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ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN SMALL CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The Fund's investment objective is long-term growth of capital.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
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 reductions if you and members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Investing in the Funds--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 53 of this Prospectus and in Purchase of Shares--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 113 of the Funds' SAI.
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys or 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 transaction costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Examples, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 88% of the average value of its portfolio.
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You may qualify for sales charge reductions if you and members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds.
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EXAMPLES
The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume 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 Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses stay the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES
The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities with relatively smaller capitalizations as compared to the overall U.S. market. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of smaller companies. For these purposes, "smaller companies" are those that, at the time of investment, fall within the lowest 20% of the total U.S. equity market capitalization (excluding, for purposes of this calculation, companies with market capitalizations of less than $10 million). As of June 30, 2012, there were approximately 4,230 smaller companies, and those smaller companies had market capitalizations ranging up to approximately $9.3 billion. Because the Fund's definition of smaller companies is dynamic, the limits on market capitalization will change with the markets.<br/><br/>The Fund may invest in any company and industry and in any type of equity security with potential for capital appreciation. It invests in well-known and established companies and in new and less-seasoned companies. The Fund's investment policies emphasize investments in companies that are demonstrating improving financial results and a favorable earnings outlook. The Fund may invest in foreign securities. <br/><br/>When selecting securities, the Adviser typically looks for companies that have strong, experienced management teams, strong market positions, and the potential to support greater than expected earnings growth rates. In making specific investment decisions for the Fund, the Adviser combines fundamental and quantitative analysis in its stock selection process. The Fund may periodically invest in the securities of companies that are expected to appreciate due to a development particularly or uniquely applicable to that company regardless of general business conditions or movements of the market as a whole. Normally, the Fund invests in about 95-125 companies broadly diversified by sector. <br/><br/>The Fund invests primarily in equity securities but may also invest in other types of securities, such as preferred stocks. The Fund may, at times, invest in shares of ETFs in lieu of making direct investments in securities. ETFs may provide more efficient and economical exposure to the types of companies and geographic locations in which the Fund seeks to invest than direct investments. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its total assets in rights or warrants. <br/><br/>The Fund may enter into derivatives transactions, such as options, futures contracts, forwards, and swaps. The Fund may use options strategies involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, including on individual securities and stock indexes, futures contracts (including futures contracts on individual securities and stock indexes) or shares of ETFs. These transactions may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, or to protect all or a portion of the Fund's portfolio from a decline in value, sometimes within certain ranges.
For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares at the end of the period:
PRINCIPAL RISKS
<ul type="square"><li style="margin-left:-20px">MARKET RISK: The value of the Fund's assets will fluctuate as the stock or bond market fluctuates. The value of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market. It includes the risk that a particular style of investing, such as growth, may underperform the market generally.</li></ul><ul type="square"><li style="margin-left:-20px">CAPITALIZATION RISK: Investments in small- and mid-capitalization companies may be more volatile than investments in large-capitalization companies. Investments in small-capitalization companies may have additional risks because these companies have limited product lines, markets or financial resources.</li></ul><ul type="square"><li style="margin-left:-20px">FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) RISK: Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors.</li></ul><ul type="square"><li style="margin-left:-20px">DERIVATIVES RISK: Investments in derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments.</li></ul><ul type="square"><li style="margin-left:-20px">MANAGEMENT RISK: The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.</li></ul>As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.
As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.
BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and performance information provide an indication of the historical risk of an investment in the Fund by showing: <ul type="square"><li style="margin-left:-20px">how the Fund's performance changed from year to year over ten years; and</li></ul><ul type="square"><li style="margin-left:-20px">how the Fund's average annual returns for one, five and ten years compare to those of a broad-based securities market index.</li></ul>You may obtain updated performance information on the Fund's website at www.AllianceBernstein.com (click on "Individuals - U.S." then "Pricing & Performance").<br/><br/>The Fund's past performance before and after taxes, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
<ul type="square"><li style="margin-left:-20px">how the Fund's performance changed from year to year over ten years; and</li></ul><ul type="square"><li style="margin-left:-20px">how the Fund's average annual returns for one, five and ten years compare to those of a broad-based securities market index.</li></ul>
www.AllianceBernstein.com
The Fund's past performance before and after taxes, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
BAR CHART
The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Fund's Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads. If sales loads were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Through September 30, 2012, the year-to-date unannualized return for Class A shares was 17.08%.
The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Fund's Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads. If sales loads were reflected, returns would be less than those shown.
During the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund's:<br/><br/>BEST QUARTER WAS UP 21.22%, 2ND QUARTER, 2009; AND WORST QUARTER WAS DOWN -28.82%, 4TH QUARTER, 2008.
PERFORMANCE TABLE<br/>AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS<br/><br />(For the periods ended December 31, 2011)
Are an estimate, which is based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes;
Are not relevant to investors who hold fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
After-tax returns: -Are shown for Class A shares only and will vary for Class B, Class C and Advisor Class shares because these Classes have different expense ratios;
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