0001752724-19-130640.txt : 20190925 0001752724-19-130640.hdr.sgml : 20190925 20190925113255 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-130640 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-EX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190925 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000002691 IRS NUMBER: 136020600 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-EX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-00005 FILM NUMBER: 191112832 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 HUDSON STREET CITY: JERSEY CITY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07302 BUSINESS PHONE: 201-827-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 HUDSON STREET CITY: JERSEY CITY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LORD ABBOTT AFFILIATED FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960315 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AFFILIATED FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941207 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AFFILIATED INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920721 0000002691 S000006806 LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND INC C000018428 Class A LAFFX C000018430 Class C LAFCX C000018431 Class P LAFPX C000018432 Class I LAFYX C000054699 Class F LAAFX C000054700 Class R2 LAFQX C000054701 Class R3 LAFRX C000155435 Class R4 LAFSX C000155436 Class R5 LAFTX C000155437 Class R6 LAFVX C000184551 Class F3 LTFOX ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-127596 NPORT-EX 1 c94226_nq.htm

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC. July 31, 2019

 

Investments  Shares   Fair
Value
(000)
 
COMMON STOCKS 99.55%          
           
Aerospace & Defense 1.90%          
           
Boeing Co. (The)   142,700   $48,686 
Northrop Grumman Corp.   133,600    46,168 
United Technologies Corp.   190,400    25,438 
Total        120,292 
           
Air Freight & Logistics 0.46%          
           
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   344,300    28,828 
           
Airlines 0.49%          
           
Alaska Air Group, Inc.   488,800    30,970 
           
Auto Components 0.45%          
           
Gentex Corp.   1,035,400    28,391 
           
Automobiles 1.11%          
           
Ford Motor Co.   7,376,200    70,295 
           
Banks 10.72%          
           
Bank of America Corp.   4,537,200    139,201 
Citigroup, Inc.   1,364,800    97,119 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   1,637,900    61,028 
Comerica, Inc.   565,700    41,409 
Fifth Third Bancorp   1,211,100    35,958 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   1,148,342    133,208 
KeyCorp   3,556,100    65,326 
U.S. Bancorp   759,700    43,417 
Wells Fargo & Co.   1,252,500    60,633 
Total        677,299 
           
Beverages 1.13%          
           
Coca-Cola Co. (The)   549,600    28,925 
PepsiCo, Inc.   332,000    42,433 
Total        71,358 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC. July 31, 2019

 

Investments  Shares   Fair
Value
(000)
 
Biotechnology 0.45%          
           
Amgen, Inc.   153,100   $28,565 
           
Building Products 1.08%          
           
Johnson Controls International plc   1,607,000    68,201 
           
Capital Markets 3.77%          
           
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   419,100    60,983 
CME Group, Inc.   486,100    94,507 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   506,700    42,497 
Northern Trust Corp.   407,200    39,906 
Total        237,893 
           
Chemicals 3.49%          
           
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   224,000    51,133 
Celanese Corp.   437,200    49,041 
Dow, Inc.*   1,480,800    71,730 
Eastman Chemical Co.   648,100    48,834 
Total        220,738 
           
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.29%          
           
Republic Services, Inc.   208,000    18,439 
           
Communications Equipment 1.59%          
           
Cisco Systems, Inc.   1,813,000    100,440 
           
Consumer Finance 1.13%          
           
Discover Financial Services   798,900    71,693 
           
Containers & Packaging 1.27%          
           
Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   1,980,200    29,426 
Packaging Corp. of America   501,800    50,667 
Total        80,093 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC. July 31, 2019

 

Investments  Shares   Fair
Value
(000)
 
Diversified Consumer Services 0.66%          
           
H&R Block, Inc.   1,497,900   $41,477 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services 3.18%          
           
AT&T, Inc.   2,900,349    98,757 
Verizon Communications, Inc.   1,846,351    102,048 
Total        200,805 
           
Electric: Utilities 4.42%          
           
Duke Energy Corp.   831,939    72,146 
Edison International   882,300    65,767 
Evergy, Inc.   832,057    50,331 
FirstEnergy Corp.   1,424,600    62,640 
NextEra Energy, Inc.   138,400    28,672 
Total        279,556 
           
Electrical Equipment 0.49%          
           
Hubbell, Inc.   238,000    30,911 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.49%          
           
Corning, Inc.   1,013,900    31,177 
           
Energy Equipment & Services 0.80%          
           
Schlumberger Ltd.   1,258,000    50,282 
           
Entertainment 0.40%          
           
Viacom, Inc. Class B   825,400    25,051 
           
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts 5.34%          
           
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   255,000    53,241 
Boston Properties, Inc.   405,700    53,938 
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   2,318,300    40,315 
Liberty Property Trust   624,200    32,646 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC. July 31, 2019

 

Investments  Shares   Fair
Value
(000)
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)          
           
Prologis, Inc.   507,700   $40,926 
Simon Property Group, Inc.   261,800    42,464 
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   1,234,100    28,668 
UDR, Inc.   984,800    45,360 
Total        337,558 
           
Food & Staples Retailing 2.82%          
           
Sysco Corp.   776,100    53,217 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   787,200    42,895 
Walmart, Inc.   742,800    81,990 
Total        178,102 
           
Food Products 3.61%          
           
General Mills, Inc.   892,900    47,422 
Hershey Co. (The)   420,100    63,746 
J.M. Smucker Co. (The)   216,300    24,051 
Mondelez International, Inc. Class A   1,734,200    92,762 
Total        227,981 
           
Gas Utilities 0.40%          
           
Atmos Energy Corp.   233,200    25,428 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 1.65%          
           
Medtronic plc (Ireland)(a)   1,022,800    104,264 
           
Health Care Providers & Services 0.62%          
           
CVS Health Corp.   697,300    38,958 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.48%          
           
Carnival Corp.   1,088,500    51,410 
Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.   378,900    30,373 
Yum! Brands, Inc.   667,600    75,118 
Total        156,901 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC. July 31, 2019

 

Investments  Shares   Fair
Value
(000)
 
Household Products 3.05%          
           
Kimberly-Clark Corp.   336,900   $45,701 
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)   1,246,900    147,184 
Total        192,885 
           
Industrial Conglomerates 0.53%          
           
Honeywell International, Inc.   194,300    33,509 
           
Insurance 5.76%          
           
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.   639,000    57,785 
Chubb Ltd. (Switzerland)(a)   641,000    97,970 
Everest Re Group Ltd.   151,500    37,366 
Lincoln National Corp.   909,200    59,407 
Prudential Financial, Inc.   349,100    35,367 
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)   516,700    75,759 
Total        363,654 
           
Leisure Products 0.99%          
           
Hasbro, Inc.   516,600    62,591 
           
Machinery 3.25%          
           
Cummins, Inc.   420,600    68,979 
Dover Corp.   539,000    52,202 
Flowserve Corp.   273,900    13,703 
Ingersoll-Rand plc   571,800    70,709 
Total        205,593 
           
Media 2.14%          
           
Comcast Corp. Class A   2,000,000    86,340 
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)   2,126,200    48,733 
Total        135,073 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC. July 31, 2019

 

Investments  Shares   Fair
Value
(000)
 
Metals & Mining 0.72%          
           
Nucor Corp.   840,400   $45,701 
           
Multi-Line Retail 0.42%          
           
Kohl’s Corp.   494,600    26,639 
           
Multi-Utilities 1.37%          
           
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   484,300    27,678 
Sempra Energy   435,300    58,952 
Total        86,630 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 7.19%          
           
Chevron Corp.   1,480,632    182,281 
ConocoPhillips   1,096,900    64,805 
Exxon Mobil Corp.   551,400    41,002 
Kinder Morgan, Inc.   1,951,100    40,232 
Noble Energy, Inc.   1,262,900    27,885 
ONEOK, Inc.   393,700    27,590 
Valero Energy Corp.   829,550    70,719 
Total        454,514 
           
Pharmaceuticals 6.16%          
           
Allergan plc   198,400    31,843 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   558,300    24,794 
Johnson & Johnson   563,800    73,418 
Merck & Co., Inc.   1,705,200    141,515 
Pfizer, Inc.   3,021,900    117,371 
Total        388,941 
           
Road & Rail 1.19%          
           
Union Pacific Corp.   416,900    75,021 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC. July 31, 2019

 

Investments  Shares   Fair
Value
(000)
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 5.07%          
           
Broadcom, Inc.   310,700   $90,100 
Intel Corp.   2,575,600    130,196 
Lam Research Corp.   313,900    65,483 
Xilinx, Inc.   301,000    34,377 
Total        320,156 
           
Software 1.20%          
           
Microsoft Corp.   557,700    75,998 
           
Specialty Retail 1.69%          
           
Foot Locker, Inc.   1,291,500    53,029 
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   530,900    53,833 
Total        106,862 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.27%          
           
Apple, Inc.   187,200    39,881 
Xerox Corp.   1,255,200    40,292 
Total        80,173 
           
Tobacco 0.86%          
           
Philip Morris International, Inc.   647,100    54,104 
Total Common Stocks
(cost $5,818,275,340)
        6,289,990 
           
   Principal
Amount
(000)
      
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT 0.48%          
           
Repurchase Agreement          
           
Repurchase Agreement dated 7/31/2019, 1.45% due 8/1/2019 with Fixed Income Clearing Corp. collateralized by $30,615,000 of U.S. Treasury Note at 2.50% due 1/31/2021; value: $30,873,329; proceeds: $30,269,096
(cost $30,267,877)
  $30,268    30,268 
Total Investments in Securities 100.03%
(cost $5,848,543,217)
        6,320,258 
Liabilities in Excess of Cash and Other Assets(b) (0.03)%        (2,161)
Net Assets 100.00%       $6,318,097 

 

 
* Non-income producing security.
(a) Foreign security traded in U.S. dollars.
(b) Liabilities in Excess of Cash and Other Assets include net unrealized appreciation on futures contracts as follows:

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(concluded)

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC. July 31, 2019

 

Open Futures Contracts at July 31, 2019:

 

Type   Expiration   Contracts   Position   Notional
Amount
  Notional
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation
E-Mini S&P 500 Index   September 2019   175   Long   $ 25,821,368   $ 26,095,125   $ 273,757

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2019 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value(1):

 

Investment Type(2)  Level 1
(000)
   Level 2
(000)
   Level 3
(000)
   Total
(000)
 
Common Stocks  $6,289,990   $   $   $6,289,990 
Short-Term Investment                    
Repurchase Agreement       30,268        30,268 
Total  $6,289,990   $30,268   $   $6,320,258 
Other Financial Instruments                    
Futures Contracts                    
Assets  $274   $   $   $274 
Liabilities                
Total  $274   $   $   $274 

 

 
(1) Refer to Note 2(b) for a description of fair value measurements and the three-tier hierarchy of inputs.
(2) See Schedule of Investments for fair values in each industry and identification of foreign issuers and/or geography.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund was organized in 1934 and was reincorporated under Maryland law on November 26, 1975.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

(a) Investment Valuation-Under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”), the Fund’s investment manager, has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio investments and to ensure that prices utilized reasonably reflect fair value. Among other things, these procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
   
  Securities actively traded on any recognized U.S. or non-U.S. exchange or on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange or system on which they are principally traded. Events occurring after the close of trading on non-U.S. exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to reflect their fair value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Fund may utilize an independent fair valuation service in adjusting the valuations of foreign securities. Unlisted equity securities are valued at the last quoted sale price or, if no sale price is available, at the mean between the most recently quoted bid and asked prices. Exchange traded options and futures contracts are valued at the last quoted sale price in the market where they are principally traded. If no sale has occurred, the mean between the most recently quoted bid and asked prices is used.
   
  Securities for which prices are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined by the Pricing Committee. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including observable and unobservable inputs, when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values and other relevant information to determine the fair value of portfolio investments. The Board or a designated committee thereof regularly reviews fair value determinations made by the Pricing Committee and may employ techniques such as reviewing related market activity, reviewing inputs and assumptions, and retrospectively comparing prices of subsequent purchases and sales transactions to fair value determinations made by the Pricing Committee.
   
  Short-term securities with 60 days or less remaining to maturity are valued using the amortized cost method, which approximates fair value.
   
(b)   Fair Value Measurements-Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment or transferring a liability in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. A three-tier hierarchy is used to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk - for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value (such as a pricing model) and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs are based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level of inputs that is significant to the fair value measurement, and is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below:
 

Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(concluded)

 

· Level 1 -  unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments;
· Level 2 -  other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and
· Level 3 -  significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

 

  A summary of inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments and other financial instruments  as of July 31, 2019 and, if applicable, Level 3 rollforwards for the period then ended is included in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
   
  Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the three-tier hierarchy. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

3. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION

 

It is the policy of the Fund to meet the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders. Therefore, no income tax provision is required.

 

The Fund files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s filed U.S. federal tax returns remains open generally three years after the filing of the tax return. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s, state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.