LORD ABBETT GLOBAL FUND INC
497, 1996-03-21
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE CURRENT  STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION  FOR LORD ABBETT
GLOBAL FUND, INC.



     On March 19, 1996, Edinburgh Fund Managers Group plc ("Edinburgh") acquired
all of the ordinary  share  capital of DFM Holdings  Limited  ("DFM  Holdings"),
which holds 100% of the ordinary share capital of Dunedin Fund Managers  Limited
("Dunedin").  Prior to such  acquisition,  Dunedin had served as the Fund's sub-
investment  manager under a sub-investment  management  agreement (the "Previous
Agreement")  between  Lord  Abbett  and  Dunedin,  which  was last  approved  by
shareholders  of the Fund on December  13, 1989.  As required by the  Investment
Company Act of 1940,  as amended,  the Previous  Agreement  was  terminated as a
result of the change in control of Dunedin caused by such acquisition.

     At a meeting of the Board of  Directors of the Fund held on March 14, 1996,
the directors of the Fund,  including a majority who are not interested  persons
of Lord  Abbett,  Dunedin  or the Fund or  parties  to the  Previous  Agreement,
unanimously approved,  subject to shareholder approval, and determined to submit
to the  shareholders  of the Equity  Series for approval,  a new  sub-investment
management  agreement (the "New Agreement") between Lord Abbett and Dunedin with
respect  to the  Equity  Series.  At the same  meeting,  the  board  unanimously
determined that, in view of Lord Abbett's anticipated capability with respect to
foreign debt investments,  a sub-investment adviser was no longer desirable with
respect to the Income Series, and so Lord Abbett will continue as the investment
manager of the Income Series under the Management  Agreement  referred to in the
Prospectus  without the assistance of a sub-adviser.  The New Agreement contains
substantially  the same terms and  conditions and provides for payment of a sub-
advisory  fee on the same basis with  respect to the Equity  Series as contained
and provided for in the Previous Agreement, except for the dates of execution.

     Edinburgh   has  advised  Lord  Abbett  and  the  Fund  that  it  currently
anticipates that all of Dunedin's  officers and employees will continue in their
present  capacities  and will  continue  to  provide  sub-investment  management
services  to Lord  Abbett  with  respect to the Equity  Series  with no material
changes in operating personnel, except that Dunedin has advised the Fund that it
will now have access to the  resourced of the Edinburgh  Group,  which will have
some  50  investment   professionals,   representing  enlarged  fund  management
capability.  Edinburgh  has  also  advised  Lord  Abbett  and the  Fund  that it
anticipates  that the  acquisition  of DFM  Holdings  will  neither  affect  the
operating  procedures  formerly  used by Dunedin with respect to Fund assets nor
the  financial  ability  of Dunedin to  fulfill  its  obligations  under the New
Agreement and that Dunedin's  business will operate,  with respect to the assets
of the Equity Series, in a manner consistent with Dunedin's past practices.





Effective Date: March 20, 1996


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