as indicated): (1) the number of other accounts managed by the portfolio manager who is jointly and/or primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund within certain categories of investment vehicles; and (2) the total assets in such accounts managed within each category. For each of the categories a footnote to the table also provides the number of accounts and the total assets in the accounts with respect to which the management fee is based on the performance of the account. Included in the Registered Investment Companies category are those U.S. registered funds managed or sub-advised by Lord Abbett, including funds underlying variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies offered through insurance companies. The Other Pooled Investment Vehicles category includes collective investment funds, offshore funds and similar non-registered investment vehicles. Lord Abbett does not manage any hedge funds. The Other Accounts category encompasses retirement and benefit plans (including both defined contribution and defined benefit plans) sponsored by various corporations and other entities, individually managed institutional accounts of various corporations, other entities and individuals, and separately managed accounts in so-called wrap fee programs sponsored by financial intermediaries unaffiliated with Lord Abbett. (The data shown below are approximate.)

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Other Accounts Managed (# and Total Assets+)

Fund	Name		Registered Investment Companies	Other Pooled Investment Vehicles	Other Accounts
Affiliated Fund	Daniel H. Frascarelli	(a)	[10/$2,100.51]	[0/$0]	[0/0]

+ Total assets are in millions.

(a) Data is provided as of March 31, 2009.

Conflicts of Interest

Conflicts of interest may arise in connection with the portfolio managers’ management of the investments of the Fund and the investments of the other accounts included in the table above. Such conflicts may arise with respect to the allocation of investment opportunities among the Fund and other accounts with similar investment objectives and policies. A portfolio manager potentially could use information concerning the Fund’s transactions to the advantage of other accounts and to the detriment of the Fund. To address these potential conflicts of interest, Lord Abbett has adopted and implemented a number of policies and procedures. Lord Abbett has adopted Policies and Procedures for Evaluating Best Execution of Equity Transactions, as well as Trading Practices/Best Execution Procedures. The objective of these policies and procedures is to ensure the fair and equitable treatment of transactions and allocation of investment opportunities on behalf of all accounts managed by Lord Abbett. In addition, Lord Abbett’s Code of Ethics sets forth general principles for the conduct of employee personal securities transactions in a manner that avoids any actual or potential conflicts of interest with the interests of Lord Abbett’s clients including the Fund. Moreover, Lord Abbett’s Insider Trading and Receipt of Material Non-Public Information Policy and Procedure sets forth procedures for personnel to follow when they have inside information. Lord Abbett is not affiliated with a full service broker-dealer and therefore does not execute any portfolio transactions through such an entity, a structure that could give rise to additional conflicts. Lord Abbett does not conduct any investment bank functions and does not manage any hedge funds. Lord Abbett does not believe that any material conflicts of interest exist in connection with the portfolio managers’ management of the investments of the Fund and the investments of the other accounts referenced in the table above.

Compensation of Portfolio Managers

When used in this section, the term “fund” refers to the Fund, as well as any other registered investment companies, pooled investment vehicles and accounts managed by a portfolio manager. Each portfolio manager receives compensation from Lord Abbett consisting of salary, bonus and profit sharing plan contributions. The level of base compensation takes into account the portfolio manager’s experience, reputation and competitive market rates.

Fiscal year-end bonuses, which can be a substantial percentage of overall compensation, are determined after an evaluation of various factors. These factors include the portfolio manager’s investment results and style consistency, the dispersion among funds with similar objectives, the risk taken to achieve the fund returns and similar factors. In considering the portfolio manager’s investment results, Lord Abbett’s senior management may evaluate the Fund’s performance against one or more benchmarks from among the Fund’s primary benchmark and any supplemental benchmarks as disclosed in the prospectus, indexes disclosed as performance benchmarks by the portfolio manager’s other accounts, and other indexes within the one or more of the Fund’s peer groups maintained by rating agencies, as well as the Fund’s peer group. In particular, investment results are evaluated based on an assessment of the portfolio manager’s three- and five-year investment returns on a pre-tax basis versus both the benchmark and the peer groups. Finally, there is a component of the bonus that reflects leadership and management of the investment team. The evaluation does not follow a formulaic approach, but rather is reached following a review of these factors. No part of the bonus payment is based on the portfolio manager’s assets under management, the revenues generated by those assets, or the profitability of the portfolio manager’s team. Lord Abbett does not manage hedge funds. In addition, Lord Abbett may designate a bonus payment of a manager for participation in the firm’s senior incentive compensation plan, which provides for a deferred payout over a five-year period. The plan’s earnings are based on the overall asset growth of the firm as a whole. Lord Abbett believes this incentive focuses portfolio managers on the impact their fund’s performance has on the overall reputation of the firm as a whole and encourages exchanges of investment ideas among investment advisor managing different mandates.

Lord Abbett provides a 401(k) profit-sharing plan for all eligible employees. Contributions to a portfolio manager’s profit-sharing account are based on a percentage of the portfolio manager’s total base and bonus paid during the fiscal year, subject to a specified maximum amount. The assets of this profit-sharing plan are entirely invested in

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Lord Abbett-sponsored funds.

Holdings of Portfolio Managers

The following table indicates for the Fund the dollar range of shares beneficially owned by the portfolio manager who is jointly and/or primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as of October 31, 2009 (or another date, as indicated). This table includes the value of shares beneficially owned by such portfolio managers through 401(k) plans and certain other plans or accounts, if any.

				Dollar Range of Shares in the Fund
Fund	Name	None	$1- $10,000	$10,001- $50,000	$50,001- $100,000	$100,001- $500,000	$500,001- $1,000,000	Over $1,000,000
Affiliated Fund	Daniel H. Frascarelli (a)				[X]

(a) Data is provided as of May 8, 2009.

Principal Underwriter

Lord Abbett Distributor LLC, a New York limited liability company and a subsidiary of Lord Abbett, 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-3973, serves as the principal underwriter for the Fund.

Custodian and Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111-2900, is the Fund’s custodian. The custodian pays for and collects proceeds of securities bought and sold by the Fund and attends to the collection of principal and income. The custodian may appoint domestic and foreign subcustodians from time to time to hold certain securities purchased by the Fund in foreign countries and to hold cash and currencies for the Fund. In accordance with the requirements of Rule 17f-5 under the Act, the Board has approved arrangements permitting the Fund’s foreign assets not held by the custodian or its foreign branches to be held by certain qualified foreign banks and depositories. In addition, State Street Bank and Trust Company performs certain accounting and recordkeeping functions relating to portfolio transactions and calculates the Fund’s NAV.

Transfer Agent

DST Systems, Inc., 210 West 10th St., Kansas City, MO 64105, serves as the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent pursuant to a Transfer Agency Agreement for the Fund.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

[TO BE UPDATED]

6.

Brokerage Allocations and Other Practices

Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage Allocations

Investment and Brokerage Discretion.  The Fund’s Management Agreement authorizes Lord Abbett to place orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities. In doing so, Lord Abbett seeks to obtain “best execution” on all portfolio transactions. This means that Lord Abbett seeks to have purchases and sales of portfolio securities executed at the most favorable prices, considering all costs of the transaction, including brokerage commissions, and taking into account the full range and quality of the broker-dealers’ services. To the extent consistent with obtaining best execution, the Fund may pay a higher commission than some broker-dealers might charge on the same transaction. Lord Abbett is not obligated to obtain the lowest commission rate available for a portfolio transaction exclusive of price, service and qualitative considerations.

Selection of Brokers and Dealers.  The policy on best execution governs the selection of broker-dealers and selection of the market and/or trading venue in which to execute the transaction. Normally, traders who are employees of Lord

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Abbett make the selection of broker-dealers. These traders are responsible for seeking best execution. They also conduct trading for the accounts of other Lord Abbett investment management clients, including investment companies, institutions and individuals. To the extent permitted by law, the Fund, if Lord Abbett considers it advantageous, may make a purchase from or sale to another Lord Abbett-sponsored fund or client without the intervention of any broker-dealer.

Fixed Income Securities.  To the extent the Fund purchases or sells fixed income securities, the Fund generally will deal directly with the issuer or through a primary market-maker acting as principal on a net basis. When dealing with a broker-dealer serving as a primary market-maker, the Fund pays no brokerage commission but the price, which reflects the spread between the bid and ask prices of the security, usually includes undisclosed compensation and may involve the designation of selling concessions. The Fund may also purchase fixed income securities from underwriters at prices that include underwriting fees.

Equity Securities.  Transactions on stock exchanges involve the payment of brokerage commissions. In transactions on stock exchanges in the U.S., these commissions are negotiated. Traditionally, commission rates have not been negotiated on stock markets outside the U.S. While an increasing number of overseas stock markets have adopted a system of negotiated rates or ranges of rates, however, a small number of markets continue to be subject to a non-negotiable schedule of minimum commission rates. To the extent the Fund invests in equity securities, it ordinarily will purchase such securities in their primary trading markets, whether such securities are traded over-the-counter or listed on a stock exchange, and purchase listed securities in the OTC market if such market is deemed the primary market. The Fund may purchase newly issued securities from underwriters and the price of such transaction usually will include a concession paid to the underwriter by the issuer. When purchasing from dealers serving as market makers, the purchase price paid by the Fund may include the spread between the bid and ask prices of the security.

Evaluating the Reasonableness of Brokerage Commissions Paid.  The Fund pays a commission rate that Lord Abbett believes is appropriate under the circumstances. While Lord Abbett seeks to pay competitive commission rates, the Fund will not necessarily be paying the lowest possible commissions on particular trades if Lord Abbett believes that the Fund has obtained best execution and the commission rates paid by the Fund are reasonable in relation to the value of the services received. Such services include, but are not limited to, showing the Fund trading opportunities, a willingness and ability to take principal positions in securities, knowledge of a particular security or market-proven ability to handle a particular type of trade, providing and/or facilitating Lord Abbett’s use of proprietary and third party research, confidential treatment, promptness and reliability. Lord Abbett may view the value of these services in terms of either a particular transaction or multiple transactions on behalf of one or more accounts that it manages.

On a continuing basis, Lord Abbett seeks to determine what levels of commission rates are reasonable in the marketplace for transactions executed on behalf of the Fund and its other clients. In evaluating the reasonableness of commission rates, Lord Abbett may consider any or all of the following: (a) rates quoted by broker-dealers; (b) the size of a particular transaction, in terms of the number of shares, dollar amount, and number of clients involved; (c) the complexity of a particular transaction in terms of both execution and settlement; (d) the level and type of business done with a particular firm over a period of time; (e) the extent to which the broker-dealer has capital at risk in the transaction; (f) historical commission rates; (g) the value of any research products and services that may be made available to Lord Abbett based on its placement of transactions with the broker-dealer; and (h) rates paid by other institutional investors based on available public information.

Research Products and Services.  The federal securities laws permit an investment adviser, under certain circumstances, to cause the accounts it manages to pay a broker-dealer a commission for effecting a transaction that exceeds the amount another broker-dealer would have charged for effecting the same transaction in recognition of the value of brokerage and research services provided by that broker-dealer. For this purpose, brokerage and research services include (1) furnishing advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities, and the availability of securities or purchasers or sellers of securities; (2) furnishing analyses and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy, and the performance of accounts; and (3) effecting securities transactions and performing functions incidental to securities transactions (such as clearance, settlement, and custody).

Brokerage and research services may be supplied to Lord Abbett by the executing broker-dealer or by a third party at the direction of the broker-dealer through which portfolio transaction orders are placed. Research services may be provided by the executing broker-dealer to Lord Abbett in written form or through direct contact with individuals, including

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telephone contacts and meetings with securities analysts, economists, portfolio company management representatives and industry spokespersons and may include information on the economy, securities markets and other types of information that assist in the evaluation of investments. Examples of research-oriented services for which Lord Abbett might pay with Fund commissions include research reports and other information on the economy, industries, groups of securities, individual companies, statistical information, political developments, technical market action, pricing and appraisal services, credit analysis, risk measurement analysis, performance and other analysis.

Lord Abbett does not attempt to allocate to any particular client account the relative costs or benefits of brokerage and research services received from a broker-dealer. Rather, Lord Abbett believes that any brokerage and research services received from a broker-dealer are, in the aggregate, of assistance to Lord Abbett in fulfilling its overall responsibilities to its clients. Accordingly, Lord Abbett may use brokerage and research services received from broker-dealers in servicing all of its accounts, and not all of such services will necessarily be used by Lord Abbett in connection with its management of the Fund. Conversely, such services furnished in connection with brokerage on other accounts managed by Lord Abbett may be used in connection with its management of the Fund, and not all of such services will necessarily be used by Lord Abbett in connection with its advisory services to such other accounts.

Lord Abbett believes that access to independent investment research is beneficial to its investment decision-making processes and, therefore, to the Fund. Receipt of independent investment research allows Lord Abbett to supplement its own internal research and analysis and makes available the views of, and information from, individuals and the research staffs of other firms. Lord Abbett subjects all outside research material and information received to its own internal analysis before incorporating such content into its investment process. As a practical matter, Lord Abbett considers independent investment research services to be supplemental to its own research efforts and therefore the receipt of investment research from broker-dealers does not tend to reduce its own research efforts. Any investment advisory or other fees paid by the Fund to Lord Abbett are not reduced as a result of Lord Abbett’s receipt of research services. It is unlikely that Lord Abbett would attempt to generate all of the information presently provided by broker-dealers and third party research services in part because there would no longer be an independent, supplemental viewpoint. Also the expenses of Lord Abbett would be increased substantially if it attempted to generate such additional information through its own staff or if it paid for these products or services itself. To the extent that research services of value are provided by or through such broker-dealers, Lord Abbett will not have to pay for such services itself. These circumstances give rise to potential conflicts of interest, which Lord Abbett manages by following internal procedures designed to ensure that the value, type and quality of any products or services it receives from broker-dealers are permissible under the federal securities laws, including relevant regulatory interpretations thereof.

Certain of the brokerage and research services Lord Abbett receives are proprietary to the broker-dealer supplying them and provided in connection with a particular transaction or furnished by broker-dealers on their own initiative and may not have an explicit cost associated with such product or service. In addition, Lord Abbett may purchase proprietary broker-dealer research or third party research with its own resources.

Mixed-Use Products and Services.  In some cases, Lord Abbett may receive a product or service from a broker-dealer that has both a “research” and a “non-research” use. When this occurs, Lord Abbett makes a good faith allocation between the research and non-research uses of the product or service. The percentage of the product or service Lord Abbett uses for research purposes may be paid for with client commissions, while Lord Abbett will use its own funds to pay for the percentage of the product or service that it uses for non-research purposes. In making this good faith allocation, Lord Abbett faces a potential conflict of interest, but Lord Abbett believes that its allocation procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that it appropriately allocates the anticipated use of such products or services to their research and non-research uses.

Allocation of Brokerage Commissions.  Lord Abbett periodically assesses the contributions of the equity brokerage and research services provided by broker-dealers and creates a ranking of broker-dealers reflecting these assessments. Portfolio managers and research analysts each evaluate the services they receive from broker-dealers and make judgments as to the value and quality of such services. These assessments may affect the extent to which Lord Abbett trades with a broker-dealer, although the actual amount of transactions placed with a particular broker-dealer may not directly reflect its ranking in the voting process. Lord Abbett periodically monitors the allocation of equity trading among broker-dealers.

Lord Abbett may select broker-dealers that provide brokerage and research products and services in order to ensure the continued receipt of such products and services which Lord Abbett believes are useful in its investment decision-making process. Further, Lord Abbett may have an incentive to execute trades through certain of such broker-dealers with which

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it has negotiated more favorable arrangements for Lord Abbett to receive research or other services. In order to manage these conflicts of interest, Lord Abbett has adopted internal procedures that are designed to ensure that its primary objective in the selection of a broker-dealer is to seek best execution for the portfolio transaction.

Lord Abbett’s arrangements for research or brokerage services do not involve any commitment by Lord Abbett or the Fund regarding the allocation of brokerage business to or among any particular broker-dealer. Rather, Lord Abbett executes portfolio transactions only when they are dictated by investment decisions to purchase or sell portfolio securities. The Fund is prohibited from compensating a broker-dealer for promoting or selling Fund shares by directing the Fund’s portfolio transactions to the broker-dealer or directing any other remuneration to the broker-dealer, including commissions, mark-ups, mark downs or other fees, resulting from the Fund’s portfolio transactions executed by a different broker-dealer. The Fund is permitted to effect portfolio transactions through broker-dealers that also sell shares of the Lord Abbett funds, provided that Lord Abbett does not consider sales of shares of the Lord Abbett funds as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions. Thus, whether a particular broker-dealer sells shares of the Lord Abbett funds is not a factor considered by Lord Abbett when selecting broker-dealers for portfolio transactions and any such sales neither qualifies nor disqualifies the broker-dealer from executing portfolio transactions for the Fund.

Lord Abbett normally seeks to combine or “batch” purchases or sales of a particular security placed at or about the same time for similarly situated accounts, including the Fund, to facilitate “best execution” and to reduce other transaction costs, if relevant. All accounts included in a batched transaction through a broker-dealer that provides Lord Abbett with research or other services pay the same commission rate, regardless of whether one or more accounts has prohibited Lord Abbett from receiving any credit toward such services from its commissions. Each account that participates in a particular batched order, including the Fund, will do so at the average share price for all transactions related to that order.

Lord Abbett generally allocates securities purchased or sold in a batched transaction among participating accounts in proportion to the size of the order placed for each account (i.e., pro-rata). Lord Abbett, however, may increase or decrease the amount of securities allocated to one or more accounts if necessary to avoid holding odd-lot or small numbers of shares in a client account. In addition, if Lord Abbett is unable to execute fully a batched transaction and determines that it would be impractical to allocate a small number of securities on a pro-rata basis among the participating accounts, Lord Abbett allocates the securities in a manner it determines to be fair to all accounts over time. Lord Abbett also may not use a pro-rata allocation approach when making initial investments for newly established accounts for the purpose of seeking to fully invest such accounts as promptly as possible.

At times, Lord Abbett is not able to batch purchases and sales for all accounts or products it is managing, such as when an individually-managed account client directs it to use a particular broker-dealer for a trade (sometimes referred to as “directed accounts”), or when Lord Abbett is placing transactions for separately managed account programs (sometimes referred to as “wrap” or “SMA” programs). In addition, some broker-dealers who have negotiated an arrangement with Lord Abbett for the provision of brokerage and research services may offer a lower commission rate for client accounts not participating in such arrangement (“non-participating accounts”). It is Lord Abbett’s policy, however, to seek to include non-participating accounts in batched trades, as Lord Abbett believes these non-participating accounts would receive overall better execution notwithstanding the fact that the non-participating account may be able to pay a lower commission rate if it were not included in the batched trade.

When it does not batch purchases and sales, Lord Abbett usually uses a rotation process for placing equity transactions on behalf of the different groups of accounts or products with respect to which transactions are communicated to the trading desk or placed at or about the same time. When transactions for all accounts using a particular investment strategy are communicated to the trading desk at or about the same time, Lord Abbett generally will place trades first for transactions on behalf of the Lord Abbett funds and non-directed individually-managed institutional accounts, second for SMA programs, by program, and finally for directed accounts. However, Lord Abbett may determine in its sole discretion to place transactions for one group of accounts (e.g., directed accounts or SMA programs) before or after the remaining accounts based on a variety of factors, including size of overall trade, the broker-dealer’s commitment of capital, liquidity or other conditions of the market and confidentiality. In some cases, however, Lord Abbett’s batching, allocation and rotation procedures may have an adverse effect on the size of the position purchased for or sold by a particular account or the price paid or received by certain accounts. Lord Abbett’s trading practices are intended to avoid systematically favoring one product or group of accounts over another and to provide fair and equitable treatment over time for all products and clients.

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Brokerage Commissions Paid to Independent Broker-Dealer Firms.  The Fund paid total brokerage commissions on transactions of securities to independent broker-dealer firms as follows for the past three fiscal years:

2009	2008		2007
$[16,637,318]	$	16,637,318	$	17,641,325

Lord Abbett purchased third party research services with its own resources during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2009, 2008, and 2007.

The portion of each amount shown above that the Fund paid to firms as a result of directed brokerage transactions to brokers because of research services provided, was as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended October 31,
2009		2008		2007
Brokerage Commissions	Amount of Transactions	Brokerage Commissions	Amount of Transactions	Brokerage Commissions	Amount of Transactions
$[            ]	$[            ]	$0	$0	$0	$0

All such portfolio transactions were conducted on a “best execution” basis, as discussed above. The provision of research services was not necessarily a factor in the placement of all such transactions.

Regular Broker Dealers.  For each of the following regular brokers or dealers (as defined in Rule 10b-1 under the Act that derived, or has a parent that derived, more than 15% of its gross revenues from the business of a broker, a dealer, an underwriter, or an investment adviser, the Fund acquired, during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009, either its securities or the securities if its parent:

Regular Broker or Dealer	Value of the Fund’s Aggregate Holdings of the Regular Broker’s or Dealer’s or Parent’s Securities As of October 31, 2009
	$[            ]

7.

Classes of Shares

The Fund offers investors different classes of shares. The different classes of shares represent investments in the same portfolio of securities but are subject to different expenses and will likely have different share prices. Investors should read this section carefully to determine which class represents the best investment option for their particular situation.

All classes of shares have equal noncumulative voting rights and equal rights with respect to dividends, assets and liquidation, except for certain class-specific expenses. They are fully paid and nonassessable when issued and have no preemptive or conversion rights. Additional classes, series, or funds may be added in the future. The Act requires that where more than one class, series, or fund exists, each class, series, or fund must be preferred over all other classes, series, or funds in respect of assets specifically allocated to such class, series, or fund.

Rule 18f-2 under the Act provides that any matter required to be submitted, by the provisions of the Act or applicable state law, or otherwise, to the holders of the outstanding voting securities of an investment company shall not be deemed

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to have been effectively acted upon unless approved by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of each class affected by such matter. Rule 18f-2 further provides that a class shall be deemed to be affected by a matter, unless the interests of each class, series, or fund in the matter are substantially identical or the matter does not affect any interest of such class, series, or fund. However, Rule 18f-2 exempts the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm, the approval of a contract with a principal underwriter, and the election of directors from the separate voting requirements.

The Fund’s By-Laws provide that the Fund shall not hold an annual meeting of its shareholders in any year unless the election of directors is required to be acted on by shareholders under the Act, or unless called by a majority of the Board or by shareholders holding at least one quarter of the stock of the Fund outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. A special meeting may be held if called by the Chairman of the Board or President, by a majority of the Board of Directors, or by shareholders holding at least one quarter of the stock of the Fund outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting.

Class A Shares.  If you buy Class A shares, you pay an initial sales charge on investments of less than $1 million or on investments for retirement and benefit plans with less than 100 eligible employees or on investments that do not qualify under the other categories listed under “Net Asset Value Purchases of Class A Shares” discussed below. If you purchase Class A shares as part of an investment of at least $1 million (or for certain retirement and benefit plans) in shares of one or more Lord Abbett-sponsored funds, you will not pay an initial sales charge, but, subject to certain exceptions, if you redeem any of those shares before the first day of the month in which the one-year anniversary of your purchase falls, you may pay a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1%. Class A shares are subject to service and distribution fees at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily NAV of the Class A shares. Other potential fees and expenses related to Class A shares are described in the prospectus and below.

Class B Shares.  If you buy Class B shares, you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but if you redeem your shares before the sixth anniversary of buying them, you will normally pay a CDSC to Lord Abbett Distributor. That CDSC varies depending on how long you own shares. Class B shares are subject to service and distribution fees at an annual rate of 1% of the average daily NAV of the Class B shares. Other potential fees and expenses related to Class B shares are described in the prospectus and below.

Conversions of Class B Shares.  The conversion of Class B shares after approximately the eighth anniversary of their purchase is subject to the continuing availability of a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or an opinion of counsel or tax advisor, to the effect that the conversion of Class B shares does not constitute a taxable event for the holder under federal income tax law. If such a revenue ruling or opinion is no longer available, the automatic conversion feature may be suspended, in which event no further conversions of Class B shares would occur while such suspension remained in effect. Although Class B shares could then be exchanged for Class A shares on the basis of relative NAV of the two classes, without the imposition of a sales charge or fee, such exchange could constitute a taxable event for the holder.

Class C Shares.  If you buy Class C shares, you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but if you redeem your shares before the first anniversary of buying them, you will normally pay a CDSC of 1% to Lord Abbett Distributor. Class C shares are subject to service and distribution fees at an annual rate of 1% of the average daily NAV of the Class C shares. Other potential fees and expenses related to Class C shares are described in the prospectus and below.

Class F Shares.  If you buy Class F shares, you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, and if you redeem your shares you pay no CDSC. Class F shares are subject to service and distribution fees at an annual rate of 0.10 % of the average daily net assets of the Class F shares. Class F shares generally are available to investors participating in fee-based programs that have (or whose trading agents have) an agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor and to certain investors that are clients of certain registered investment advisers that have an agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor, if it so deems appropriate. Other potential fees and expenses related to Class F shares are described in the prospectus and below.

Class I Shares.  If you buy Class I shares, you pay no sales charges or 12b-1 service or distribution fees.

Class P Shares.  If you buy Class P shares, you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, and if you redeem your shares you pay no CDSC. Class P shares are subject to service and distribution fees at an annual rate of 0.45% of the

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average daily NAV of the Class P shares. Class P shares are offered only on a limited basis through certain financial intermediaries and retirement and benefit plans. Class P shares are closed to substantially all new investors. However, shareholders that held Class P shares as of October 1, 2007 may continue to hold their Class P shares and may make additional purchases. Class P shares may be redeemed at NAV by existing shareholders, or may be exchanged for shares of another class provided applicable eligibility requirements and sales charges for the other share class are satisfied. Class P shares are also available for orders made by or on behalf of a financial intermediary for clients participating in an IRA rollover program sponsored by the financial intermediary that operates the program in an omnibus recordkeeping environment and has entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such orders.

Class R2 and R3 Shares.  If you buy Class R2 or R3 shares, you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase and if you redeem your shares you pay no CDSC. Class R2 and R3 shares are subject to service and distribution fees at annual rates of 0.60% and 0.50% of the average daily NAV of the Class R2 and R3 shares, respectively. Class R2 and R3 generally are available only through certain employer-sponsored retirement and benefit plans if the financial intermediary has entered into an arrangement to make available Class R2 or R3 shares to plan participants and other dealers that have entered into agreements with Lord Abbett Distributor. Class R2 and R3 shares are generally available only to retirement and benefit plans where plan-level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. They are generally not available to retail non-retirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE IRAs, individual 403(b) plans, and 529 college savings plans. Other potential fees and expenses related to Class R2 and R3 shares are described in the prospectus and below.

Rule 12b-1 Plan

The Fund has adopted an Amended and Restated Joint Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act for all of the Fund’s share classes except Class I shares (the “Plan”). The principal features of the Plan are described in the prospectus; however, this SAI contains additional information that may be of interest to investors. The Plan is a compensation plan, allowing each applicable class to pay a fixed fee to Lord Abbett Distributor that may be more or less than the expenses Lord Abbett Distributor actually incurs for using reasonable efforts to secure purchasers of Fund shares. These efforts may include, but neither are required to include nor are limited to, the following: (a) making payments to authorized institutions in connection with sales of shares and/or servicing of accounts of shareholders holding shares; (b) providing continuing information and investment services to shareholder accounts not serviced by authorized institutions receiving a service fee from Lord Abbett Distributor hereunder and otherwise to encourage shareholder accounts to remain invested in the shares; and (c) otherwise rendering service to the Fund, including paying and financing the payment of sales commissions, service fees and other costs of distributing and selling shares. In adopting the Plan and in approving its continuance, the Board has concluded that there is a reasonable likelihood that the Plan will benefit each applicable class and its shareholders. The expected benefits include greater sales and lower redemptions of class shares, which should allow each class to maintain a consistent cash flow, and a higher quality of service to shareholders by authorized institutions than would otherwise be the case. Under the Plan, each applicable class compensates Lord Abbett Distributor for financing activities primarily intended to sell shares of the Fund. These activities include, but are not limited to, the preparation and distribution of advertising material and sales literature and other marketing activities. Lord Abbett Distributor also uses amounts received under the Plan, as described in the prospectus, for payments to dealers and other agents for (i) providing continuous services to shareholders, such as answering shareholder inquiries, maintaining records, and assisting shareholders in making redemptions, transfers, additional purchases and exchanges and (ii) their assistance in distributing shares of the Fund.

The Plan provides that the maximum payments that may be authorized by the Board for Class A shares are 0.50%; for Class P shares, 0.75%; and Class B, Class C, Class F, Class R2, and Class R3 shares, 1.00%; however, the Board has approved payments of 0.35% for Class A shares, 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 0.10% for Class F shares, 0.45% for Class P shares, 0.60% for Class R2 shares, and 0.50% for Class R3 shares. The Fund may not pay compensation where tracking data is not available for certain accounts or where the authorized institution waives part of the compensation. In such cases, the Fund will not require payment of any otherwise applicable CDSC.

The amounts paid by each applicable class of the Fund to Lord Abbett Distributor pursuant to the Plan for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009 were as follows:

Class A	Class B	Class C	Class F	Class P	Class R2	Class R3
[$46,403,603]	[$9,480,965]	[$13,196,792]	[$8,797]	[$1,653,177]	[$584]	[$9,099]

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The Plan requires the Board to review, on a quarterly basis, written reports of all amounts expended pursuant to the Plan for each class, the purposes for which such expenditures were made, and any other information the Board reasonably requests to enable it to make an informed determination of whether the Plan should be continued. The Plan shall continue in effect only if its continuance is specifically approved at least annually by vote of the Directors/Trustees, including a majority of the Directors/Trustees who are not interested persons of the Fund and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan or in any agreements related to the Plan (“Outside Directors/Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the Plan. The Plan may not be amended to increase materially above the limits set forth therein the amount spent for distribution expenses thereunder for each class without approval by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the applicable class and the approval of a majority of the Directors/Trustees including a majority of the Outside Directors/Trustees. As long as the Plan is in effect, the selection or nomination of Outside Directors/Trustees is committed to the discretion of the Outside Directors/Trustees.

One Director, Thomas J. Neff, may be deemed to have an indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan. Mr. Neff, an Independent Director of the Fund, also is a director of Hewitt Associates, Inc. and owns less than [0.03%] of the outstanding shares of Hewitt Associates, Inc. Hewitt Associates,Inc. is a global human resources outsourcing and consulting firm with approximately [$ 3.0] billion in revenue in fiscal 2009. Hewitt Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of Hewitt Associates, Inc., may receive payments from the Plan of the Fund and/or other Lord Abbett-sponsored funds. In the twelve months ended October 31, 2009, Hewitt Financial Services LLC received 12b-1 payments totaling approximately [$17,662.13] from all of the Lord Abbett-sponsored funds in the aggregate.

Payments made pursuant to the Plan are subject to any applicable limitations imposed by rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. The Plan terminates automatically if it is assigned. In addition, the Plan may be terminated with respect to a class at any time by vote of a majority of the Outside Directors/Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the applicable class.

CDSC.  A CDSC applies upon early redemption of shares for certain classes, and (i) will be assessed on the lesser of the NAV of the shares at the time of the redemption or the NAV when the shares were originally purchased; and (ii) will not be imposed on the amount of your account value represented by the increase in NAV over the initial purchase price (including increases due to the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions) and upon early redemption of shares. In the case of Class A shares, this increase is represented by shares having an aggregate dollar value in your account. In the case of Class B and C shares, this increase is represented by that percentage of each share redeemed where the NAV exceeded the initial purchase price.

Class A Shares.  As stated in the prospectus, subject to certain exceptions, if you buy Class A shares of the Fund under certain purchases with a front-end sales charge waiver or if you acquire Class A shares of the Fund in exchange for Class A shares of another Lord Abbett fund subject to a CDSC, and you redeem any of the Class A shares before the first day of the month in which the one-year anniversary of your purchase falls, a CDSC of 1% normally will be collected.

Class B Shares.  As stated in the prospectus, subject to certain exceptions, if Class B shares of the Fund (or Class B shares of another Lord Abbett-sponsored fund or series acquired through exchange of such shares) are redeemed out of the Lord Abbett-sponsored funds for cash before the sixth anniversary of their purchase, a CDSC will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. The Class B CDSC is paid to Lord Abbett Distributor to reimburse its expenses, in whole or in part, for providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class B shares.

To minimize the effects of the CDSC or to determine whether the CDSC applies to a redemption, the Fund redeems Class B shares in the following order: (1) shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, (2) shares held on or after the sixth anniversary of their purchase, and (3) shares held the longest before such sixth anniversary.

The amount of the CDSC will depend on the number of years since you invested and the dollar amount being redeemed, according to the following schedule:

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Anniversary of the Day on Which the Purchase Order was Accepted	CDSC on Redemptions (As % of Amount Subject to Charge)
Before the 1st	5.0%
On the 1st, before the 2nd	4.0%
On the 2nd, before the 3rd	3.0%
On the 3rd, before the 4th	3.0%
On the 4th, before the 5th	2.0%
On the 5th, before the 6th	1.0%
On or after the 6th anniversary	None

In the table, an “anniversary” is the same calendar day in each respective year after the date of purchase. All purchases are considered to have been made on the business day on which the purchase order was accepted. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on the 25^th day of the month (or, if the 25^th is not a business day, the next business day thereafter) following the eighth anniversary of the day on which the purchase order was accepted.

Class C Shares.  As stated in the prospectus, subject to certain exceptions, if Class C shares are redeemed for cash before the first anniversary of their purchase, the redeeming shareholder normally will be required to pay to Lord Abbett Distributor a CDSC of 1% of the lower of cost or the then NAV of Class C shares redeemed. If such shares are exchanged into the same class of another Lord Abbett-sponsored fund and subsequently redeemed before the first anniversary of their original purchase, the charge also will be collected by Lord Abbett Distributor.

Eligible Mandatory Distributions.  If Class A, B, or C shares represent a part of an individual’s total IRA or 403(b) investment, the CDSC for the applicable share class will be waived only for that part of a mandatory distribution that bears the same relation to the entire mandatory distribution as the investment in that class bears to the total investment.

General.  The percentage (1% in the case of Class A and C shares, and 5% through 1% in the case of Class B shares) used to calculate CDSCs described above for the Class A, B, and C shares is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Applicable Percentage.”

There is no CDSC charged on Class F, I, P, R2, or R3 shares; however, financial intermediaries may charge additional fees or commissions other than those disclosed in the prospectus and SAI, such as a transaction based fee or other fee for its service, and may categorize and disclose these arrangements differently than the discussion here or in the prospectus. You may ask your financial intermediary about any payments it receives from Lord Abbett or the Fund, as well as about fees and/or commissions it charges.

With respect to Class A shares, a CDSC will not be assessed at the time of certain transactions, including redemptions by participants or beneficiaries from certain retirement and benefit plans and benefit payments under retirement and benefit plans in connection with plan loans, hardship withdrawals, death, retirement or separation from service and for returns of excess contributions to retirement plan sponsors. With respect to Class A share purchases by retirement and benefit plans made through financial intermediaries that have special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor, no CDSC will be assessed at the time of redemptions that continue as investments in another fund participating in the program provided the Plan has not redeemed all, or substantially all, of its assets from the Lord Abbett-sponsored funds. With respect to Class B shares, no CDSC is payable for redemptions (i) in connection with Systematic Withdrawal Plan and Div-Move services as described below under those headings, (ii) in connection with a mandatory distribution under 403(b) plans and IRAs and (iii) in connection with the death of the shareholder. In the case of Class A shares, the CDSC is received by Lord Abbett Distributor and is intended to reimburse all or a portion of the amount paid by Lord Abbett Distributor if the shares are redeemed before the Fund has had an opportunity to realize the anticipated benefits of having a long-term shareholder account in the Fund. In the case of Class B and C shares, the CDSC is received by Lord Abbett Distributor and is intended to reimburse its expenses of providing distribution-related services to the Fund (including recoupment of the commission payments made) in connection with the sale of Class B and C shares before Lord Abbett

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Distributor has had an opportunity to realize its anticipated reimbursement by having such a long-term shareholder account subject to the Class B or C distribution fee.

In no event will the amount of the CDSC exceed the Applicable Percentage of the lesser of (i) the NAV of the shares redeemed or (ii) the original cost of such shares (or of the exchanged shares for which such shares were acquired). No CDSC will be imposed when the investor redeems (i) shares representing an aggregate dollar amount of his or her account, in the case of Class A shares, (ii) that percentage of each share redeemed, in the case of Class B and C shares, derived from increases in the value of the shares above the total cost of shares being redeemed due to increases in NAV, (iii) shares with respect to which no Lord Abbett-sponsored fund paid a 12b-1 fee and, in the case of Class B shares, Lord Abbett Distributor paid no sales charge or service fee (including shares acquired through reinvestment of dividend income and capital gains distributions), or (iv) shares that, together with exchanged shares, have been held continuously (a) until the first day of the month in which the one-year anniversary of the original purchase falls (in the case of Class A shares), (b) for six years or more (in the case of Class B shares), and (c) for one year or more (in the case of Class C shares). In determining whether a CDSC is payable, (i) shares not subject to the CDSC will be redeemed before shares subject to the CDSC and (ii) of the shares subject to a CDSC, those held the longest will be the first to be redeemed.

Which Class of Shares Should You Choose?  Once you decide that the Fund is an appropriate investment for you, the decision as to which class of shares is better suited to your needs depends on a number of factors that you should discuss with your financial professional. The Fund’s class-specific expenses and the effect of the different types of sales charges on your investment will affect your investment results over time. The most important factors are how much you plan to invest and how long you plan to hold your investment. If your goals and objectives change over time and you plan to purchase additional shares, you should re-evaluate those factors to see if you should consider another class of shares.

In the following discussion, to help provide you and your financial professional with a framework in which to choose a class, we have made some assumptions using a hypothetical investment in the Fund. We used the sales charge rates that generally apply to Class A, B, and C, and considered the effect of the higher distribution fees on Class B and C expenses (which will affect your investment return). Of course, the actual performance of your investment cannot be predicted and will vary based on the Fund’s actual investment returns, the operating expenses borne by each class of shares, and the class of shares you purchase. The factors briefly discussed below are not intended to be investment advice, guidelines or recommendations, because each investor’s financial considerations are different. The discussion below of the factors to consider in purchasing a particular class of shares assumes that you will purchase only one class of shares and not a combination of shares of different classes. If you are considering an investment through a retirement and benefit plan (available through certain financial intermediaries as Class A, I, P, R2, or R3 share investments), or a fee-based program (available through certain financial intermediaries as Class A, F, I, or P share investments), you should discuss with your financial intermediary which class of shares is available to you and makes the most sense as an appropriate investment.

How Long Do You Expect to Hold Your Investment?  While future financial needs cannot be predicted with certainty, knowing how long you expect to hold your investment will assist you in selecting the appropriate class of shares. For example, over time, the reduced sales charges available for larger purchases of Class A shares may offset the effect of paying an initial sales charge on your investment, compared to the effect over time of higher class-specific expenses on Class B or C shares for which no initial sales charge is paid. Because of the effect of class-based expenses, your choice should also depend on how much you plan to invest.

Investing for the Short Term.  If you have a short-term investment horizon (that is, you plan to hold your shares for not more than six years), you should probably consider purchasing Class A or C shares rather than Class B shares. This is because of the effect of the Class B CDSC if you redeem before the sixth anniversary of your purchase, as well as the effect of the Class B distribution fee on the investment return for that class in the short term. Class C shares might be the appropriate choice (especially for investments of less than $50,000), because there is no initial sales charge on Class C shares, and the CDSC does not apply to amounts you redeem after holding them one year.

However, if you plan to invest more than $50,000 for the short term, then the more you invest and the more your investment horizon increases toward six years, the more attractive the Class A share option may become. This is because the annual distribution fee on Class C shares will have a greater impact on your account over the longer term than the reduced front-end sales charge available for larger purchases of Class A shares.

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In addition, it may not be suitable for you to place an order for Class B or C shares for retirement and benefit plans with at least 100 eligible employees or for retirement and benefit plans made through financial intermediaries that perform participant recordkeeping or other administrative services for the plans and that have entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such purchases. You should discuss this with your financial professional.

Investing for the Longer Term.  If you are investing for the longer term (for example, to provide for future college expenses for your child) and do not expect to need access to your money for seven years or more, Class B shares may be an appropriate investment option, if you plan to invest less than $50,000. If you plan to invest more than $50,000 over the long term, Class A shares will likely be more advantageous than Class B shares or C shares, as discussed above, because of the effect of the expected lower expenses for Class A shares and the reduced initial sales charges available for larger investments in Class A shares under the Fund’s Rights of Accumulation.

Of course, these examples are based on approximations of the effect of current sales charges and expenses on a hypothetical investment over time, and should not be relied on as rigid guidelines.

Are There Differences in Account Features That Matter to You?  Some account features may be available in whole or in part to Class A, B, and C shareholders, but not to Class F, I, P, R2, or R3 shareholders. Other features (such as Systematic Withdrawal Plans) might not be advisable in non-retirement and benefit plan accounts for Class B shareholders (because of the effect of the CDSC on the entire amount of a withdrawal if it exceeds 12% annually) and in any account for Class C shareholders during the first year of share ownership (due to the CDSC on withdrawals during that year). See “Systematic Withdrawal Plan” under “Account Services and Policies” in the prospectus for more information about the 12% annual waiver of the CDSC for Class B and C shares. You should carefully review how you plan to use your investment account before deciding which class of shares you buy. For example, the dividends payable to Class B and C shareholders will be reduced by the expenses borne solely by each of these classes, such as the higher distribution fee to which Class B and C shares are subject.

How Do Payments Affect My Broker?  A salesperson, such as a broker, or any other person who is entitled to receive compensation for selling Fund shares may receive different compensation for selling one class than for selling another class. As discussed in more detail below, such compensation is primarily paid at the time of sale in the case of Class A and B shares and is paid over time, so long as shares remain outstanding, in the case of Class C shares. It is important that investors understand that the primary purpose of the CDSC for the Class B shares and the distribution fee for Class B and C shares is the same as the purpose of the front-end sales charge on sales of Class A shares: to compensate brokers and other persons selling such shares. The CDSC, if payable, supplements the Class B distribution fee and reduces the Class C distribution fee expenses for the Fund and Class C shareholders. See “Financial Intermediary Compensation” in the prospectus.

What About Shares Offered Through Retirement and Benefit Plans or Fee-Based Programs?  The Fund may be offered as an investment option in retirement and benefit plans and fee-based programs. Financial intermediaries may provide some of the shareholder servicing and account maintenance services with respect to these accounts and their participants, including transfers of registration, dividend payee changes, and generation of confirmation statements, and may arrange for third parties to provide other investment or administrative services. Retirement and benefit plan participants may be charged fees for these and other services and fee-based program participants generally pay an overall fee that among other things covers the cost of these services. These fees and expenses are in addition to those paid by the Fund, and could reduce your ultimate investment return in Fund shares. For questions about such accounts, contact your sponsor, employee benefits office, plan administrator, or other appropriate organization.

8.

Purchases, Redemptions, Pricing, and Payments to Dealers

Information concerning how we value Fund shares is contained in the prospectus under “Account Services and Policies – Pricing of Fund Shares.”

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The Fund’s Board has adopted policies and procedures that are designed to prevent or stop excessive trading and market timing. Please see the prospectus under “Account Services and Policies – Excessive Trading and Market Timing” for more information.

Under normal circumstances, we calculate the NAV per share for each class of the Fund as of the close of the NYSE on each day that the NYSE is open for trading by dividing the total net assets of the class by the number of shares of the class outstanding at the time of calculation. The NYSE is closed on Saturdays and Sundays and on days when it observes the following holidays — New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The NYSE may change its holiday schedule or hours of operation at any time.

Portfolio securities are valued at market value as of the close of the NYSE. Market value will be determined as follows: securities listed or admitted to trading privileges on any national or foreign securities exchange, or on the NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the last sale price, or if there is no sale on that day, at the last bid or, in the case of bonds, in the OTC market if that market more accurately reflects the market value of the bonds. Unlisted equity securities are valued at the last transaction price, or if there were no transactions that day, at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. OTC fixed income securities are valued at prices supplied by independent pricing services, which reflect broker-dealer-supplied valuations and electronic data processing techniques reflecting the mean between the bid and asked prices. The principal markets for non-U.S. securities and U.S. fixed income securities also generally close prior to the close of the NYSE. Consequently, values of non-U.S. investments and U.S. fixed income securities will be determined as of the earlier closing of such exchanges and markets unless the Fund prices such a security at its fair value. Securities for which market quotations are not available are valued at fair market value under procedures approved by the Board, as described in the prospectus.

All assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies will be converted into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates of such currencies against U.S. dollars provided by an independent pricing service as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. If such exchange rates are not available, the rate of exchange will be determined in accordance with policies established by the Board.

Net Asset Value Purchases of Class A Shares.  Our Class A shares may be purchased at NAV under the following circumstances:

(a) purchases of $1 million or more;

(b) purchases by retirement and benefit plans with at least 100 eligible employees;

(c) purchases for retirement and benefit plans made through financial intermediaries that perform participant recordkeeping or other administrative services for the plans and that have entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such purchases;

(d) purchases by insurance companies and/or their separate accounts to fund variable insurance contracts, provided that the insurance company provides recordkeeping and related administrative services to the contract owners and has entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such purchases;

(e) purchases made with dividends and distributions on Class A shares of another Eligible Fund;

(f) purchases representing repayment under the loan feature of the Lord Abbett-sponsored prototype 403(b) Plan for Class A shares;

(g) purchases by employees of any consenting securities dealer having a sales agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor;

(h) purchases made by or on behalf of financial intermediaries for clients that pay the financial intermediaries fees in connection with fee-based programs provided that the financial intermediaries or their trading agents have entered into special arrangements with the Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor specifically for such

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purchases;

(i) purchases by trustees or custodians of any pension or profit sharing plan, or payroll deduction IRA for the employees of any consenting securities dealer having a sales agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor;

(j) purchases by each Lord Abbett-sponsored fund’s directors or trustees, officers of each Lord Abbett-sponsored fund, employees and partners of Lord Abbett (including retired persons who formerly held such positions and family members of such purchasers);

(k) purchases involving the concurrent sale of Class B or C shares of the Fund related to the requirements of a settlement agreement that the broker-dealer entered into with a regulatory body relating to share class suitability. These sales transactions will be subject to the assessment of any applicable CDSCs (although the broker-dealer may pay on behalf of the investor or reimburse the investor for any such CDSC), and any investor purchases subsequent to the original concurrent transactions will be at the applicable public offering price, which may include a sales charge; or

(l) purchases by non-U.S. pension funds or insurance companies by or through local intermediaries, provided that the Class A shares have been approved by and/or registered with a relevant local authority and that Lord Abbett Distributor has entered into special arrangements with a local financial intermediary in connection with the distribution or placement of such shares.

Class A shares also may be purchased at NAV (i) by employees, partners and owners of unaffiliated consultants and advisors to Lord Abbett, Lord Abbett Distributor, or Lord Abbett-sponsored funds who consent to such purchase if such persons provide service to Lord Abbett, Lord Abbett Distributor, or such funds on a continuing basis and are familiar with such funds, (ii) in connection with a merger, acquisition or other reorganization, (iii) by employees of our shareholder servicing agent, or (iv) by the trustees or custodians under any pension or profit-sharing plan or payroll deduction IRA established for the benefit of the directors, trustees, employees of Lord Abbett, or employees of our shareholder service agents. Shares are offered at NAV to these investors for the purpose of promoting goodwill with employees and others with whom Lord Abbett Distributor and/or the Fund has a business relationship.

In addition, Class A shares may be acquired without a front-end sales charge in certain exchange transactions. Please see “Exchanges” below.

Exchanges.  To the extent offers and sales may be made in your state, you may exchange some or all of your shares of any class of the Fund for: (i) Lord Abbett-sponsored funds currently offered to the public with a sales charge (front-end, back-end or level); or (ii) Lord Abbett U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Enterprises Money Market Fund, Inc. (“Money Market Fund”). The exchange privilege will not be available with respect to any fund, the shares of which at the time are not available to new investors of the type requesting the exchange. Shareholders in other Lord Abbett-sponsored mutual funds generally have the same right to exchange their shares for the corresponding class of the Fund’s shares.

In addition, shareholders who own any class of shares of an Eligible Fund may exchange such shares for a different class of shares of the same Eligible Fund without any sales charge (or CDSC), provided that (i) such shares are not subject to a CDSC and (ii) such exchange is necessary to facilitate the shareholder’s participation in a fee-based program sponsored by the financial intermediary that is the broker of record on the shareholder’s account that holds the shares to be relinquished as part of the exchange transaction. Likewise, shareholders who participate in a fee-based program sponsored by a financial intermediary and own (directly or beneficially) Class A shares that were purchased with or without a sales charge, Class F shares, or Class P shares may exchange such shares acquired through the shareholder’s participation in such fee-based program for Class A shares of the same Eligible Fund without incurring a sales charge (or a CDSC), provided that (i) such shares are not subject to a CDSC and (ii) the financial intermediary sponsoring the fee-based program is the broker of record on the shareholder’s account that will hold the Class A shares of the Eligible Fund received as a result of the exchange.

The Fund is designed for long-term investors and is not designed to serve as a vehicle for frequent trading in response to short-term swings in the market. The Fund reserves the right to modify, restrict, or reject any purchase order or exchange request if the Fund or Lord Abbett Distributor determines that it is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. In addition, the Fund may revoke or modify the privilege for all shareholders upon 60 days’ written notice.

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You should read the prospectus of the other fund before exchanging. In establishing a new account by exchange, shares of the fund being exchanged must have a value equal to at least the minimum initial investment required for the other fund into which the exchange is made.

An exchange transaction is based on the relative NAV of the shares being exchanged. The NAV, which normally is calculated each business day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time each business day), will be determined after the Fund or its authorized agent receives your exchange order in proper form. Exchanges of Fund shares for shares of another fund generally will be treated as a sale of Fund shares and any gain on the transaction may be subject to federal income tax. In the case of an exchange of shares that have been held for 90 days or less where no sales charge is payable on the exchange, the original sales charge incurred with respect to the exchanged shares will be taken into account in determining gain or loss on the exchange only to the extent such charge exceeds the sales charge that would have been payable on the acquired shares had they been acquired for cash rather than by exchange. The portion of the original sales charge not so taken into account will increase the basis of the acquired shares.

No sales charges are imposed on exchanges, except in the case of exchanges out of the Money Market Fund. Exchanges of Money Market Fund shares for shares of any Lord Abbett-sponsored fund (not including shares described under “Div-Move” below) are subject to a sales charge in accordance with the prospectus of that fund unless a sales charge (front-end, back-end or level) was paid on the initial investment in shares of a Lord Abbett-sponsored fund and those shares subsequently were exchanged for shares of Money Market Fund that are currently being exchanged. No CDSC will be charged on an exchange of shares of the same class between Lord Abbett-sponsored funds. Upon redemption of shares out of the Lord Abbett-sponsored funds, the applicable CDSC will be charged. Thus, if shares of a Lord Abbett-sponsored fund are tendered in exchange (“Exchanged Shares”) for shares of the same class of another fund and the Exchanged Shares are subject to a CDSC, the CDSC will carry over to the shares being acquired (including shares of the Money Market Fund) (“Acquired Shares”). Any CDSC that is carried over to Acquired Shares is calculated as if the holder of the Acquired Shares had held those shares from the date on which he or she became the holder of the Exchanged Shares. Acquired Shares held in the Money Market Fund that are subject to a CDSC will be credited with the time such shares are held in the Money Market Fund.

Rights of Accumulation.  As stated in the prospectus, Purchasers (as defined in the prospectus) may aggregate their investments in Class A, B, C, F, and P shares of any Eligible Fund so that the Purchaser’s current investment in such shares, plus the Purchaser’s new purchase of Class A shares of any Eligible Fund, may reach a level eligible for a discounted sales charge for such shares. Class I, R2, and R3 shares are not eligible to be combined with other share classes for purposes of calculating the applicable sales charge on Class A share purchases.

To the extent your financial intermediary is able to do so, the value of Class A, B, C, F, and P shares of Eligible Funds determined for the purpose of reducing the sales charge of a new purchase under the Rights of Accumulation will be calculated at the higher of: (1) the aggregate current maximum offering price of your existing Class A, B, C, F, and P shares of Eligible Funds (“Market Value”) determined as of the time your new purchase order is processed; or (2) the aggregate amount you invested in such shares (including reinvestments of dividend and capital gain distributions but excluding capital appreciation) less any withdrawals (“Investment Value”). Depending on the way in which the registration information is recorded for the account in which your shares are held, the value of your holdings in that account may not be eligible for calculation at the Investment Value. For example, shares held in accounts maintained by financial intermediaries in nominee or street name may not be eligible for calculation at Investment Value. In such circumstances, the value of the shares may be calculated at Market Value for purposes of Rights of Accumulation.

You should retain any information and account records necessary to substantiate the historical amounts you and any related Purchasers have invested in Eligible Funds. In certain circumstances, unless you provide documentation (or your financial intermediary maintains records) that substantiates a different Investment Value, your shares will be assigned an initial Investment Value for purposes of Rights of Accumulation. Specifically, Class A, B, C, F, and P shares of Eligible Funds acquired in calendar year 2007 or earlier will be assigned an initial Investment Value equal to the Market Value of those holdings as of the last business day of December 31, 2007. Similarly, Class A, B, C, F, and P shares of Eligible Funds transferred to an account with another financial intermediary will be assigned an initial Investment Value equal to the Market Value of such shares on the transfer date. Thereafter, the Investment Value of such shares will increase or decrease according your actual investments, reinvestments and withdrawals. You must contact your financial

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intermediary or the Fund if you have additional information that is relevant to the calculation of the Investment Value of your holdings for purposes of reducing sales charges pursuant to the Rights of Accumulation.

Redemptions.  A redemption order is in proper form when it contains all of the information and documentation required by the order form or otherwise by Lord Abbett Distributor or the Fund to carry out the order. Redemptions may be suspended or payment postponed during any period in which any of the following conditions exist: the NYSE is closed or trading on the NYSE is restricted; an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund to fairly determine the value of the net assets of its portfolio; or the SEC, by order, so permits. Redemptions, even when followed by repurchases, are taxable transactions for shareholders that are subject to U.S. federal income tax.

The Board may authorize redemption of all of the shares in any account in which there are fewer than 25 shares. Before authorizing such redemption, the Board must determine that it is in our economic best interest or necessary to reduce disproportionately burdensome expenses in servicing shareholder accounts. At least 60 days’ prior written notice will be given before any such redemption, during which time shareholders may avoid redemption by bringing their accounts up to the minimum set by the Board.

Div-Move.  Under the Div-Move service described in the prospectus, you can invest the dividends paid on your account of any class into an existing account of the same class in any other Eligible Fund. The account must either be your account, a joint account for you and your spouse, a single account for your spouse, or a custodial account for your minor child under the age of 21. You should read the prospectus of the other fund before investing.

Invest-A-Matic.  The Invest-A-Matic method of investing in the Fund and/or any other Eligible Fund is described in the prospectus. To avail yourself of this method you must complete the application form, selecting the time and amount of your bank checking account withdrawals and the funds for investment, include a voided, unsigned check and complete the bank authorization.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan (“SWP”).  The SWP also is described in the prospectus. You may establish an SWP if you own or purchase uncertificated shares having a current offering price value of at least $10,000 in the case of Class A or C shares and $25,000 in the case of Class B shares, except in the case of an SWP established for certain retirement and benefit plans, for which there is no minimum. Lord Abbett prototype retirement plans have no such minimum. With respect to Class B and C shares, the CDSC will be waived on redemptions of up to 12% per year of the current value of your account at the time the SWP is established. For Class B share redemptions over 12% per year, the CDSC will apply to the entire redemption. Therefore, please contact the Fund for assistance in minimizing the CDSC in this situation. With respect to Class C shares, the CDSC will be waived on and after the first anniversary of their purchase. The SWP involves the planned redemption of shares on a periodic basis by receiving either fixed or variable amounts at periodic intervals. Because the value of shares redeemed may be more or less than their cost, gain or loss may be recognized for income tax purposes on each periodic payment. Normally, you may not make regular investments at the same time you are receiving systematic withdrawal payments because it is not in your interest to pay a sales charge on new investments when, in effect, a portion of that new investment is soon withdrawn. The minimum investment accepted while a withdrawal plan is in effect is $1,000. The SWP may be terminated by you or by us at any time by written notice.

Retirement Plans.  The prospectus indicates the types of retirement plans for which Lord Abbett provides forms and explanations. Lord Abbett makes available the retirement plan forms including 401(k) plans and custodial agreements for IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts, including Traditional, Education, Roth and SIMPLE IRAs and Simplified Employee Pensions), 403(b) plans and qualified pension and profit-sharing plans. The forms name State Street Bank and Trust Company as custodian and contain specific information about the plans excluding 401(k) plans. Explanations of the eligibility requirements, annual custodial fees and allowable tax advantages and penalties are set forth in the relevant plan documents. Adoption of any of these plans should be on the advice of your legal counsel or qualified tax advisor.

Purchases through Financial Intermediaries.  The Fund and/or Lord Abbett Distributor have authorized one or more agents to receive on its behalf purchase and redemption orders. Such agents are authorized to designate other intermediaries to receive purchase and redemption orders on behalf of the Fund or Lord Abbett Distributor. The Fund will be deemed to have received a purchase or redemption order when an authorized agent or, if applicable, an agent’s authorized designee, receives the order. The order will be priced at the Fund’s NAV next computed after it is received by

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the Fund’s authorized agent, or if applicable, the agent’s authorized designee. A financial intermediary may charge transaction fees on the purchase and/or sale of Fund shares.

Revenue Sharing and Other Payments to Dealers and Financial Intermediaries.  As described in the prospectus, Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor, in its sole discretion, at its own expense and without cost to the Fund or shareholders, also may make payments to dealers and other firms authorized to accept orders for Fund shares (collectively, “Dealers”) in connection with marketing and/or distribution support for Dealers, shareholder servicing, entertainment, training and education activities for the Dealers, their investment advisor and/or their clients or potential clients, and/or the purchase of products or services from such Dealers. Some of these payments may be referred to as revenue sharing payments. As of the date of this SAI, the Dealers to whom Lord Abbett or Lord Abbett Distributor has agreed to make revenue sharing payments (not including payments for entertainment, and training and education activities for the Dealers, their investment advisor and/or their clients or potential clients) with respect to the Fund and/or other Lord Abbett Funds were as follows:

AIG SunAmerica Life Assurance Company	Mass Mutual Life Investors Services, Inc.
Allstate Life Insurance Company	Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company
Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (and/or
B.C. Ziegler and Company	certain of its affiliates)
Bank of America	MetLife Securities, Inc.
Bodell Overcash Anderson & Co., Inc.	Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc.	Nationwide Investment Services Corporation
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.	PHL Variable Insurance Company
Commonwealth Financial Network	Phoenix Life and Annuity Company
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.	Phoenix Life Insurance Company
Family Investors Company	Protective Life Insurance Company
Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC	RBC Dain Rauscher
First SunAmerica Life Insurance Company	RBC Insurance d/b/a Liberty Life Insurance
First Allied Securities, Inc.	Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Genworth Life & Annuity Insurance Company	Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company	Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Hartford Life Insurance Company	Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York
James I. Black & Co.	UBS Financial Services Inc.
Janney Montgomery Scott	US Bancorp
Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York	Wells Fargo Advisors
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company	Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.
LPL Financial

For more specific information about any revenue sharing payments made to your Dealer, you should contact your investment advisor. See “Financial Intermediary Compensation” in the prospectus for further information.

The Lord Abbett Funds understand that, in accordance with guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor, retirement and benefit plans, sponsors of qualified retirement plans and/or recordkeepers may be required to use the fees they (or, in the case of recordkeepers, their affiliates) receive for the benefit of the retirement and benefit plans or the investors. This may take the form of recordkeepers passing the fees through to their clients or reducing the clients’ charges by the amount of fees the recordkeeper receives from mutual funds.

Thomas J. Neff, an Independent Director of the Fund, is a director of Hewitt Associates, Inc. and owns less than [ 0.03%] of the outstanding shares of Hewitt Associates, Inc. Hewitt Associates, Inc. is a global human resources outsourcing and consulting firm with approximately [ $3.0] billion in revenue in fiscal 2009. Hewitt Associates LLC, a subsidiary of Hewitt Associates, Inc., may receive recordkeeping payments from the Fund and/or other Lord Abbett-sponsored funds. In the twelve months ended October 31, 2009, Hewitt Associates LLC received recordkeeping payments totaling approximately [$85,135] from all of the Lord Abbett-sponsored funds in the aggregate.

Redemptions in Kind.  Under circumstances in which it is deemed detrimental to the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders to make redemption payments wholly in cash, the Fund may pay any portion of a redemption in excess of the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets by a distribution in kind of readily marketable securities in lieu of

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cash. The Fund presently has no intention to make redemptions in kind under normal circumstances, unless specifically requested by a shareholder.

9.

Taxation of the Fund

The Fund has elected, has qualified, and intends to continue to qualify for the special tax treatment afforded regulated investment companies under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). If the Fund continues to qualify for such tax treatment, the Fund will not be liable for U.S. federal income taxes on income and capital gains that the Fund timely distributes to its shareholders. If in any taxable year the Fund fails to so qualify, all of its taxable income will be taxed to the Fund at regular corporate rates and when such income is distributed, such distributions will be further taxed at the shareholder level. Assuming the Fund continues to qualify for the favorable tax treatment afforded to a regulated investment company, it will be subject to a 4% non-deductible excise tax on certain amounts that are not distributed or treated as having been distributed on a timely basis each calendar year. The Fund intends to distribute to its shareholders each year an amount adequate to avoid the imposition of this excise tax.

The Fund intends to declare and pay as dividends each year substantially all of its net income from investments. Dividends paid by the Fund from its ordinary income or net realized short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income; however, certain qualified dividend income that the Fund receives and distributes to an individual shareholder may be subject to a reduced tax rate of 15% (0% for certain shareholders in the 10% or 15% income tax brackets) if the shareholder meets certain holding period and other requirements.

A dividend that is attributable to qualified dividend income of the Fund that is paid by the Fund to an individual shareholder will not be taxable as qualified dividend income to such shareholder (1) if the dividend is received with respect to any share of the Fund held for fewer than 61 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the date such shares became “ex-dividend” with respect to the dividend income; (2) if the shareholder elects to have the dividend income treated as investment income for purposes of the limitation on deductibility of investment interest, or (3) to the extent that the shareholder is under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property.

Distributions paid by the Fund from its net realized long-term capital gains that are designated by the Fund as “capital gain dividends” are taxable to you as long-term capital gains, regardless of the length of time you have owned Fund shares. The maximum federal income tax rates applicable to net capital gains recognized by individuals and other non-corporate taxpayers are currently (i) the same as ordinary income tax rates for capital assets held for one year or less, and (ii) 15% (0% for certain taxpayers in the 10% or 15% tax brackets) for capital assets held for more than one year. You should also be aware that the benefits of the long-term capital gains and qualified dividend income rates may be reduced if you are subject to the alternative minimum tax. Under current law, the reduced federal income tax rates on qualified dividend income and long-term capital gains will cease to apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010. Capital gains recognized by corporate shareholders are subject to tax at the ordinary income tax rates applicable to corporations. All dividends are taxable regardless of whether they are received in cash or reinvested in Fund shares.

The Fund’s net capital losses for any year cannot be passed through to you but can be carried forward for a period of up to eight years to offset the Fund’s capital gains in those years. To the extent capital gains are offset by such losses, they do not result in tax liability to the Fund and are not expected to be distributed to you as capital gain dividends.

Dividends paid by the Fund to corporate shareholders may qualify for the dividends-received deduction to the extent they are derived from dividends paid to the Fund by domestic corporations. If you are a corporation, you must have held your Fund shares for more than 45 days to qualify for the dividends-received deduction. The dividends-received deduction may be limited if you incur indebtedness to acquire Fund shares, and may result in a reduction to the basis of your shares in the Fund if the dividend constitutes an extraordinary dividend at the Fund level.

Distributions paid by the Fund that do not constitute dividends because they exceed the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital and reduce the tax basis of your Fund shares. To the extent that such distributions exceed the tax basis of your Fund shares, the excess amounts will be treated as gain from the sale of the shares.

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Ordinarily, you are required to take distributions by the Fund into account in the year in which they are made. However, a distribution declared as of a record date in October, November, or December of any year and paid during the following January is treated as received by shareholders on December 31 of the year in which it is declared. The Fund will send you annual information concerning the tax treatment of dividends and other distributions paid to you by the Fund.

At the time of your purchase of Fund shares, a portion of the purchase price may be attributable to realized or unrealized appreciation in the Fund’s portfolio or to undistributed taxable income of the Fund. Consequently, subsequent distributions by the Fund with respect to these shares from such appreciation or income may be taxable to you even if the NAV of your shares is, as a result of the distributions, reduced below your cost for such shares and the distributions economically represent a return of a portion of your investment.

Redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares for shares of another fund generally are taxable events for shareholders that are subject to tax. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors with reference to their individual circumstances to determine whether any particular transaction in Fund shares is properly treated as a sale for tax purposes, as the following discussion assumes, and the tax treatment of any gains or losses recognized in such transactions. In general, if Fund shares are sold, you will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale and your adjusted basis in the shares. Such gain or loss generally will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the shares were held for more than one year and otherwise generally will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss. However, if your holding period in your Fund shares is six months or less, any capital loss realized from a sale, exchange, or redemption of such shares must be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of any capital gain dividends received with respect to such shares.

Losses on the sale of Fund shares may be disallowed to the extent that within a period beginning 30 days before the date of the sale and ending 30 days after the date of the sale, you acquire other shares in the Fund (including pursuant to reinvestment of dividends and/or capital gain distributions). In addition, if shares in the Fund that have been held for less than 91 days are redeemed and the proceeds are reinvested in shares of the Fund or another fund pursuant to the Reinvestment Privilege, or if shares in the Fund that have been held for less than 91 days are exchanged for the same class of shares in another fund at NAV pursuant to the exchange privilege, all or a portion of any sales charge paid on the shares that are redeemed or exchanged will not be included in the tax basis of such shares under the Code to the extent that a sales charge that would otherwise apply to the shares received is reduced.

If your Fund shares are redeemed by a distribution of securities, you will be taxed as if you had received cash equal to the fair market value of the securities. Consequently, you will have a fair market value basis in the securities.

Shareholders that are exempt from U.S. federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are qualified under Section 401 of the Code, generally are not subject to U.S. federal income tax on Fund dividends or distributions or on sales or exchanges of Fund shares unless the acquisition of the Fund shares was debt financed. However, in the case of Fund shares held through a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, Fund dividends and distributions received by the plan and sales and exchanges of Fund shares by the plan generally are taxable to the employer sponsoring such plan in accordance with the U.S. federal income tax laws governing deferred compensation plans.

A plan participant whose retirement plan invests in the Fund, whether such plan is qualified or not, generally is not taxed on Fund dividends or distributions received by the plan or on sales or exchanges of Fund shares by the plan for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, distributions to plan participants from a retirement plan account generally are taxable as ordinary income and different tax treatment, including penalties on certain excess contributions and deferrals, certain pre-retirement and post-retirement distributions and certain prohibited transactions, is accorded to accounts maintained as qualified retirement plans. Shareholders and plan participants should consult their tax advisors for more information.

Under Treasury regulations, if you are an individual and recognize a loss with respect to Fund shares of $2 million or more (if you are a corporation, $10 million or more) in any single taxable year (or greater amounts over a combination of years), you may be required to file a disclosure statement with the Internal Revenue Service. A shareholder who fails to make the required disclosure may be subject to substantial penalties.

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Certain investment practices that the Fund may utilize, such as investing in options, futures, forward contracts, short sales, swaps, structured securities, foreign currency, or foreign entities classified as “passive foreign investment companies” for U.S. tax purposes, may affect the amount, character, and timing of the recognition of gains and losses by the Fund. Such transactions may in turn affect the amount and character of Fund distributions to you.

The Fund may in some cases be subject to foreign withholding taxes, which would reduce the yield on its investments. Tax conventions between certain countries and the U.S. may reduce or eliminate such taxes in some cases. It is generally expected that the Fund will not be eligible to pass through to you the ability to claim a federal income tax credit or deduction for foreign income taxes paid by the Fund.

You may be subject to a 28% withholding tax on reportable dividends, capital gain distributions, and redemptions (“backup withholding”). Generally, you will be subject to backup withholding if the Fund does not have your Social Security number or other certified taxpayer identification number on file, or, to the Fund’s knowledge, the number that you have provided is incorrect or backup withholding is applicable as a result of your previous underreporting of interest or dividend income. When establishing an account, you must certify under penalties of perjury that your Social Security number or other taxpayer identification number is correct and that you are not otherwise subject to backup withholding.

The foregoing discussion addresses only the U.S. federal income tax consequences applicable to shareholders who are subject to U.S. federal income tax, hold their shares as capital assets, and are U.S. persons (generally, U.S. citizens or residents (including certain former citizens and former long-term residents), domestic corporations or domestic entities taxed as corporations for U.S. tax purposes, estates the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, and trusts if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over their administration and at least one U.S. person has the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trusts). The treatment of the owner of an interest in an entity that is a pass-through entity for U.S. tax purposes (e.g., partnerships and disregarded entities) and that owns Fund shares will generally depend upon the status of the owner and the activities of the pass-through entity. Except as otherwise provided, this description does not address the special tax rules that may be applicable to particular types of investors, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, securities dealers, or tax-exempt or tax-deferred plans, accounts or entities. If you are not a U.S. person or are the owner of an interest in a pass-through entity that owns Fund shares, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the U.S. and foreign tax consequences of the ownership of Fund shares, including the applicable rate of U.S. withholding tax on amounts treated as ordinary dividends from the Fund (other than certain dividends derived from short-term capital gains and qualified interest income of the Fund, for taxable years of the Fund commencing prior to January 1, 2010, provided that the Fund chooses to make a specific designation relating to such dividends), and the applicability of U.S. gift and estate taxes.

The Fund does not expect to be a “U.S. real property holding corporation” as defined in section 897(c)(2) of the Code and, therefore, does not expect to be subject to look-through rules for gains from the sale or exchange of U.S. real property interests. If the Fund were a U.S. real property holding corporation, certain distributions by the Fund to non-U.S. shareholders would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a rate of up to 35% and non-U.S. shareholders owning 5% or more of the Fund within one year of certain distributions would be required to file a U.S. federal income tax return to report such gains. Non-U.S. shareholders should consult their own tax advisors on these matters.

Because everyone’s tax situation is unique, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the treatment of distributions under the federal, state, local, and foreign tax rules that apply to you, as well as the tax consequences of gains or losses from the sale, exchange, or redemption of your Fund shares.

10.

Underwriter

Lord Abbett Distributor LLC, a New York limited liability company and subsidiary of Lord Abbett, 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-3973, serves as the principal underwriter for the Fund. The Fund has entered into a distribution agreement with Lord Abbett Distributor, under which Lord Abbett Distributor is obligated to use its best efforts to find purchasers for the shares of the Fund, and to make reasonable efforts to sell Fund shares on a continuous basis, so long as, in Lord Abbett Distributor’s judgment, a substantial distribution can be obtained by reasonable efforts.

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For the last three fiscal years, Lord Abbett Distributor, as the Fund’s principal underwriter, received net commissions after allowance of a portion of the sales charge to independent dealers with respect to Class A shares of the Fund as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2009			Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2008			Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2007
Gross sales charge	[$	17,403,200	]	[$	17,403,200	]	[$	25,112,179	]
Amount allowed to dealers	[$	14,671,623	]	[$	14,671,623	]	[$	21,171,228	]
Net commissions received by Lord Abbett Distributor	[$	2,731,577	]	[$	2,731,577	]	[$	3,940,951	]

In addition, Lord Abbett Distributor, as the Fund’s principal underwriter, received the following compensation for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009:

	Compensation on Redemption and Repurchase	Brokerage Commissions in Connection with Fund Transactions	Other Compensation
Class A	$0	$0	$[13,259,018.30]
Class B	$0	$0	$[3,632.22] *
Class C	$0 *	$0	$[15,899.42] *
Class F	$0	$0	$[0]
Class P	$0	$0	$[396.96]
Class R2	$0	$0	$[0]
Class R3	$0	$0	$[42.95]

* Excludes 12b-1 payments and CDSC fees received during the first year of the associated investment as repayment of fees advanced by Lord Abbett Distributor to broker/dealers at the time of sale.

11.

Financial Statements

[To Be Updated]

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APPENDIX A

FUND PORTFOLIO INFORMATION RECIPIENTS

The following is a list of the third parties that are eligible to receive portfolio holdings or related information pursuant to ongoing arrangements under the circumstances described above under Investment Policies – Policies and Procedures Governing Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings:

	Portfolio Holdings*
Abel/Noser Corp.	Monthly
Base-Two Investment Systems, Inc.	Daily
Becker, Burke Associates	Monthly
Bell GlobeMedia Publishing Co.	Monthly
Berthel Schutter	Monthly
Bloomberg L.P.	Daily
Branch Bank and Trust	Upon Request
Callan Associates Inc.	Monthly
Cambridge Associates LLC	Monthly
Cardinal Investment Advisors LLC	Upon Request
Citigroup/The Yield Book, Inc.	Daily
CJS Securities, Inc.	Daily
CL King & Associates	Monthly
Concord Advisory Group Ltd.	Monthly
Curcio Webb	Monthly
Deloitte & Touche LLP	Annually
DeMarche Associates, Inc.	Upon Request
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.	Monthly
Evaluation Associates, LLC	Monthly
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.	Daily
Financial Model Co. (FMC)	Daily
Frank Russell Company	Upon Request
Fund Evaluation Group, LLC	Quarterly
Hartland & Co.	Monthly
Inforlago IT Ltd.	Upon Request
ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company / ING Insurance Company of America	Upon Request
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS)	Daily
Investortools Inc.	Daily
Ipreo	Upon Request
Jefferies & Co., Inc.	Monthly
Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, Inc.	Monthly
John Hancock Financial Services	Upon Request
JP Morgan Securities, Inc.	Monthly
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (counsel to Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC)	Upon Request
LCG Associates, Inc.	Upon Request
Lipper Inc., a Reuters Company (tech)	Monthly

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	Portfolio Holdings*
Longbow Research	Monthly
Louise Yamada Technical Research Advisors, LLC	Upon Request
Marquette Associates	Upon Request
Mercer HR Services LLC	Monthly
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.	Monthly
Morningstar Associates, Inc., Morningstar, Inc.	Daily
MSCI Barra	Daily
Natixis Bleichroeder, Inc.	Upon Request
Nock, Inc.	Daily
Prime Buchholz & Associates, Inc.	Upon Request
Princeton Financial Systems, Inc.	Upon Request
Rabil Stock Research, LLC	Upon Request
RBC Capital Markets Corporation	Upon Request
Reuters America LLC	Daily
Robert W. Baird, Inc. & Co. Incorporated	Upon Request
Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC	Monthly
Rogerscasey	Monthly
SG Constellation LLC	Daily
Sidoti & Company, LLC	Upon Request
Standard & Poor’s	Monthly
State Street Corporation	Daily
Stifel, Nicholaus & Co. Inc.	Quarterly
Stratford Advisory Group. Inc.	Upon Request
Sungard Expert Solutions, Inc.	Daily
The Marco Consulting Group	Monthly
Wall Street Source	Daily
Watershed Investment Consultants	Quarterly
Watson Wyatt Worldwide	Monthly
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP	Upon Request

* The Fund may provide its portfolio holdings to (a) third parties that render services to the Fund relating to such holdings (i.e., pricing vendors, ratings organizations, custodians, external administrators, independent registered public accounting firms, counsel, etc.) as appropriate to the service being provided to the Fund, on a daily, monthly, calendar quarterly or annual basis, and (b) third party consultants on a monthly or calendar quarterly basis for the sole purpose of performing their own analyses with respect to the Fund within one day following each calendar period-end.

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APPENDIX B

LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC

PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Introduction

Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett” or “we”) acts as a fiduciary that owes each of its clients duties of care and loyalty with respect to all services undertaken on the client’s behalf, including proxy voting. This means that Lord Abbett is required to vote proxies in the manner we believe is in the best interests of each client, including the Lord Abbett Funds (the “Funds”) and their shareholders. We take a long-term perspective in investing our clients’ assets and employ the same perspective in voting proxies on their behalf. Accordingly, we tend to support proxy proposals that we believe are likely to maximize shareholder value over time, whether such proposals were initiated by a company or its shareholders.

Proxy Voting Process Overview

Lord Abbett has a Proxy Group within its Operations Department (the “Proxy Group”) that oversees proxy voting mechanics on a day-to-day basis and provides Lord Abbett’s Proxy Policy Committee (the “Proxy Policy Committee”) and Investment Department personnel with information regarding shareholder voting. The Proxy Policy Committee consists of Lord Abbett’s Chief Investment Officer, Director of Domestic Equity Portfolio Management, Director of International Equity, Director of Research, and General Counsel. Voting decisions are made by the Investment Department in accordance with these policies and procedures and are carried out by the Proxy Group.

Lord Abbett has retained an independent third party service provider (the “Proxy Advisor”) to analyze proxy issues and recommend how to vote on those issues, and to provide assistance in the administration of the proxy process, including maintaining complete proxy voting records.¹ While Lord Abbett takes into consideration the information and recommendations of the Proxy Advisor, Lord Abbett votes all proxies based on its own proxy voting policies, including Lord Abbett’s conclusions regarding the best interests of the Funds, their shareholders and other advisory clients, rather than basing decisions solely on the Proxy Advisor’s recommendations.

Lord Abbett has implemented a three-pronged approach to the proxy voting process, which is described more fully below:

• In cases where we deem any client’s position in a company to be material,² the relevant investment team is responsible for determining how to vote the security. Once a voting decision has been made, the investment team provides instructions to the Proxy Group, which is responsible for submitting Lord Abbett’s vote.

• In cases where we deem all clients’ positions in a company to be non-material, the Chief Administrative Officer for the Investment Department is responsible for determining how to vote the security. The Chief Administrative Officer may seek guidance from the relevant investment team, the Proxy Policy Committee or any of its members, the Proxy Advisor, or other sources to determine how to vote. Once a voting decision has been made, the Chief Administrative Officer provides instructions to the Proxy Group, which is responsible for submitting Lord Abbett’s vote.

• Lord Abbett has identified certain types of proxy proposals that it considers purely administrative in nature and as to which it will always vote in favor. The Proxy Group is authorized to vote in favor of such proposals without receiving instructions from the Investment Department, regardless of the materiality of any client’s position. Lord Abbett presently considers the following specific types of proposals to fall within this category:

¹                Lord Abbett currently retains RiskMetrics Group as the Proxy Advisor.

²                 We presently consider a position in a particular company to be material if: (1) it represents more than 1% of any client’s portfolio holdings and all clients’ positions in the company together represent more than 1% of the company’s outstanding shares; or (2) all clients’ positions in the company together represent more than 5% of the company’s outstanding shares. For purposes of determining materiality, we exclude shares held by clients with respect to which Lord Abbett does not have authority to vote proxies. We also exclude shares with respect to which Lord Abbett’s vote is restricted or limited due to super-voting share structures (where one class of shares has super-voting rights that effectively disenfranchise other classes of shares), vote limitation policies, and other similar measures. This definition of materiality is subject to change at our discretion.

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(1) proposals to change a company’s name; and (2) proposals regarding formalities of shareholder meetings (namely, changes to a meeting’s date, time, or location).

When multiple investment teams manage one or more portfolios that hold the same voting security, the investment team that manages the largest number of shares of the security will be considered to have the dominant position and Lord Abbett will vote all shares on behalf of all clients that hold the security in accordance with the vote determined by the investment team with the dominant position.

Conflicts of Interest

Lord Abbett is an independent, privately held firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Although Lord Abbett does not face the conflicts of interest inherent in being part of a larger financial institution, conflicts of interest nevertheless may arise in the proxy voting process. Such a conflict may exist, for example, when a client’s account holds shares of a company that also is a client of Lord Abbett. We have adopted safeguards designed to ensure that conflicts of interests are identified and resolved in our clients’ best interests rather than our own. Generally, when a potential conflict of interest arises, Lord Abbett adheres to its voting guidelines on the issue or, if the guidelines do not address the particular issue, we would follow the Proxy Advisor’s recommendation.

Lord Abbett maintains a list of all publicly held companies for which one of the Funds’ independent directors/trustees also serves on the board of directors or is a nominee for election to the board of directors. If a Fund owns stock in such a company and if Lord Abbett decides not to follow the Proxy Advisor’s recommendation concerning a proxy proposal involving the company, Lord Abbett will notify the related Fund’s Proxy Committee³ and seek voting instructions from the Committee. In these instances, if applicable, the independent director/trustee will abstain from any discussions by the Fund’s Proxy Committee regarding the company.

Lord Abbett also maintains a list of all publicly held companies (including any subsidiaries of such companies) that have a significant business relationship with Lord Abbett. A “significant business relationship” for this purpose means: (1) a broker dealer firm that is responsible for one percent or more of the Funds’ total dollar amount of shares sold for the last 12 months; (2) a firm that is a sponsor firm with respect to Lord Abbett’s separately managed account business; (3) an institutional account client that has an investment management agreement with Lord Abbett; (4) an institutional investor that, to Lord Abbett’s knowledge, holds at least $5 million in shares of the Funds; and (5) a retirement plan client that, to Lord Abbett’s knowledge, has at least $5 invested in the Funds. For proxy proposals involving such companies, Lord Abbett will notify the Funds’ Proxy Committees and seek voting instructions from the Committees only in those situations where Lord Abbett proposes not to follow the Proxy Advisor’s recommendations.

Proxy Voting Guidelines

A general summary of the guidelines that we normally follow in voting proxies appears below. These voting guidelines reflect our general views. We reserve the flexibility to vote in a manner contrary to our general views on particular issues if we believe doing so is in the best interests of our clients, including the Funds and their shareholders. Many different specific types of proposals may arise under the broad categories discussed below, and it is not possible to contemplate every issue on which we may be asked to vote. Accordingly, we will vote on proposals concerning issues not expressly covered by these guidelines based on the specific factors that we believe are relevant.

A.         Auditors – Auditors are responsible for examining, correcting, and verifying the accuracy of a company’s financial statements. Lord Abbett believes that companies normally are in the best position to select their auditors and, therefore, we generally support management’s recommendations concerning the ratification of the selection of auditors. However, we may evaluate such proposals on a case-by-case basis due to concerns about impaired independence, accounting irregularities, or failure of the auditors to act in shareholders’ best economic interests, among other factors we may deem relevant.

³                 The boards of directors and trustees of the Funds have delegated oversight of proxy voting to separate Proxy Committees comprised solely of independent directors and/or trustees, as the case may be. Each Proxy Committee is responsible for, among other things: (1) monitoring Lord Abbett’s actions in voting securities owned by the related Fund; (2) evaluating Lord Abbett’s policies in voting securities; and (3) meeting with Lord Abbett to review the policies in voting securities, the sources of information used in determining how to vote on particular matters, and the procedures used to determine the votes in any situation where there may be a conflict of interest.

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B.            Directors

1. Election of directors – The board of directors of a company oversees all aspects of the company’s business. Companies and, under certain circumstances, their shareholders, may nominate directors for election by shareholders. Lord Abbett believes that the independent directors currently serving on a company’s board of directors (or a nominating committee comprised of such independent directors) generally are in the best position to identify qualified director nominees. Accordingly, we normally vote in accordance with management’s recommendations on the election of directors. In evaluating a director nominee’s candidacy, however, Lord Abbett may consider the following factors, among others: (1) the composition of the board and its committees; (2) whether the nominee is independent of company management; (3) the nominee’s board meeting attendance; (4) the nominee’s history of representing shareholder interests on the company’s board or other boards; (5) the nominee’s investment in the company; (6) the company’s long-term performance relative to a market index; and (7) takeover activity. Lord Abbett may withhold votes for some or all of a company’s director nominees on a case-by-case basis.

2. Majority voting – Under a majority voting standard, director nominees must be elected by an affirmative majority of the votes cast at a meeting. Majority voting establishes a higher threshold for director election than plurality voting, in which nominees who receive the most votes are elected, regardless of how small the number of votes received is relative to the total number of shares voted. Lord Abbett generally supports proposals that seek to adopt a majority voting standard.

3. Board classification – A “classified” or “staggered” board is a structure in which only a portion of a company’s board of directors (typically one-third) is elected each year. A company may employ such a structure to promote continuity of leadership and thwart takeover attempts. Lord Abbett generally votes against proposals to classify a board, absent special circumstances indicating that shareholder interests would be better served by such a structure. In evaluating a classified board proposal, Lord Abbett may consider the following factors, among others: (1) the company’s long-term strategic plan; (2) the extent to which continuity of leadership is necessary to advance that plan; and (3) the need to guard against takeover attempts.

4. Separation of chairman and chief executive officer functions – Proponents of proposals for the separation of the roles of a company’s chairman and chief executive officer (“CEO”) seek to enhance board accountability and mitigate a company’s risk-taking behavior by asking that the role of the chairman of the company’s board of directors be filled by someone other than the company’s CEO. We generally support separation of the chairman and CEO functions, although we may oppose such separation on a case-by-case basis if we believe that a company’s governance structure or business promotes good and successful business management through other means.

5. Independent chairman – An independent director is one who serves on a company’s board but is not employed by the company or affiliated with it in any other capacity. We generally vote with management on proposals that call for an independent director to serve as the chairman of a company’s board of directors. We may vote for such proposals on a case-by-case basis, regardless of management opposition, if we believe that a company’s governance structure does not promote independent oversight through other means, such as a lead director, a board composed of a majority of independent directors, and/or independent board committees.

6. Independent board and committee members – Lord Abbett believes that independent board and committee membership often helps to mitigate the inherent conflicts of interest that arise when a company’s executive officers also serve on its board and committees. Therefore, we generally support proposals seeking to impose a requirement that a majority of a company’s directors be independent. We also generally support proposals seeking to impose a requirement that a board’s audit, compensation, nominating, and/or other committees be composed exclusively of independent directors.

C.             Compensation and Benefits

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1. General – In the wake of recent corporate scandals and market volatility, shareholders increasingly have scrutinized the nature and amount of compensation paid by a company to its executive officers and other employees. Lord Abbett believes that because a company has exclusive knowledge of material information not available to shareholders regarding its business, financial condition, and prospects, the company itself usually is in the best position to make decisions about compensation and benefits. Accordingly, we generally vote with management on such matters. However, we may oppose management on a case-by-case basis if we deem a company’s compensation to be excessive or inconsistent with its peer companies’ compensation, we believe a company’s compensation measures do not foster a long-term focus among its executive officers and other employees, or we believe a company has not met performance expectations, among other reasons. Discussed below are some specific types of compensation-related proposals that we may encounter.

2. Incentive compensation plans – An incentive compensation plan rewards an executive’s performance through a combination of cash compensation and stock awards. Incentive compensation plans are designed to align an executive’s compensation with a company’s long-term performance. As noted above, Lord Abbett believes that management generally is in the best position to assess executive compensation levels and, therefore, generally votes with management on proposals relating to incentive compensation plans. In evaluating such a proposal, however, Lord Abbett may consider the following factors, among others: (1) the executive’s expertise and the value he or she brings to the company; (2) the company’s performance, particularly during the executive’s tenure; (3) the percentage of overall compensation that consists of stock; (4) whether the incentive compensation plan has any potential to dilute the voting power or economic interests of other shareholders; (5) the features of the plan and costs associated with it; (6) whether the plan provides for repricing or replacement of underwater stock options; and (7) quantitative data from the Proxy Advisor regarding compensation ranges by industry and company size. We also scrutinize very closely the proposed repricing or replacement of underwater stock options, taking into consideration the stock’s volatility, management’s rationale for the repricing or replacement, the new exercise price, and any other factors we deem relevant.

3. Say on pay – “Say on pay” proposals give shareholders a nonbinding vote on executive compensation. These shareholder proposals are designed to serve as a means of conveying to company management shareholder concerns, if any, about executive compensation. Lord Abbett believes that management generally is in the best position to assess executive compensation. Thus, we generally vote with management on say on pay proposals unless we believe that compensation has been excessive or direct feedback to management about compensation has not resulted in any changes.

4. Pay for performance – “Pay for performance” proposals are shareholder proposals that seek to achieve greater alignment between executive compensation and company performance. Shareholders initiating these proposals tend to focus on board compensation committees’ accountability, the use of independent compensation consultants, enhanced disclosure of compensation packages, and perquisites given to executives. Because Lord Abbett believes that management generally is in the best position to assess executive compensation, we generally follow management’s voting recommendations regarding pay for performance proposals. However, we may evaluate such proposals on a case-by-case basis if we believe a company’s long-term interests and its executives’ financial incentives are not properly aligned or if we question the methodology a company followed in setting executive compensation, among other reasons.

5. Clawback provisions – A clawback provision allows a company to recoup or “claw back” incentive compensation paid to an executive if the company later determines that the executive did not actually meet applicable performance goals. For example, such provisions might be used when a company calculated an executive’s compensation based on inaccurate or fraudulent financial statements. Some clawback provisions are triggered only if the misalignment between compensation and performance is attributable to improper conduct on the part of the executive. Shareholder proponents of clawback proposals believe that they encourage executive accountability and mitigate a company’s risk-taking behavior. Because Lord Abbett believes that management generally is in the best position to assess executive compensation, we generally vote with management on clawback proposals. We may, however, evaluate such a proposal on a case-by-case basis due to concerns about the amount of compensation paid to the executive, the executive’s or the company’s performance, or accounting irregularities, among other factors we may deem relevant.

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6. Anti-gross-up policies – Tax “gross-ups” are payments by a company to an executive intended to reimburse some or all of the executive’s tax liability with respect to compensation, perquisites, and other benefits. Because the gross-up payment also is taxable, it typically is inflated to cover the amount of the tax liability and the gross-up payment itself. Critics of such payments argue that they often are not transparent to shareholders and can substantially enhance an executive’s overall compensation. Thus, shareholders increasingly are urging companies to establish policies prohibiting tax gross-ups. Because Lord Abbett believes that management generally is in the best position to assess executive compensation, we generally vote with management on gross-up proposals. We may, however, evaluate such a proposal on a case-by-case basis due to concerns about the amount of compensation paid to the executive or the executive’s or the company’s performance, among other factors we may deem relevant.

7. Severance agreements and executive death benefits – Severance or so-called “golden parachute” payments sometimes are made to departing executives after termination or upon a company’s change in control. Similarly, companies sometimes make executive death benefit or so-called “golden coffin” payments to an executive’s estate. Both practices increasingly are coming under shareholder scrutiny. While we generally vote with management on compensation matters, we scrutinize cases in which severance or executive death benefits are especially lucrative or are granted despite the executive’s or the company’s poor performance, and may vote against management on a case-by-case basis as we deem appropriate.

8. Executive pay limits – Lord Abbett believes that a company’s flexibility with regard to its compensation practices is critical to its ability to recruit, retain, and motivate key talent. Accordingly, we generally vote with management on shareholder proposals that seek to impose limits on executive compensation.

9. Employee stock purchase plans – Employee stock purchase plans permit employees to purchase company stock at discounted prices and, under certain circumstances, receive favorable tax treatment when they sell the stock. Lord Abbett generally follows management’s voting recommendation concerning employee stock purchase plans, although we generally do not support plans that are dilutive.

D.             Corporate Matters

1. Charter amendments – A company’s charter documents, which may consist of articles of incorporation or a declaration of trust and bylaws, govern the company’s organizational matters and affairs. Lord Abbett believes that management normally is in the best position to determine appropriate amendments to a company’s governing documents. Some charter amendment proposals involve routine matters, such as changing a company’s name or procedures relating to the conduct of shareholder meetings. Lord Abbett believes that such routine matters do not materially affect shareholder interests and, therefore, we vote with management with respect to them in all cases. Other types of charter amendments, however, are more substantive in nature and may impact shareholder interests. We consider such proposals on a case-by-case basis to the extent they are not explicitly covered by these guidelines.

2. Changes to capital structure – A company may propose amendments to its charter documents to change the number of authorized shares or create new classes of stock. We generally support proposals to increase a company’s number of authorized shares when the company has articulated a clear and reasonable purpose for the increase (for example, to facilitate a stock split, merger, acquisition, or restructuring). However, we generally oppose share capital increases that would have a dilutive effect. We also generally oppose proposals to create a new class of stock with superior voting rights.

3. Reincorporation – We generally follow management’s recommendation regarding proposals to change a company’s state of incorporation, although we consider the rationale for the reincorporation and the financial, legal, and corporate governance implications of the reincorporation. We will vote against reincorporation proposals that we believe contravene shareholders’ interests.

4. Mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings – A merger or acquisition involves combining two distinct companies into a single corporate entity. A restructuring involves a significant change in a company’s legal, operational, or structural features. After these kinds of transactions are completed, shareholders typically will

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own stock in a company that differs from the company whose shares they initially purchased. Thus, Lord Abbett views the decision to approve or reject a potential merger, acquisition, or restructuring as being equivalent to an investment decision. In evaluating such a proposal, Lord Abbett may consider the following factors, among others: (1) the anticipated financial and operating benefits; (2) the offer price; (3) the prospects of the resulting company; and (4) any expected changes in corporate governance and their impact on shareholder rights. We generally vote against management proposals to require a supermajority shareholder vote to approve mergers or other significant business combinations. We generally vote for shareholder proposals to lower supermajority vote requirements for mergers and acquisitions. We also generally vote against charter amendments that attempt to eliminate shareholder approval for acquisitions involving the issuance of more than 10% of a company’s voting stock.

E.             Anti-Takeover Issues and Shareholder Rights

1. Proxy access – Proxy access proposals advocate permitting shareholders to have their nominees for election to a company’s board of directors included in the company’s proxy statement in opposition to the company’s own nominees. Recently proposed amendments⁴ to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) proxy rules would allow shareholders or groups of shareholders satisfying certain stock ownership and other eligibility requirements to include their director nominees on a company’s proxy ballot under certain limited circumstances. Proxy access initiatives enable shareholders to nominate their own directors without incurring the often substantial cost of preparing and mailing a proxy statement, making it less expensive and easier for shareholders to challenge incumbent directors. Lord Abbett supports such measures so long as they comport with the requirements set forth in the SEC’s proxy rules. However, we generally will vote with management on proposals that seek to allow proxy access subject to less stringent requirements.

2. Shareholder rights plans – Shareholder rights plans or “poison pills” are a mechanism of defending a company against takeover efforts. Poison pills allow current shareholders to purchase stock at discounted prices or redeem shares at a premium after a takeover, effectively making the company more expensive and less attractive to potential acquirers. Companies may employ other defensive tactics in combination with poison pills, such as golden parachutes that take effect upon a company’s change in control and therefore increase the cost of a takeover. Because poison pills can serve to entrench management and discourage takeover offers that may be attractive to shareholders, we generally vote in favor of proposals to eliminate poison pills and proposals to require that companies submit poison pills for shareholder ratification. In evaluating a poison pill proposal, however, Lord Abbett may consider the following factors, among others: (1) the duration of the poison pill; (2) whether we believe the poison pill facilitates a legitimate business strategy that is likely to enhance shareholder value; (3) our level of confidence in management; (4) whether we believe the poison pill will be used to force potential acquirers to negotiate with management and assure a degree of stability that will support good long-range corporate goals; and (5) the need to guard against takeover attempts.

3. Chewable pill provisions – A “chewable pill” is a variant of the poison pill that mandates a shareholder vote in certain situations, preventing management from automatically discouraging takeover offers that may be attractive to shareholders. We generally support chewable pill provisions that balance management’s and shareholders’ interests by including: (1) a redemption clause allowing the board to rescind a pill after a potential acquirer’s holdings exceed the applicable ownership threshold; (2) no dead-hand or no-hand pills, which would allow the incumbent board and their approved successors to control the pill even after they have been voted out of office; (3) sunset provisions that allow shareholders to review and reaffirm or redeem a pill after a predetermined time frame; and (4) a qualifying offer clause, which gives shareholders the ability to redeem a poison pill when faced with a bona fide takeover offer.

4. Anti-greenmail provisions – An anti-greenmail provision is a special charter provision that prohibits a company’s management from buying back shares at above market prices from potential acquirers without shareholder approval. We generally support such provisions, provided that they are not bundled with other measures that serve to entrench management or discourage attractive takeover offers.

⁴                 As of the date of these policies and procedures, the SEC has not yet issued final rule amendments regarding proxy access.

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5. Fair price provisions – A fair price provision is a special charter provision that requires that all selling shareholders receive the same price from a buyer. Fair price provisions are designed to protect shareholders from inequitable two-tier stock acquisition offers in which some shareholders may be bought out on disadvantageous terms. We generally support such provisions, provided that they are not bundled with other measures that serve to entrench management or discourage attractive takeover offers.

6. Rights to call special shareholder meetings – Proposals regarding rights to call special shareholder meetings normally seek approval of amendments to a company’s charter documents. Lord Abbett generally votes with management on proposals concerning rights to call special shareholder meetings. In evaluating such a proposal, Lord Abbett may consider the following factors, among others: (1) the stock ownership threshold required to call a special meeting; (2) the purposes for which shareholders may call a special meeting; (3) whether the company’s annual meetings offer an adequate forum in which shareholders may raise their concerns; and (4) the anticipated economic impact on the company of having to hold additional shareholder meetings.

7. Supermajority vote requirements – A proposal that is subject to a supermajority vote must receive the support of more than a simple majority in order to pass. Supermajority vote requirements can have the effect of entrenching management by making it more difficult to effect change regarding a company and its corporate governance practices. Lord Abbett normally supports shareholders’ ability to approve or reject proposals based on a simple majority vote. Thus, we generally vote for proposals to remove supermajority vote requirements and against proposals to add them.

8. Cumulative voting – Under cumulative or proportional voting, each shareholder is allotted a number of votes equal to the number of shares owned multiplied by the number of directors to be elected. This voting regime strengthens the voting power of minority shareholders because it enables shareholders to cast multiple votes for a single nominee. Lord Abbett believes that a shareholder or group of shareholders using this technique to elect a director may seek to have the director represent a narrow special interest rather than the interests of the broader shareholder population. Accordingly, we generally vote against cumulative voting proposals.

9. Confidential voting – In a confidential voting system, all proxies, ballots, and voting tabulations that identify individual shareholders are kept confidential. An open voting system, by contrast, gives management the ability to identify shareholders who oppose its proposals. Lord Abbett believes that confidential voting allows shareholders to vote without fear of retribution or coercion based on their views. Thus, we generally support proposals that seek to preserve shareholders’ anonymity.

F.             Social, Political, and Environmental Issues – Proposals relating to social, political, or environmental issues typically are initiated by shareholders and urge a company to disclose certain information or change certain business practices. Lord Abbett evaluates such proposals based on their effect on shareholder value rather than on their ideological merits. We generally follow management’s recommendation on social, political, and environmental proposals and tend to vote against proposals that are unduly burdensome or impose substantial costs on a company with no countervailing economic benefits to the company’s shareholders. Nonetheless, we pay particular attention to highly controversial issues, as well as instances where management has failed repeatedly to take corrective actions with respect to an issue.

G.             Share Blocking – Certain foreign countries impose share blocking restrictions that would prohibit Lord Abbett from trading a company’s stock during a specified period before the company’s shareholder meeting. Lord Abbett believes that in these situations, the benefit of maintaining liquidity during the share blocking period outweighs the benefit of exercising our right to vote. Therefore, it is Lord Abbett’s general policy to not vote securities in cases where share blocking restrictions apply.

Adopted: September 17, 2009

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PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 28. Exhibits.

(a)	(i)    Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Amendment and Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Incorporation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(b)(1) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 73 to Form N-1A, filed on March 2, 1998.
	(ii)    Articles Supplementary to Articles of Incorporation, dated January 27, 1998. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(a)(ii) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 89 to Form N-1A, filed on February 28, 2002.
	(iii)    Articles Supplementary to Articles of Incorporation, dated June 20, 2002. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 23(a)(iii) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 90 to Form N-1A, filed on February 27, 2003.
	(iv)    Articles Supplementary to Articles of Incorporation, dated December 21, 2006. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(a)(iv) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 to Form N-1A, filed on February 28, 2007.
	(v)    Articles Supplementary to Articles of Incorporation, dated July 31, 2007 and effective August 10, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(a)(v) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 96 to Form N-1A, filed on September 12, 2007.
	(vi)    Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated August 30, 2007 and effective September 28, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(a)(vi) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 96 to Form N-1A, filed on September 12, 2007.
(b)	By-Laws, as amended April 20, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 92 to Form N-1A, filed on December 29, 2004.
(c)	Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holders. Not applicable.
(d)	Investment Advisory Contracts.
	Management Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(d) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 89 to Form N-1A filed on February 28, 2002.
(e)	Underwriting Contract.
	Distribution Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(e) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 89 to Form N-1A on February 28, 2002.
(f)	Bonus or Profit Sharing Contracts. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(f) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 to Form N-1A filed on February 28, 2001.
(g)	Custodian Agreements. Custodian Agreement dated November 1, 2001 (including all amendments through December 10, 2008) including updated Exhibit A dated December 10, 2008. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 98 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 26, 2009.

(h)	Other Material Contracts.
	(i)     Transfer Agency Agreement dated July 1, 2004 (including all amendments through December 10, 2008). Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 98 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 26, 2009.
	(ii)    Form of Amendment to Agency Agreement dated as of October 31, 2009. Filed Herein.
	(iii)  Administrative Services Agreement (including amendments #1-13). Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 98 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 26, 2009.
(i)	Legal Opinion. Not applicable.
(j)	Other Opinion. Not applicable.
(k)	Omitted Financial Statements. Not applicable.
(l)	Initial Capital Agreements. Not applicable.
(m)	Rule 12b-1 Plan.
	Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan & Agreement for Lord Abbett Family of Funds dated August 10, 2007 with updated Schedule A dated December 10, 2008. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 98 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 26, 2009.
(n)	Rule 18f-3 Plans.
	Amended and Restated Plan as of August 10, 2007 pursuant to Rule 18f-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 with updated Schedule A dated December 10, 2008. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 98 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 26, 2009.
(o)	Reserved.
(p)	Code of Ethics dated September 2008. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 98 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 26, 2009.

Item 29. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund.

None.

Item 30. Indemnification.

The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland and is subject to Section 2-418 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of the State of Maryland controlling the indemnification of directors and officers.

The general effect of these statutes is to protect officers, directors and employees of the Registrant against legal liability and expenses incurred by reason of their positions with the Registrant. The statutes provide for indemnification for liability for proceedings not brought on behalf of the corporation and for those brought on behalf of the corporation, and in each case place conditions under which indemnification will be permitted, including requirements that the officer, director or

employee acted in good faith. Under certain conditions, payment of expenses in advance of final disposition may be permitted. The By-laws of the Registrant, without limiting the authority of the Registrant to indemnify any of its officers, employees or agents to the extent consistent with applicable law, make the indemnification of its directors mandatory subject only to the conditions and limitations imposed by the above- mentioned Section 2-418 of Maryland law and by the provisions of Section 17(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as interpreted and required to be implemented by SEC Release No. IC-11330 of September 4, 1980.

In referring in its By-laws to, and making indemnification of directors subject to the conditions and limitations of, both Section 2-418 of the Maryland law and Section 17(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant intends that conditions and limitations on the extent of the indemnification of directors imposed by the provisions of either Section 2-418 or Section 17(h) shall apply and that any inconsistency between the two will be resolved by applying the provisions of said Section 17(h) if the condition or limitation imposed by Section 17(h) is the more stringent. In referring in its By-laws to SEC Release No. IC-11330 as the source for interpretation and implementation of said Section 17(h), the Registrant understands that it would be required under its By-laws to use reasonable and fair means in determining whether indemnification of a director should be made and undertakes to use either (1) a final decision on the merits by a court or other body before whom the proceeding was brought that the person to be indemnified (“indemnitee”) was not liable to the Registrant or to its security holders by reason of willful malfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office (“disabling conduct”) or (2) in the absence of such a decision, a reasonable determination, based upon a review of the facts, that the indemnitee was not liable by reason of such disabling conduct, by (a) the vote of a majority of a quorum of directors who are neither “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Registrant nor parties to the proceeding, or (b) an independent legal counsel in a written opinion. Also, the Registrant will make advances of attorneys’ fees or other expenses incurred by a director in his defense only if (in addition to his undertaking to repay the advance if he is not ultimately entitled to indemnification) (1) the indemnitee provides a security for his undertaking, (2) the Registrant shall be insured against losses arising by reason of any lawful advances, or (3) a majority of a quorum of the non-interested, non-party directors of the Registrant, or an independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall determine, based on a review of readily available facts, that there is reason to believe that the indemnitee ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expense incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

In addition, the Registrant maintains a directors’ and officers’ errors and omissions liability insurance policy protecting directors and officers against liability for breach of duty, negligent act, error or omission committed in their capacity as directors or officers. The policy contains certain exclusions, among which is exclusion from coverage for active or deliberate dishonest or fraudulent acts and exclusion for fines or penalties imposed by law or other matters deemed uninsurable.

Item 31. Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser.

Adviser – Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC is the investment adviser of the Registrant and provides investment management services to the Lord Abbett Family of Funds and to various pension plans, institutions and individuals.

Set forth below is information relating to the business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature that each partner of the adviser, is or has been engaged in within the last two fiscal years for his/her own account in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee of Lord Abbett. The principal business address of the each partner is c/o Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC, 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-3973.

None.

Item 32. Principal Underwriters.

(a) Lord Abbett Distributor LLC serves as principal underwriter for the Registrant. Lord Abbett Distributor LLC also serves as principal underwriter for the registered opened investment companies sponsored by Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Lord Abbett Blend Trust

Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Developing Growth Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Global Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Investment Trust

Lord Abbett Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Municipal Income Trust

Lord Abbett Research Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Securities Trust

Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Stock Appreciation Fund

Lord Abbett U.S. Government & Government Sponsored

     Enterprises Money Market Fund, Inc.

(b) Lord Abbett Distributor LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC.               The principal officers of Lord Abbett Distributor LLC are:

Name and Principal Business Address *	Positions and Offices with Lord Abbett Distributor LLC	Positions and Offices with Registrant
Robert S. Dow	Chief Executive Officer	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Lawrence H. Kaplan	General Counsel	Vice President and Secretary
Lynn M. Gargano	Chief Financial Officer	None
James W. Bernaiche	Chief Compliance Officer	Chief Compliance Officer

* Each Officer has a principal business address of: 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302

(c) Not Applicable.

Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records.

Registrant maintains the records required by Rules 31a-1(a) and (b) and 31a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), at its main office.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC maintains the records required by Rules 31a-1(f) and 31a-2(e) under the 1940 Act at its main office.

Certain records such as cancelled stock certificates and correspondence may be physically maintained at the main office of Registrant’s Transfer Agent, Custodian, or Shareholder Servicing Agent within the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act.

Item 34. Management Services.

None.

Item 35. Undertakings.

None.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, in the City of Jersey City, and State of New Jersey as of the 23^rd day of December, 2009.

	LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC.
BY:	/s/ Thomas R. Phillips
	Thomas R. Phillips
	Vice President and Assistant Secretary
BY:	/s/ Joan A. Binstock
	Joan A. Binstock
	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
Robert S. Dow*	Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director	December 23, 2009
Robert S. Dow
Daria L. Foster*	President and Director	December 23, 2009
Daria L. Foster
E. Thayer Bigelow*	Director	December 23, 2009
E. Thayer Bigelow
William H. T. Bush*	Director	December 23, 2009
William H. T. Bush
Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.*	Director	December 23, 2009
Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.
Julie A. Hill*	Director	December 23, 2009
Julie A. Hill
Franklin W. Hobbs*	Director	December 23, 2009
Franklin W. Hobbs
Thomas J. Neff*	Director	December 23, 2009
Thomas J. Neff
James L.L. Tullis*	Director	December 23, 2009
James L.L. Tullis

By:	/s/ Thomas R. Phillips
	Thomas R. Phillips
	Attorney – in – Fact*

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints Lawrence H. Kaplan, Lawrence B. Stoller, John K. Forst and Thomas R. Phillips, each of them, with full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign any and all Registration Statements of each Fund enumerated on Exhibit A hereto for which such person serves as a Director/Trustee (including Registration Statements on Forms N-1A and N-14 and any amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signatures	Title	Date
/s/ Robert S. Dow	Chairman, CEO and Director/Trustee	July 23, 2009
Robert S. Dow
/s/ Daria L. Foster	President and Director/Trustee	July 23, 2009
Daria L. Foster
/s/ E. Thayer Bigelow	Director/Trustee	July 23, 2009
E. Thayer Bigelow
/s/ William H.T. Bush	Director/Trustee	July 23, 2009
William H. T. Bush
Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.	Director/Trustee	July 23, 2009
Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.
/s/ Julie A. Hill	Director/Trustee	July 23, 2009
Julie A. Hill
/s/ Franklin W. Hobbs	Director/Trustee	July 23, 2009
Franklin W. Hobbs
/s/ Thomas J. Neff	Director/Trustee	July 23, 2009
Thomas J. Neff
/s/ James L.L. Tullis	Director/Trustee	July 23, 2009
James L.L. Tullis

EXHIBIT A

Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Blend Trust

Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Developing Growth Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Global Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Investment Trust

Lord Abbett Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Municipal Income Trust

Lord Abbett Research Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Securities Trust

Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Stock Appreciation Fund

Lord Abbett U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Enterprises Money Market Fund, Inc.

EX-99.(28)(H)(II)

FORM OF AMENDMENT TO AGENCY AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT (“Amendment”), effective as of October 31, 2009, is attached to, and made a part of, that certain Agency Agreement dated as of July 1, 2004 (“Effective Date”), as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time (the “Agency Agreement”), by and among each of the Funds (as such term and other capitalized terms used herein are defined in Addendum 1 to the Agency Agreement) and DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”).

WHEREAS, the Funds and DST have entered into the Agency Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the parties now intend to amend the Agency Agreement pursuant to the terms set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. The initial Term of the Agency Agreement will be extended until the earlier of (a) the execution by the parties of a new Agency Agreement or an amendment to the Agency Agreement that, among other things, provides for a new Term, or (b) the close of business on June 30, 2010. Accordingly, Section 16.1 of the Agency Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:

16.1 Term. This Agreement shall be in effect for an initial period (the “Term”) commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the execution by the parties of a new Agency Agreement or an amendment to the Agency Agreement that, among other things, provides for a new Term, or (b) the close of business on June 30, 2010.

2. Except as amended herein, all other terms and conditions of the Agency Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE PARTIES HAVE CAUSED THIS AMENDMENT TO BE EXECUTED IN THEIR NAMES AND ON THEIR BEHALF BY AND THROUGH THEIR DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS AS OF THE DAY AND YEAR FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN:

DST SYSTEMS, INC.		ON BEHALF OF EACH OF THE LORD ABBETT FUNDS LISTED IN ADDENDUM 1 ATTACHED TO THE AGENCY AGREEMENT
By:	/s/ Thomas J. Schmidt	By:	/s/ Lawrence H. Kaplan
Name:	Thomas J. Schmidt	Name:	Lawrence H. Kaplan
Title:	Vice President	Title:	Vice President, Secretary

COVER

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC.

90 Hudson Street

Jersey City, NJ 07302

December 23, 2009

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

Re: Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”)

1933 Act File No. 002-10638

1940 Act File No. 811-00005

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the requirements of the current EDGAR Filer Manual and Regulation S-T under the Securities Act, enclosed for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission is Post-Effective Amendment No. 99 to the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the “Amendment”).

The Fund is filing the Amendment to comply with amendments to Form N-1A promulgated under SEC Release IC- 28584A. It is proposed that this filing become effective on February 27, 2010 pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1).

Prior to the proposed February 27, 2010 effective date, the Fund intends to file another post-effective amendment that will update certain financial and other information contained in the Amendment.

Any communication relating to this filing should be directed to the undersigned at (201) 827-2225.

Sincerely,

/s/ Thomas R. Phillips

Thomas R. Phillips

Vice President and Assistant Secretary