Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund

Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and certain members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Lord Abbett Family of Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers” on page 185 of the prospectus, Appendix A to the prospectus, titled “Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers,” and “Purchases, Redemptions, Pricing, and Payments to Dealers” on page 8-1 of the statement of additional information (“SAI”).

Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees - Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund	Class A		Class B	Class C		Class F	Class F3	Class I	Class R2	Class R3	Class R4	Class R5	Class R6	Class T
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%		none	none		none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	2.50%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	none	[1]	5.00%	1.00%	[2]	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund		Class A		Class B		Class C		Class F		Class F3		Class I		Class R2		Class R3		Class R4		Class R5		Class R6		Class T
Management Fees		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%		0.55%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees		0.25%		1.00%		1.00%		0.10%		none		none		0.60%		0.50%		0.25%		none		none		0.25%
Other Expenses		0.18%		0.18%		0.18%		0.18%		0.08%	[1]	0.18%		0.18%		0.18%		0.18%		0.18%		0.08%		0.18%	[1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.98%		1.73%		1.73%		0.83%		0.63%	[1]	0.73%		1.33%		1.23%		0.98%		0.73%		0.63%		0.98%	[1]
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement	[2]	(0.03%)		(0.03%)		(0.03%)		(0.13%)	[3]	(0.03%)	[1]	(0.03%)		(0.03%)		(0.03%)		(0.03%)		(0.03%)		(0.03%)		(0.03%)	[1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement	[2]	0.95%	[4]	1.70%	[4]	1.70%	[4]	0.70%	[4]	0.60%	[1]	0.70%	[4]	1.30%	[4]	1.20%	[4]	0.95%	[4]	0.70%	[4]	0.60%	[4]	0.95%	[1]

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, giving effect to the fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangement described above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

If Shares Are Redeemed

Expense Example - Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund - USD ($)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	666	866	1,083	1,705
Class B	673	842	1,136	1,840
Class C	273	542	936	2,038
Class F	72	252	448	1,013
Class F3	61	199	348	783
Class I	72	230	403	904
Class R2	132	418	726	1,599
Class R3	122	387	673	1,486
Class R4	97	309	539	1,199
Class R5	72	230	403	904
Class R6	61	199	348	783
Class T	345	551	775	1,419

If Shares Are Not Redeemed

Expense Example No Redemption - Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund - USD ($)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	666	866	1,083	1,705
Class B	173	542	936	1,840
Class C	173	542	936	2,038
Class F	72	252	448	1,013
Class F3	61	199	348	783
Class I	72	230	403	904
Class R2	132	418	726	1,599
Class R3	122	387	673	1,486
Class R4	97	309	539	1,199
Class R5	72	230	403	904
Class R6	61	199	348	783
Class T	345	551	775	1,419

Portfolio Turnover.

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 245.91% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

To pursue its objective, the Fund invests primarily in the equity securities of U.S. and foreign companies that the Fund’s portfolio managers believe demonstrate above-average, long-term growth potential in all market capitalization ranges. Under normal conditions, the Fund will invest at least 50% of its net assets in companies having a market capitalization range within the range of companies included in the Russell 1000® Index, a widely used benchmark for large-cap stock performance. The Fund normally will invest the remainder of its assets in securities of mid-sized and small companies.

The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities of foreign companies, including emerging market companies and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”). The Fund defines foreign companies as those whose securities are traded primarily on non-U.S. securities exchanges. Because ADRs represent exposure to foreign companies, the Fund deems them to be foreign investments even though they trade on U.S. exchanges. Foreign securities may be denominated in the U.S. dollar or other currencies. The Fund’s principal investments include the following types of securities and other financial instruments:

• Equity securities of large, mid-sized, and small companies. The Fund may invest in any security that represents equity ownership in a company. Equity securities in which the Fund may invest include common stocks, preferred stocks, equity interests in trusts (including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and privately offered trusts), partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies and vehicles with similar legal structures, and other instruments with similar characteristics. The Fund considers equity securities to include rights offerings and investments that convert into the equity securities described above.

• Growth companies of any size that the Fund’s portfolio management team believes exhibit faster-than-average gains in earnings and have the potential to continue profit growth at a high level.

The Fund engages in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities in seeking to achieve its investment objective.

The Fund generally will sell a security when the Fund believes the security is less likely to benefit from the current market and economic environment, shows signs of deteriorating fundamentals, or has reached its valuation target, among other reasons. The Fund seeks to remain fully invested in accordance with its investment objective; however, in response to adverse economic, market or other unfavorable conditions, the Fund may invest its assets in a temporary defensive manner.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with any investment in a mutual fund, investing in the Fund involves risk, including the risk that you may receive little or no return on your investment. When you redeem your shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you may lose a portion or all of the money you invested in the Fund. The principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its performance, include:

• Portfolio Management Risk: If the strategies used and investments selected by the Fund’s portfolio management team fail to produce the intended result, the Fund may suffer losses or underperform other funds with the same investment objective or strategies, even in a rising market.

• Market Risk: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of debt securities.

• Equity Securities Risk: Equity securities, as well as equity-like securities such as convertible debt securities, may experience significant volatility. Such securities may fall sharply in response to adverse events affecting overall markets, a particular industry or sector, or an individual company’s financial condition.

• Industry and Sector Risk: Although the Fund does not employ an industry or sector focus, its exposure to specific industries or sectors will increase from time to time based on the portfolio management team’s perception of investment opportunities. If the Fund overweights a single industry or sector relative to its benchmark index, the Fund will face an increased risk that the value of its portfolio will decrease because of events disproportionately affecting that industry or sector. Furthermore, investments in particular industries or sectors may be more volatile than the broader market as a whole.

• Growth Investing Risk: The Fund uses a growth investing style, which may be out of favor or may not produce the best results over short or longer time periods. In addition, growth stocks tend to be more volatile than slower-growing value stocks. Growth stocks typically trade at higher multiples of current earnings than other stocks. Growth stocks often are more sensitive to market fluctuations than other securities because their market prices are highly sensitive to future earnings expectations. At times when it appears that these expectations may not be met, growth stocks’ prices typically fall.

• Large Company Risk: As compared to smaller successful companies, larger, more established companies may be less able to respond quickly to certain market developments and may have slower rates of growth. Large companies also may fall out of favor relative to smaller companies in certain market cycles, causing the Fund to incur losses or underperform.

• Mid-Sized and Small Company Risk: Investments in mid-sized and smaller companies may involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established companies. As compared to larger companies, mid-sized and smaller companies may have limited management experience or depth, limited ability to generate or borrow capital needed for growth, and limited products or services, or operate in less established markets. Accordingly, mid-sized and smaller company securities tend to be more sensitive to changing economic, market, and industry conditions and tend to be more volatile and less liquid than equity securities of larger companies, especially over the short term. Mid-sized and smaller companies also may fall out of favor relative to larger companies in certain market cycles, causing the Fund to incur losses or underperform. The shares of mid-sized and smaller companies tend to trade less frequently than those of larger, more established companies, which can adversely affect the pricing of these securities and the ability to sell these securities in the future.

• Foreign and Emerging Market Company Risk: The Fund’s investments in foreign (including emerging market) companies and in U.S. companies with economic ties to foreign markets generally involve special risks that can increase the likelihood that the Fund will lose money. For example, as compared with companies organized and operated in the U.S., these companies may be more vulnerable to economic, political, and social instability and subject to less government supervision, lack of transparency, inadequate regulatory and accounting standards, and foreign taxes. In addition, the securities of foreign companies also may be subject to inadequate exchange control regulations, the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions, higher transaction and other costs, reduced liquidity, and delays in settlement to the extent they are traded on non-U.S. exchanges or markets. Foreign company securities also include ADRs. ADRs may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. Foreign securities also may subject the Fund’s investments to changes in currency rates. Emerging market securities generally are more volatile than other foreign securities, and are subject to greater liquidity, regulatory, and political risks. Investments in emerging markets may be considered speculative and generally are riskier than investments in more developed markets because such markets tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop. Emerging markets are more likely to experience hyperinflation and currency devaluations. Securities of emerging market companies may have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than securities of issuers in developed markets. The Fund may invest in securities of companies whose economic fortunes are linked to emerging markets but which principally are traded on a non-emerging market exchange. Such investments do not meet the Fund’s definition of an emerging market security. To the extent the Fund invests in this manner, the percentage of the Fund’s portfolio that is exposed to emerging market risks may be greater than the percentage of the Fund’s assets that the Fund defines as representing emerging market securities.

• Liquidity/Redemption Risk: The Fund may lose money when selling securities at inopportune times to fulfill shareholder redemption requests. The risk of loss may increase depending on the size and frequency of redemption requests, whether the redemption requests occur in times of overall market turmoil or declining prices, and whether the securities the Fund intends to sell have decreased in value or are illiquid.

• High Portfolio Turnover Risk: High portfolio turnover may result in increased brokerage fees or other transaction costs, reduced investment performance, and higher taxes resulting from increased realized capital gains, including short-term capital gains taxable as ordinary income.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. For more information on the principal risks of the Fund, please see the “More Information About the Funds – Principal Risks” section in the prospectus.

PERFORMANCE

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund’s returns. Each assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. No performance is shown for Class F3 or T shares because these classes have not completed a full calendar year of operations as of the date of this prospectus.

The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the Fund’s Class A shares from calendar year to calendar year. This chart does not reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares. If the sales charge were reflected, returns would be lower. Performance for the Fund’s other share classes will vary due to the different expenses each class bears. Updated performance information is available at www.lordabbett.com or by calling 888-522-2388.

Bar Chart (per calendar year) — Class A Shares

Best Quarter 1st Q ’12 +15.41% Worst Quarter 3rd Q ’15 -6.15%

Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2016)

The table below shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns compare to the returns of securities market indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund. The Fund’s average annual total returns include applicable sales charges.

The after-tax returns of Class A shares included in the table below are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. In some cases, the return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit resulting from realized losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the period that is used to offset other gains. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax returns for other share classes are not shown in the table and will vary from those shown for Class A shares.

Average Annual Returns - Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund	1 Year	5 Years	Life of Class	Inception Date for Performance
Class A	(5.20%)	12.44%	9.49%
Class B	(5.17%)		11.78%	Feb. 11, 2013
Class C	(1.14%)	13.00%	9.92%	Jun. 30, 2011
Class F	0.71%	14.00%	10.88%	Jun. 30, 2011
Class I	0.84%	14.12%	11.00%	Jun. 30, 2011
Class R2	0.22%	13.68%	10.58%	Jun. 30, 2011
Class R3	0.31%	13.58%	10.51%	Jun. 30, 2011
Class R4	0.58%		0.83%	Jun. 30, 2015
Class R5	0.88%		1.11%	Jun. 30, 2015
Class R6	0.92%		1.20%	Jun. 30, 2015
After Taxes on Distributions | Class A	(5.20%)	10.90%	8.13%
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | Class A	(2.94%)	9.21%	6.90%
Russell 1000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 6/30/2011	7.08%	14.50%	12.27%	Jun. 30, 2011
Russell 1000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 2/11/2013	7.08%	14.50%	13.13%	Feb. 11, 2013
Russell 1000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 6/30/2015	7.08%	14.50%	5.79%	Jun. 30, 2015
Russell 3000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 6/30/2011	7.39%	14.44%	12.09%	Jun. 30, 2011
Russell 3000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 2/11/2013	7.39%	14.44%	13.02%	Feb. 11, 2013
Russell 3000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 6/30/2015	7.39%	14.44%	5.37%	Jun. 30, 2015
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 6/30/2011	11.96%	14.66%	12.46%	Jun. 30, 2011
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 2/11/2013	11.96%	14.66%	12.91%	Feb. 11, 2013
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 6/30/2015	11.96%	14.66%	7.91%	Jun. 30, 2015

[1] A contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") of 1.00% may be assessed on certain Class A shares purchased or acquired without a sales charge if they are redeemed before the first day of the month of the one-year anniversary of the purchase.

[2] A CDSC of 1.00% may be assessed on Class C shares if they are redeemed before the first anniversary of their purchase.

[1] Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

[2] For the period from March 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018, Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC has contractually agreed to waive its fees and reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total net annual operating expenses, excluding 12b-1 fees and acquired fund fees and expenses, to an annual rate of 0.70% for each class other than Class F3 and R6. For the same period, Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC has contractually agreed to waive its fees and reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total net annual operating expenses, excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, to an annual rate of 0.60% for each of Class F3 and R6. This agreement may be terminated only by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

[3] For the period from March 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018, Lord Abbett Distributor LLC has contractually agreed to waive the Fund's 0.10% Rule 12b-1 fee for Class F. This agreement may be terminated only by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

[4] These amounts have been updated from fiscal year amounts to reflect current fees and expenses.