# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000060365
**File Stem:** 0000930413-26-001449
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 3030
**Document Hash:** e2b7bda9b28d804096e5c6844ab44f3c
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000930413-26-001449.hdr.sgml**: 20260501

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000930413-26-001449

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497J

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260501

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260501

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260501

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** LORD ABBETT BOND DEBENTURE FUND INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000060365

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 132669319
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497J
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-38910
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26929863

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 30 HUDSON STREET
- **CITY:** JERSEY CITY
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07302
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 201-827-2000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 30 HUDSON STREET
- **CITY:** JERSEY CITY
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07302

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** LORD ABBETT BOND FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19790412

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### LORD ABBETT BOND DEBENTURE FUND INC (Series ID: S000006820)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000018454 | Class A      | LBNDX           |
| C000018456 | Class C      | BDLAX           |
| C000018457 | Class P      | LBNPX           |
| C000018458 | Class I      | LBNYX           |
| C000052177 | Class F      | LBDFX           |
| C000052178 | Class R2     | LBNQX           |
| C000052179 | Class R3     | LBNRX           |
| C000158205 | Class R4     | LBNSX           |
| C000158206 | Class R5     | LBNTX           |
| C000158207 | Class R6     | LBNVX           |
| C000188230 | Class F3     | LBNOX           |

#### LORD ABBETT BOND DEBENTURE FUND, INC. <br> 30 Hudson Street <br> Jersey City, New Jersey 07302-4804
May 1, 2026

#### <br> VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission<br>Division of Investment Management<br>100 F Street, NE<br>Washington, D.C. 20549-4720

Re: Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant")<br> 1933 Act File No. 002-38910<br> <u>1940 Act File No. 811-02145</u>

Ladies/Gentlemen:

In accordance with the provisions of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the undersigned hereby certifies that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 91 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed by the Registrant on April 28, 2026; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 91, which was the most recent Amendment to the Registration Statement, was filed electronically with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2026.

Sincerely,

<u>/s/Jannet Jassi</u><br>Jannet Jassi<br>Vice President and Assistant Secretary<br>Lord Abbett Funds

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