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SIGNATURE JULIE F. WILLIAMS
TITLE SECRETARY
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Board of Directors of Bond Fund of America, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Bond Fund of America, Inc. (the "Fund") for the year ended December
31, 1999 (on which we have issued our report dated January 28,
2000), we considered its internal control, including control
activities for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our
auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the
financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-
SAR, and not to provide assurance on the Fund's internal control.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally,
controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's
objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes
that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of
assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control,
misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
Also, projections of any evaluation of internal control to future
periods are subject to the risk that the internal control may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the Fund's internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control that might
be material weaknesses under standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness is a
condition in which the design or operation of one or more of the
internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in
amounts that would be material in relation to the financial
statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a
timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving the
Fund's internal control and its operation, including controls for
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses
as defined above as of December 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management, the Board of Directors of Bond Fund of America, Inc.,
and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be
and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Los Angeles, California
January 28, 2000
For period ending 12/31/99
File number 811 - 2444
77(C). Matters submitted to a vote of security holders.
a. Annual meeting of shareholders (Proposals 1, 4 & 5) - November 22, 1999
Reconvened session (Proposals 2 & 3) - December 13, 1999
a.1 Directors elected:
Richard G. Capen, Jr., H. Frederick Christie, Don R. Conlan, Diane C. Creel,
Martin Fenton, Leonard R. Fuller, Abner D. Goldstine, Paul G. Haaga, Jr.,
Richard G. Newman, and Frank M. Sanchez.
a.2 Ratification or rejection of a proposed amendment to the Fund's Articles of
Incorporation to create new classes and series of capital stock.
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(Broker Non-Votes: 78,678,468)
a.3 Ratification or rejection of a proposed amendment to the Fund's
Articles of Incorporation to reduce the par value per share.
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Votes: Affirmative Against Abstain
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a.4 Ratification or rejection of proposed changes to the Fund's investment
restrictions:
To amend the restriction regarding diversification and industry concentration;
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Votes: Affirmative Against Abstain
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342,560,426 19,046,721 19,361,320
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(Broker Non-Votes: 97,692,963)
To eliminate the restriction regarding pledging assets;
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Votes: Affirmative Against Abstain
<S> <C> <C> <C>
334,137,335 25,915,386 20,915,747
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(Broker Non-Votes: 97,692,963)
To eliminate the restriction regarding affiliated ownership;
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Votes: Affirmative Against Abstain
<S> <C> <C> <C>
335,844,720 23,248,084 21,875,662
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(Broker Non-Votes: 97,692,963)
To reclassify the restriction regarding purchasing securities of other
investment companies as a non-fundamental restriction.
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Votes: Affirmative Against Abstain
<S> <C> <C> <C>
339,689,739 20,025,531 21,253,197
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(Broker Non-Votes: 97,692,963)
a.5 Ratification or rejection of the election by the Board of Directors of
Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent public accountant for the Fund.
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