ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN
                       Investment Research and Management

                                 URGENT REQUEST

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             IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN FUNDS


December 7, 2005


Dear Stockholder:

We are writing to inform you that the Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders for
certain of the AllianceBernstein Funds has been adjourned to Monday, December
19, 2005 to allow further effort to obtain the required stockholder vote. To
date, we have not received your vote. Please take the time to cast your vote
now. A quick response will save the added expense associated with additional
mailings and solicitations. If you have any questions or need another copy of
the proxy material, please call Computershare Fund Services, the Funds' proxy
agent, (toll-free) at 1-866-360-2513.

For your convenience, we have established the following easy methods to register
your vote:

     -- BY INTERNET:
     Visit https://vote.proxy-direct.com. Enter the 14-digit control number
     located on your proxy card.

     -- BY TOUCH-TONE PHONE:
     Call the toll-free number printed on your proxy card. Enter the control
     number located on your proxy card and follow the recorded instructions.

     -- BY MAIL:
     You may cast your vote by mail by signing, dating and mailing the enclosed
     proxy card(s) in the postage-prepaid return envelope provided.

     -- BY LIVE REPRESENTATIVE:
     Please call Computershare Fund Services toll free at 1-866-360-2513.
     Representatives are available to answer any questions and take your vote
     Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Eastern
     Time.


                        DON'T HESITATE. PLEASE VOTE NOW!

The meeting on Monday, December 19, 2005 will be held in the same location and
at the same time as set forth in your proxy materials for the meeting scheduled
for November 15, 2005. Thank you in advance for your participation.


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