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SIGNATURE DONNA M. MCMANUS
TITLE TREASURER
The Board of Directors and Shareholders,
Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets of Lord Abbett
Bond-Debenture Fund (the "Company") as of June 30, 2000, the related statements
of operations for the six-month period then ended and of changes in net assets
for each of the periods in the eighteen-month period then ended and the
financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial
statements and the financial highlights are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements and the financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of
securities owned at June 30, 2000 by correspondence with the custodian and
brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other
auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such financial statements and financial highlights present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Lord Abbett
Bond-Debenture Fund at June 30, 2000, the results of its operations, the changes
in its net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods
presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
Deloitte & Touche
New York, New York
August 4, 2000
