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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-02145
LORD ABBETT BOND-DEBENTURE FUND, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
John T. Fitzgerald, Vice President & Assistant Secretary
90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 522-2388
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.
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ICA File Number: 811-02145
Reporting Period: 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020
Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc.
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ADYEN NV
Ticker: ADYEN Security ID: N3501V104
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 28, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Open Meeting None None Management
2.a Receive Report of Management Board None None Management
(Non-Voting)
2.b Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
2.c Adopt Annual Accounts For For Management
2.d Receive Explanation on Company's None None Management
Reserves and Dividend Policy
2.e Approve Remuneration Policy for For For Management
Management Board
2.f Approve Remuneration Policy for For For Management
Supervisory Board
3 Approve Discharge of Management Board For For Management
4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For For Management
5 Reelect Piero Overmars to Supervisory For For Management
Board
6 Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares For For Management
Up to 10 Percent of Issued Capital
7 Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive For For Management
Rights from Share Issuances
8 Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10 For For Management
Percent of Issued Share Capital
9 Ratify PWC as Auditors For For Management
10 Close Meeting None None Management
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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Ticker: AKAM Security ID: 00971T101
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Tom Killalea For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Tom Leighton For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Jonathan Miller For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Monte Ford For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Madhu Ranganathan For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Fred Salerno For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Ben Verwaayen For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
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AMAZON.COM, INC.
Ticker: AMZN Security ID: 023135106
Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 02, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Jeffrey P. Bezos For For Management
1b Elect Director Rosalind G. Brewer For For Management
1c Elect Director Jamie S. Gorelick For For Management
1d Elect Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher For For Management
1e Elect Director Judith A. McGrath For For Management
1f Elect Director Indra K. Nooyi For For Management
1g Elect Director Jonathan J. Rubinstein For For Management
1h Elect Director Thomas O. Ryder For For Management
1i Elect Director Patricia Q. Stonesifer For For Management
1j Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks For For Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Reduce Ownership Threshold for For For Management
Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
5 Report on Management of Food Waste Against For Shareholder
6 Report on Customers' Use of its Against Against Shareholder
Surveillance and Computer Vision
Products or Cloud-Based Services
7 Report on Potential Human Rights Against Against Shareholder
Impacts of Customers' Use of
Rekognition
8 Report on Products Promoting Hate Against Against Shareholder
Speech and Sales of Offensive Products
9 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder
10 Report on Global Median Gender/Racial Against Against Shareholder
Pay Gap
11 Report on Reducing Environmental and Against Against Shareholder
Health Harms to Communities of Color
12 Report on Viewpoint Discrimination Against Against Shareholder
13 Report on Promotion Velocity Against Against Shareholder
14 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against Against Shareholder
Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
15 Human Rights Risk Assessment Against For Shareholder
16 Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against Against Shareholder
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APPLE INC.
Ticker: AAPL Security ID: 037833100
Meeting Date: FEB 26, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 02, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director James Bell For For Management
1b Elect Director Tim Cook For For Management
1c Elect Director Al Gore For For Management
1d Elect Director Andrea Jung For For Management
1e Elect Director Art Levinson For For Management
1f Elect Director Ron Sugar For For Management
1g Elect Director Sue Wagner For For Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Proxy Access Amendments Against Against Shareholder
5 Assess Feasibility of Including Against Against Shareholder
Sustainability as a Performance
Measure for Senior Executive
Compensation
6 Report on Freedom of Expression and Against Against Shareholder
Access to Information Policies
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BALL CORPORATION
Ticker: BLL Security ID: 058498106
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 05, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John A. Hayes For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Cathy D. Ross For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Betty Sapp For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Stuart A. Taylor, II For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
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BEYOND MEAT, INC.
Ticker: BYND Security ID: 08862E109
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Seth Goldman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Christopher Isaac "Biz" For For Management
Stone
1.3 Elect Director Kathy N. Waller For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
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CABLE ONE, INC.
Ticker: CABO Security ID: 12685J105
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Mary E. Meduski For For Management
1b Elect Director Alan G. Spoon For For Management
1c Elect Director Wallace R. Weitz For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
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CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
Ticker: CHD Security ID: 171340102
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 03, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director James R. Craigie For For Management
1b Elect Director Bradley C. Irwin For For Management
1c Elect Director Penry W. Price For For Management
1d Elect Director Janet S. Vergis For For Management
1e Elect Director Arthur B. Winkleblack For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
4 Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirement to Amend Certain Provisions
5 Approve Advance Notice Requirement For For Management
6 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
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DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION
Ticker: DECK Security ID: 243537107
Meeting Date: SEP 13, 2019 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUL 17, 2019
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John M. Gibbons For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Nelson C. Chan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Cynthia (Cindy) L. Davis For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael F. Devine, III For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Dave Powers For For Management
1.6 Elect Director James E. Quinn For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Lauri M. Shanahan For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Brian A. Spaly For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Bonita C. Stewart For For Management
2 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
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DEXCOM, INC.
Ticker: DXCM Security ID: 252131107
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Richard A. Collins For For Management
1b Elect Director Mark G. Foletta For For Management
1c Elect Director Eric J. Topol For For Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
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DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: FANG Security ID: 25278X109
Meeting Date: JUN 03, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 09, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Steven E. West For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Travis D. Stice For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Vincent K. Brooks For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael P. Cross For For Management
1.5 Elect Director David L. Houston For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Stephanie K. Mains For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Mark L. Plaumann For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Melanie M. Trent For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify Grant Thornton LLP as Auditors For For Management
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DOCUSIGN, INC.
Ticker: DOCU Security ID: 256163106
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Cynthia Gaylor For For Management
1.2 Elect Director S. Steven Singh For For Management
2 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
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KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
Ticker: KSU Security ID: 485170302
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Lydia I. Beebe For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lu M. Cordova For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert J. Druten For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Antonio O. Garza, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director David Garza-Santos For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Janet H. Kennedy For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Mitchell J. Krebs For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Henry J. Maier For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Thomas A. McDonnell For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Patrick J. Ottensmeyer For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditor
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against Against Shareholder
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LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
Ticker: LRCX Security ID: 512807108
Meeting Date: NOV 05, 2019 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 06, 2019
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Sohail U. Ahmed For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Timothy M. Archer For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Eric K. Brandt For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael R. Cannon For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Youssef A. El-Mansy For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Catherine P. Lego For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Bethany J. Mayer For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Abhijit Y. Talwalkar For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Lih Shyng (Rick L.) Tsai For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Leslie F. Varon For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
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LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC.
Ticker: LULU Security ID: 550021109
Meeting Date: JUN 03, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 08, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Michael Casey For For Management
1b Elect Director Glenn Murphy For For Management
1c Elect Director David M. Mussafer For For Management
1d Elect Director Stephanie Ferris For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Adopt Policy to Eliminate the Sale of Against Against Shareholder
Items Containing Down Feathers
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MEG ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: MEG Security ID: 552704108
Meeting Date: JUN 17, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: MAY 05, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jeffrey J. McCaig For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Derek W. Evans For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Grant D. Billing For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ian D. Bruce For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Judy A. Fairburn For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert B. Hodgins For For Management
1.7 Elect Director William R. Klesse For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Susan M. MacKenzie For For Management
1.9 Elect Director James D. McFarland For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Diana J. McQueen For For Management
2 Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
Their Remuneration
3 Approve Shareholder Rights Plan For For Management
4 Advisory Vote on Executive For For Management
Compensation Approach
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MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Ticker: MDLZ Security ID: 609207105
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 12, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Lewis W.K. Booth For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charles E. Bunch For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Debra A. Crew For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Lois D. Juliber For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Peter W. May For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jorge S. Mesquita For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Fredric G. Reynolds For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Christiana S. Shi For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Patrick T. Siewert For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Michael A. Todman For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Jean-Francois M. L. van For For Management
Boxmeer
1.12 Elect Director Dirk Van de Put For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
4 Consider Pay Disparity Between Against Against Shareholder
Executives and Other Employees
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NETFLIX, INC.
Ticker: NFLX Security ID: 64110L106
Meeting Date: JUN 04, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 08, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Reed Hastings For Withhold Management
1b Elect Director Jay C. Hoag For Withhold Management
1c Elect Director Mathias Dopfner For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
6 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Against For Shareholder
7 Report on Risks of Omitting Viewpoint Against Against Shareholder
and Ideology from EEO Policy
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NEXTCURE, INC.
Ticker: NXTC Security ID: 65343E108
Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 16, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Judith J. Li For For Management
1b Elect Director Garry A. Nicholson For For Management
1c Elect Director Stella Xu For For Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
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NVIDIA CORPORATION
Ticker: NVDA Security ID: 67066G104
Meeting Date: JUN 09, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 13, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Robert K. Burgess For For Management
1b Elect Director Tench Coxe For For Management
1c Elect Director Persis S. Drell For For Management
1d Elect Director Jen-Hsun Huang For For Management
1e Elect Director Dawn Hudson For For Management
1f Elect Director Harvey C. Jones For For Management
1g Elect Director Michael G. McCaffery For For Management
1h Elect Director Stephen C. Neal For For Management
1i Elect Director Mark L. Perry For For Management
1j Elect Director A. Brooke Seawell For For Management
1k Elect Director Mark A. Stevens For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Amend Qualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
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OWENS CORNING
Ticker: OC Security ID: 690742101
Meeting Date: APR 16, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 18, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Brian D. Chambers For For Management
1b Elect Director Eduardo E. Cordeiro For For Management
1c Elect Director Adrienne D. Elsner For For Management
1d Elect Director J. Brian Ferguson For For Management
1e Elect Director Ralph F. Hake For For Management
1f Elect Director Edward F. Lonergan For For Management
1g Elect Director Maryann T. Mannen For For Management
1h Elect Director W. Howard Morris For For Management
1i Elect Director Suzanne P. Nimocks For For Management
1j Elect Director John D. Williams For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Amend Qualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
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REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Ticker: REGN Security ID: 75886F107
Meeting Date: JUN 12, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 14, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director N. Anthony Coles For For Management
1b Elect Director Joseph L. Goldstein For For Management
1c Elect Director Christine A. Poon For For Management
1d Elect Director P. Roy Vagelos For For Management
1e Elect Director Huda Y. Zoghbi For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For Against Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
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SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
Ticker: SAFM Security ID: 800013104
Meeting Date: FEB 13, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 19, 2019
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director David Barksdale For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lampkin Butts For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Beverly W. Hogan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Phil K. Livingston For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Joe F. Sanderson, Jr. For For Management
1.1 Elect Director Sonia Perez For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
5 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
6 Report on Water Resource Risks Against Against Shareholder
7 Report on Human Rights Due Diligence Against Against Shareholder
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SHAKE SHACK INC.
Ticker: SHAK Security ID: 819047101
Meeting Date: JUN 10, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 16, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Randy Garutti For For Management
1b Elect Director Joshua Silverman For For Management
1c Elect Director Jonathan D. Sokoloff For For Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Ticker: SEDG Security ID: 83417M104
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 20, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Tal Payne For For Management
1b Elect Director Marcel Gani For For Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
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SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA
Ticker: SPOT Security ID: L8681T102
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Consolidated Financial For For Management
Statements and Statutory Reports
2 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends
3 Approve Discharge of Directors For For Management
4a Elect Daniel Ek as A Director For For Management
4b Elect Martin Lorentzon as A Director For For Management
4c Elect Shishir Samir Mehrotra as A For For Management
Director
4d Elect Christopher Marshall as B For For Management
Director
4e Elect Barry McCarthy as B Director For For Management
4f Elect Heidi O'Neill as B Director For For Management
4g Elect Ted Sarandos as B Director For For Management
4h Elect Thomas Owen Staggs as B Director For For Management
4i Elect Cristina Mayville Stenbeck as B For For Management
Director
4j Elect Padmasree Warrior as B Director For For Management
5 Appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor For For Management
6 Approve Remuneration of Directors For For Management
7 Authorize Guy Harles and Alexandre For For Management
Gobert to Execute and Deliver, and
with Full Power of Substitution, Any
Documents Necessary or Useful in
Connection with the Annual Filing and
Registration Required by the
Luxembourg Laws
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TEXAS ROADHOUSE, INC.
Ticker: TXRH Security ID: 882681109
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Gregory N. Moore For For Management
1.2 Elect Director W. Kent Taylor For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Curtis A. Warfield For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Kathleen M. Widmer For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James R. Zarley For For Management
2 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
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THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
Ticker: EL Security ID: 518439104
Meeting Date: NOV 15, 2019 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 16, 2019
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ronald S. Lauder For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William P. Lauder For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard D. Parsons For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Lynn Forester de For For Management
Rothschild
1.5 Elect Director Jennifer Tejada For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Richard F. Zannino For For Management
2 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Ticker: PG Security ID: 742718109
Meeting Date: OCT 08, 2019 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: AUG 09, 2019
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Francis S. Blake For For Management
1b Elect Director Angela F. Braly For For Management
1c Elect Director Amy L. Chang For For Management
1d Elect Director Scott D. Cook For For Management
1e Elect Director Joseph Jimenez For For Management
1f Elect Director Terry J. Lundgren For For Management
1g Elect Director Christine M. McCarthy For For Management
1h Elect Director W. James McNerney, Jr. For For Management
1i Elect Director Nelson Peltz For For Management
1j Elect Director David S. Taylor For For Management
1k Elect Director Margaret C. Whitman For For Management
1l Elect Director Patricia A. Woertz For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.
Ticker: VEEV Security ID: 922475108
Meeting Date: JUN 25, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 01, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Mark Carges For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Paul E. Chamberlain For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Paul Sekhri For For Management
2 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Ticker: VRTX Security ID: 92532F100
Meeting Date: JUN 03, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 09, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Sangeeta N. Bhatia For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lloyd Carney For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Alan Garber For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Terrence Kearney For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Reshma Kewalramani For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Yuchun Lee For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Jeffrey M. Leiden For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Margaret G. McGlynn For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Diana McKenzie For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Bruce I. Sachs For For Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against Against Shareholder
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WALMART INC.
Ticker: WMT Security ID: 931142103
Meeting Date: JUN 03, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 09, 2020
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Cesar Conde For For Management
1b Elect Director Timothy P. Flynn For For Management
1c Elect Director Sarah J. Friar For For Management
1d Elect Director Carla A. Harris For For Management
1e Elect Director Thomas W. Horton For For Management
1f Elect Director Marissa A. Mayer For For Management
1g Elect Director C. Douglas McMillon For For Management
1h Elect Director Gregory B. Penner For For Management
1i Elect Director Steven S Reinemund For For Management
1j Elect Director S. Robson Walton For For Management
1k Elect Director Steuart L. Walton For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
4 Amend Qualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
5 Report on Impacts of Single-Use Against For Shareholder
Plastic Bags
6 Report on Supplier Antibiotics Use Against Against Shareholder
Standards
7 Adopt Policy to Include Hourly Against Against Shareholder
Associates as Director Candidates
8 Report on Strengthening Prevention of Against For Shareholder
Workplace Sexual Harassment
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WESTROCK COMPANY
Ticker: WRK Security ID: 96145D105
Meeting Date: JAN 31, 2020 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 06, 2019
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Colleen F. Arnold For For Management
1b Elect Director Timothy J. Bernlohr For For Management
1c Elect Director J. Powell Brown For For Management
1d Elect Director Terrell K. Crews For For Management
1e Elect Director Russell M. Currey For For Management
1f Elect Director Suzan F. Harrison For For Management
1g Elect Director John A. Luke, Jr. For For Management
1h Elect Director Gracia C. Martore For For Management
1i Elect Director James E. Nevels For For Management
1j Elect Director Timothy H. Powers For For Management
1k Elect Director Steven C. Voorhees For For Management
1l Elect Director Bettina M. Whyte For For Management
1m Elect Director Alan D. Wilson For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
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XILINX, INC.
Ticker: XLNX Security ID: 983919101
Meeting Date: AUG 08, 2019 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 12, 2019
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dennis Segers For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Raman K. Chitkara For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Saar Gillai For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ronald S. Jankov For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Mary Louise Krakauer For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Thomas H. Lee For For Management
1.7 Elect Director J. Michael Patterson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Victor Peng For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Marshall C. Turner For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Elizabeth W. Vanderslice For For Management
2 Amend Qualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
5 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
LORD ABBETT BOND-DEBENTURE FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Vito A. Fronda
Vito A. Fronda
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Date: August 21, 2020
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