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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it
meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement under Rule 485(b)
under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly
authorized, in the City of Jersey City, and State of New Jersey on the 19
th
day of March, 2014.
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LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC.
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BY:
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/s/ Thomas R. Phillips
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Thomas R. Phillips
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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BY:
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/s/ Joan A. Binstock
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Joan A. Binstock
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Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
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Title
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Date
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E. Thayer Bigelow*
E. Thayer Bigelow
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Chairman and Director
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March 19, 2014
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Daria L. Foster*
Daria L. Foster
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President and Director
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March 19, 2014
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Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.*
Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.
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Director
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March 19, 2014
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Evelyn E. Guernsey*
Evelyn E. Guernsey
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Director
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March 19, 2014
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Julie A. Hill*
Julie A. Hill
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Director
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March 19, 2014
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Franklin W. Hobbs*
Franklin W. Hobbs
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Director
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March 19, 2014
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James M. McTaggart*
James M. McTaggart
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Director
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March 19, 2014
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James L. L. Tullis*
James L. L. Tullis
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Director
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March 19, 2014
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* BY:
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/s/ Thomas R. Phillips
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Thomas R. Phillips
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Attorney-in-Fact*
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below
on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints Lawrence H. Kaplan, Lawrence B. Stoller, Thomas R. Phillips, and
Brooke A. Fapohunda, each of them, with full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
(until revoked in writing) to sign any and all Registration Statements of each Fund enumerated on Exhibit A hereto for which such
person serves as a Director/Trustee (including Registration Statements on Forms N-1A and N-14 and any amendments thereto), and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
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Title
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Date
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/s/ E. Thayer Bigelow
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Chairman and Director/Trustee
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January 1, 2013
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E. Thayer Bigelow
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/s/ Daria L. Foster
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President, CEO, and Director/Trustee
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January 1, 2013
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Daria L. Foster
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/s/ Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.
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Director/Trustee
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January 1, 2013
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Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.
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/s/ Evelyn E. Guernsey
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Director/Trustee
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January 1, 2013
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Evelyn E. Guernsey
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/s/ Julie A. Hill
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Director/Trustee
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January 1, 2013
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Julie A. Hill
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/s/ Franklin W. Hobbs
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Director/Trustee
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January 1, 2013
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Franklin W. Hobbs
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/s/ James M. McTaggart
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Director/Trustee
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January 1, 2013
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James M. McTaggart
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/s/
James L. L. Tullis
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Director/Trustee
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January 1, 2013
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James L. L. Tullis
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EXHIBIT A
Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc.
Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc.
Lord Abbett Developing Growth Fund, Inc.
Lord Abbett Equity Trust
Lord Abbett Global Fund, Inc.
Lord Abbett Investment Trust
Lord Abbett Mid Cap Stock Fund, Inc.
Lord Abbett Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
Lord Abbett Research Fund, Inc.
Lord Abbett Securities Trust
Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.
Lord Abbett Stock Appreciation Fund
Lord Abbett U.S. Government & Government
Sponsored Enterprises Money Market Fund, Inc.