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SIGNATURE DONNA M. MCMANUS
TITLE TREASURER
Independent Auditors' Report
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders,
Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets of Lord Abbett Series
Fund, Inc. - Growth and Income Portfolio, Mid-Cap Value Portfolio and
International Portfolio as of December 31, 1999, the related statements of
operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the
periods presented. These financial statements and the financial highlights are
the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our
audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. 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 December
31, 1999 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 Series
Fund, Inc. - Growth and Income Portfolio, Mid-Cap Value Portfolio and
International Portfolio at December 31, 1999, the results of their operations,
the changes in their net assets and their financial highlights for the periods
presented, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, New York
February 28, 2000
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