N-PX 1 bfa05.txt UNITED STATES 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: 811-2444 NAME OF REGISTRANT: THE BOND FUND OF AMERICA, INC. ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: Julie F. Williams 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: 213-486-9200 DATE OF FISCAL YEAR END: 12/31 DATE OF REPORTING PERIOD: 07/01/2004 - 06/30/2005 BFA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRGATE PCS, INC. Agenda Number: 932256642 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 009367301 Meeting Type: Special Meeting Date: 15-Feb-2005 Ticker: PCSA ISIN: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 01 ADOPTION OF THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, Mgmt For For DATED AS OF DECEMBER 7, 2004, BY AND AMONG ALAMOSA HOLDINGS, INC., A-CO MERGER SUB, INC. AND AIRGATE PCS, INC., AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT PROXY STATMENT-PROSPECTUS AND THE MERGER AGREEMENT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIGITALGLOBE, INC. Agenda Number: 932345487 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 25389M109 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 19-May-2005 Ticker: ISIN: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 01 DIRECTOR PAUL M. ALBERT, JR. Mgmt For For JOHN HAYES Mgmt For For ANNE KARALEKAS Mgmt For For FUMINOBU KOMURA Mgmt For For MICHAEL J. PETRICK Mgmt For For H.F. SATTERLEE III Mgmt For For WALTER S. SCOTT Mgmt For For JILL D. SMITH Mgmt For For EDDY ZERVIGON Mgmt For For -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLOBO COMMUNICACOES PARTICIPACOES LTDA Agenda Number: 700674131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: P47773AB5 Meeting Type: EGM Meeting Date: 21-Apr-2005 Ticker: ISIN: USP47773AB55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management PLEASE NOTE THAT MEETING TYPE IS OTH. THANK Non-Voting No Action * YOU. IMPORTANT MARKET PROCESSING REQUIREMENT: A BENEFICIAL Non-Voting No Action * OWNER SIGNED POWER OF ATTORNEY (POA) IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO LODGE AND EXECUTE YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MARKET. ABSENCE OF A POA, MAY CAUSE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO BE REJECTED. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLIENT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT ADP. THANK YOU. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO MEETING Non-Voting No Action * 217322 DUE TO CHANGE IN THE MEETING DATE. ALL VOTES RECEIVED ON THE PREVIOUS MEETING WILL BE DISREGARDED AND YOU WILL NEED TO REINSTRUCT ON THIS MEETING NOTICE. THANK YOU. E.1 Approve: i) and sanction the proposed debt restructuring Mgmt No Action * plan of the Issuer and TV Globo the Restructuring insofar as it affects the Noteholders, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent thereto including the due approval and adoption, or receipt, as the case may be, of all the Required Approvals as defined below , all as more particularly described in the offer to purchase dated 10 FEB 2005 the Offer to Purchase ; ii) acknowledge that, as more particularly described in the Offer to Purchase, certain of the Notes tendered for purchase prior to the deadline for such tenders specified in the Offer to Purchase shall, together with certain of the USD 100,000,000 9.875% Series A Guaranteed Notes due 2006, the EUR 100,000,000 9.750% Notes due 2004, the USD 100,000,000 10.625% Notes due 2004 and the USD 500,000,000 10.625% Notes due 2008 all issued by the Issuer and the USD 80,000,000 9.875% Notes due 2004 issued by Globopar Overseas Ltd together with the Notes, the Existing Notes and certain other debt of the Issuer and TV Globo also so tendered, be purchased at the closing of the Restructuring the Closing for cash by TV Globo pursuant to and on the terms of a tender offer the Dutch Auction , and assents to and sanctions such purchase of such Notes; iii) in the event the aggregate purchase price of all of the Notes, the other Existing Notes and other debt tendered pursuant to the Dutch Auction is less than USD 150 million, assents to and sanction the mandatory exchange at the Closing of a pro rata portion of the principal amount of all of the Notes, the other Existing Notes and certain other debt of the Issuer and Globopar Overseas Ltd. Globopar Overseas that was not purchased pursuant to the Dutch Auction for cash which shall be deemed a purchase by TV Globo in an aggregate amount equal to the difference between such aggregate purchase price and USD 150 million at a price equal to USD 0.70 for each USD 1.00 in principal amount of each Note, each other Existing Note and such other debt that is USD-denominated and BRL 0.70 for each BRL 1.00 in principal amount of such other debt that is BRL-denominated provided that all Euro-denominated debt shall be converted to US dollars at the average of the London closing spot rates of exchange of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London office for the 10 business days a business day Business Day immediately following the date as of which this Extraordinary Resolution and extraordinary resolutions the Other Extraordinary Resolutions in substantially the same form as this Extraordinary Resolution of holders of each series of Existing Notes other than the Notes have all been duly passed , as described in and on the terms set forth in the Offer to Purchase the Mandatory Purchase ; iv) and sanction the exchange at the rate and on the terms described in paragraph v below and the Offer to Purchase at the Closing of all Notes that were not purchased pursuant to the Dutch Auction or the Mandatory Purchase if any for the Variable Rate Series B Senior Secured Notes due 2011 the Series B Notes issued by the Issuer and TV Globo as joint and several co-obligors and constituted together with the Floating Rate Series A1 Senior Secured Notes due 2011 the Series A1 Notes , the Floating Rate Series A2 Senior Secured Notes due 2011 the Series A2 Notes , the Variable Rate Series C Senior Secured Notes due 2011 the Series C Notes , and together with the Series A1 Notes and the Series B Notes, the Converted Notes , the Floating Rate Series D Senior Unsecured Notes due 2012 the Series D Notes and the Floating Rate Series E Subordinated Notes due 2013 the Series E Notes by a consolidated trust deed the Consolidated Trust Deed between the Issuer and TV Globo, as issuers, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, New York office, as trustee such trustee, the New Trustee , having the key terms described in the Offer to Purchase, provided that Existing Noteholders eligible under the applicable securities laws of their respective countries of residence to elect pursuant to the terms of the Conversion as defined below to receive Series A1 Notes and/or Series C Notes in lieu of, or in addition to, Series B Notes the Eligible Noteholders who have made such an election in notices of elections effectively submitted prior to the deadline specified in the Offer to Purchase shall have those of their Notes that were not purchased pursuant to the Dutch Auction or the Mandatory Purchase if any exchanged on the Closing Date for Series A1 Notes, Series B Notes and/or Series C Notes in accordance with such elections, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Conversion as defined below and the other elements of the Restructuring including but not limited to certain principal amount caps and oversubscription procedures such exchange together with the Mandatory Purchase, collectively, the Conversion ; v acknowledge that pursuant to the terms of the Conversion and the other elements of the Restructuring, a) the Conversion described in paragraph iv above shall be at a rate of USD 1.00 in nominal principal amount of Converted Notes for each USD 1.00 in claim amount the Claim Amount related to Notes held by a Noteholder which Claim Amount shall be equal to the sum of i the aggregate principal amount of such Noteholder s Notes, less any principal amount purchased pursuant to the Dutch Auction or the Mandatory Purchase if any and ii) interest accrued at the applicable non-default contract rate of interest up to and including 31 DEC 2002 on the aggregate amount described in (i) above , and (b) as part of the Conversion described in paragraph iv above, certain interest deemed to be accrued on the Notes of any Noteholder from 01 JAN 2003 shall be added to the initial principal amount of the series of Converted Notes for which such Notes are to be exchanged and which will be issued to such Noteholder on the Closing Date or paid in cash on the Closing Date in accordance with paragraph vii below, and assent to and sanction such Conversion of the Notes on such terms; vi) acknowledge that, pursuant to the terms of the Conversion and the other elements of the Restructuring, as of the Closing Date, each Noteholder shall cease to have any rights under or in respect of the Notes including any right to receive payment of any unpaid principal, interest or other amounts due except as otherwise provided in this Extraordinary Resolution and shall in exchange therefor subject to any purchase pursuant to the Dutch Auction or the Mandatory Purchase have those rights that derive solely from the terms and conditions of the Converted Notes held by such Noteholder as set out in the Consolidated Trust Deed and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof and all the Notes including the Notes that are purchased pursuant to the Dutch Auction and Mandatory Purchase shall be cancelled, all as more particularly described in the Offer to Purchase, and assent to and sanction such exchange of each Noteholder s rights; contd.. contd.. vii) acknowledge that, pursuant to the Non-Voting No Action * terms of the Conversion and the other elements of the Restructuring, from the Closing, a) interest accrued on the Notes of any Noteholder during the period from and including 01 JAN 2003 to and including 30 SEP 2004 shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the interest that would have accrued if Converted Notes of the same series and in the same relative proportions as those to be issued to such Noteholder at the date the Closing Date of completion of the Closing had been issued to such Noteholder on 01 JAN 2003 04 MAY 2004 with respect to Series C Notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the Claim Amount, and the interest on such Converted Notes had accrued and been capitalized as specified such interest calculated with reference to a particular series of Converted Notes shall be added to the initial principal amount of that series of Converted Notes issued to such Noteholder on the Closing Date such aggregate amount, the Converted Note 30 SEP 2004 Principal Amount ; and b) interest accrued on the Notes of any Noteholder during the period from and including 01 OCT 2004 to but excluding the interest payment date immediately preceding the Closing Date of the series of Converted Notes for which such Notes are to be exchanged shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the aggregate amount of interest that would have accrued on the Converted Note 30 SEP 2004 Principal Amount with respect to Converted Notes of the same series and in the same relative proportions as those actually issued to such Noteholder on the Closing Date if such amount had been issued to such Noteholder on 01 OCT 2004; such interest calculated with reference to the Series A1 Notes and Series B Notes shall be paid in cash on the Closing Date and such interest calculated with reference to the Series C Notes shall be divided so that 50% of such interest shall be paid in cash on the Closing Date and 50% of such interest shall be capitalized as of the interest payment date of the Series C Notes immediately preceding the Closing Date and added to the initial principal amount of such Noteholder s Series C Notes; and assent to and sanction such treatment of such interest accrued on the Notes; viii) and sanction the payment at the Closing to those of the Noteholders, the other Existing Noteholders and certain other creditors of the Issuer and Globopar Overseas who are issued Series A1 Notes and/or Series A2 Notes at the Closing of all amounts in respect of principal that would have been due in April 2005 with respect to such Series A1 Notes and/or Series A2 Notes had the Closing occurred prior to such date; ix) to discharge the Existing Trustee from all or any liability in relation to the Trust Deed and any acts or omissions of the Existing Trustee on or prior to the Closing Date; x) and sanction the prepayment, by or on behalf of the Issuer or TV Globo on or before the Closing Date, of certain intercompany debt to fund an initial contribution of not less than USD 25,000,000 and not more than USD 110,000,000 to a debt service reserve account established in connection with the Consolidated Trust Deed and held by the New Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Converted Notes and the Series A2 Notes; xi) and sanction a payment at the Closing of USD 10,000,000 by or on behalf of the Issuer or TV Globo to those of the Noteholders, the other Existing Noteholders and certain other creditors of the Issuer and Globopar Overseas who are issued Converted Notes, Series A2 Notes or Series D Notes at the Closing pro rata based upon the proportion that the principal amount of each of the Converted Notes, Series A2 Notes or Series D Notes, calculated as of 30 SEP 2004, bears to the principal amount of all of the Converted Notes, Series A2 Notes and Series D Notes calculated as of 30 SEP 2004 for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any payment-in-kind interest accrued on Series C Notes from such date , such payment to holders of Converted Notes and Series A2 Notes to be made in cash and such payment to holders of Series D Notes to be capitalized and added to the principal amount of Series D Notes such holders are issued provided that for purposes of the pro rata allocation described in this Paragraph (xi), all BRL-denominated debt shall be converted to USD at a rate of BRL 3 to USD 1 ; xii) authorize the Issuer or JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, New York office as conversion agent for the Restructuring the Conversion Agent , or any other agent of the Issuer, acting on the Issuer s behalf and instructions to instruct the clearing systems through which the Notes are held to prohibit transfers of the Notes during the period during which the Dutch Auction and the Conversion including for the avoidance of doubt the Mandatory Purchase are being settled in such clearing systems the Freeze Period so that no delivery of any Note or any interest therein may be made during such period, which Freeze Period shall be the shortest period reasonably necessary to facilitate settlement of the Dutch Auction and the Conversion including for the avoidance of doubt the Mandatory Purchase , authorize the Issuer or the Conversion Agent or any other agent of the Issuer, acting on the Issuer s behalf and instructions in its sole discretion to notify such clearing systems of the dates on which the Freeze Period shall commence and terminate, and waives any breach of the Trust Deed or the terms and conditions of the Notes that would arise by reason of such prohibition of transfers or such instruction or notification; xiii) acknowledge and agree that the Conversion including for the avoidance of doubt the Mandatory Purchase , the Dutch Auction and the other elements of the Restructuring will only be implemented if, among other things: a) this Extraordinary Resolution is duly passed in accordance with the Trust Deed and the Notes; b) each of the other Extraordinary Resolutions is duly passed in accordance with each of the trust deeds or fiscal agency agreements, as the case may be, governing each relevant series of Existing Notes other than the Notes; c) the Issuer has satisfied itself in its own discretion that, had the Eligible Noteholders who attended and/or were represented and/or appointed a proxy in respect of each meeting convened to consider each of the Extraordinary Resolution and the Other Extraordinary Resolutions and voted in respect of each of the Extraordinary Resolution and the Other Extraordinary Resolutions been the only Existing Noteholders so to attend, be represented or appoint a proxy and vote, each of the Extraordinary Resolution and Other Extraordinary Resolutions would have been duly passed in accordance with each of the trust deeds or fiscal agency agreements, as the case may be, governing the relevant series of Existing Notes, and the Existing Notes issued pursuant thereto such matters specified in (a), (b) and (c) together, the Required Approvals ; and d) each of the conditions to Closing set forth in a restructuring agreement the Restructuring Agreement recording certain terms, conditions and procedures which will apply to the implementation of the Restructuring to be entered into between the Issuer, Globopar Overseas, TV Globo and certain other parties, which shall have the key terms described in the Offer to Purchase and be in a form agreed to by each of Bingham McCutchen LLP, Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice; contd contd... Advogados and Clifford Chance US LLP Non-Voting No Action * together, Committee Counsel , has been complied with; xiv) to declare that: a) the Existing Trustee shall not have any liability to any one or more of the Noteholders or any beneficial owner of the Notes in relation to the Existing Trustee s acts or omissions required by or incidental to this Extraordinary Resolution or under the terms of the Restructuring and the Dutch Auction and the Conversion including for the avoidance of doubt the Mandatory Purchase thereunder, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, declare and acknowledge that neither the Existing Trustee nor the New Trustee has any responsibility for (1) the terms of this Extraordinary Resolution and any documents entered into pursuant hereto, the Offer to Purchase or the confidential information memorandum and consent solicitation dated 10 FEB 2005 that the Issuer has made available to Eligible Noteholders, (2) the Restructuring generally or (3) the Converted Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in relation thereto; b) Committee Counsel shall have no liability to any one or more of the Noteholders arising out of or in any way connected with the negotiation, preparation, execution or perfection of any document executed and/or delivered in connection with the Restructuring; c) there is no present or future claim arising from any act or omission by the Existing Trustee in connection with the Notes; and d) no Member of the Steering Committee as identified in the Offer to Purchase or any of its agents or advisors shall have any liability to any one or more of the Noteholders in respect of its taking or omitting to take any action in connection with the negotiation and documentation of the Restructuring; xv) sanction every exchange, conversion, variation, abrogation, modification, compromise and arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders under the Trust Deed and the Notes contemplated by or resulting from the Dutch Auction, the Conversion including for the avoidance of doubt the Mandatory Purchase , the other elements of the Restructuring, this Extraordinary Resolution and any documents entered into pursuant hereto and thereto and the implementation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; xvi) authorize and request each of the Existing Trustee and the New Trustee to take such further action and execute all such further deeds, instruments, documents, acts and things as each of the Existing Trustee or the New Trustee may in its absolute discretion consider necessary or desirable to carry out and give effect to the Dutch Auction, the Conversion including for the avoidance of doubt the Mandatory Purchase and the other elements of the Restructuring insofar as they affect the Noteholders and the terms of this Extraordinary Resolution and any documents entered into pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith; xvii) acknowledge and accepts that this Extraordinary Resolution other than this paragraph (xvii) shall not come into effect and the rights and obligations under the Trust Deed and the Notes shall remain in full force and effect until, among other things, all the Required Approvals, other than this Extraordinary Resolution, have been duly approved and adopted or received, as the case may be; xviii) acknowledge and accept that, notwithstanding the obtaining of each of the Required Approvals, if (a) the Closing Date has not occurred by 29 JUL 2005, (b) the Restructuring Agreement has not been fully executed within 10 Business Days following the date as of which this Extraordinary Resolution and the Other Extraordinary Resolutions have all been duly passed or (c) a bankruptcy or insolvency event specified in the Restructuring Agreement occurs, this Extraordinary Resolution other than this paragraph (xviii) shall cease to have any effect; and xix) authorize each of the Existing Trustee and the New Trustee to rely without liability for any such reliance on (a) any notification from the Issuer, Committee Counsel or the Conversion Agent as to whether the Required Approvals have been obtained or waived or as to the occurrence of the Closing Date and (b) any notification from the Issuer, Bondholder Communications Group, as tabulation agent for the Restructuring, or the Conversion Agent, as to the amount to be issued under the Consolidated Trust Deed, of each of Series A1 Notes, Series A2 Notes, Series B Notes, Series C Notes, Series D Notes and Series E Notes pursuant to the Conversion and the other elements of the Restructuring -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW PLAN EXCEL REALTY TRUST, INC. Agenda Number: 932288966 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 648053700 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 11-May-2005 Ticker: NXLRZ ISIN: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 01 DIRECTOR RAYMOND H. BOTTORF Mgmt For For MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN Mgmt For For GREGORY WHITE Mgmt For For -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERSATEL TELECOM INTL N V Agenda Number: 700711903 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: N93195100 Meeting Type: AGM Meeting Date: 18-May-2005 Ticker: ISIN: NL0000391266 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. Opening Non-Voting No Action * 2.a Approve the report of the Management Board Mgmt No Action * 2.b Approve the report and the preliminary advice Mgmt No Action * of the Supervisory Board 2.c Approve to establish the annual accounts Mgmt No Action * 2.d Grant discharge from the liability to the Management Mgmt No Action * Board for FY 2004 2.e Grant discharge from the liability to the Supervisory Mgmt No Action * Board for FY 2004 3. Approve the reservation and dividend policy Mgmt No Action * 4. Appoint an Auditor shares of the Company Mgmt No Action * 5. Corporate Governance Mgmt No Action * 6.a Approve the establishment of the remuneration Mgmt No Action * policy of the Management Board 6.b Approve the Long Term Incentive Plan Mgmt No Action * 6.c Approve the remuneration of the Supervisory Mgmt No Action * Board 7. Authorize the Management Board to issue shares Mgmt No Action * subject to the preceding approval of the Supervisory Board 8. Authorize the Management Board to acquire own Mgmt No Action * shares of the Company 9. Amend the Articles of Association Mgmt No Action * 10. Any other business Other No Action * 11. Closing Non-Voting No Action * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILSHIRE FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP IN Agenda Number: 932204910 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 971867205 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 22-Jul-2004 Ticker: WFSG ISIN: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 01 DIRECTOR HOWARD AMSTER Mgmt For For ROBERT M. DEUTSCHMAN Mgmt For For LARRY B. FAIGIN Mgmt For For STEPHEN P. GLENNON Mgmt For For ROBERT H. KANNER Mgmt For For EDMUND M. KAUFMAN Mgmt For For JOSEPH W. KILEY III Mgmt For For WILLIAM D. KING Mgmt For For JOHN J. LANNAN Mgmt For For DANIEL A. MARKEE Mgmt For For 02 AMENDMENT OF THE COMPANY S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Mgmt For For TO CHANGE THE COMPANY S NAME TO BEVERLY HILLS BANCORP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Agenda Number: 932314343 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 983764838 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 09-May-2005 Ticker: XOCM ISIN: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 01 DIRECTOR CARL C. ICAHN Mgmt For For CARL J. GRIVNER Mgmt For For JON F. WEBER Mgmt For For ADAM DELL Mgmt For For FREDRIK C. GRADIN Mgmt For For VINCENT J. INTRIERI Mgmt For For ROBERT L. KNAUSS Mgmt For For KEITH MEISTER Mgmt For For -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZILOG, INC. Agenda Number: 932331743 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 989524301 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 26-May-2005 Ticker: ZILG ISIN: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 01 DIRECTOR JAMES THORBURN Mgmt For For 02 FOR RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF KPMG LLP Mgmt For For AS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZILOG-MOD III, INC. Agenda Number: 932203196 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 989527205 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 16-Jul-2004 Ticker: ZILMU ISIN: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 01 AMENDMENT OF OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Mgmt For For TO AUTHORIZE STOCKHOLDERS TO FIX THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED DIRECTORSHIPS AND TO SET THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORSHIPS. 02 DIRECTOR MICHAEL D. BURGER Mgmt For For FEDERICO FAGGIN Mgmt For For ROBIN A. ABRAMS Mgmt For For DAVID G. ELKINS Mgmt For For JAMES THORBURN Mgmt For For RICHARD SANQUINI Mgmt For For JOSEPH COLONNETTA Mgmt For For 03 1) AUTHORIZATION OF JOSEPH COLONNETTA, ACTING Mgmt For For AS GROUP DESIGNEE, TO: (I) APPROVE THE SALE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF OUR ASSETS FOR AGGREGATE CONSIDERATION OF $26,000,000, AND (II) AUTHORIZE OUR MANAGEMENT TO SELL THE REMAINING ASSETS OF THE COMPANY WITHOUT FURTHER APPROVAL; AND 2) AMEND OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK. 04 APPROVAL OF THE SALE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF Mgmt For For OUR ASSETS FOR AN AGGREGATE CONSIDERATION OF $26,000,000, AND AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO REDEEM THE SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK. An * in the For/Against management field indicates management position unknown since information regarding non-U.S. issuers is not readily available.
SIGNATURES 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. (Registrant) THE BOND FUND OF AMERICA, INC. By (Signature) /s/ Abner D. Goldstine Name Abner D. Goldstine Title President and Principal Executive Officer Date 08/24/2005